INVITED FACULTY
The ISHA 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting will bring together specialist hip preservation faculty from around the world. Names will be added here as confirmed.
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ISHA 2024 Presidential Guest Speaker
Bryan Kelly
MD
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY, USA
Dr. Bryan T. Kelly is President and CEO at Hospital for Special Surgery. He is also Surgeon-in-Chief Emeritus, Chief Emeritus of the Sports Medicine Institute, and served as Co-Director for the Center for Hip Preservation. He has a faculty appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College and medical staff appointments at HSS and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He cares for several sports teams serving as Head Team Physician for the New York Rangers and Orthopedic Consultant for UFC. Dr. Kelly specializes in sports medicine injuries and arthroscopic and open surgical management of non-arthritic disorders around the hip. After the completion of his residency at HSS in 2001, he completed a two year fellowship at Hospital for Special Surgery, specializing in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery. Dr. Kelly then completed a fellowship in Hip Sports Injuries and Arthroscopy at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Center for Sports Medicine, under the direction of Dr. Marc J. Philippon, MD. Prior to starting his practice he also completed an AO International Traveling Fellowship where he spent time with Dr. Herbert Resch at the Landeskliniken Hospital in Salzburg, Austria, as well as with Professor Reinhold Ganz in Bern, Switzerland studying advanced techniques in open management of hip and shoulder injuries. He has a broad range of both clinical and basic science research interests including the development of a clinical outcomes registry; biomechanical studies evaluating conflict patterns in femoroacetabular impingement and techniques in labral refixation; development of synthetic scaffolds for labral reconstruction and cartilage injuries in the hip; and the development of novel surgical techniques for managing soft tissue injuries around the hip joint. He has authored over 140 scientific publications, chapters, review articles, and books.
Rintje Agricola
MD, PhD
Erasmus University Medical Centre and Anna Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Clinically and scientifically, I am dedicated in identifying risk factors and optimizing treatments for hip diseases from children to elderly in a personalized way. Driven by my tremendous curiosity after my master thesis, I started my academic career as a PhD student in 2010. I studied the development of hip morphology in adolescents and the relationship between hip morphology and development of osteoarthritis. In 2015 I received my PhD ‘cum laude’. After my PhD I remained highly fascinated in doing research and continued this line of research during my clinical training in orthopaedic surgery. During this time, I was fortunate to perform fellowships in Oxford (UK), Doha (Qatar) and Melbourne (Australia). With the continuation of my research projects and with the grants received, I was able to build my own, independent and previously non-existing research line on hip morphology development and hip osteoarthritis. I was invited for >50 key note lectures, have published >80 international peer-reviewed scientific articles and participation in various international consensus meetings.
Sufian Ahmad
MD, FMH, Facharzt, PD venia legeni
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of the Medical School of Hannover (MHH), Annastift Hospital, Hanover, Germany
Sufian S. AHMAD is a distinguished academic surgeon based in Hannover,Germany, whose clinical and academic commitment is predominantly centered around the comprehensive realm of hip surgery. His clinical expertise lies in hip preservation surgery with a particular interest in pelvic osteotomies, as well as primary and revision hip arthroplasty. A substantial portion of his clinical practice is devoted to treating young adults with hip instability and hip dysplasia. Dr. Ahmad's expertise in periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) stands out, with him performing over 150 PAO procedures annually, accumulating to nearly 500 over his career. This places him among the busiest PAO surgeons globally. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Ahmad is deeply committed to advancing academic orthopedics. He has spearheaded a Patient-Reported Outcome Measures(PROM) registry to enhance our comprehension of clinical outcomes following complex hip surgeries. He also strives to introduce the concept of early recovery and day-case periacetabular osteotomy, aiming to further improve patient experiences and outcomes in hip surgery.
Tony Andrade
MSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Reading Orthopaedic Centre, Reading, United Kingdom
Mr Tony Andrade is a consultant Orthopaedic, Hip and Knee surgeon with a special interest in Young Adult Hip problems. He was appointed to the Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2002, where he established a hip arthroscopy and hip preservation service that that quickly evolved into a tertiary referral centre. He has been an active member of the International Society of Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA) since it was founded in 2008. He became the ISHA membership secretary in October 2012 and was the host chairman for the ISHA Annual Scientific Meeting in Cambridge in September 2015. In the 2020-2021 membership year he served as President of what is now known as ISHA – The Hip Preservation Society. He sits on the UK Non-Arthroplasty Hip Registry (NAHR) user group for the British Hip Society, and is active in trying to maximise surgeon engagement with submitting data to the registry. He has a keen research interest in conditions affecting the young adult hip but is also involved with international multicentre studies researching the outcome of joint replacements. He was a senior co-author for the BMJ article on “Arthroscopic hip surgery compared with physiotherapy and activity modification for the treatment of symptomatic femoroacetabular impingement: multicentre randomised controlled trial”. He is a regular reviewer for six international Orthopaedic journals and is on the editorial board of Hip International. He has published numerous articles in peer reviewed journals on hip, knee, trauma and infection topics, and has been a section editor in two surgical textbooks, as well as a chapter author in several books.
Stephen Aoki
MD
University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT, USA
Dr. Stephen K. Aoki, Associate Professor, specializes in the surgical treatment of pediatric, adolescent, and adult sports injuries of the hip and knee. Dr. Aoki serves as team physician for University of Utah Gymnastics and University of Utah Football. He serves as Chair of the University of Utah Residency Selection Committee. Dr. Aoki received his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University. He completed his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and subsequently completed his orthopaedic surgery residency and sports medicine fellowship at the University of Utah. Dr. Aoki practices both at the University Orthopaedic Center and Primary Children´s Hospital.Dr. Aoki's hip practice focuses on joint preservation and hip arthroscopy. His surgical expertise includes the treatment of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), labral tears, cartilage injuries, hip instability due to capsular insufficiency, ischiofemoral impingement, and gluteus/hamstring tears. He has done extensive research in the field of hip arthroscopy including technical articles focused on improving the surgical treatment of FAI and hip stability.Surgical Expertise: Hip Arthroscopy, Femoroacetabular Impingement, Hip Labral Repair and Reconstruction, Hip Capsular Repair and Reconstruction, Gluteus Tendon Repair, Hamstring Repair, Hip Preservation, Pediatric and Adult ACL Reconstructions, Patella Dislocations, Pediatric Sports Injuries, Osteochondritis Dissecans, Cartilage and Meniscus Tears.Dr Aoki has been an active member of ISHA since 2016.
Olufemi Ayeni
DO
McMaster University, Hamilton ON, Canada
Dr. Ayeni is a Professor and the Academic Head of Orthopaedic Surgery at McMaster University. He is currently the medical director for the Hamilton Tiger Cats (Canadian Football League) and Forge FC (Canadian Premier League) and previously served as the assistant team physician for the New Jersey Nets (National Basketball Association). He has published over 300 academic publications in sports medicine as well as several textbooks focused on sports medicine/research. His research addressing sports medicine related injuries has been funded by major organizations (CIHR, AANA, AOSSM). He is considered a leading authority on hip injuries and conditions in the young adult as this is a substantial portion of his clinical practice. He has spoken widely across the globe on evidence based approaches to evaluate and treat hip related syndromes and other conditions.
Ali Bajwa
MPhil Cantab, GCSRT (Harvard), MBBS, MRCSEd, MSc Orth, MBE, Dip Sports & Ex Med (UK&I), MFSEM (UK), FRCS Tr & Orth
The Villarbajwa Practice, London, United Kingdom
Dr Ali Bajwa is high volume hip arthroscopist, scientist and researcher at the The Villar Bajwa Practice, Cambridge and London, United Kingdom. He is an alumni of Cambridge university, Harvard university, Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine (UK) and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Ali was a professional Discus Thrower and a climber. He maintains a particular interest in Arctic and high altitude expeditions. Bajwa’s professional Practice covers all aspects of hip arthroscopy and arthroplasty. He has treated professional sportsmen and women, Olympians and high-level amateur athletes across a wide spectrum of sports. As an inventor, Ali holds a number of patents in Med Tech space.
Jitendra Balakumar
MBBS, FRACS (Orth)
Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Jit Balakumar is a highly trained orthopaedic surgeon with a expertise in lower limb surgery, namely, joint preservation surgeries of the hip (hip arthroscopy, osteotomies and impingement surgery) and joint replacement. After he completed a fellowship at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Mr Balakumar completed a diploma and fellowship of Knee Surgery in Paris V University in Paris, France. In 2008 he was recognized for his talents and was accepted into the very competitive and highly sought after paediatric surgery fellowship at Harvard’s Children’s Hospital Boston. This is an American-accredited fellowship program which rarely grants acceptance to foreign-trained surgeons. There, Mr Balakumar completed a full-year of hands-on surgical training with some of the brightest minds and hands in orthopaedics. He honed his skills with emerging techniques in joint preservation surgeries across the paediatric, adolescent and adult populations. His unique understanding of orthopaedics across all age groups makes Mr Balakumar versatile in treating these conditions being able to offer both joint preservation and replacement options. He has a number of publications in peer review orthopaedic literature and continues to present at international orthopaedic meetings. Mr Balakumar also teaches orthopaedic surgeons, trainees and medical students.
Michael Banffy
MD
Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Los Angeles CA, USA
Dr. Banffy is a sports medicine surgeon focusing on joint preservation and cartilage restoration. He has an extensive bibliography of research and is the team physician for many professional and collegiate teams in the Los Angeles area including the Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Loyola Marymount University. He is the assistant fellowship director for the Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Sports Medicine Fellowship and is an active member of many committees in the sports medicine societies.
Filiep Bataillie
MD
AZ Herentals, Antwerp, Belgium
Filiep Bataillie is a hip and spine surgeon active since 1991 and performing hip arthroscopy since 1993. He is one of the first surgeons in Belgium performing hip arthroscopy. His special interest is on discogenic and non-discogenic sciatica and also the proximal hamstring pathology.
Paul Beaulé
MD
ISHA President 2023-2024
The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa ON, Canada
Dr Paul E. Beaulé specializes in joint preserving surgery of the hip as well as hip arthroplasty. After completing his training at University of Ottawa, he pursued his fellowship training at University of California, Los Angeles and University of Southern California. Currently, he is Professor of Surgery and Head of the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Ottawa and Past President of the Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society. Dr Beaulé is a member of the Hip Society, the International Hip Society, European Hip Society, and the Academic Network for Conservative Hip Outcome Research (ANCHOR). He is a two-time recipient of the William H. Harris Award, has received the Hip Society Award four times and the Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Award.
Asheesh Bedi
MD
NorthShore Orthopedic and Spine Institute, Chicago IL, USA
Dr. Asheesh Bedi is the Director of Sports Medicine and Joint Preservation at the NorthShore Orthopedic and Spine Institute. He is an Adjunct Professor of Sports Medicine and Hip Preservation at the Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medical Center. He is also the chief medical officer for National Basketball Players’ Associations (NBPA), a consultant for the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA), and specializes in both arthroscopic and open surgery for athletic injuries of the shoulder, elbow, hip, and knee. He is a supporting NFL team physician under the leadership of Dr. Mark Bowen, the Head Team Physician for the Chicago Bears. Dr. Bedi completed his undergraduate training at Northwestern University where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School with AOA recognition, and remained in Ann Arbor to pursue residency training in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Michigan. After completing his training, Dr. Bedi completed a two-year fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. He has also pursued additional dedicated training in arthroscopic hip surgery for young athletes. Dr. Bedi has authored over 350 articles, chapters, and peer-reviewed publications on shoulder, elbow, knee, and hip injuries in athletes. He has won numerous prestigious awards in the field, including the ASES Neer Award, AOSSM Cabaud and Excellence in Research Awards, and is a member of the Herodicus Society.
Javier Besomi
MD
Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
Javier Besomi, MD is pediatric orthopaedic surgeon from Clinica Alemana de Santiago and Hospital Clinico San Borja Arriaran in Santiago de Chile. He is Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Clinica Alemana de Santiago. His special expertise focus in pediatric hip from newborn to adolescents, DDH, SCFE, LCPD, FAI and sports injuries of the hip in children and adolescents. Procedures: hip preservation surgery, surgical hip dislocation, femoral and pelvic osteotomies, trauma and hip arthroscopy in pediatric population.
