Following the ISAKOS Congress in Toronto, Canada the Committee on Committees and ISAKOS
President Masahiro Kurosaka, MD announced the 2013-2015 committee members.
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN, President
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE, First Vice President
Marc R. Safran, MD, Prof. UNITED STATES, Second Vice President
João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD, Full Prof. PORTUGAL, Assistant Treasurer
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN, Secretary
Guillermo Arce, MD ARGENTINA, Assistant Secretary
Jack T. Andrish, MD UNITED STATES, Consultant
Ryosuke Kuroda, MD, PhD JAPAN, Consultant
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL, Past President
Members at Large
Nobuo Adachi, MD, PhD JAPAN
Annunziato Amendola, MD UNITED STATES
Vicente Gutierrez, MD CHILE
Philippe P. Hardy, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Christopher D. Harner, MD, FAOA UNITED STATES
Ryosuke Kuroda, MD, PhD JAPAN
Robert G. Marx, MD UNITED STATES
Peter T. Myers, AM, MBBS, FRACS, FAOrthA AUSTRALIA
David A. Parker, MBBS, BMedSc, FRACS AUSTRALIA
Luigi A. Pederzini, MD ITALY
Andre Pedrinelli, Prof. BRAZIL
Michael Soudry, Prof. ISRAEL
Arthroscopy Committee
Kevin P. Shea, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Mark Ferguson, MD GERMANY, Deputy Chair
Thomas Bauer, MD, PhD FRANCE
Tahsin Beyzadeoglu, MD, Prof. TURKEY
Nicolas Bonin, MD FRANCE
Chih-Hwa Chen, MD, Prof. TAIWAN
Marco K. Demange, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Francesco Giron, MD, PhD ITALY
Philippe P. Hardy, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Yasuyuki Ishibashi, MD JAPAN
Francois M. Kelberine, MD FRANCE
Mihkel Mardna, MD ESTONIA
Fabrizio Margheritini, MD ITALY
John M. O'Donnell, MBBS, FRACS, FAOrthA AUSTRALIA
Pericles P. Papadopoulos, Prof. GREECE
Andrew D. Pearle, MD UNITED STATES
Halit Pinar, MD, Prof. TURKEY
Michael R. Redler, MD UNITED STATES
Masaki Sonoda, MD JAPAN
K. Fredrik Almqvist, MD, PhD UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Past Chair
Bylaws Committee
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL, Chair
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE, Chair
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN, Past Chair
Communications Committee
Andre Pedrinelli, Prof. BRAZIL, Chair
Ignacio Muñoz Criado, MD SPAIN, Deputy Chair
Mario Ferretti, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Michael E. Hantes, MD, PhD, Prof. GREECE
Carlos Leal, MD, Prof. COLOMBIA
José Ricardo Confraria Varatojo, MD PORTUGAL
Russell E. Windsor, MD UNITED STATES
Eric C. McCarty, MD UNITED STATES, Past Chair
Development Committee
Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH UNITED STATES, Co-Chairman
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL
Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, MD, PhD SPAIN
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES
Dimitr A. Jontschew, MD GERMANY
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN
Robert G. Marx, MD UNITED STATES
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Willem M. van der Merwe, MBChB, FCS(SA)Ortho SOUTH AFRICA
Luis A Vargas, MD, PhD UNITED STATES
Anthony Miniaci, MD, FRCSC UNITED STATES, Past Chair
Education Committee
João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD, Full Prof. PORTUGAL, Chair
Alberto Gobbi, MD, FRACS ITALY, Deputy Chair
Mark D. Miller, MD UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
Luigi A. Pederzini, MD ITALY, Deputy Chair
Richard L. Angelo, MD, PhD UNITED STATES
Gian Luigi Canata, MD ITALY
Jesus Ignacio Cardona-Munoz, MD, MSc MEXICO
Steven B. Cohen, MD UNITED STATES
Camila Cohen Kaleka, PhD BRAZIL
Francesco Franceschi, MD, Prof ITALY
Toru Fukubayashi, MD JAPAN
Alan Getgood, MD, FRCS(Tr&Orth), DipSEM QATAR
Vicente Gutierrez, MD CHILE
Mauricio Gutierrez, MD COLOMBIA
Mohsen Hussein, Assoc. Prof. SLOVENIA
Mustafa Karahan, Prof. TURKEY
Gino M. M. J. Kerkhoffs, MD, PhD, Prof. NETHERLANDS
Maurilio Marcacci, MD ITALY
Joan Carles Monllau, MD, PhD, Prof. SPAIN
Nebojsa Petar Nastov, MD, MSc MACEDONIA, NORTH
Dinshaw Pardiwala, MS(Orth), DNB(Orth), FCPS INDIA
Kim SUNGJAE, MD, PhD KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Rene E. Verdonk, Prof Em, MD, PhD BELGIUM
