Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND, President
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN, First Vice President
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES, Second Vice President
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG, Treasurer
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES, Vice Treasurer
Donald Hugh Johnson, MD, FRCSC CANADA, Secretary
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND, Past President
Members at Large
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES
Donald Hugh Johnson, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND
F. Alan Barber, MD, FACS UNITED STATES
John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA
Gilberto L. Camanho, MD BRAZIL
Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, MD, PhD SPAIN
Mahmut N. Doral, MD, Prof. TURKEY
Mark Ferguson, MD GERMANY
Andre Frank, MD FRANCE
Anastasios D. Georgoulis, MD, Prof. GREECE
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN
Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN
Alberto Pienovi, MD ARGENTINA
W. Jaap Willems, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Arthroscopy Committee
Andre Frank, MD FRANCE, Chair
Romain Seil, MD, Prof. LUXEMBOURG, Deputy Chair
J.W. Thomas Byrd, MD UNITED STATES
Rodolfo Carpignano, MD ARGENTINA
EZEQUIEL A. HIDALGO, MD UNITED STATES
Bent Wulff Jakobsen, MD DENMARK
Hideshige Moriya, MD JAPAN
Halit Pinar, MD, Prof. TURKEY
C. Niek van Dijk, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Eduardo Zamudio, MD CHILE
Bylaws Committee
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN, Chair
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES, Deputy 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, Deputy Chair
Vladimir Bobic, MD, FRCSEd UNITED KINGDOM
Fernando Radice, MD CHILE
Ronald M. Selby, MD UNITED STATES
Education Committee
W. Jaap Willems, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS, Chair
Torsten Wredmark, MD, PhD SWEDEN, Deputy Chair
Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, MD, PhD SPAIN
James C. Esch, MD UNITED STATES
Vicente Gutierrez, MD CHILE
Hideo Matsumoto, MD, PhD JAPAN
David V. Rajan, MS(Orth), MNAMS(Orth), FRCS(G) INDIA
Finance Committee
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG, Chair
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND
Donald Hugh Johnson, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Knee Committee
Paolo Aglietti, MD ITALY, Chair
James Alan Rand, MD UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
David S. Barrett, MD, B.Sc.,FRCS UNITED KINGDOM
Michael A. Kelly, MD UNITED STATES
Tomihisa Koshino, MD, PhD JAPAN
Urs Munzinger, MD SWITZERLAND
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN
Paulo Roberto Rockett, MD BRAZIL
Michael Soudry, Prof. ISRAEL
Membership Committee
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL, Chair
J. Mário Beça, MD PORTUGAL
Walton W. Curl, MD UNITED STATES
Mark Ferguson, MD GERMANY
Kyosuke Fujikawa, MD, Prof. JAPAN
Robert Wen-Wei Hsu, MD TAIWAN
Dieter Kohn, MD, PhD GERMANY
Luis A Vargas, MD, PhD UNITED STATES
Newsletter Editorial Board
Stephen S. Burkhart, MD UNITED STATES, Editor
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND, Associate Editor
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Committee
Annunziato Amendola, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Peter T. Myers, MBBS, FRACS, FAOrthA AUSTRALIA, Deputy Chair
Joao A. Grangeiro-Neto, MD, MS BRAZIL
Arnaldo J. Hernandez, MD, PhD BRAZIL
José F. Huylebroek, MD BELGIUM
Hartmut E A Krahl, MD, PhD GERMANY
Hans H. Paessler, MD THAILAND
Christer G. Rolf, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Kurt Paul Spindler, MD UNITED STATES
Program Committee
John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA, Chair
Christopher D. Harner, MD, FAOA UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
Rene J. Abdalla, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Paolo Aglietti, MD ITALY
Annunziato Amendola, MD UNITED STATES
Stephen S. Burkhart, MD UNITED STATES
Mahmut N. Doral, MD, Prof. TURKEY
Andre Frank, MD FRANCE
Anastasios D. Georgoulis, MD, Prof. GREECE
Stephen M. Howell, MD UNITED STATES
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN
Anthony Miniaci, MD, FRCSC UNITED STATES
Alberto Pienovi, MD ARGENTINA
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Konsei Shino, MD, PhD JAPAN
Russell Ja Tregonning, MBChb, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
W. Jaap Willems, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc, DEng UNITED STATES
Scientific Committee
Nicola Maffulli, MD, PhD, MS, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM, Chair
Lars Engebretsen, MD, PhD NORWAY
Robert J. Johnson, MD UNITED STATES
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN
Jaime Mayer Wageck, MD BRAZIL
Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc, DEng UNITED STATES
Kazunori Yasuda, MD, PhD, Prof. JAPAN
Site Selection Committee
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND, Chair
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Donald Hugh Johnson, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Strategic Planning Committee
Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Wahid Al-Kharusi, MD UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
Gilberto L. Camanho, MD BRAZIL
Brian H Casey, MD AUSTRALIA
Walton W. Curl, MD UNITED STATES
David James Dandy, MD, FRCS UNITED KINGDOM
Kenneth E. DeHaven, MD UNITED STATES
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES
M. Mike Malek, MD UNITED STATES
Gideon Mann, MD, Prof. ISRAEL
John B. McGinty, MD UNITED STATES
Konsei Shino, MD, PhD JAPAN
Rene E. Verdonk, Prof em , MD, PhD BELGIUM
Upper Extremity Committee
Stephen S. Burkhart, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Philippe P. Hardy, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE, Deputy Chair
James J. Lam, FRCS HONG KONG
Mario V. Larrain, MD ARGENTINA
Daniel A. Slullitel, MD, Prof. ARGENTINA
Kevin P Speer, MD UNITED STATES
W. Jaap Willems, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS