ISAKOS 2025 Congress Faculty

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Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet, MD, PhD

Centre Orthopedic Santy, FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Hopital Prive Jean Mermoz
Lyon, Rhône FRANCE

Dr Bertrand Sonnery-Cottet, MD, PhD, is an internationally recognized orthopaedic surgeon specializing exclusively in knee sports surgery and ligament reconstruction. He practices at the Centre Orthopédique Santy in Lyon, France, a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, where he performs more than 600 ACL reconstructions annually. After completing his orthopaedic training at Hôpital La Pitié-Salpêtrière in Paris under Professor Gérard Saillant, he pursued further specialization in sports knee surgery before joining the Centre Orthopédique Santy in 2003. In 2022, he obtained a PhD for his research on the neurological consequences of ACL injury using functional brain MRI. Dr Sonnery-Cottet is the founder of the SANTI Study Group (Scientific Anterior Cruciate Ligament Network International), an international collaborative network dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of sports-related knee injuries. He has trained more than 100 international fellows and has authored >300 PubMed-indexed publications, including more than 200 dedicated to the ACL, as well as 40 book chapters and more than 500 scientific presentations worldwide. He served as President of the Société Francophone d’Arthroscopie (SFA) in 2024–2025 and is an active member of major international societies including ESSKA, ISAKOS, AOSSM, the ACL Study Group and the Herodicus Society. His scientific work has received numerous international distinctions, including the AANA Richard J. O’Connor Research Award in 2017 and 2025, the AOSSM David Sisk Award, the VJSM Blockbuster Award, the On Foundation/AOSSM Research Award, and multiple VJSM Best Video Awards. His 2025 Richard J. O’Connor Award recognized the five-year randomized clinical trial demonstrating superior outcomes of combined ACL and anterolateral ligament reconstruction compared with isolated ACL reconstruction. Through his clinical activity, international teaching and extensive research on ACL reconstruction, anterolateral procedures and arthrogenic muscle inhibition, Dr Sonnery-Cottet is regarded as one of the leading international specialists in knee ligament and sports surgery.

Sat 06/07 07:00 - 07:30	All Rooms	Pre-Course Workshop Registration Special Event Placeholder for Faculty Faculty
Sun 06/08 10:00 - 10:45	General Session - Auditorium	Morning Scientific Session Symposium Individualized Treatment of ACL Injury Faculty
Sun 06/08 10:10 - 10:15	General Session - Auditorium	Morning Scientific Session Presentation When to Add LEAP Presenter
Sun 06/08 14:45 - 14:50	General Session - Auditorium	Afternoon Scientific Session I Paper ACL + ALL Outperforms Isolated ACL Reconstruction: 5-Year Outcomes from a SANTI Study Group Randomized Clinical Trial Presenting Author
Sun 06/08 15:45 - 16:15	Room 14a	Afternoon Scientific Session II Sports Rehab Session Rehab of the Stiff Painful Knee Co-Chair
Sun 06/08 15:53 - 15:59	Room 14a	Afternoon Scientific Session II Presentation Arthrogenic Muscle Inhibition in Acute Cruciate Ligament Injuries: Can We Prevent It? Presenter
Hall D Monday & Tuesday		Knee - Other In-Person Poster Movement Profiles in Patellofemoral Pain Patients During the Lateral Step-Down Task: An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach Author
Mon 06/09 07:00 - 08:15	Room 12	ICL: Knee Instructional Course Lecture Tips and Tricks on How to Manage a Revision ACL Reconstruction Chair
Mon 06/09 07:15 - 07:22	Room 12	ICL: Knee Presentation One stage vs two Presenter
Wed 06/11 14:55 - 15:00	Room 11	Videos and Papers: Meniscus Repair Paper Meniscal Repair Failure Rate Among Professional Athletes Undergoing ACL Reconstruction: A Cohort Study of 196 Patients From the Santi Study Group With a Mean Follow up of 96 Months Author

*Please note that Global Link resources are not part of the CME offered for the 2027 ISAKOS Congress.