Urszula E. Zdanowicz, MD POLAND
Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH UNITED STATES, Past Chair
Finance Committee
Willem M. van der Merwe, MBChB, FCS(SA)Ortho SOUTH AFRICA, Chair
João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD, Full Prof. PORTUGAL, Deputy Chair
Guillermo Arce, MD ARGENTINA
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN
Masahiro Kurosaka, MD JAPAN
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Marc R. Safran, MD, Prof. UNITED STATES
Knee Committee
David A. Parker, MBBS, BMedSc, FRACS AUSTRALIA, Chair
Elizabeth A. Arendt, MD UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
Willem M. van der Merwe, MBChB, FCS(SA)Ortho SOUTH AFRICA, Deputy Chair
Annunziato Amendola, MD UNITED STATES
Roland Becker, MD, PhD, Prof. GERMANY
Nicolaas C. Budhiparama, MD, PhD (LUMC, NL), PhD (UGM, ID), FICS, Prof. INDONESIA
Myles R. J. Coolican, FRACS AUSTRALIA
Ricardo Guillermo Denari, Prof. ARGENTINA
Bjorn Engstrom, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof. SWEDEN
Wei Lu, MD, PhD, Prof. CHINA
Sebastien Lustig, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Marcus V. M. Luzo, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Shuichi Matsuda, MD, PhD JAPAN
Eiichi Nakamura, MD, PhD JAPAN
Andrew James Price, DPhil, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM
Ashok Rajgopal, MS, MchOrth, FRCS INDIA
Elvire Servien, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Christopher J. Vertullo, MBBS, PhD, FRACS(Orth) AUSTRALIA
Timothy S. Whitehead, MBBS, FRACS AUSTRALIA
Rick W. Wright, MD UNITED STATES
Allen F. Anderson, MD UNITED STATES, Past Chair
Membership Committee
Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN, Chair
Patrick S. H. Yung, MBChB, FRCS(Orth), FHKCOS, FHKAM, FRCS HONG KONG, Chair
Nobuo Adachi, MD, PhD JAPAN, Deputy Chair
Kivanc Israel Atesok, MD, MSc UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
Dimitr A. Jontschew, MD GERMANY, Deputy Chair
Robert Smigielski, MD, PhD POLAND, Deputy Chair
Nicolaas C. Budhiparama, MD, PhD (LUMC, NL), PhD (UGM, ID), FICS, Prof. INDONESIA
Jiwu Chen, MD, PhD CHINA
Diane L. Dahm, MD UNITED STATES
Mandeep S Dhillon, MS, FAMS, FRCS INDIA
Pieter J. Erasmus, MBChB, MMed, FCS(Orth) SOUTH AFRICA
Geraldo S.M. Granata Jr., MD, PhD BRAZIL
Jai Thilak Kailathuvalapil, MS, MCh, FRCS INDIA
Oleksandr Kostrub, PhD UKRAINE
Konstantin Kalco Mitev, MD, PhD MACEDONIA, NORTH
Peter T. Myers, AM, MBBS, FRACS, FAOrthA AUSTRALIA
Bobby Natanel Nelwan, PhD INDONESIA
Elvire Servien, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Benno Ejnisman, MD BRAZIL, Past Chair
Newsletter Editorial Board
Omer Mei-Dan, MD UNITED STATES, Editor
Nadim Aslam, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM
Mandeep S Dhillon, MS, FAMS, FRCS INDIA
Lucio S. R. Ernlund, MD, MSc BRAZIL
David Sadigursky , MD, MSc BRAZIL
Gonzalo Samitier, MD, PhD SPAIN
Daniel A. Slullitel, MD, Prof. ARGENTINA
Luis A Vargas, MD, PhD UNITED STATES
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Committee
Nicola Maffulli, MD, PhD, MS, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM, Chair
Robert F. LaPrade, MD, PhD UNITED STATES, Deputy Chair
Takeshi Muneta, MD, PhD JAPAN, Deputy Chair
Sergio Rocha Piedade, MD, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor BRAZIL, Deputy Chair
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
Mehmet S. Binnet, Prof. TURKEY
Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, MD, PhD SPAIN
Leandro Ejnisman, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Miguel Angel Khoury, MD ARGENTINA
Philippe Landreau, MD UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Wesley M. Nottage, MD UNITED STATES
Rocco Papalia, MD, PhD, Prof. ITALY
Daniel A. Slullitel, MD, Prof. ARGENTINA
Yasuhito Tanaka, Prof. JAPAN
Igor M. Zazirnyi, MD, DrSc, Prof. UKRAINE
Francois M. Kelberine, MD FRANCE, Past Chair
Patellofemoral Scoring Task Force
Christopher Powers, PhD UNITED STATES
Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, MD, PhD SPAIN
Jason L. Koh, MD, MBA UNITED STATES, Chair
Ryosuke Kuroda, MD, PhD JAPAN, Chair
K. Fredrik Almqvist, MD, PhD UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Jack T. Andrish, MD UNITED STATES
