Shoulder Committee

Mission

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

Body of Work: This committee will focus on basic science and pathology of the shoulder as related to sports medicine and joint preservation.

Composition

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

Giovanni Di Giacomo, MD
Co-Chairman, 2025-2027
ITALY

Denny T. T. Lie, MBBS, FRCS, FAMS
Co-Chairman, 2025-2027
SINGAPORE

Clara Azevedo, MD, PhD
Deputy Chair, 2025-2027
PORTUGAL

Giuseppe Milano, Prof.
Deputy Chair, 2025-2027
ITALY

Guillermo Arce, MD ARGENTINA
Knut Beitzel, Prof. Dr. GERMANY
Deepak N. Bhatia, MS(Orth), DNB(Orth) INDIA
Jiwu Chen, MD, PhD CHINA
Carina Cohen, PhD BRAZIL
Andrea De Vita, MD ITALY
Joseph P. DeAngelis, MD UNITED STATES
Patrick J. Denard, MD UNITED STATES
Edoardo Franceschetti, MD ITALY
Michael T. Freehill, MD UNITED STATES
Ashish Gupta, MBBS, MSc, FRACS, FAORTHOA AUSTRALIA
Gregory A. Hoy, FRACS, FAOrthA, FACSP, FASMF AUSTRALIA
Sang-Hun Ko, MD, Prof. KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Andrey Korolev, MD, PhD, Prof. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Albert Lin, MD UNITED STATES
Augustus D. Mazzocca, MS, MD UNITED STATES
Teruhisa Mihata, MD, PhD JAPAN
Daichi Morikawa, MD, PhD JAPAN
Mary K. Mulcahey, MD UNITED STATES
Pablo A. Narbona, MD ARGENTINA
Pietro S. Randelli, MD, Prof. ITALY
Miguel Angel Ruiz Iban, MD, PhD SPAIN
Ettore Taverna, MD ITALY
Emilio Calvo, MD, PhD, MBA SPAIN

Charges

The following charges are the 2025 - 2027 committee term.

  • Awards & Fellowships
    • Assist in the selection of the winner of the ISAKOS Richard Caspari Award.
  • 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 Shoulder; 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 the Shoulder.
  • Global Link
    • Assist in the management, review, and organization of ISAKOS Global Link content related to Shoulder, 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.
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