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APPROVED COURSE REPORTS

ISAKOS & FIFA Collaborative

Course on Football Medicine

February 15-16, 2014

Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

ISAKOS was pleased to partner with F-MARC and FIFA to

host the Football Medicine Conference 2014 in S̃o Paulo,
Brazil on 15 and 16 February. This course was the first

pre-World Cup medical event, and included more than 500
participants.

Organized by the FIFA Medical Centers of Excellence in Brazil
(UNIFESP–USP–Home ), the purpose of the event was to

share experiences in various segments of Sports Medicine
as it relates to football. The course included professionals

in the sports medicine field from around the world, including
Singapore, Malaysia, Qatar, South Africa, Portugal, Spain,

Belgium, Switzerland, England, France, Cameroon, Argentina,
and Paraguay.

The scientific program included speakers from the

Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL),
Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), and Paulista Football

Federation (FPF). International presentations were also given
by representatives of FIFA Medical Centers of Excellence

such as France, Malaysia, Belgium, Switzerland, and England,
among others. We had the opportunity to see the presentations
describing the preparations of 12 physicians responsible for

each one of the venues of the matches of the World Cup.

Some very well-known physicians participated in the event
including Collin Fuller (United Kingdom), Efraim Kramer (South

Africa), Gurcharan Singh (Malaysia), Jiri Dvorak (Switzerland),
Joao Espregueira-Mendes (Portugal), Michel D’Hooghe

(Belgium), Osvaldo Pangrazio (Paraguay), Pieter D’Hooge
(Qatar) and ISAKOS First Vice President, Philippe Neyret

(France).

Joś Luiz Runco, Flamengo and the Brazilian national football
team doctor, Joaquim Grava, Corinthians doctor, Michel

D’Hooge, President of the FIFA Medical Committee, and Jiri
Dvorak, FIFA Medican Director, were honored during the event
with the Golden Ball of Soccer Medicine.

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