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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear Friends of ISAKOS,

Greetings from the ISAKOS Executive Team! On behalf of our leadership group, thank you for your continued

membership with ISAKOS. As ISAKOS prepares to celebrate our 20th Anniversary at the ISAKOS Congress in
Lyon, I am especially grateful for our diversity of members – whether you have been a member for all 20 years,
or only recently joined! ISAKOS is a unique melting pot.. we have more than 4,000 members from 92 different

countries. This diversity is a hallmark of our society and we appreciate every one of you!

ISAKOS recently met at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting in New Orleans. The
ISAKOS Executive Committee arrived early to hold a strategic conference to discuss some initiatives important

to the future growth and maintenance of our society. We are very excited about the new projects that will be
released in the coming months, including the awarding of the first ISAKOS Teaching Center Scholarships, and

the inaugural Masaki Watanabe Arthroscopy Traveling Fellowship. These are just two of the initiatives developed
by YOUR committees for the benefit of our membership.

ISAKOS is also pleased to formally announce the creation of the Journal of ISAKOS. It is important to note

that ISAKOS will continue our ongoing relationship with the Journal of Arthroscopy: Arthroscopic and Related
Surgery. The Journal of ISAKOS will engage and advance the knowledge and treatment of musculoskeletal

diseases and disorders among specialists and other interested health professionals across the globe. The
Journal of ISAKOS will be composed of a mix of peer-reviewed mini – and systematic review articles invited from
the international author community of orthopaedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, and knee surgeons

and emanating from the ISAKOS Congress’s instructional course lectures and other important topics identified
by the editors. Our goal is to develop a Journal that addresses all specialties practiced by our diverse members.

A Journal Development Task Force is hard at work selecting the Journal Editor, and we look forward to sharing
more information about the Journal of ISAKOS over the coming months.

Finally, the 10th Biennial ISAKOS Congress is promising to be another smashing success. We have already

invited more than 350 unique speakers from 40 different countries. More information on the ISAKOS Congress
can be found on pages 4–9 of this Newsletter. I also encourage you to visit the Congress website at

www.isakos.com/2015congress. The Interactive Agenda is a live look at the Congress Scientific Program and
contains up to the moment information on speakers and presentation topics. The beautiful city of Lyon is a

classic backdrop for an ISAKOS Congress, with more than 2000 years of colorful, tumultuous and thriving
history celebrating the art of living, luxury and fine cuisine.

As you can see, ISAKOS has been busy, and we continue to work hard for our membership. As we approach
the milestone 20th anniversary, we are taking time to reflect on where we have been, and also looking forward

to the future of where we can and will go. The future is bright for ISAKOS, and we look forward to continuing
to grow with all of our members!

Masahiro Kurosaka, MD, JAPAN
ISAKOS President 2013–2015

Have you submitted your Congress scientific
View the
abstract? More than 250 scientific papers
Interactive
are anticipated to be accepted. The Deadline
Agenda
for Submission is September 1, 2014–submit

your abstract today!

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