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FELLOWSHIP REPORTS

2014 International Sports Fellowship planning

Medicine Fellows Conference Planning started after receiving the good news
regarding our selection on October 2013; ISAKOS

(ISMF): Comprehensive did approve a grant to cover our flight costs and
accommodation as international fellows, while
Approaches to Articular
registration was free. At that moment, I was working
as a consultant Orthopaedic, Sports Medicine and
Cartilage Repair & Hip
Trauma surgeon at the military hospital “Ĥpital d’
Arthroscopy
Instruction des Arḿes, Omar Bongo Ondimba”,

in Libreville, Gabon and Dr. Dnyanesh Lad, from
Course Chairs:
Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital in Pune, India,

Bert R. Mandelbaum, MD was completing his fellowship at OASI Bioresearch
Ralph A. Gambardella, MD
Foundation in Milan, Italy. Therefore we were excited
with the opportunity to improve our knowledge and

Program Directors:
skills in the field of Sports Medicine which would be
Jason Scopp, MD of a great value for our work in our countries.

Michael Gerhardt, MD
The Conference
Fellows:
The 14th International Sports Medicine Fellows
Dr. Georgios Karnatzikos, Thessaloniki, GREECE
Conference was held in Carlsbad, California on
Dr. Dnyanesh Lad, Mumbai, INDIA
January 17-19, 2014. The course provided a unique

First of all, we would like to take the opportunity to learn and participate in the largest
gathering of 2013-2014 sports medicine fellows. The
opportunity to express our deep
gratitude to the International Society two day course included a variety of lectures and
surgical skills workshops. The faculty taught toward
of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine the fellows’ potential, while giving advice aimed
(ISAKOS) for selecting us to toward passing the Orthopaedic Board Exam.

participate in the “2014 International Welcome Reception: On Friday, January 17, all
Sports Medicine Fellows Conference
meeting attendees we were invited to enjoy cocktails
(ISMF): Comprehensive Approaches and hors d’oeuvres at the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort
to Articular Cartilage Repair & and Spa, while meeting new colleagues.

Hip Arthroscopy” as International Faculty: The conference had a large faculty, including
Fellows, with a particular mention to
some of the biggest names in the field of Sports
Michele C. Johnson, Executive Director of ISAKOS Medicine and it was an honour to hear lectures
and the ISAKOS Office staff for their support.
from these giants, many of whom were pioneers in
Also, we would like to thank our hosts, the Course research and cartilage treatment modalities and we

Chairs (Bert Mandelbaum and Ralph Gambardella), hope that in the future we will again be able to meet
the Program Directors (Jason Scopp and Michael and work with some more of these surgeons.
Gerardt) along with the invited faculty and trainers for

the great organization and their efforts to teach us all
the advanced procedures in cartilage regeneration.

We would also like to make a special mention and

thank Alberto Gobbi, Secretary General of International
Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) and invited faculty

for many years now to the ISMF Conference, who
gave us the opportunity to attend this workshop

by recommending us for the scholarship. We first
had a chance to interact with Dr. Gobbi as fellows

at Orthopaedic Arthroscopic Surgery International
(OASI) Bioresearch Foundation in Milan, Italy, where
we completed a Fellowship in Sports Medicine and

Arthroscopy and Emerging Technologies in Cartilage
Regeneration Strategies. Under his guidance we

learnt about various cartilage repair techniques
particularly treatment of cartilage defects with stem

cells and various orthopaedic applications of platelet
rich plasma (PRP) and growth factors.

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