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, 2023-2027
JAPAN
Andrea Celli, MD
Deputy Chair, 2023-2027
ITALY
Benjamin R. Graves, MD
Deputy Chair, 2023-2027
UNITED STATES
Deepak N. Bhatia, MS(Orth), DNB(Orth) INDIA
Margaret W. M. Fok, FRCSEd(Ortho), MBChB HONG KONG
Maciej Krzysztof Kentel, PhD POLAND
Christos Koukos, MD GREECE
Christian Lozano, MD, MBA PERU
Alessandro Marinelli, MD ITALY
Nikolaos Platon Sachinis, MD, PhD GREECE
Luigi A. Pederzini, MD ITALY
Charges
The following charges are the 2025 - 2027 committee term.
- Awards & Fellowships
- Assist in the selection of the winner of the ISAKOS Gary Poehling Award.
- Congress
- 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
- Provide articles to the Journal of ISAKOS, as requested by the JISAKOS Editorial Board.
- Serve as article reviewers for Journal of ISAKOS as requested.
- Publications
- Prepare and submit at least one article, annually, for the ISAKOS eNewsletter; for possible inclusion within the 2026 and 2027 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.