Leg, Ankle & Foot Committee
Mission
Contribute to the overall education activities of ISAKOS as required and requested.
Body of Work: This committee will focus on leg, ankle and foot 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
Nasef Mohamed N. Abdellatif, MD, PhD.
Chair, 2025-2027
EGYPT
Bruno S. Pereira, MD, PhD, Prof.
Deputy Chair, 2025-2027
PORTUGAL
Masato Takao, MD, PhD
Deputy Chair, 2023-2027
JAPAN
Jorge Pablo Batista, MD ARGENTINA
David Campillo-Recio, MD, PhD SPAIN
Gian Luigi Canata, MD ITALY
Stéphane Guillo, MD FRANCE
Cristian Indino, MD ITALY
Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs, MD, PhD, Prof. NETHERLANDS
Umile Giuseppe Longo, MD, MSc, PhD, Prof. ITALY
Filipe Sá Malheiro, MD PORTUGAL
Mihkel Mardna, MD ESTONIA
Mark Maritz, MD SOUTH AFRICA
Tomoyuki Nakasa, MD, PhD JAPAN
Silvampatti Ramasamy Sundararajan, MS(Orth) INDIA
Yasuhito Tanaka, Prof. JAPAN
Pim Van Dijk, MD, PhD, MScEpi NETHERLANDS
Megan R. Wolf, MD UNITED STATES
Charges
The following charges are the 2025 - 2027 committee term.
- Congress
- Collaborate with Program Chair and Deputy Chair on innovations and new technologies that can be implemented at the 2027 Congress in Sydney.
- Develop scientific session proposals for the Biennial ISAKOS Congress related to Leg, Ankle, & Foot; Committee will be responsible to propose topics, session chairs and a balanced faculty, in collaboration with the Program Chair and ISAKOS Office.
- Review and grade abstracts for the Biennial ISAKOS Congress related to Leg, Ankle and Foot.
- Global Link
- Assist in the management, review, and organization of ISAKOS Global Link content related to Leg, Ankle, & Foot, 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 on an as needed basis for Journal of ISAKOS.
- 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 the ISAKOS Strategic Plan. Consider with all Committee initiatives, how projects will assist in the accomplishment of the ISAKOS Strategic Plan.