ISAKOS 2025 Congress Faculty

Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof.

Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Mölndal SWEDEN

Jon Karlsson is Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedics and Sports Traumatology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden. Originally from Iceland, he has worked at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital since 1981. His clinical focus is Knee surgery, Foot and Ankle surgery, muscle and tendon repair/reconstructive surgery, as well as trauma care. His PhD-thesis in 1989 was devoted to ”Chronic Lateral Ankle Instability”, and since then he has been the author of more than 780 scientific publications, more than 150 book chapters and 52 textbooks in Orthopaedics and Sports Traumatology. He was executive Board Member of ISAKOS between 2005 and 2019. He has mentored 87 PhD-students at the Sahlgrenska Academy. He was the chief Editor of KSSTA (Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy), the official journal of ESSKA, for 16 years, during 2008-2024. He has a past position as Associate Editor of Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports (SJMSS), (1997-2003) and Arthroscopy (2003-2008). He was the care-taking physician of a profssional football club (IFK Göteborg) for almost 40 years. He is Honorary Member of ISAKOS and AANA, and Life-time Member of ESSKA

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