Elizabeth A. Arendt, MD UNITED STATES
Jack Farr, MD UNITED STATES
John P. Fulkerson, MD UNITED STATES
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN
Robert A Magnussen, MD, MPH UNITED STATES
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Geraldo Luiz Schuck de Freitas, PhD BRAZIL
Elvire Servien, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Program Committee
Gregory I. Bain, MBBS, FRACS (Ortho), FAOrthoA, PhD AUSTRALIA
Ricardo P.L. Cury, MD BRAZIL
João Espregueira-Mendes, MD, PhD, Full Prof. PORTUGAL
Mark Ferguson, MD GERMANY
Alberto Gobbi, MD, FRACS ITALY
Eiji Itoi, MD, PhD JAPAN
Robert F. LaPrade, MD, PhD UNITED STATES
Mark D. Miller, MD UNITED STATES
Takeshi Muneta, MD, PhD JAPAN
Ignacio Muñoz Criado, MD SPAIN
Norimasa Nakamura, MD, PhD JAPAN
Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN
David A. Parker, MBBS, BMedSc, FRACS AUSTRALIA
Luigi A. Pederzini, MD ITALY
Andre Pedrinelli, Prof. BRAZIL
Elvire Servien, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Kevin P. Shea, MD UNITED STATES
Rainer Siebold, Prof. Dr. med. GERMANY
Robert Smigielski, MD, PhD POLAND
C. Niek van Dijk, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Stefano Zaffagnini, MD, Prof. ITALY
Anastasios D. Georgoulis, MD, Prof. GREECE, Past Chair
Marc R. Safran, MD, Prof. UNITED STATES, Past Chair
Scientific Committee
Norimasa Nakamura, MD, PhD JAPAN, Chair
Stefano Zaffagnini, MD, Prof. ITALY, Deputy Chair
Ron Arbel, MD ISRAEL
Michelle Cameron-Donaldson, MD UNITED STATES
Bruce A. Levy, MD UNITED STATES
Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
José R. Pécora, Prof. BRAZIL
Nahum Rosenberg, MD, PhD, MOrthop, MBA, FRCS(England), Prof. ISRAEL
Parag Sancheti, FRCS (Ed),MS(ORTH), DNB(ORTH), MCh(UK),Ph.D(UK) INDIA
Michael Soudry, Prof. ISRAEL
Peter Verdonk, MD, PhD BELGIUM
Patrick S. H. Yung, MBChB, FRCS(Orth), FHKCOS, FHKAM, FRCS HONG KONG
Robert G. Marx, MD UNITED STATES, Past Chair
Site Selection Committee
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES
Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCSC CANADA
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND
Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES, Past Chair
Strategic Planning Committee
John A. Bergfeld, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
Freddie H. Fu, MD UNITED STATES, Chair
C. Niek van Dijk, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS, Deputy Chair
John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA
Kai-Ming Chan, MBBS, MCh(Orth), FRCPS(G), FRCS(E), FRCSEd(Orth) HONG KONG
Shiyi Chen, MD, PhD, Prof. CHINA
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL
Mario Ferretti, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Roland P. Jakob, Professor Emeritus SWITZERLAND
Dimitr A. Jontschew, MD GERMANY
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN
Paulo Lobo, Jr., MD BRAZIL
Maurilio Marcacci, MD ITALY
Robert G. Marx, MD UNITED STATES
Omer Mei-Dan, MD UNITED STATES
Fernando Radice, MD CHILE
Marc R. Safran, MD, Prof. UNITED STATES
Robert A. Stanton, MD UNITED STATES
Dean C. Taylor, MD UNITED STATES
Rene E. Verdonk, Prof Em, MD, PhD BELGIUM
Barry R. Tietjens, FRACS NEW ZEALAND, Past Chair
Upper Extremity Committee
Eiji Itoi, MD, PhD JAPAN, Chair
Gregory I. Bain, MBBS, FRACS (Ortho), FAOrthoA, PhD AUSTRALIA, Deputy Chair
Richard L. Angelo, MD, PhD UNITED STATES
Moroe Beppu, MD, PhD JAPAN
Emilio Calvo, MD, PhD, MBA SPAIN
Myriam Capasso, MD VENEZUELA
Jiwu Chen, MD, PhD CHINA
Carina Cohen, PhD BRAZIL
Giovanni Di Giacomo, MD ITALY
Ronald L. Diercks, Prof, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS
Dan Guttmann, MD UNITED STATES
Andreas B. Imhoff, MD, Prof. Emeritus GERMANY
Seung-Ho Kim, MD, PhD KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tom Clement Ludvigsen, MD NORWAY
Augustus D. Mazzocca, MS, MD UNITED STATES
Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH UNITED STATES
Alberto C. Pochini, MD, PhD BRAZIL
Matthew T. Provencher, MD UNITED STATES
Felix H. Savoie III, MD UNITED STATES
Hiroyuki Sugaya, MD JAPAN
Francisco J. Vergara González, MD CHILE
Yon-Sik Yoo, MD, PhD KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Guillermo Arce, MD ARGENTINA, Past Chair