Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN, President
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES, First Vice President
Paolo Aglietti, MD ITALY, Second Vice President
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES, Treasurer
Donald Hugh Johnson, MD, FRCSC CANADA, Secretary
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND, Past President
Members at Large
Stephen S. Burkhart, MD UNITED STATES
Lars Engebretsen, MD, PhD NORWAY
Pieter J. Erasmus, MBChB, MMed, FCS(Orth) SOUTH AFRICA
Hideshige Moriya, MD JAPAN
Fernando Radice, MD CHILE
Marc R. Safran, MD, Prof. UNITED STATES
Robert Smigielski, MD, PhD POLAND
John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA
Gilberto L. Camanho, MD BRAZIL
Mahmut N. Doral, MD, Prof. TURKEY
Anastasios D. Georgoulis, MD, Prof. GREECE
Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN
Arthroscopy Committee
Romain Seil, MD, Prof. LUXEMBOURG, Chair
C. Niek van Dijk, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS, Deputy Chair
Guillermo Arce, MD ARGENTINA
Mark G. Clatworthy, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Michael Dienst, MD GERMANY
Patrick Djian, MD FRANCE
Bjorn Engstrom, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof. SWEDEN
Alberto Gobbi, MD, FRACS ITALY
Roger G Hackney, FRCS, FRCS(Orth), FFSEM, Dip Sports Med UNITED KINGDOM
Bent Wulff Jakobsen, MD DENMARK
Miguel Angel Khoury, MD ARGENTINA
Paulo Roberto Rockett, MD BRAZIL
Marc R. Safran, MD, Prof. UNITED STATES
Bylaws Committee
John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES
Communications - Information Technology
Vladimir Bobic, MD, FRCSEd UNITED KINGDOM, Chair
Ron Arbel, MD ISRAEL
Magnus Forssblad SWEDEN
Stephen W. Houseworth, MD, FACS UNITED STATES
Donald Hugh Johnson, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Burt Klos, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Eric C. McCarty, MD UNITED STATES
Communications - Newsletter
Communications - Publications
Kurt Paul Spindler, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Karl Benedetto, MD AUSTRIA
Stephen S. Burkhart, MD UNITED STATES
Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, MD, PhD SPAIN
Walton W. Curl, MD UNITED STATES
Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN
Fernando Radice, MD CHILE
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Education Committee
Torsten Wredmark, MD, PhD SWEDEN, Chair
Anastasios D. Georgoulis, MD, Prof. GREECE, Deputy Chair
Charles Henry Brown, MD UNITED STATES
Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, MD, PhD SPAIN
Evan F Ekman, MD UNITED STATES
Andre Frank, MD FRANCE
Vicente Gutierrez, MD CHILE
Cristiano Frota de Souza Laurino, MD BRAZIL
Hideo Matsumoto, MD, PhD JAPAN
David R. McAllister, MD UNITED STATES
Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH UNITED STATES
David V. Rajan, MS(Orth), MNAMS(Orth), FRCS(G) INDIA
Boon-Keng Tay, MBBS, FRCS(Ed)Orth, FACS SINGAPORE
Edilson Schwansee Thiele, PhD BRAZIL
W. Jaap Willems, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Finance Committee
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
Paolo Aglietti, MD ITALY
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES
Donald Hugh Johnson, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Journal Advisory Task Force
Walton W. Curl, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Paolo Aglietti, MD ITALY
Dieter Kohn, MD, PhD GERMANY
Alberto Pienovi, MD ARGENTINA
Boon-Keng Tay, MBBS, FRCS(Ed)Orth, FACS SINGAPORE
Knee Committee
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE, Co-Chairman
James Alan Rand, MD UNITED STATES, Co-Chairman
David S. Barrett, MD, B.Sc.,FRCS UNITED KINGDOM
John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA
Pascal Medical Christel, MD, PhD UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Pieter J. Erasmus, MBChB, MMed, FCS(Orth) SOUTH AFRICA
Karl Eriksson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN
Julian A. Feller, FRACS, FAOrthA AUSTRALIA
Arnaldo J. Hernandez, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Stephen M. Howell, MD UNITED STATES
Robert J. Johnson, MD UNITED STATES
Dieter Kohn, MD, PhD GERMANY
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN
Philipp Lobenhoffer, MD, Prof. GERMANY
Maurilio Marcacci, MD ITALY
Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN
Lars Gustaf Peterson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN
Michael Soudry, Prof. ISRAEL
Rene E. Verdonk, Prof Em, MD, PhD BELGIUM
Ate B. Wymenga, MD NETHERLANDS
Membership Committee
Luis A Vargas, MD, PhD UNITED STATES, Chair
Mahmut N. Doral, MD, Prof. TURKEY, Deputy Chair
Rene J. Abdalla, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Gabriel Agar, Prof ISRAEL
Mario Berenstein, MD ARGENTINA
Felipe E. Cámara, MD MEXICO
Paul Chee Cheng Chang, MBBS,FRCS SINGAPORE
