Sports Medicine Committee
Mission
Contribute to the overall educational and research activities of ISAKOS as required and requested.
Body of Work: This committee will focus on non-operative Sports Medicine issues, and sports related injuries of the chest, abdomen, spine, head, face and neck.
Composition
Chair, Deputy Chair(s), up to 15 members, staff liaison
Pieter D'Hooghe, MD PhD MBA
Chair, 2025-2027
QATAR
Seth L. Sherman, MD
Deputy Chair, 2025-2027
UNITED STATES
Carlos H. Yacuzzi, MD
Deputy Chair, 2023-2027
ARGENTINA
Ferran Abat, MD, PhD SPAIN
Björn Barenius, MD, PhD, ass. Prof. SWEDEN
Franco Della Vedova, MD ARGENTINA
Daniel Guenther, MD, Prof., FACS, MHBA GERMANY
Mark R. Hutchinson, Professor, MD, FACSM, FAANA, FAAOS UNITED STATES
Jóni Nunes, MD PORTUGAL
Sergio Rocha Piedade, MD, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor BRAZIL
Petri J. Sillanpää, MD, PhD FINLAND
Sebastiano Vasta, MD, PhD ITALY
Stephen C. Weber, MD UNITED STATES
Elvire Servien, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
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 2025 Congress in Munich.
- Develop scientific session proposals for the Biennial ISAKOS Congress related to Sports Medicine; 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 Sports Medicine.
- Global Link
- Assist in the management, review, and organization of ISAKOS Global Link content related to Sports Medicine, 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.