Anthony Beutler
MD
Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT, USA
Dr. Beutler is the associate medical director of Sports Medicine for Intermountain Healthcare. He is also the program director for Intermountain’s Sports Medicine fellowship in Provo, Utah. Dr. Beutler is an acclaimed international educator and researcher in sports medicine and musculoskeletal injury prevention. He previously directed the Tri-service military sports medicine fellowship in Washington DC, where he served as educational director for 12 sports medicine fellows per year in the National Capitol Sports Medicine Consortium. As a member of the JUMP-ACL Partnership and of the CHAMP Consortium, his study teams have received multiple national grants and awards for their ground-breaking work in injury prevention and injury prediction, both in military and civilian populations. Dr. Beutler has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. He was recently selected as the first Chair of the Collaborative Research Network for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine.
Tahsin Beyzadeoğlu
Prof. Dr.
Beyzadeoglu Clinic & Halic University, Istanbul, Turkey
Prof. Tahsin Beyzadeoğlu was born in Bursa, Turkey in 1971. After graduating Trakya University Faculty of Medicine in 1994, he has accomplished his specialty residency at Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in 2000. Between January 2001 and August 2005 he has worked at Private Umut Hospital in Istanbul. Between August 2005 and September 2012 he has worked at Yeditepe University Hospital Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and got his Associate Professorship degree. Since September 2012, he is owner of an Orthopaedic practice group, Beyzadeoglu Clinic in Istanbul. He had Professorship degree in 2013 from Halic University, Istanbul and still continues giving lectures both for graduate and after graduate physiotherapy and medical faculty students.His main specialties are; Sports Injuries, Arthroscopic Surgery and Hand Surgery. Beyzadeoglu has served as Head Team Physician of Turkish Men’s National Basketball Team. He has also been a member of The Executive Board of Health Committee of Turkish Football Federation, Health Committee of Turkish Basketball Federation and Health Committee of Paralimpic Federation. He consults most of the basketball teams in Euroleague and Turkish League and mainly Fenerbahce Sports Club.He has 56 articles; 156 oral and poster presentations; 23 book chapter writings; and 211 conference, panel and seminary lectures published in national and international scientific platforms. He speaks English and German. He is fan of Fenerbahce Sports Club. He is married and father of two sons.
Srino Bharam
MD
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York NY, USA
Dr. Srino Bharam is a professor of orthopaedic surgery with board certification in orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine. He currently serves as Director of Hip Preservation at Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital and Attending Surgeon at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. His practice is dedicated to the management of athletes with hip and groin related injuries, hip arthroscopy and sports related groin procedures. He is an international lecturer, scientist and recently completed his executive MBA/MS program in healthcare leadership and policy at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medicine.
Sanjeev Bhatia
MD
Northwestern Medicine, Warrenville IL, USA
Dr. Sanjeev Bhatia is a Board Certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and arthroscopic treatment of hip, knee and shoulder injuries. He is presently the Director of the Hip & Knee Joint Preservation Center of the Northwestern Medicine West Region. He is also a consulting physician for the United States Ski Team and athletes from Northern Illinois University. Dr. Bhatia brings with him unique experience in repairing and reconstructing hip labral tears, which involves the ring of cartilage that goes around the hip socket. He has personally cared for and treated thousands of individuals including professional athletes and US Olympians in addition to high school, college and recreational athletes. Originally from Chicago, Dr. Bhatia attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Northwestern University Medical School. From there, he completed his orthopaedic residency at Rush University Medical Center. After residency, Dr. Bhatia went on to complete a sports medicine and hip arthroscopy fellowship at the renowned Steadman-Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado. As a fellow, Dr. Bhatia gained expertise in the most innovative techniques in hip arthroscopy from one of the pioneers of the procedure, Dr. Marc Philippon. He also trained extensively in complex multiligament knee ligament surgery, shoulder instability and rotator cuff repair while participating in the care of athletes from the NHL, NFL, PGA, USTA, and international Olympic teams, among others. Dr. Bhatia's clinical and research interests involve injuries of the hip, knee and shoulder. He has authored over 65 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on topics such as shoulder instability, rotator cuff repair, complex meniscus repair and ACL reconstruction. More recently, he helped pioneer and publish the "Kite Technique," a novel method for arthroscopic hip labral reconstruction that is now being taught to many surgeons around the country.
Nicolas Bonin
MD
Lyon Ortho Clinic, Lyon, France
Dr. Nicolas Bonin is a founding member of Lyon Ortho Clinic, a team of 8 surgeons fully involved in one specific joint, working with specialized sports physicians and physiotherapists. He is specialized in Hip Surgery, from Sports Medicine to Total Hip Replacement with anterior minimal invasive approach and Revision Hip Surgery. He is Nationally and Internationally renowned in Hip Arthroscopy and as such he is sent patients coming from all over France requiring specific expertise. In total he performs 200 Hip scopes, 300 Total Hip replacement and 50 revision hip surgeries per year. He is an Active Member of several scientific Medical Societies, being the chair of the “Hip Arthroscopy Committee” for the European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) for 2016-2018, being part of the “Hip and Groin pain committee” for the International Society of Arthroscopy Knee surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) and being part of the board of directors of ISHA - The Hip Preservation Society. He has won the 1st Price of the Specialities Trophy in 2010 during the 6th edition of the Private Hospitalization Trophies (THA by anterior approach without orthopaedic table) and the 2nd prize of the Specialities Trophy in 2009 during the 5th edition of the Private Hospitalization Trophies (Femoro Acetabular Impingement and Hip arthroscopy). He took part and directed Symposiums and Instructional Course Lecture in many national and international congresses and has collaborated to several scientific activities in international publications.
Jason Brockwell
FRCSEd(Orth)
Asia Medical Specialists, Hong Kong
Jason Brockwell is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in hip surgery. He performs hip arthroscopy, pelvic and femoral osteotomy, and hip resurfacing and hip replacement including revision procedures. He is based in Hong Kong and also consults in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. He is a member of asia medical specialists, a multi-sub-specialty private physician group.
Timothy Brown
MD
Houston Methodist Medical Center, Houston TX, USA
Bio pending
Lorenz Büchler
PD Dr. med.
Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
Dr. Büchler graduated from the medical faculty of the University of Bern in 1998. After one year of research at the Department of Physiology (Prof. A. Kléber), he completed his thesis on confocal imaging of Ca++ waves in arterially perfused rat hearts. Subsequently he began his clinical training in general surgery in the regional hospitals of Burgdorf and Biel. From 2005 he began his orthopaedic training at the Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery of the University Hospital of Bern (Prof. R. Ganz). After obtaining the Swiss Orthopaedic Specialist Degree, he worked one year as a fellow at the Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery of the University Hospital of Gothenburg, Sweden (Prof. C. Ekholm). After his return to the University of Bern, he became deputy team leader of the Hip Team under Professor K. Siebenrock, specializing in hip-preserving surgery and traumatology. During this time, he undertook several additional fellowships, including a hip-arthroscopy fellowship with Dr. Marc Philippon in Vail/USA, and was awarded the ASG/AAOS travelling fellowship. From 2013 until 2018 he was head of the Orthopaedic Department and Musculoskeletal Unit of the Hospital of Biel, Switzerland. Since 2019 he is head of the Hip and Pelvis Team of the Hospital of Aarau, Switzerland. Dr. Büchler is a regular presenter at national and international conferences and courses and performs hip related research in close cooperation with the Hip Team of the University Hospital of Bern.
Robert Buly
MD, MS
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY, USA
Dr. Robert Buly is one of founding members and former Secretary of ISHA. He has been in practice since 1994 at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and from 1991-1994 at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine/ University Hospitals of Cleveland. A graduate of Cornell University School of Medicine, his orthopedic surgery residency was completed at Hospital for Special Surgery. Two fellowships followed, Hip Preservation at The Maurice E. Muller Foundation and The Lindenhof Spital, Bern, Switzerland, through the Maurice E. Muller Foundation of North America. The second in Total Joint Replacement at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine/ University Hospitals of Cleveland. He specializes in joint-preserving surgeries for both hip and knee - including arthroscopies and osteotomies to correct anatomical problems like dysplasia and hip impingement that impair movement, cause pain and ultimately lead to arthritis. Dr. Buly has pioneered novel techniques to treat hip impingement by arthroscopy, rather than through conventional open procedures. In complex cases, Dr. Buly works in concert with bio-engineers to design custom joint replacement implants that solve unique problems. Dr. Buly is invited to lecture around the world to teach other surgeons about his techniques. Dr. Robert Buly is one of Castle Connolly's "America's Top Doctors" (2003-2019) and New York Magazine's "Best Doctors in New York" (2002-2011). Dr. Buly is the Chief of the Hip Preservation Service and is also a member of both the Adult Reconstruction Joint Replacement and Surgical Arthritis Services at HSS. He is also an Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Stephanie Buza
MD
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY, USA
Dr. Stephanie Swensen Buza is a board certified Assistant Attending Orthopedic Surgeon at HSS specializing in sports injuries of the hip, knee, and shoulder. She is part of the HSS Sports Medicine Institute and the Hip Preservation Service. Prior to joining HSS, Dr. Buza graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University and earned her medical degree from NYU School of Medicine. She attended the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital, where she served as Executive Chief Resident. Dr. Buza completed her Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery Fellowship at HSS. She then pursued an additional year of specialized fellowship training in Hip Preservation at HSS, focusing on hip arthroscopy and open hip preservation procedures. Dr. Buza has extensive experience caring for athletes at every level and is a former member of the medical staff for the New York Mets and Saint Peter's University. As a former classically trained ballet dancer, Dr. Buza also has a special interest in performing arts and dance medicine. She is committed to compassionate care of the whole patient and favors a multidisciplinary approach with innovative techniques. Also active in clinical and biomechanics research, Dr. Buza has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on sports medicine and hip preservation topics.
J. W. Thomas Byrd
MD
Nashville Hip Institute, Nashville TN, USA
Dr. Byrd is the founder of the Nashville Hip Institute @TOA, Past President of both ISHA the Hip Preservation Society and the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), and Hall of Fame member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). He is team physician for the Tennessee Titans, has served as physician for the U.S. Olympic team and is a consulting orthopaedic surgeon for numerous professional sports franchises from the NFL, NHL, NBA, WNBA, MLB and MLS as well as players from the PGA, LPGA and ATP. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the Titleist Performance Institute (TPI). Dr. Byrd developed the technique of hip arthroscopy that is most popularly used around the world. He pioneered many of the specific surgical procedures for hip arthroscopy and invented numerous instruments that have revolutionized aspects of orthopaedic surgery. He has authored three textbooks on hip arthroscopy, edited numerous other texts and journals and has published over 200 scientific papers, technical and review articles, and book chapters. He has been one of the leaders for defining and developing the role of less invasive arthroscopic techniques in and around the hip.
Josip "Chuck" Cakic
MD, PhD, FCS(SA)Orth, MMed(Orth) WITS
WITS University Orthopaedic Department and Centre for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr Josip Nenad Cakic, known as Chuck, born in Zagreb, Croatia 1st of March 1965. At the present time live with the family, wife Jasmine and two sons, Luka and Dino in Johannesburg, South Africa. Medical qualification, MD, achieved in the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 1989. Following the compulsory Internship and registration, immigrated to South Africa in 1991, where started as an Intern in JG Strydom, WITS University Hospital. Following the internship, the education was continued as a part of Surgical Rotation at the Department of Surgery, following with Orthopaedic Registrar appointment in 1995. FCS(SA)Orth graduated at WITS University, November 1998. Immediately after graduation, Chuck joined the Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Fellowship with Prof. Dr F.A. Weber, finding specific interest in the hip. At the same time education was continued with completion of the MMed (Orthopaedic Surgery) Degree with the Research thesis: Do African Children with Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis have metabolic bone disease? Very close working relationship with Prof Weber continued for many years, and resulted with Philosophy Doctor Degree (PhD) in Orthopaedic Surgery in 2009, based on Research thesis: South African experience with cross-linked ultra high molecular weight polyethylene in total hip arthroplasty. At the same time, Dr Cakic was working on establishing his Private Practice. Coming in contact with younger, sport oriented patients and having a special interest in hip joint, since beginning of 2000, he started with developing of Hip Arthroscopy in South Africa. In last ten years, hip arthroscopy started to be become recognized orthopaedic procedure, and through the continues education program Dr Cakic was able to establish a training program for other orthopaedic surgeons. At the present time Dr Cakic serves as the Past President of The International Hip Preservation Society - ISHA. He is a founding member and past president of South African Society for Hip Arthroscopy – SASHA, International member of AAOA – American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and member of ISAKOS – International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee surgery and Sports Medicine. Regarding Hip replacement, following the fellowship and continuing work with Professor Weber, Dr Cakic started looking in to different surgical approaches. Dealing with younger, sports orientated patients in his practice, muscle sparing surgery was logical way forward. In 2006, coming across AMIS – Anterior Minimal Invasive Surgery, the way forward was found. Since then, Dr Cakic established AMIS procedure as main surgical approach for THR in his practice and become reference surgeon for the Medacta International in South Africa. Dr Cakic is serving as member of the Editorial Board of the JHPS – Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery, Review Board of AJSM – American Journal of Sports Medicine and Review Board of South African Orthopaedic Journal.
Leandro Calil De Lazari
MD, PhD
Grupo São Lucas, São Paulo, Brazil
PhD in Medical Sciences - Orthopedics and Traumatology, FMRP - USP, PhD scholarship at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma - Italy, at the Department of Knee, Hip and Pediatric Surgery. Traveling Fellowship of the International Society of Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA) in 2016. Coordinator of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Residence of Santa Casa de Sertãozinho, São Lucas Hospital and Ribeirão Preto Hospital / Ribeirão Preto / SP. Coordinator of the Internship of Residents of Orthopedics and Traumatology, FMRP / USP, at Santa Casa de Sertãozinho. Professor at the Ribeirão Preto Medical School - University of Ribeirão Preto, 2007 - 2010. Member of the Brazilian Association of Orthopedics and Traumatology (SBOT), ISHA, AO Lat, SBCJ, SBQ, AAOS, SBRATE.
Dominic Carreira
MD
Peachtree Orthopedics, Atlanta GA, USA
Dominic S. Carreira, M.D., a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and arthroscopy specialist with advanced training from three orthopedic fellowship programs, specializes in foot and ankle, young adult and adolescent hip preservation, and sports medicine. He has been practicing orthopedics for 16 years. Dr. Carreira serves as a consultant for both hip, and foot and ankle injuries for Atlanta United and the Atlanta Ballet. Previously, Dr. Carreira has served as an Assistant Team Physician to both the U.S. Men’s and Women’s Ski Teams, Miami Dolphins, Colorado Rockies, Denver Broncos, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Blaze and the Miami Marlins. Active in medical research, Dr. Carreira has presented his work on minimally invasive arthroscopic techniques and outcomes both nationally and internationally and has been published in numerous medical publications including Foot and Ankle International and the American Journal of Sports Medicine. He is the President and Founder of the Multicenter Arthroscopy Study of the Hip (MASH) and a founder of the Multicenter Arthroscopy Study of the Ankle and Foot (MASTAF). He is a founding member of HipSTR. Dr. Carreira is an educator both nationally and internationally in the areas of athletic hip injuries and foot and ankle injuries, with over 300 publications and presentations. He has established a reputation as a leading arthroscopy specialist.
Sasha Carsen
MD, CM, MBA, FRCSC
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) & The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa ON, Canada
Dr. Carsen is an Orthopaedic surgeon with a particular focus on the arthroscopic management of the pediatric, adolescent, and young adult hip. He is based at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Ottawa Hospital, and is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Ottawa. A graduate of McGill University’s medical school and school of management, Orthopaedic Surgery residency training took place in Ottawa, and was followed by sub-specialty fellowship training in Pediatric Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital. This was also followed by further fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at UBC and BC Children’s Hospital. Dr. Carsen was the 2017 ISHA Travelling Fellow.
Patrick Carton
MD, FRCSC
The Hip and Groin Clinic, Waterford, Ireland
Mr. Patrick Carton is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, specialising in sports-related hip, groin and knee injuries and reconstructive surgery of the hip joint. To date he has performed more than 3,000 hip arthroscopy procedures for the treatment of labral tears and Femoro-Acetabular Impingement (FAI). He is a full-time consultant based at The Hip and Groin Clinic, UPMC Whitfield, Waterford. Prior to his move to Waterford in 2008, Mr Carton held the position of Clinical Director of the Trauma and Orthopaedic department in the NHS Southern Health Trust, in Northern Ireland, a unit which he helped to establish. In August 2021, Mr. Carton was appointed to the position of Director of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine for UPMC in Ireland. In this role, Mr Carton is responsible for the clinical oversight and professional development of orthopaedic and sports medicine care across all UPMC hospital sites in Ireland. In recognition of Mr Carton’s contribution to both research and clinical aspects of sports medicine and hip joint preservation, Mr Carton was awarded Fellow of the Faculty of Sports and Exercise Medicine, Royal College of Surgeon Ireland as well as Honorary Fellow of the World Society of Sports and Exercise Medicine in 2018.
John Christoforetti
MD, FRCSC
The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics, Bethesda MD, USA
John Christoforetti is an internationally recognized thought leader in the field of hip arthroscopy and sports medicine. In 2019 he joined the leadership team at Texas Health Sports Medicine and relocated his practice from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the DFW Metroplex. He treats active adolescent and adult patients who suffer injuries in their hip, shoulder or knees with evidence-based, patient-centered philosophy. He has performed over 3000 arthroscopic procedures and his results have been presented and published in peer-reviewed forums internationally. He has authored book chapters, original research, and been featured in national media as commentator on sports medicine.He currently serves as a team physician for FC Dallas, Major League Soccer Club, Master Instructor of Hip Arthroscopy for the Arthroscopy Association of North America, Board of Directors Member, ISHA - The Hip Preservation Society, Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Arthroscopic Surgery, Founding Member of the MASH study Group, and Faculty-at-Large for the American Hip Institute. Dr Christoforetti is a member of the American Society for Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy Association of North America, the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy and the American Academy of Surgeons. He is a master instructor of hip arthroscopy at the Learning Center in Chicago, Illinois and a faculty member for the American Hip Institute also based in Chicago. He reviews original research for publication in the areas of arthroscopic surgery of the hip and surgery of the shoulder for all major journals.
John Clohisy
MD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, USA
John C. Clohisy, M.D. is The Daniel C. and Betty B. Viehmann Professor of orthopaedic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Clohisy received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Northwestern University. He completed his internship, research fellowship, and residency in orthopaedic surgery at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Dr. Clohisy pursued his adult reconstructive surgery fellowship in the Hip and Implant Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Clohisy joined Washington University School of Medicine faculty in 1998, achieving full professorship in 2008. He presently serves as Vice Chair, Chief of adult reconstructive surgery and Director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Hip Service. Dr. Clohisy’s clinical expertise includes hip joint preservation (arthroscopy, osteotomies, impingement procedures), and hip replacement surgery. His research focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of pre-arthritic and early arthritic hip disorders, and on hip replacement procedures in young patients. Dr. Clohisy has authored more than 300 scientific publications, book chapters, is a frequent invited lecturer, nationally and internationally. He is PI of the ANCHOR Hip Preservation study group, a member of various orthopaedic societies, and has been the recipient of numerous clinical, research and education honors, grants and awards.
Struan Coleman
MD
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY, USA
Struan Coleman MD, PhD, is a world-renowned, board certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip preservation and sports medicine at HSS and the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia. Dr. Coleman earned a medical degree from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and holds a D.Phil in Microbiology from Oxford University, England. He completed both his residency in Orthopedic Surgery and a fellowship in Sports Medicine at HSS. During his fellowship, Dr. Coleman worked as an assistant physician for the New York Giants football team and is currently Team Physician for the New York Mets baseball team.
Rémy Coulomb
MD
Caremeau University Hospital, Nîmes, France
Bio pending
Gregory Czuczman
MD
Radiology Imaging Associates, Denver CO, USA
Education: Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine – Baltimore, MD; Residency: Diagnostic Radiology: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA; Fellowships: Musculoskeletal Imaging & Intervention: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA, Abdominal Imaging & Intervention: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital – Boston, MA; Board Certification: American Board of Radiology 2012
Alistair Dick
FRCS (Tr & Orth)
University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Alastair Dick is a dual fellowship trained consultant orthopaedic surgeon specialising in all aspects of hip surgery at University College London Hospital. He has specific interests in young adult hip disorders and high-performance hip replacement surgery. He graduated from Imperial College London with an intercalated BSc in surgery and anaesthesia. He undertook specialist orthopaedic training on the South-East Thames rotation gaining comprehensive training in lower limb surgery including major trauma centre experience in the management of complex polytrauma and pelvic trauma. He was awarded his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2017. To further enhance his skills and training he undertook subspecialist fellowship training in hip arthroplasty in Bournemouth and hip preservation surgery at Guy’s Hospital in London. He was awarded the Zimmer Biomet BOTA Travelling Fellowship in 2019 to gain further experience at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Mr Dick holds two higher degrees - an MSc in Trauma and Orthopaedics and an MA in Clinical Education. He is an honorary Associate Professor at University College London. He is a member of the British Orthopaedic Association, British Hip Society and ISHA – The Hip Preservation Society. He reviews regularly for prestigious journals including the British Medical Journal, The Bone and Joint Journal and the American Journal of Sports Medicine. He is the Trust lead for hip fractures implementing data driven improvement in care via the National Hip Fracture Database. Mr Dick has specific expertise in minimally invasive periacetabular osteotomy, hip arthroscopy and complex arthroplasty in the young.
Ashley Disantis
DPT, OCS
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Ashley Disantis, DPT, OCS is a physical therapist at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and is a board certified clinical specialist in orthopaedic physical therapy by the American Physical Therapy Association. She is the PT Team Lead for the Adolescent and Young Adult Hip Preservation Program at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Ashley received her bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Richmond and her doctorate of physical therapy from Columbia University. She completed her orthopaedic physical therapy residency at the UPMC Center for Rehabilitation Services. Currently, she is pursuing a doctorate in rehabilitation science at Duquesne University. Ashley's clinical and research interests include rehabilitation of patients with non-arthritic hip disorders including hip labral tears, hip dysplasia, and femoroactabular impingement.
Benjamin Domb
MD
American Hip Institute Research Foundation, Des Plaines IL, USA
Dr. Benjamin Domb is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and hip arthroscopy. He has been rated amongst the Top Doctors in the country by NY Times, US News, Word Report, and Castle Connelly. He is the founder of the American Hip Institute, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating, innovating, and improving the minimally invasive treatment of hip injuries. Dr. Domb has treated numerous professional, Olympic, and elite level athletes, including players for the NFL, NBA, and NHL. He is has cared for the Chicago Sky, Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers, Kings, and Galaxy. Dr. Domb is amongst the most experienced hip arthroscopy surgeons in the United States, and is one of the first surgeons to perform robotic hip replacements. He is the inventor of cutting edge techniques in hip arthroscopy to treat injuries such as labral tears, impingement, and gluteus medius tears. Dr. Domb treats patients from across the country who travel to Chicago for their surgery, and he takes pride in caring for every patient like a professional athlete.
Guillaume Dumont
MD, MBA
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia SC, USA
Guillaume Dumont is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist. He specializes in the treatment of hip and shoulder injuries. He is an expert in hip arthroscopy and the treatment of hip injuries in young, active individuals. His clinical research focuses on the improved understanding and treatment of conditions of the hip, including femoroacetabular impingement, labral injuries, gluteal tendon injuries, and hamstring injuries.
Henry Ellis
MD
Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas TX, USA
Henry Bone Ellis, Jr. received his medical degree from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. He completed both his internship in general surgery and residency in orthopedic surgery at the UT Southwestern in Dallas. There, he received the W. Brandon Carrell Distinguished Physician Award and was elected Chief Resident. He completed fellowships in pediatric orthopedics at the Hospital for Sick Children at the University of Toronto and sports medicine at the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado. Dr. Ellis is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Texas Southwestern and the Clinical Director of Research at Scottish Rite. His research interests include pediatric ACL, patellofemoral instability, hip preservation, and osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) and leads a multi-center quality improvement initiative called SCORE. Dr. Ellis has also worked with several local high schools, the US Ski and Snowboard Association, Dallas Stars, Dallas Mavericks Hoops Program, and takes 14 adolescent amputees skiing each year. He is a member of the 2018-2019 AAOS Leadership Fellows Program and now serves on the Evidence-Base, Quality, and Value committee.
Michael Ellman
MD
International Center for Hip Preservation, Denver CO, USA
Dr. Ellman is the director of hip arthroscopy and a founding member of the International Center for Hip Preservation in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Ellman is also an integral member of the sports medicine team at Panorama Orthopedics and Spine Center. Dr. Ellman brings with him unique experience in treating athletes of all ages. He has a special interest in hip preservation surgery, focusing on the arthroscopic treatment of femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome, hip dysplasia, and labral tears. Dr. Ellman completed his orthopedic residency training at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. As a resident, he published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters focused on cartilage biology, biochemical pathways involved in osteoarthritis, and orthopedic surgical techniques, and was awarded the American Academy of Orthopedics Baxter Healthcare Scholarship for his research in hip preservation. Dr. Ellman also participated in sports team coverage for the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. Following residency, Dr. Ellman completed a one-year fellowship in sports medicine and hip arthroscopy at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado. During this time, he traveled to Chile and Austria as the traveling team physician for the United States Alpine and Boardercross teams. He currently serves as a consultant team physician for the United States Olympic Ski and Snowboard teams, as well as Denver University athletics. In addition to his substantial contributions to the written literature, he has presented over 100 abstracts, video presentations, and surgical techniques at national and international meetings.
Scott Faucett
MD, MS
Centers For Advanced Orthopaedics, Washington DC, USA
Dr. Scott Faucett is a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon with specialization in sports medicine. He brings a patient specific and goal oriented approach to helping patients recover from acute and chronic injuries including non-operative treatment, as well as office-based and surgical procedures. As the director of the Hip Preservation Program at George Washington Hospital he manages a team that provides the most up to date diagnostic and treatment programs for non-arthritic hip injuries. He also specializes in sports medicine conditions including knee cartilage restoration, meniscus repair and transplant, and ligament reconstruction. Dr. Faucett has been recognized internationally for his research. He has spoken at international, national, and local conferences as well as published numerous articles and book chapters. He serves as an active team physician for the United States Ski and Snowboard teams and treats high-school collegiate and professional athletes.
Stefan Fickert
MD, PhD
Sporthopaedicum Straubing, Regensburg/Berlin/Munich, Germany
Stefan Fickert is Associate Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University and is a partner at the Sporthopaedicum in Straubing and Regensburg as well as the St Wolfgang Private Clinic in Bad Griesbach, Bavaria. Stefan earned his medical degree at the University of Würzburg, Charite Berlin and Bern, Switzerland. He undertook his residency and fellowship training in orthopedic surgery at the universities of Ulm, Dresden and Adelaide, Australia and New York, USA. Prior to his moving to Straubing he served for more than 7 years as Surgeon-in-Chief at the University Clinic Mannheim and as an Associate Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg. His clinical interest is the diagnosis and treatment of hip pain in young patients. Arthroscopic management of sports medicine injuries, joint- preserving surgery for early arthritis and open surgical management of non-arthritic disorders in and around the hip are particular passions. He has major interest and extensive experience with cartilage restoration at the hip, especially with autologous chondrocyte transplantation.
Richard Field
PhD, FRCS
South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre, London, United Kingdom
I specialise in the management of hip problems. I adopted minimally invasive, muscle sparing, direct anterior approach hip replacement in 2008 and am the most experienced UK surgeon in this technique. The great majority of my patients are able to leave hospital the day after their hip replacement and generally regain their independence more quickly than with other hip replacement techniques. I qualified from Westminster Hospital, London in 1980. After house jobs at St Stephen's Hospital in Chelsea, Senior House Officer posts at University College Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, I completed a PhD thesis at Cambridge University. My specialist orthopaedic training was undertaken at the Whittington and Westminster Hospitals in London, Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, Colchester and Black Notley Hospitals in Essex and the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. My NHS practice is based at the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). This is the UK’s highest volume joint replacement centre for hip and replacement. I have been SWLEOC’s Director of Research since the centre opened in 2004 and lead the academic surgical unit. I was awarded a personal chair at St George’s University of London, in 2013. I was president of the International Society for Hip Preservation Surgery (ISHA) in 2016.
Emily Gardner
PT, DPT
Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Sports Medicine Institute, Houston TX, USA
Dr. Emily Gardner received her doctorate in Physical Therapy from UT Southwestern School of Health Professions and is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy. Dr. Gardner’s areas of interest and specialization include hip preservation, knee pathologies, and sports injuries. Emily is the coordinator of the Hip Preservation Program at Memorial Hermann. She has advanced certification and training in Dry Needling and Manual Therapy. She leads research involving Hip Preservation and has presented at national meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Gardner is a faculty member of the Memorial Hermann Physical Therapy residency programs. Emily is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association and the Texas Physical Therapy Association.
James Genuario
MD
Steadman Hawkins Clinic, Denver CO, USA
Dr. Jamie Genuario is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon located at the UCHealth Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver, specializing in the care of recreational and professional athletes.A native of Colorado, James Genuario, MD, began his love of sports medicine while participating in athletics at the great University of Notre Dame. There he earned a BS in biology and a minor in anthropology. He received his medical degree from Northwestern University and was selected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. He completed his training with residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock, and he earned a master’s degree focusing on health policy while spending a year involved in the prestigious American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Health Policy Fellowship followed by a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver. Currently, Dr. Genuario is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Inverness Center and Section Chair for Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver at University of Colorado. He serves as a Team Physician for the Colorado Rockies, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Rapids and Colorado Ballet. His areas of interest are in Sports Medicine, Hip Preservation, and cost-effective medicine.
Brian Giordano
MD
University of Rochester, Rochester NY, USA
Dr. Brian D. Giordano is an Associate Professor in the URMC Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. He is the Co-Director of the Hip Preservation Program and is a specialist in sports medicine, athletic hip injuries, and non-arthritic hip disease. His practice focuses on hip preservation surgery, as well as the care of knee, and sports medicine injuries. He performs open and arthroscopic surgery on the hip, knee, shoulder, and elbow. In addition, his practice utilizes modern biologic treatments (such as platelet rich plasma and stem cell therapy) to optimize and accelerate healing for various athletic injuries. Dr. Giordano is the head team physician for the Rochester Rhinos men's professional soccer organization and Nazareth College Athletics. Dr. Giordano also consults regionally and nationally with various college and professional athletic teams. Dr. Giordano is board certified in Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the International Hip Preservation Society, Eastern Orthopaedic Society, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the American Medical Association. He teaches and lectures nationally and internationally in the field of hip preservation and hip arthroscopy. Dr. Giordano has authored many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in general orthopaedics, sports medicine, and hip preservation surgery. He has lectured extensively on a variety of topics at regional, national, and international orthopaedic meetings. He is actively involved in a number of research projects involving basic science, biomechanics, and clinical outcomes for athletic hip injuries and their associated treatment.
Siôn Glyn-Jones
MA, MBBS, MRCS, DPhl, FRCS (Ortho)
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Siôn is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Oxford. He is also a Consultant at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. Siôn trained in Cambridge, London and Oxford. He specialises in hip arthroscopy (keyhole surgery of the hip) and hip replacement in the more active individual. Siôn leads the Oxford Hip Preservation and Young Adult Hip Units. He leads the hip research at Oxford University, with a team dedicated to the prevention and treatment of hip osteoarthritis. He is also a National Lead for the National Institute of Health Research and sits on the European Commission Medical Devices Panel. He is a member for several international specialist societies and teaches worldwide in the field of hip arthroscopy and hip replacement. Siôn specialises in keyhole surgery of the hip and less invasive total hip replacement.
Rachel Goldstein
MD, MPH
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Hollywood CA, USA
Dr. Rachel Y. Goldstein is an orthopedist in Hollywood, California and is affiliated with Children's Hospital Los Angeles. She received her medical degree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and has been in practice between 11-20 years.
Bryan Graham
MPT, XPS
Oceanside Physical Therapy, Stuart FL, USA
I have been a Physical Therapist for over 20 years and have been treating patients with FAI and labral pathology since 2006. I have an interest in protocol development, joint laxity and core muscle injuries associated with hip pathology.
George Grammatopoulos
BSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), DPhil, FRCS (Tr&Orth)
The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa ON, Canada
Dr. Grammatopoulos, BSc (Hons), MBBS (Hons), DPhil, FRCS (Tr&Orth), currently serves as a Staff Orthopaedic Surgeon in the Arthroplasty and Hip Preservation Team at The Ottawa Hospital, and an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa. As the resident research supervisor at the University of Ottawa’s Orthopaedic Training programme, he plays a critical role in supervising a number of under-and post-graduate students across a range of orthopaedic health-related projects. Dr. Grammatopoulos ranks in the top one percent of global experts in the field of hip replacement arthroplasty and is the holder of multiple national and international awards, including the 2018 Hip Society Frank Stinchfield Award. Having published over 75 peer-reviewed articles across his career, his primary research interests include pre-operative patient optimisation, cup orientation, and postoperative outcomes following hip surgery.
Damian Griffin
MBM, BCH (Oxon), MA, MPHIL (Cantab), FRCS (Tr & Orth)
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Professor Damian Griffin is the founder and lead doctor of the Hip Arthroscopy Clinic. He gained a First Class degree in Physiology at Cambridge, and then studied Medicine at Oxford. He trained as an orthopaedic surgeon in Oxford and the United States, and then returned to Cambridge to study and research the clinical epidemiology of musculoskeletal disease. Professor Griffin moved from his consultant post at Oxford to be the foundation professor at Warwick Medical School in 2002. Since then he has led the development of a new academic department of trauma and orthopaedic surgery with a clear research focus on the assessment of the clinical effectiveness of surgery. As a busy clinical surgeon, Professor Griffin’s particular passion is the practical application of hip arthroscopy to address problems in young, active or athletic people. After fifteen years of working in this area, hip arthroscopy and hip-preserving surgery has become almost his entire clinical practice and a major part of his research. He is an internationally recognised expert, regularly teaching and lecturing all over the world, and drawing patients for specialist opinions and surgery from the UK, Europe and elsewhere.
Emmanouil Grigoriou
MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN, USA
Emmanouil Grigoriou, M.D., is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon and hip preservation specialist at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, MN. Dr. Grigoriou completed a two-year research fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania — The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). He completed his orthopaedic surgical training at the University at Buffalo followed by two fellowships, in pediatric orthopaedics and scoliosis surgery at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRH), and in child and young adult hip preservation at Boston Children's Hospital — Harvard Medical School. In addition to his clinical activities, Dr. Grigoriou is active in research, education, and leadership. He has authored several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in pediatric hip and spine conditions. He is a member of several multi-center research groups, including the International Perthes Study Group (IPSG) and International Hip Dysplasia Institute (IHDI). He has a strong interest in promoting resident and medical student education and mentorship.
Alison Grimaldi
BPhty, MPhty(Sports), PhD
PhysioTec, Brisbane QLD, Australia
Dr Alison Grimaldi BPhty, MPhty(Sports), PhD is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, an Australian Sports Physiotherapist and Principal of Physiotec Physiotherapy, with over 25 years of clinical experience and a special interest in hip/pelvic pathologies. Alison was instrumental in the development of the clinical tests and education and exercise intervention for the LEAP multicentre RCT comparing treatments for gluteal tendinopathy, recently published in the British Medical Journal. She has recorded a popular podcast with BJSM on this topic and presented a Webinar on Hip & groin pain for BMJ in June 2018. Recent publications include 13 peer-reviewed papers on gluteal tendinopathy, 10 others on hip-related topics and contributions to book chapters in two leading clinical textbooks. Alison has presented widely at national and international physiotherapy and multidisciplinary conferences and has conducted over 100 clinical workshops.
Safa Gursoy
MD, PhD
Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Safa Gursoy has an associate professor degree in the Department of Orthopaedics at Acibadem University in Turkey. He is practicing as an attending at sports surgery division at Acibadem Atasehir Hospital in Istanbul. He has a PhD degree in Musculoskeletal System and Regenarative Medicine. He is the former president of Turkish Residents and Young Attendings Council and served as a board member in several boards of Federation of Orthopaedic Trainees in Europe. He has several publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has completed several European Union and national projects. Dr. Gursoy had been in Johns Hopkins in US and Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Italy for short term fellowships. He has also completed two-year clinical and research fellowship at Rush University Sports Surgery and Hip Preservation Division. His current practice mainly focuses on hip preservation and sports surgery. He is an active member of ESSKA and ESSKA-EHPA.
Mia Hagen
MD
University Of Washington Medical Center, Seattle WA, USA
I am a sports medicine surgeon at the University of Washington with a subspecialty interest in hip preservation. I perform arthroscopic and open surgery of the hip and knee. I am an Associate Professor within the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at the University of Washington and team physician for the University of Washington Husky Athletics. I earned my bachelor’s degree from Yale University magna cum laude, followed by medical school and orthopaedic surgery residency training at the University of California San Francisco. I then completed a fellowship in sports medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
Joshua Harris
MD
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston TX, USA
Dr. Harris obtained a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Wright State University in 2002. He then attended The Ohio State University College of Medicine, graduating magna cum laude in 2006. He completed an Orthopedic Surgery residency at the same institution. He joined Houston Methodist Hospital in 2013 after completing a fellowship in Orthopedic Sports Medicine at Rush University’s Sports Medicine Program. He is Associate Professor at Houston Methodist, Texas A&M, and Weill Cornell Medical College.
Mario Hevesi
MD, PhD
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL & Mayo Clinic, Rochester MI, USA
Dr. Hevesi completed his undergraduate studies with dual degrees in Statistics and Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He attended medical school at the University of Minnesota and completed an Orthopedic Surgery residency at Mayo Clinic. While in residency, he completed a Ph.D. focused on biological joint restoration through the University of Utrecht. He attended Midwest Orthopedics at Rush in Chicago for sports fellowship and is returning to Mayo Clinic with a special focus on hip preservation.
Jonathan Hutt
MA, FRCS (Tr+Orth)
University College London Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Jonathan is a consultant surgeon at UCLH where he works as part of the hip reconstruction unit with a strong focus on non-arthritic hip pathology. After graduating from Oxford and Imperial College in 2003, he undertook orthopaedic training on the South West Thames rotation and fellowship training in Montreal and London. He was appointed as a consultant at St George’s in 2015 where he worked as part of the complex arthroplasty unit as well as establishing a hip preservation service, before moving to UCLH in 2019. He specialises in all aspects of hip surgery, from joint preservation techniques including periacetabular osteotomy and hip arthroscopy through to primary and revision hip replacement.
Victor Ilizaliturri
MD, PhD
Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Mexico City, Mexico
Dr. Victor Ilizaliturri is an orthopaedic surgeon working in the National Institute for Rehabilitation in Mexico. He was a founding member of ISHA and served as President in the year 2013.
Kate Jochimsen
PhD, ATC
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA, USA
Kate Jochimsen, PhD, ATC is a Researcher at the Center for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (CHOIR) at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Member of the Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Her work “bridges the gap” between sports medicine and psychology by developing interventions to improve patient's pain-related cognitions (‘how they think’) and emotions (‘how they feel’) to improve their health behaviors and increase physical activity. She is passionate about advancing psychologically informed practice and teaching clinicians how to communicate about mental health and intervene when appropriate.
Atul Kamath
MD, MBA
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH, USA
Atul Kamath, MD, MBA holds appointments in the Center for Hip Preservation, Center for Sports Health, Center for Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, and Adult Hip and Knee Surgery within the Orthopaedic and Rheumatologic Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. He is the Director for the Center for Hip Preservation and staff surgeon in the Orthopedic and Rheumatologic Institute. Dr. Atul Kamath completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard College, where he was accepted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. He then attended Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kamath underwent general and orthopedic surgical training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Kamath completed fellowship training in hip and knee reconstruction at the Mayo Clinic, where he was selected for the Mark B. Coventry Adult Reconstructive Surgery Award. He then pursued advanced fellowship training in hip preservation, restoration, and reconstruction at centers in Europe through awards from the Maurice Müller Foundation, Charnley Foundation, and the Hip Society. He completed an additional fellowship in health policy through the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS). He is board-certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Vikas Khanduja
MB BS, MA (Cantab), MRCS (G), MSc (Orth Eng), FRCS, FRCS (Tr & Orth), PhD
Addenbrooke's - Cambridge University Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Vikas Khanduja is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in both preservation and arthroplasty aspects of hip surgery and has a particular interest in arthroscopic surgery of the hip. He has been instrumental in setting up the tertiary referral service for Young Adult Hip Surgery in Cambridge for East of England.Complementing his clinical practice, he also leads the Cambridge Young Adult Hip Research Group and is Affiliate Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge. The focus of his research group centres around optimisation of conservative and surgical management of femoroacetabular impingement with the help of technology. Mr. Khanduja has authored over 200 peer reviewed articles and 3 books. He is also a Visiting Professor at University of Ghent.Mr. Khanduja is the recipient of the American and British Hip Society Travelling Fellowship in 2011, the Arnott Medal presented by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2013, the Insall Fellowship presented by the American Knee Society and Insall Foundation in 2014 and the Hunterian Professor by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2021. Mr. Khanduja sits on the Executive Board of SICOT as President Elect, of BOA as a Council Member and Trustee & is the Associate Editor in Chief to JISAKOS. He is the Past President of the British Hip Society, Past Chair of the ESSKA - European Hip Preservation Associates and a Trustee and Past Chair of the Non-Arthroplasty Hip Registry.
Ata Kiapour
PhD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
Dr. Kiapour’s research is focused on developing new methods for analyzing clinical data (e.g. imaging) to better understand the etiology and mechanisms of musculoskeletal diseases and to develop new tools for injury prediction and to facilitate clinical decision-making (e.g. treatment choice). His approaches have been applied in several domains, including studying joint morphogenesis and its implications in injury risk and treatment outcomes, development of new imaging biomarkers to track tissue healing and response to treatment, and development of simulation tools for surgical planning. Dr. Kiapour founded the Musculoskeletal Informatics Group (MIG) in 2021. The MIG was formed with the mission of developing novel analytical tools to facilitate the use of “big” clinical data to: 1) improve our understanding of musculoskeletal diseases among pediatrics and young adults, 2) optimize clinical care for such diseases, and 3) improve the quality of life of patients with such conditions.
Young-Jo Kim
MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
Bio pending
Baris Kocaoglu
MD
Acibadem MAA University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
I am an Orthopaedic surgeon mainly focused at sports medicine. I have been working as a Board member for a European Knee surgery Traumatology and Arthroscopy Society. I worked at many organisations of the cadaver courses, national and international meetings in Sports medicine. I am working in sports medicine division as Professor in Acibadem University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. I made sports medicine fellowship in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic, Iowa City, USA between 2006-2007 and ESSKA-AOSSM traveling fellowship at 2019. My H-index is 15 according to WOS.
Pascal Kouyoumdjian
MD, PhD
CHU Nîmes, Nîmes, France
Orthopedic surgeon. Professor (MD.PhD) Head of Department CHU Nîmes.
Ajay Lall
MD, MS
American Hip Institute, Chicago IL, USA
Dr. Lall is a board certified, dual fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and hip arthroscopy in the Chicago area. His background includes orthopaedic sports fellowship training at the world renowned American Sports Medicine Institute / Dr. James Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center, Birmingham, AL. He has also completed a formal hip preservation fellowship under master hip arthroscopist and reconstruction expert, Dr. Benjamin G. Domb, at the American Hip Institute & Orthopedic Specialists, Chicago, IL. He is an avid clinical researcher with numerous presentations and publications at international academic meetings and within top peer-reviewed journals.
Megan Lantz
MA
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
Bio pending
Jovan Laskovski
MD
Crystal Clinic Orthopedic Center, Montrose OH, USA
Dr. Laskovski is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon, who specializes in hip arthroscopy with a focus on preservation of the native hip joint. He also has been a pioneer in developing new procedures including endoscopic gluteus medius repair with allograft augmentation and an innovative rotator cuff technique. Dr. Laskovski is a graduate of the University of Akron and Northeast Ohio Colleges University of Medicine (NEOUCOM). He belongs to numerous professional associations. Most notably, Dr. Laskovski is an Ordinary Member of ISHA, currently only one of two surgeons in Ohio. He has taught multiple surgical courses on arthroscopic surgery throughout the United States and in England.
Jessica Lee
MD
University Of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver CO, USA
Dr. Jessica Lee, MD is a dual fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in open and arthroscopic hip preservation as well as adult reconstruction surgery. Raised in the state of Indiana, Dr. Lee is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University School of Medicine. Following orthopedic residency at Wright State, she completed arthroplasty fellowship with Dr. Anthony Hedley in Scottsdale, Arizona. She then completed two years of fellowship training with Dr. Omer Mei-Dan, MD and subsequently partnered with him in practice at the Colorado University Hip Clinic in Boulder, Colorado. In addition to saving and replacing hips, Dr. Lee enjoys trail running, rock climbing, and adventures with her two dogs.
Fraser Leversedge
MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver CO, USA
I have been involved in developing advanced programs for training our next generation of leaders in orthopaedic and hand surgery and I am interested in research related to this educational process. I have experience and ongoing interests in clinical and basic scientific research in nerve repair and regeneration, tendon repair and reconstruction, wrist injuries, compartment syndrome and upper extremity anatomy.
Andrew Kean Seng Lim
MBBS (Melb), MRCS (Edin), MMed (Orth)(SG), FRCS (Orth)(Edin)
National University Hospital, Singapore
Adjunct Associate Professor Lim graduated with his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree from the Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne in 2001. He obtained his initial working experience as a medical officer with Queensland Health in Australia. He returned to Singapore to commence his surgical training in 2005. Adj A/Prof Lim was conferred the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in 2007 followed by the NUS Master of Medicine degree in Orthopaedic Surgery in 2008. He completed his advanced specialist training and obtained his admission as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh in Orthopaedic Surgery in 2011. Adj A/Prof is the Undergraduate Medical Education Director for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the National University Hospital. He is also Core Faculty of the National University Health System Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program for postgraduate training. His interests and expertise are in lower limb reconstruction, deformity correction and limb lengthening. He is a leader in hip preservation surgery especially the treatment of adolescent and young adult hip dysplasia. Adj A/Prof's proficiency also includes adolescent sports injuries especially patella stabilisation surgery. He has a deep passion in treating children with neuromuscular conditions such as cerebral palsy, using instrumented gait analysis and single event multi-level surgery, to optimise the functional ability in these children.
Bent Lund
MD
Horsens Regional Hospital, Horsens, Denmark
Orthopaedic Specialist in Sports Traumatology at the Regional Hospital of Horsens, Denmark. Large experience in advanced knee ligament surgery and arthroscopic hip surgery. Chairman of the Danish Hip Arthroscopy Registry. Member of DOS, ISHA, ESSKA, ISAKOS.
David Maldonado
MD
University of Texas, Houston TX, USA
Orthopaedic Surgeon in Hip Preservation Surgery, Hip Arthroscopy, Robotic-assisted Hip Replacement.
Ajay Malviya
MD, PhD
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
I am a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Northumbria Healthcare NHS foundation trust with special interest in young adult hip pathology. I am also an Honorary Consultant at Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust. I have completed my training in the North East and have done fellowships in joint preservation surgery in Cambridge, London and Switzerland. My area of specialty is the treatment of disorders of the young adult hip and I have established a tertiary referral practice catering to this group of patients with referrals from all over the country. In my routine practice I perform hip preserving surgeries like hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement and sports injuries of the hip and periacetabular osteotomy for hip dysplasia using a minimally invasive approach. I do the largest number of joint preservation surgery (150-200) in the North East of England. I also have a wide experience of joint replacement surgery for both young and elderly patients. Very recently I was awarded the ABC (America-Britain-Canada) fellowship by the British Orthopaedic Association that involved visits to various high profile centres in USA and Canada learning about new systems and techniques. I am very active in research have completed a PhD in the role of hip arthroscopy in the treatment of disorders of the hip. I supervise research fellows and have enabled them to complete various degrees and projects. I am in the British Orthopaedic Association educational committee as the national lead of the UK and Ireland orthopaedic in-training examination, which is an annual assessment of orthopaedic surgeons in training. I regularly teach in national hip arthroscopy courses and mentor consultants to establish similar service in their own trust. I also am a faculty in early intervention in hip surgery and hip and knee arthroplasty courses. I have been an invited faculty in the British Hip Society meetings over the last few years. I am also in the steering committee for Non Arthroplasty Hip Registry.
Alfred Mansour
MD
Mcgovern Medical School, Houston TX, USA
Dr. Alfred A. Mansour III joined the department of Orthopedic Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston in 2012. He is board certified with the ABOS and obtained his subspecialty certification in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. He completed a pediatric orthopaedic fellowship with special emphasis on hip preservation at Children's Hospital Colorado followed by a sports medicine fellowship at Steadman-Hawkins Clinic Denver, and currently serves as a team physician for the NBA Houston Rockets, as well as consultant for the Houston Texans and the University of Houston. His dual-fellowship training has equipped him to provide the full complement of hip preservation surgery, including hip arthroscopy, surgical hip dislocation, and periacetabular osteotomy. He graduated summa cum laude from Texas A&M University while becoming a seven-time NCAA All-American swimmer. He then attended Louisiana State University Medical School at New Orleans, serving as Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society president. He then completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Dr. Mansour currently serves as director of the Comprehensive Hip Preservation Program at McGovern Medical School. He is a member of the AAOS, AOSSM, and POSNA. His clinical and research interests include pediatric trauma, adolescent and young adult hip deformity and preservation, and sports medicine.
Rodrigo Mardones
MD
Clinica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile
Assistant Professor Rodrigo Mardones is a member of the Adult Reconstructive Surgery Group, Department of Orthopedics Surgery, at Clinica Las Condes and Chief of the Hip surgery unit at the Hospital Militar, Santiago, Chile. He is also a Director of the Stem Cells for cartilage repair project at Clinica Las Condes. He received his MD at the Universidad de Chile in 1999 and completed a specialization in orthopedics in 2002. In 2002-2003 he did a research fellowship at the cartilage connective tissue repair laboratory at the Mayo Clinic. He became Assistant Professor of orthopedics at Pontificia Universidad Catolica in 2005. He is Professor Agregado of Orthopedic at Universidad de Chile in Clinca Las Condes. Rodrigo Mardones’ research has been focused on cartilage repair with the main focus on cartilage regeneration with the use of stem cells from bone marrow and adipose tissue.
Oliver Marín-Peña
MD
Hospital Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain
Doctor in Medicine & Surgery at Autonoma University of Madrid (Madrid –Spain.1992-1998). Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Training Program at Hospital Severo Ochoa (Madrid-Spain. 1999-2004). Current practice as Senior Consultant of Hip Surgery Unit, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Department at University Hospital Infanta Leonor (Madrid-Spain). Participate with hip preserving surgery and hip arthroplasty lectures at international meetings worldwide. Several publications about hip pathology at international journals and chapters in different hip surgery books. Author of the book: “Femoroacetabular Impingement” (Springer publisher).
Jennifer Marland
DPT
Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT, USA
Clinician and researcher in hip preservation. I work in an interdisciplinary model of care with Dr. Hugh West and Dr. James Wylie.
Hal Martin
DO
Independent, Dallas TX, USA
My love of the hip began as an orthopedic resident at Doctors Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. Rotations at Boston Children's Hospital in 1989-90 exposed complex 3 planar pathologies about the hip addicting me this patient population. Monday night conferences in Cincinnati at the Children's Hospital confirmed a passion for the field. Following orthopedic residency, a detour home to Oklahoma for 10 years of trauma and high volume general and sports orthopedics provided an opportunity to serve as Chief of Surgery, St Marys Hospital, Enid Oklahoma and Chief of Orthopedics at Bass Hospital. The period solidified a passion for hip pathology and found me ready to pursue a long awaited a one year fellowship in hip disorders at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Active research persisted in the fields of hip anatomy, biomechanics and clinical hip examination which has proven constant over the past 20 years. The practice of hip arthroscopy was aided by 10 years time in orthopedic trauma, sports and reconstruction on a daily basis in a well established busy group providing a unique broad perspective. The past twenty years have been dedicated to education, research and complex patient service within the last 10 years serving as Medical and Research Director, Hip Preservation Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas Texas. This time has allowed me to work with outstanding surgeons from around the world which is the highlight of my career.
Pierre Martz
MD, PhD
University Hospital Of Dijon, Dijon, France
Orthopedic and trauma hip french surgeon. Professor of orthopedic surgery.
Travis Matheney
MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
Dr. Travis Matheney’s primary clinical and research interest is the diagnosis and treatment of hip problems in children and adults. He also has a strong interest in pediatric orthopedic trauma and is a faculty member of the AO Foundation, the original international orthopedic trauma association. He is one of 12 instructors for their Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma course in North America.
Richard "Chad" Mather
MD, MBA
Duke Health, Durham NC, USA
I got an early start in sports medicine working with my father. He is a veterinarian for racehorses, and I always say I followed in my dad's footsteps - just in a different species! I was drawn to orthopaedic surgery by the importance I place on enjoying a functional, productive life. Living without pain and being able to pursue the things that bring you joy is much of the essence of life. Thus, my first question for my patients is what they do for work and for fun. My goal is to help you regain productivity and joy in your life. In addition, I have a great interest in personalized care and aligning care decisions with the goals and preferences of each individual patient. In addition, I made a deliberate decision to focus solely on hip preservation surgery to gain a deep understanding of the hip and its function and the skills to deliver the best possible outcomes to my patients.
Dean Matsuda
MD, FACS
Premier Hip Arthroscopy, Marina del Rey CA, USA
Dean K. Matsuda is CEO of Premier Hip Arthroscopy in Marina del Rey and Manhattan Beach, California, USA. He has developed several innovative tools and surgical procedures including endoscopic surgeries for core muscle injury and osteitis pubis, Arthroscopic fixation of femoral head and acetabular fractures, labral reconstruction using hamstring graft, and endoscopic PAO. He lives in California and Hawaii with his wife Catherine and children Nicole and Wyatt.
Joel Matta
MD
Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail CO, USA
Dr. Joel Matta is an Orthopaedic Surgeon Practicing Hip and Pelvic Reconstruction. He is the founder and director of the Hip and Pelvis Institute at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. A veteran of 35 years in the practice of orthopaedic surgery, Dr. Matta also is the founding President of the Anterior Hip Foundation. He has published more than 30 articles and studies on the advancement of techniques and methods used to simplify and improve hip replacement, pelvic and acetabular fracture treatment and periacetabular osteotomy.
Olivier May
MD
Médipôle Garonne, Toulouse, France
Dr Olivier May is an orthopedic surgeon specialized and qualified in hip surgery. His activity is exclusively reserved to hip conditions (prosthetic or not): osteoarthritis, sports trauma, femoral acetabular impingement, congenital malformation, prosthesis pain.
Stephanie Mayer
MD
University of Colorado, Englewood CO, USA
Dr. Stephanie Mayer is originally from Texas where she graduated from Texas Christian University as a 4 year letter winner in Division 1 Womens Volleyball. She then attended medical school at the University of Texas and completed Orthopedic Surgery Residency at Duke University. She then finished dual fellowship training in sports medicine through the Hospital for Special Surgery and pediatric orthopedics through Children’s Hospital Colorado. She is a board certified orthopedic sports medicine surgeon specializing in sports medicine injuries across all ages of the hip, knee, and shoulder. Dr Mayer has a specific interest in hip preservation treatment for all ages along with adolescent and young adult sports related injuries. Dr. Mayer is a team physician for the Colorado Avalanche Hockey club as well as a team physician for the University of Denver and the University of Colorado. In her spare time, Dr. Mayer enjoys skiing, running, hiking, and spending time with her husband and two daughters.
Jacek Mazek
MD, PhD
The
Gruca Orthopedic and Traumatic Clinical Hospital of the Postgraduate Medical
Education Center, Otwock/Warsaw, Poland
I was born in 1972. I studied medicine in Medical Military Academy in Lodz from 1991 to 1997. After medical school I worked in Orthopedic Hospital in Otwock from 1998 to 2012. I live in Warsaw. I have been working in two private hospitals: Ortopedika since 2010 and EnelMed Hospital since 2014. I am Orthopedic Consultant. I have been performing hip arthroscopy since 2004. I deal with hip arthroscopy, hip preservation and hip replacement. I am specialist in sport medicine as well. I perform hip replacement from DAA. I was trained in hip arthroscopy by Carlos Guanche in Southern California Orthopedic Institute. I participated in AANA hip course in Chicago and in Villar’s Hip School in Edinburg. I perform about 150 hip arthroscopies and 100 hip replacements per year. I am an instructor of hip arthroscopy in Polish Cadaver Lab and Arthrex Lab in Munich. I am a member of ISHA, AANA, ISAKOS, EHS, Polish Arthroscopic Society. I am one of the founders of Polish Arthroscopy Society. Since 2017 I have been working in Hospital of Medical University in Kielce. I am training orthopaedic residents in Poland. My life motto is I am happy then my patient is happy.
Travis Menge
MD
Michigan State University/Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids MI, USA
Travis Menge, M.D. is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist. His practice offers minimally-invasive techniques for joint preservation, with the goal of keeping people active and in good health. Dr. Menge has trained at some of the top orthopedic and sports medicine programs in the country, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee and the prestigious Steadman Philippon Institute in Vail, Colorado.
Suzanne Miller
MD
Boston Sports & Shoulder Center, Waltham & Dedham MA, USA
Dr. Miller completed her medical school and her residency training at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, followed by a sports medicine fellowship at The University of Pittsburgh. She has a Master’s Degree from Columbia University in Exercise Physiology. Dr. Miller is Board Certified and holds a Subspecialty Certificate in Orthopedic Sports Medicine. She serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and she is an active member of multiple academic societies, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA), and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES). Dr. Miller’s clinical interests lie in treating sports medicine injuries of the shoulder, knee and hamstring. She has published over 50 peer reviewed publications and chapters and has presented at over 35 national meetings. She has several ongoing clinical trials involving shoulder and hamstring injuries.
Michael Millis
MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
I have a long interest in patients with developmental hip disease as they mature through childhood and go through adulthood.
Nancy Muir
PT, DPT, DHSc
Miles4Hips, Denver CO, USA
Nancy is a pediatric physical therapist and outdoor enthusiast living and working in Colorado. Nancy was diagnosed with hip dysplasia in 2014. She has undergone more than a dozen surgical procedures to improve her hip pain and function in addition to embracing non-operative management strategies as well. Nancy founded Miles4Hips in 2018 when she prepared to run her first 100-mile ultra marathon and used her experience to raise awareness about hip dysplasia and the International Hip Dysplasia Institute. Miles4Hips was never meant to be more than a one-time event, but Nancy is beyond thrilled that it has turned into an entire patient-driven movement, fueled by passionate patients, families, friends, advocates, and healthcare providers who collectively strive to improve the experience and outcomes for individuals with hip dysplasia through advocacy and awareness. Nancy earned her Doctor of Health Science from Drexel University in 2023 where her dissertation research project explored patient decision-making around periacetabular osteotomy surgery.
Michael Muldoon
MD
San Diego Hip Preservation Center, San Diego CA, USA
Dr. Muldoon currently is with Synergy Orthopedic Specialists Medical Group, specializing in hip preservation and Hip Arthroscopy as well as Arthroplasty of the hip and Knee. Following training in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, and fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Dr Muldoon served as Director of Hip and Knee Services, and as Assistant Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics, at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, before entering private practice. He is currently Co-Director of the San Diego Hip Preservation Center of Excellence and participates as Faculty for the San Diego Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Fellowship as well as Volunteer Clinical Faculty at UC San Diego.
Ricardo Munafó
MD
Centro de Estudio y Tratamiento de Enfermedades Articulares, Buenos Aires, Argentina
MD Title 1978. Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery. 1983 in Residence of navy hospital in Buenos Aires. Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery ÑCHU Angers, France 1987/1988. Becoming Chief Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology service, Sanatorio de la Trinidad, Buenos Aires,Argentina. Membership Asociación Argentina de ortopedia y Traumatología, Asociación Argentina de Cirugia de cadera y rodilla(ACARO), AAKS, AAOS.
Danyal Nawabi
MD, FRCS
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY, USA
Dr. Danyal H. Nawabi is an Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon in the Sports Medicine Institute at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, USA. He is also an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Nawabi received his medical degree from the University of Oxford. He completed his orthopaedic residency on the Percival Pott Program in London where he was the recipient of the Sir Walter Mercer Gold Medal. He then completed three years of advanced fellowship training at HSS in total joint replacement and sports medicine, where he was a double recipient of the Philip D. Wilson Award for Excellence in Orthopaedic Surgery. He performs over 500 surgeries a year with special expertise in complex knee and hip reconstruction. He currently serves as team physician to the New York Red Bulls MLS franchise and medical director of the New York Cosmos Soccer Club. He is also an instructor on the FIFA Medical Network. Dr. Nawabi has authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and delivered over 200 presentations at international medical conferences.
Robert Neff
MD
Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Houston TX, USA
Bio pending
Jeffrey Nepple
MD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, USA
Dr. Nepple is board certified in orthopaedic surgery and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedics at Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Nepple grew up in a small-town community in western Iowa and attended Truman State, in northeastern Missouri, where he played basketball and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Mathematics. After medical school and residency at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, he completed a sports medicine fellowship in Vail, Colorado at the Steadman Clinic and then returned to Washington University to complete his pediatric fellowship in both adult sports and pediatrics. Currently, Dr. Nepple is the Director of the Washington University and St. Louis Children's Young Athlete Center. He has clinical interests in adolescent and young adult hip disorders, including femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), labral tears and slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) with a specific focus on minimally invasive arthroscopic techniques for the treatment of hip disorders. Dr. Nepple has specific research interest in FAI, CT analysis of pre-arthritic hip disease, and clinical outcomes of hip preservation surgery.
Geoffrey Ng
PhD
Western University, London ON, Canada
Dr K.C. Geoffrey Ng PhD is a Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute and Assistant Professor in Medical Biophysics, Medical Imaging, and Surgery at Western University (London, Canada). He specializes in orthopaedic biomechanics focusing on the effects of musculoskeletal structure and function on joint loading mechanics. His multidisciplinary research combines novel in vivo (imaging, gait, functional metrics) and in silico methods (musculoskeletal and finite element simulations) with in vitro testing platforms (physical joint loading and injury simulations) to characterize optimal joint loading mechanics and improve diagnosis, treatment, and injury prevention strategies. Graduating as Valedictorian, Dr Ng received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Canada) and then completed his postdoctoral program at Imperial College London (London, UK). He recently received the 2021 Excellence in Basic Science Research Award (Arthroscopy), 2021 Implants Section Best Podium Presentation Award (ORS), the coveted 2019 New Investigator Recognition Award (ORS), and was co-recipient of the prestigious 2018 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award (AAOS). He also received honours from the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society, British Hip Society, and British Orthopaedic Research Society.
Shane Nho
MD, MS
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL, USA
Dr. Nho's practice is focused on sports medicine and arthroscopic treatment of the Hip, Shoulder and Knee. He treats both surgical and non-surgical treatments for the hip, shoulder, and knee. His specialties include hip arthroscopy, open and endoscopic repair of hamstring and abductor tears, shoulder arthroscopy, and arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of the knee.
Philip Noble
MD
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, McGovern Medical School, Houston TX, USA
Dr. Philip Noble is an Adjunct Professor at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and serves as a Scientific Consultant to the Center for Orthopaedic Research, Innovation and Training (CORIT) in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. The Center specializes in the introduction, evaluation and development of new technologies in Orthopedics. Dr Noble has over 40 years’ experience in orthopedic research and received his education at several Australian universities, including the University of Melbourne, Latrobe University, and the University of Western Australia, in addition to the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, where he received his PhD under the mentorship of Professor John Paul. Dr. Noble’s diverse research interests include the biomechanics of human and artificial joints, the morphometry of human bones, computer-assisted orthopedics and robotic surgery, orthopedic biomaterials, and the quantitative assessment of clinical outcomes. He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences. He has also published extensively in Orthopedics and related fields and serves as a reviewer of manuscripts for many journals including Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Dr Noble has received several awards including the Winston Churchill Traveling Fellowship, the Frank Stinchfield and Otto AuFranc Awards of the Hip Society, the John Insall Award of the Knee Society and, most recently, the Lifetime Achievement Award of International Society of Hip Arthroscopy. He is a Member of several professional societies, including The Hip Society, The Knee Society, The International Hip Society, and The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Technology in Arthroplasty and is the Deputy Editor for Research of the Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery. Dr. Noble is also an experienced inventor who holds numerous patents and has contributed to the design of several popular designs of hip and knee replacements that have been implanted in millions of patients worldwide.
Eduardo Novais
MD
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, USA
Dr. Novais is a distinguished Orthopaedic Surgeon with a rich academic background and extensive clinical experience. After completing medical training and residency in Brazil, Dr. Novais pursued specialized fellowships in Pediatric Orthopedics, Musculoskeletal oncology and Hip Preservation Surgery at leading institutions in the United States. During four impactful years at the University of Colorado/Children's Hospital, Dr. Novais directed the Child and Adult Hip Preservation Program, while also contributing significantly to orthopedic education and research. In 2015, Dr. Novais joined Boston Children's Hospital Orthopaedic Department, enhancing their pediatric hip program and expanding clinical responsibilities. With a focus on excellence, Dr. Novais has significantly increased research output, publishing in prestigious orthopedic and basic science journals. Currently, Dr. Novais continues to excel in clinical practice, running outpatient clinics and performing surgeries at Children's Hospital, while also contributing to orthopedic care at Beth Israel Medical Center and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Throughout his career, Dr. Novais has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to advancing hip preservation knowledge and improving patient outcomes.
Benedict Nwachukwu
MD, MBA
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY, USA
Dr. Benedict Nwachukwu is an attending orthopedic surgeon and specialist in hip, knee and shoulder surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery. He is the Co-Director of Clinical Research for the Sports Medicine Institute at HSS and an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Nwachukwu obtained his MD from Harvard Medical School and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School while a medical student. Dr. Nwachukwu completed his orthopedic surgery residency at HSS and his sports medicine fellowship training at the world-renowned Rush University. Dr. Nwachukwu's clinical and research interests are focused on returning athletes to sport as well as joint preservation with great interest in arthroscopic hip preservation, hip labral repair and reconstruction. Dr. Nwachukwu currently has over 250 published peer reviewed publications, and has been recognized for the excellence of his work throughout his career.
Kimberly O'Brien
PhD, LICSW
Unlimited Resilience LLC, Walpole MA, USA
Dr. Kimberly O’Brien is the founder and director of Unlimited Resilience, LLC, a group mental health practice designed for athletes by athletes, and the co-founder and director of Better Together, an athlete peer mentoring program. She is also a research and training consultant at the Behavioral Research & Training Institute at Rutgers University. Dr. O’Brien received her BA from Harvard University (’00), where she was a four-year member and co-captain of the hockey team which won a National Championship in 1999. She obtained her MSW (’05) and PhD (’11) from Boston College and completed her postdoctoral fellowship (’13) at Brown University. Her research is focused on the development and testing of brief interventions for suicidal adolescents and their families, with additional specializations in substance use, interventions which utilize technology, and athlete mental health and suicide prevention. She is currently working on an NIMH-funded project to test the effectiveness of a positive affect intervention for adolescents psychiatrically hospitalized for suicide risk and an NINR-funded study to assess the effectiveness of a motivational intervention for vaccine uptake among Latinx adults with mental illness. Dr. O’Brien has co-authored over 75 articles and book chapters related to adolescent suicide, substance use, and mental health, and was awarded the Young Investigator Research Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in 2019. She is also the co-author of Emotionally Naked: A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk. In addition to providing individual and group therapy in her practice, Dr. O’Brien works with high school and college teams across the country on mental health, mental skills, and suicide bereavement and prevention. She continues to stay involved in athletics as she coaches hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, and baseball, and plays hockey, golf, pickleball, and platform tennis.
John O'Donnell
Ass Prof
Hip Arthroscopy Australia, Richmond VIC, Australia
Professor John O’Donnell is an Orthopaedic Surgeon, and founding member of Hip Arthroscopy Australia, who works in Richmond, Victoria, Australia, and specialises in the treatment of conditions of the hip joint, including both arthroscopic hip surgery and hip arthroplasty. He performs surgery at St Vincent’s Private Hospital, East Melbourne, and performed his first hip arthroscopy in 1990. He now has performed more than 10,000 hip arthroscopies. He is a Past-President, and a founding member, of both the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA) and the Australian Hip Arthroscopy Society (AHAS), and is both the convenor and Chairman of the biannual Melbourne International Hip Arthroscopy Meeting. In 2018 he hosted the 10th ISHA ASM in Melbourne.He has a particular interest in the treatment of young adult hip disorders, including Femoro-Acetabular Impingement, hip instability, and ligamentum Teres injuries, and has published widely on these subjects in international peer-reviewed journals, as well being regularly invited to speak at both Australian and International conferences.
Derek Ochiai
MD, PhD
Nirschl Orthopaedic Center, Arlington VA, USA
Dr. Derek Ochiai is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon practicing at the Nirschl Orthopaedic Center in Arlington, VA. His practice focus is hip arthroscopy and hip preservation. He has published numerous articles on hip arthroscopy, including introduces the Twist test and Arlington tests as non-invasive tests for labral pathology. He has enjoyed teaching hip arthroscopy techniques to interested surgeons from four continents. He is passionate about improving outcomes and equity for hip preservation surgery world-wide, and he strongly believes that ISHA can achieve these goals.
Steven Olson
MD
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham NC, USA
My clinical practice has evolved from a focus in trauma to now a focus in hip preservation. Practice as a trauma surgeon taught me the importance of accurate restoration of the joint with surgical care in joint injuries. The goals of restoring the joint anatomy, often emphasizing restoring articular surface in treatment for these injuries remains important. During my career we have lived through periods of dramatic improvements in the treatment of articular fractures. These include significant improvements in techniques for articular reduction, treatment of cartilage injury, and design and application of implants for fracture fixation. Yet with all these advances in fracture care the incidence of arthritis after fracture – post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) has remained largely unchanged. The development of PTA following joint injury is so common that it is seen by many surgeons as an inevitable outcome of the injury in significant portions of patients. My research interests in articular injuries and PTA began with studies on the effect of fracture on joint mechanics. This led to an interest in developing an in-vivo model to understand the development of PTOA. Working with the bioengineering laboratory and the osteoarthritis biomarker core the first in-vivo model of a closed intra—articular fracture was developed. A decade of work with this model lead to the first successful proof of concept in-vivo studies showing that early inhibition of proinflammatory cytokines after injury reduces the severity of PTA that develops in the worst case scenario of no articular reduction. Now as I approach the later phase of my career my interest is in doing work in patients with hip disease. My practice has evolved into one that mixes hip arthroscopy, periacetabular osteotomy, and hip arthroplasty to improve patient care. I believe the field of Orthopaedic Surgery is on the cusp of great innovations in our field to enhance reservation of joint function.
Cecilia Pascual-Garrido
MD, PhD
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, USA
Dr. Pascual-Garrido is currently an Assistant Professor at Washington University Orthopaedics. She treats young and adult patients with hip pain. She performs hip preservation procedures, including PAO, surgical dislocation, hip arthroscopy and proximal femoral osteotomy.
Marc Philippon
MD
Steadman Philippon Research Institute, Vail CO, USA
Dr. Marc J. Philippon is the Managing Partner of The Steadman Clinic and Co-Chairman of Steadman Philippon Research Institute. Dr. Philippon joined The Steadman Clinic in 2005 from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where he served as Director of Sports Medicine/Hip Disorders, Director of Sports Medicine/Hip Disorders Fellowship. He also was the Director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Golf Medicine Program. Previously, he served as Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He earned his medical degree with an academic scholarship from McMaster University Medical School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1990, and completed his Orthopaedic Surgery residency at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital in 1995. Dr. Philippon is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, a former President and Founding Member of the International Society of Hip Arthroscopy (ISHA), and an elected member of the Herodicus Society. Dr. Philippon is a consultant to the NHLPA and the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (Real Federación Española de Tenis) and many other professional organizations. Dr. Philippon is also a Trustee with the US Olympic and Paralympic Foundation and the US Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation.Dr. Philippon lives in Colorado with his wife and three children. He enjoys spending time with his family and participating in sports such as cycling, skiing, ice hockey, swimming and golfing.
Antonio Porthos Salas
MD
Hip Arthroscopy Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Dr. Porthos Salas is the Director of Hip Arthroscopy and Preservation Mexico and the San Pedro Orthopedic Group in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico. Dr. Porthos Salas completed his undergraduate studies at Anderson High School in Austin, Texas and His medical degree at the University of Monterrey (UDEM). He later completes a clinical and research fellowship in the adult reconstruction service at the Hospital for Special Surgery with Dr Gonzalez Della Valle and Dr Salvati, in New York city, posteriorly he went to Australia and completed a Hip arthroscopy fellowship with Dr John O´Donnell in Hip Arthroscopy Australia, after finishing his fellowship we went to observe Dr. John Clohisy and Dr Cecilia Pascual-Garrido in the hip preservation surgery in the young adult service, after this we went with Dr Brian White and mastered his labrum reconstruction technique and in Detroit with Dr Zalts, he did a second training to mastered PAO and femoral osteotomies. Dr Porthos Salas is very enthusiastic and active researcher in the hip preservation field. He has designed the lightest hip distraction table for hip arthroscopy and direct anterior approach total hip replacement, and several instruments for avascular necrosis of the hip and Ligamentum teres reconstruction. He is an active researcher and has contributed publishing several techniques to make hip arthroscopy simple from and extracapsular approach.
