Elbow, Wrist & Hand Committee

Mission

Contribute to the overall education and research activities of ISAKOS as required and requested.

Body of Work: This committee will focus on elbow, wrist and hand basic and clinical science, as well as pathology, diagnosis and treatment of sports related injuries to these areas.

Composition

Chair, Deputy Chair(s), up to 15 members, staff liaison

Toshiyasu Nakamura, MD, PhD
Chair, 2023-2025
JAPAN

Andrea Celli, MD
Deputy Chair, 2023-2025
ITALY

Benjamin R. Graves, MD
Deputy Chair, 2023-2025
UNITED STATES

Deepak N. Bhatia, MS(Orth), DNB(Orth) INDIA
Carina Cohen, PhD BRAZIL
Margaret W. M. Fok, FRCSEd(Ortho), MBChB HONG KONG
Maciej Krzysztof Kentel, PhD POLAND
Sang-Hun Ko, MD, Prof. KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Christian Lozano, MD, MBA PERU
Alessandro Marinelli, MD ITALY
Luigi A. Pederzini, MD ITALY

Charges

The following charges are the 2023 - 2025 committee term.

  • Awards & Fellowships
    • Assist in the selection of the winner of the ISAKOS Gary Poehling Award.
  • Congress
    • Collaborate with Program Chair and Deputy Chair on innovations and new technologies that can be implemented at the 2025 Congress in Munich.
    • Develop scientific session proposals for the Biennial ISAKOS Congress related to Elbow, Wrist & Hand; Committee will be responsible to propose topics, session chairs and a balanced faculty, in collaboration with the Program Committee and ISAKOS Office.
    • Review and grade abstracts for the Biennial ISAKOS Congress related to Elbow, Wrist & Hand.
  • Global Link
    • Assist in the management, review, and organization of ISAKOS Global Link content related to Elbow, Wrist & Hand, to maximize value of this education portal for ISAKOS members and subscribers.
  • Journal of ISAKOS
    • Collaborate with JISAKOS Editor-in-Chief on development of a Theme Issue as requested
    • Provide at least two articles for the Journal of ISAKOS, annually. Content to be determined in collaboration with JISAKOS Editor.
    • Serve as article reviewers for Journal of ISAKOS as requested.
  • Projects
    • Propose a new potential Committee project for Board consideration such as: Multimedia, Publications, Research & Education, Webinar
  • Publications
    • Prepare and Submit at least one article, annually, for the ISAKOS Newsletter; for possible inclusion within the 2024 and 2025 Calendar years.
  • Strategic Plan
    • Advance the fulfillment / achievement of strategies in the ISAKOS Strategic Plan. Consider with any initiative how that project will assist in accomplishing goals/strategies of the ISAKOS Strategic Plan.