João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD, Full Prof. PORTUGAL
Kyosuke Fujikawa, MD, Prof. JAPAN
Francisco B. Martinez, MD VENEZUELA
Nilesh J. Shah, MS(Orth) INDIA
Robert Smigielski, MD, PhD POLAND
Newsletter Editorial Board
Vladimir Bobic, MD, FRCSEd UNITED KINGDOM, Editorial Board
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL, Editorial Board
Mark Ferguson, MD GERMANY, Editorial Board
Philippe P. Hardy, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE, Editorial Board
Seung-Ho Kim, MD, PhD KOREA, REPUBLIC OF, Editorial Board
Tomihisa Koshino, MD, PhD JAPAN, Editorial Board
Nicola Maffulli, MD, PhD, MS, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM, Editorial Board
Peter T. Myers, AM, MBBS, FRACS, FAOrthA AUSTRALIA, Editorial
Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN, Editorial Board
Fernando Radice, MD CHILE, Editorial Board
Kurt Paul Spindler, MD UNITED STATES, Editorial Board
Ronald M. Selby, MD UNITED STATES, Editor
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Committee
Annunziato Amendola, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Peter T. Myers, AM, MBBS, FRACS, FAOrthA AUSTRALIA, Deputy Chair
Paul Chee Cheng Chang, MBBS,FRCS SINGAPORE
José F. Huylebroek, MD BELGIUM
Markku J. Jarvinen, Professor FINLAND
Francois M. Kelberine, MD FRANCE
Hartmut E A Krahl, MD, PhD GERMANY
Richard D. Parker, MD UNITED STATES
Halit Pinar, MD, Prof. TURKEY
Fernando Radice, MD CHILE
Rogerio Teixeira Silva, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Dean C. Taylor, MD UNITED STATES
Bruce C. Twaddle, MD, FRACS 1995, Prof. NEW ZEALAND
Program Committee
Christopher D. Harner, MD, FAOA UNITED STATES, Chair
Lars Engebretsen, MD, PhD NORWAY, Deputy Chair
Paolo Aglietti, MD ITALY
Annunziato Amendola, MD UNITED STATES
John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL
Mahmut N. Doral, MD, Prof. TURKEY
Ponky Firer, Prof. SOUTH AFRICA
Anastasios D. Georgoulis, MD, Prof. GREECE
Philippe P. Hardy, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN
Seung-Ho Kim, MD, PhD KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN
Nicola Maffulli, MD, PhD, MS, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM
Gideon Mann, MD, Prof. ISRAEL
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
James Alan Rand, MD UNITED STATES
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Romain Seil, MD, Prof. LUXEMBOURG
Kurt Paul Spindler, MD UNITED STATES
Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc, DEng UNITED STATES
Kazunori Yasuda, MD, PhD, Prof. JAPAN
Eduardo Zamudio, MD CHILE
Scientific Committee
Nicola Maffulli, MD, PhD, MS, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM, Chair
Chih-Hwa Chen, MD, Prof. TAIWAN
Lars Engebretsen, MD, PhD NORWAY
Laurie A. Hiemstra, MD, PhD, FRCSC CANADA
Robert J. Johnson, MD UNITED STATES
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN
Joseph Lowe, MD ISRAEL
Robert G. Marx, MD UNITED STATES
Margaret Lorraine Olmedo, MD UNITED STATES
Kurt Paul Spindler, MD UNITED STATES
Jaime Mayer Wageck, MD BRAZIL
Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc, DEng UNITED STATES
Site Selection Committee
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND, Chair
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN, Deputy Chair
Paolo Aglietti, MD ITALY
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND
Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES
Strategic Planning Committee
Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Kenneth E. DeHaven, MD UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND, Deputy Chair
Karl Benedetto, MD AUSTRIA
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG
Walton W. Curl, MD UNITED STATES
Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES
William E. Garrett, Jr., MD, PhD UNITED STATES
Donald Hugh Johnson, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Robert J. Johnson, MD UNITED STATES
Alberto Pienovi, MD ARGENTINA
Konsei Shino, MD, PhD JAPAN
Boon-Keng Tay, MBBS, FRCS(Ed)Orth, FACS SINGAPORE
Rene E. Verdonk, Prof Em, MD, PhD BELGIUM
Eduardo Zamudio, MD CHILE
Upper Extremity Committee
Philippe P. Hardy, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE, Chair
William B. Kibler, MD UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
Robert A. Arciero, MD UNITED STATES
Gregory I. Bain, MBBS, FRACS (Ortho), FAOrthoA, PhD AUSTRALIA
Klaus Bak, MD DENMARK
Stephen S. Burkhart, MD UNITED STATES
Benno Ejnisman, MD BRAZIL
Mark Ferguson, MD GERMANY
Seung-Ho Kim, MD, PhD KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Philippe Landreau, MD UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Mario V. Larrain, MD ARGENTINA
Anthony Miniaci, MD, FRCSC UNITED STATES
Luigi A. Pederzini, MD ITALY
W. Jaap Willems, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS