Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND, President
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND, First Vice President
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN, Second Vice President
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG, Treasurer
Terry L Whipple, MD UNITED STATES, Secretary
Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES, Past President
Members at Large
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG
Terry L Whipple, MD UNITED STATES
Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES
Rene J. Abdalla, MD, PhD BRAZIL
F. Alan Barber, MD, FACS UNITED STATES
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
Myles R. J. Coolican, FRACS AUSTRALIA
Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, MD, PhD SPAIN
Mark Ferguson, MD GERMANY
Andre Frank, MD FRANCE
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN
Nicola Maffulli, MD, PhD, MS, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM
Alberto Pienovi, MD ARGENTINA
W. Jaap Willems, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Arthroscopy Committee
Andre Frank, MD FRANCE, Chair
Stephen S. Burkhart, MD UNITED STATES
J.W. Thomas Byrd, MD UNITED STATES
Rodolfo Carpignano, MD ARGENTINA
Daniel Julio De Antoni, MD ARGENTINA
Mahmut N. Doral, MD, Prof. TURKEY
Alex Finsterbush, MD ISRAEL
Bent Wulff Jakobsen, MD DENMARK
Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN
Halit Pinar, MD, Prof. TURKEY
David S. Ruch, MD UNITED STATES
Alfredo Schiavone Panni, MD ITALY
Romain Seil, MD, Prof. LUXEMBOURG
Dean C. Taylor, MD UNITED STATES
C. Niek van Dijk, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Jaime Mayer Wageck, MD BRAZIL
Bylaws Committee
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN, Chair
James C Chow, MD UNITED STATES
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL
Communications Committee
Donald Hugh Johnson, MD, FRCSC CANADA, Chair
F. Alan Barber, MD, FACS UNITED STATES
Karl Benedetto, MD AUSTRIA
Vladimir Bobic, MD, FRCSEd UNITED KINGDOM
Philip J Branson, MD UNITED STATES
Ron Clark, MD UNITED STATES
Education Committee
W. Jaap Willems, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS, Chair
Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, MD, PhD SPAIN
Evan F Ekman, MD UNITED STATES
Lam James James, FRCS HONG KONG
John B. King, FRCS UNITED KINGDOM
David F Martin, MD UNITED STATES
Torsten Wredmark, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Finance Committee & Corporate Advisory Group
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG, Chair
James C Chow, MD UNITED STATES
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND
Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Terry L Whipple, MD UNITED STATES
Knee Committee
Paolo Aglietti, MD ITALY, Chair
Gabriel Agar, Prof ISRAEL
David S. Barrett, MD, B.Sc.,FRCS UNITED KINGDOM
Myles R. J. Coolican, FRACS AUSTRALIA
Gregory C. Fanelli, MD UNITED STATES
John P. Fulkerson, MD UNITED STATES
Michael A. Kelly, MD UNITED STATES
Tomihisa Koshino, MD, PhD JAPAN
Neylor Pace Lasmar, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Pier Paolo Mariani, MD, Prof ITALY
Rene K Marti, MD SWITZERLAND
Urs Munzinger, MD SWITZERLAND
James Alan Rand, MD UNITED STATES
Paulo Roberto Rockett, MD BRAZIL
Michael Soudry, Prof. ISRAEL
Membership Committee
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL, Chair
Andreas B. Imhoff, MD, Prof. Emeritus GERMANY, Chair
J. Mário Beça, MD PORTUGAL
Walton W. Curl, MD UNITED STATES
Mark Ferguson, MD GERMANY
Hideshige Moriya, MD JAPAN
Fernando Radice, MD CHILE
Luis A Vargas, MD, PhD UNITED STATES
Paul Yerys, MD UNITED STATES
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Committee
Gideon Mann, MD, Prof. ISRAEL, Chair
Ahmed Abdelaziz, PhD(Orth), MSc(Orth) EGYPT
Annunziato Amendola, MD UNITED STATES
Metin Lutfi Baydar, MD TURKEY
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES
Arnaldo J. Hernandez, MD, PhD BRAZIL
José F. Huylebroek, MD BELGIUM
Hartmut E A Krahl, MD, PhD GERMANY
Pier Paolo Mariani, MD, Prof ITALY
Anthony Miniaci, MD, FRCSC UNITED STATES
Peter T. Myers, AM, MBBS, FRACS, FAOrthA AUSTRALIA
Sakari Y. Orava, MD, PhD, Prof. FINLAND
Christer G. Rolf, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Bernhard Segesser, MD SWITZERLAND
Kurt Paul Spindler, MD UNITED STATES
Palaniappan Thiagarajan, MD SINGAPORE
Program Committee
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN, Chair
Rene J. Abdalla, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Paolo Aglietti, MD ITALY
John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
William G Clancy, MD UNITED STATES
Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Andre Frank, MD FRANCE
Anastasios D. Georgoulis, MD, Prof. GREECE
Christopher D. Harner, MD, FAOA UNITED STATES
Dieter Kohn, MD, PhD GERMANY
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN
Roger V. Larson, MD UNITED STATES
Gideon Mann, MD, Prof. ISRAEL
Hans H. Paessler, MD THAILAND
Alberto Pienovi, MD ARGENTINA
Hans Ulrich Staeubli, MD, PhD SWITZERLAND
W. Jaap Willems, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc, DEng UNITED STATES
Scientific Committee
Hans Ulrich Staeubli, MD, PhD SWITZERLAND, Chair
Alexandra Kirkley, MD CANADA, Vice Chairman
Allen F. Anderson, MD UNITED STATES
Arthur L Boland, MD UNITED STATES
Dilworth Cannon, MD UNITED STATES
Lars Engebretsen, MD, PhD NORWAY
Stephen M. Howell, MD UNITED STATES
Robert J. Johnson, MD UNITED STATES
Peter Jokl, MD UNITED STATES
Nicola Maffulli, MD, PhD, MS, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Edgard Santos Pereira, MD BRAZIL
Kazunori Yasuda, MD, PhD, Prof. JAPAN
Site Selection Committee
Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA
Rodolfo Carpignano, MD ARGENTINA
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG
Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Rene K Marti, MD SWITZERLAND
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND
Strategic Planning Committee
Terry L Whipple, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Wahid Al-Kharusi, MD UNITED STATES
Arthur L Boland, MD UNITED STATES
Gilberto L. Camanho, MD BRAZIL
Pierre Benoit Chambat, MD FRANCE
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG
Kenneth E. DeHaven, MD UNITED STATES
Ejnar K.G. Eriksson, MD, PhD, Prof SWEDEN
Ponky Firer, Prof. SOUTH AFRICA
John A L Hart, MBBS FRACS AUSTRALIA
Victor N. Henriquez, MD CHILE
John Ireland, FRCS UNITED KINGDOM
John B. McGinty, MD UNITED STATES
Giancarlo Puddu, MD ITALY
Konsei Shino, MD, PhD JAPAN
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Rene E. Verdonk, Prof Em, MD, PhD BELGIUM
Upper Extremity Committee
Stephen S. Burkhart, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
David W. Altchek, MD UNITED STATES
Dirk P.M. De Clercq, MD BELGIUM
Peter Habermeyer, MD, PhD GERMANY
Mario V. Larrain, MD ARGENTINA
Pier Paolo Mariani, MD, Prof ITALY
Gavriel Mozes, MD ISRAEL
Claude E Nichols III, MD UNITED STATES
Herbert Resch, MD AUSTRIA
Stephen J. Snyder, MD UNITED STATES
Kevin P Speer, MD UNITED STATES