Stephanie Pun
MD
Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA
Dr. Pun is the Director of the Hip Preservation Program at Stanford Children's Health. She specializes in both open and arthroscopic hip preservation surgery in children and adults, with special interest in hip dysplasia, femoroacetabular impingement, and complex hip deformity.
Marcelo Queiroz
MD, MSc
Ilumini Clinic, São Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Marcelo Queiroz is an orthopedist, hip specialist, with proven experience in arthroscopy and arthroplasty. His goal is to focus on excellence, providing humanized, individualized and efficient service. He is an assistant physician in the Hip group of the Orthopedics Department of Santa Casa de São Paulo, where he has teaching and research activities linked to the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo.He has recognized experience in hip arthroscopy, and is currently chairman of the Latin American committee of ISHA (International Hip Preservation Society) and chairman of the SBQ (Brazilian Society of Hip) preservative surgery committee. Member of SBOT (Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology), SBQ (Brazilian Society of Hip), ICRS (International Cartilage Repair Society) and ISHA (The Hip Preservation Society).
Michel Rahmé
MD
ICOSS, Strasbourg, France
I'm an orthopaedic surgeon practicing hip and shoulder surgery. I did my training in Strasbourg, France, with a fellowship in Montreal where I started my interest in hip arthroscopy. Hip arthroscopy is slowly becoming one of my main activity.H ip surgery has always been my main center of interest and I really enjoy developing my skills and sharing my experience regarding both hip arthroscopy and joint replacement.
Anil Ranawat
MD
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY, USA
Dr. Anil Ranawat is a clinical specialist focusing on sports injuries of the hip, knee and shoulder. His clinical and research interests have focused on joint preservation of the hip and knee. He is constantly pushing state-of-the-art advancements in joint restoration including both non-operative and operative managements of these conditions. His focus has been on biological restoration of the hip and knee joint. He has been a leading educator on hip arthroscopy but also performs open techniques for hip conditions such as femoral-acetabular impingement, dysplasia, labral tears and avascular necrosis. He also has a keen interest in the knee where he performs complex ligament reconstructions, knee osteotomies, advanced knee arthroscopy as well as robotic partial knee replacement. He has extensively researched these subjects and has written numerous peer reviewed publications, chapters and has authored 3 books.
Ehud Rath
MD
Tel Aviv Souraski Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Bio pending
Heather Richard
PhD
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus OH, USA
Dr. Richard is a pediatric psychologist who specializes in working with children and young adults with orthopedic conditions. For nearly 20 years, she has collaborated with pediatric orthopedic surgeons to provide psychological interventions to patients who present with hip pain; developmental dysplasia of the hip; Perthes Disease; femoral acetabular impingement (FAI); and other orthopedic conditions. Dr. Richard has developed integrated care programs to optimize patient/family readiness and improve outcomes after hip preservation surgery. Her research has demonstrated positive patient outcomes in an integrated treatment model, including pediatric psychologist and pediatric orthopedic surgeons.
Drew Rogers
MD
Massachusetts General / Brigham - Newton Wellesley, Wellesley MA, USA
Dr. Drew Rogers is a board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic sports surgeon specializing in hip arthroscopy with a focus on the preservation of the native hip joint, as well as advanced procedures of the knee and shoulder. He is among the few surgeons in New England who repair hamstring and Gluteus Medius tears endoscopically. He has taught surgical courses nationally and internationally, is a member of multiple sports societies, and has been honored with multiple awards. In his professional capacities, Dr. Rogers holds the position of Chairman of Orthopedics at Morton Hospital, Director of Hip Preservation for Mass General Brigham at Newton Wellesley Hospital, and is on staff for the Brown University Department of Orthopedics and Tufts University Department of Orthopedics. He is a team physician for numerous teams, including the USA National Hockey Team, the Providence Bruins, Boston College Athletics, and Taunton High School Athletics. His expertise in sports medicine allows him to care for athletes of all levels and weekend warriors. Dr. Rogers graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and completed his orthopedic training at Vanderbilt University and McGill University in Montreal. His specialization was refined through the sports medicine fellowship at Boston University, including training at Boston Medical Center, New England Baptist, and the Lahey Clinic.
James Ross
MD
Baptist Health Orthopedic Care - Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine, Boca Raton FL, USA
Dr. James Ross, MD is a Board-Eligible Orthopedic Surgeon who is fellowship trained in sports medicine and joint preservation. His practice consists of open and arthroscopic treatment of the hip, shoulder, elbow, and knee. He also performs the latest techniques in cartilage and meniscal transplantation. Dr. Ross was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota and grew up in the Twin Cities. After graduating with Summa Cum Laude with Honors and Highest Distinction from the University of Minnesota, Dr. Ross obtained his medical degree from the prestigious Harvard Medical School. He then completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the world-renowned Washington University in St. Louis, where he trained under the tutelage of leaders in the field of orthopedic surgery. He developed his passion for sports medicine while working with the St. Louis Rams and St. Louis Blues. Dr. Ross also worked along with leaders in the field of joint preservation surgery, which also sparked his research in hip preservation. After completing residency, Dr. Ross completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery at the University of Michigan, where he further honed his skill in Hip Arthroscopy. He was also team physician for many of the sports, including football, hockey, soccer, gymnastics, and wrestling. After completing his fellowship, he was hired to join the faculty at the University of Michigan Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the division of Sports Medicine. He also served at the Head Team Physician for Eastern Michigan University Football and the athletic department. Since moving his practice to south Florida, he currently serves as a Team Physician for Florida Atlantic University and Lynn University as well as the Florida Panthers (NHL). Dr. Ross has achieved national and international recognition for his clinical research. He has published numerous articles and authored several textbook chapters in the field of Orthopedic Surgery.
Marc Safran
MD
Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA
Dr. Safran is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at Stanford University. He is also the Chief of the Division of Sports Medicine at Stanford University. He is a team physician at Stanford, as well as for many Olympic, college, professional athletes and teams. Dr. Safran is a past president of ISHA and was program chair 4 times for the ISHA Congress. Dr. Safran performs basic and clinical science research related to hip biomechanics, clinical outcomes and surgical techniques. He led the group that developed the iHOT (International Hip Outcomes Tool) and the group that developed the North American Hip Arthroscopy Registry – HipSTR (Hip Surgical Treatment Registry). Dr. Safran is a deputy editor of the Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery. Dr. Safran has authored over 285 peer reviewed publications, 145 books chapters and 9 books.
Michael Salata
MD
University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland OH, USA
Associate Orthopaedist Team Physician, The Cleveland Browns, University Hospitals (UH) Cleveland Medical Center; Director, Joint Preservation and Cartilage Restoration Center, UH Cleveland Medical Center; Division Chief, Sports Medicine, UH Cleveland Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) School of Medicine
Thomas Sampson
MD
PSOASM and Veterans Administration Hospital, San Francisco CA, USA
Early developer of hip arthroscopy and the "Lateral Approach," originator of arthroscopic femoroplasty and the treatment of the FAACD lesion.
Jonathan Schoenecker
MD, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN, USA
Jonathan G. Schoenecker, MD, PhD, is the Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics, Pediatrics, Pathology and Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. He is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon with a strong interest in defining the role of the vascular system in bone biology. This focus stems from his surgical training in musculoskeletal diseases in combination with basic science training in vascular and bone biology. From his observations in clinical practice combined with historical work defining vascularity in bone biology and studies conducted in his lab, he developed the hypothesis that the reason the skeleton of a child is more resilient to bone fragility and has a greater capacity to heal is due to differences of a child’s capacity to produce and maintain blood vessels. Dr. Schoenecker’s clinical research is focused on pathologic processes of bone in children with a presumed vascular etiology such as; Legg-Calve-Perthes disease, avascular necrosis, fracture non-union, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, osteosarcoma and infection induced bone necrosis. The goal of these studies is to define how changes in vascularity imposes subsequent pathology in bone biology with the long term hope of addressing the vascular insult to prevent or treat these devastating diseases in children.
Elizabeth Scott
MD
Duke University, Durham NC, USA
Elizabeth Scott is a hip arthroscopist in practice at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA. She completed a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital (2021-2022) and resident training in orthopedic surgery at the University of Iowa (2016-2021). She is interested in clinical outcomes and biomechanical research relating to periacetabular osteotomy and hip arthroscopy, with multiple publications in major journals relating to patient-reported outcomes and performance measures in hip research.
Courtney Seffker
PA-C
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City IO, USA
Bio pending
Ernest Sink
MD
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York NY, USA
I am the Chief of The Hip Preservation Service at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and currently hold a faculty appointment at Weill Cornell College of Medicine as professor of orthopaedic surgery. My academic and research interests are in the areas of pediatric and young adult hip disorders and innovative surgical procedures. This work is substantiated in my peer reviewed articles and book chapters. The focal point of my research is hip pathology in infants to young adults, with special emphasis on impingement surgery and hip dysplasia in the pre-arthritic hip. This is carried out under the aegis of a multicenter clinical research group (ANCHOR) and through a collaborative research registry at the Hospital for Special Surgery.
Craig Smith
MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus OH, USA
Craig Smith, MD, is a surgeon within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Dr. Smith received his BS in Physiology at Michigan State University – College of Arts and Sciences, East Lansing, MI and his medical degree from Michigan State University – College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI and Kalamazoo, MI, Doctorate of Medicine. He then completed an orthopaedic surgery residency at Mount Carmel Health Systems- Orthopedic Residency, Columbus, OH. This was followed by a Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship at Washington University, in St. Louis.
Ashley Spalla
Miles4Hips, Indianapolis IN, USA
Ashley is an Army veteran with 7 years of service. She has experience in research through working in biology labs as an undergraduate and genetics research in Down’s Syndrome. She is an aspiring researcher as well as an avid endurance athlete with a love for adaptive sports (downhill skiing, wheelchair basketball, pushrim racing), playing with her Aussie shepherd, Chloe, and a semi-professional artist that specializes in 2D portraits (graphite, colored pencil, pastels) as well as typography and calligraphy. She loves spending time with friends and family, especially her nieces and nephews who have stolen her heart (Eloise, Ryker, Eva Kay, Parker, Logan and Lucas). Unfortunately, during her senior year as an undergrad she injured her hip while training in Army R.O.T.C., which lead to a diagnosis of hip dysplasia in January 2009 (age 21). At that time, education and awareness or any information on hip dysplasia was extremely minimal. She ended up having surgery, right hip PAO with scope, in June 2009, but it ultimately was performed incorrectly. It meant not being able to commission in the Army and a series of more hip surgeries followed, among other challenges. To date, she has had 26+ hip surgeries with more being planned (47 total surgeries and counting) and uses a wheelchair for mobility. Ashley’s Miles4Hips are found in adaptive sports, art and a passion for “hip” patient advocacy. She uses her hip journey as motivation to raise awareness, educate others and promote research to further the treatment and advancement in hip disorders. She plans on pursuing further medical training and education in Physician’s Assistant school. She continues to challenge herself mentally, artistically and physically, even if it means doing it from wheels.
Andrea Spiker
MD
University Of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI, USA
Andrea M. Spiker, MD, Assistant Professor, is board certified and dual fellowship trained in orthopaedic sports medicine and hip preservation as well as subspecialty certified in sports medicine. She is the Associate Program Director of the Orthopedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. She graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., and completed orthopaedic surgery residency at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. She then completed two fellowships at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, NY – the first in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery and the second in Hip Preservation, during which time she was a Fellow Team Physician for the New York Mets (MLB), the New York Rangers (NHL), the New York Liberty (WNBA) and St. Johns University Women’s Soccer (Division 1). She is the team physician for the UW Badger Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams. Her clinical interests are in the non-operative and operative treatment of all sports and athletic injuries, with a surgical focus on treatment of the knee and hip, and additional expertise in hip arthroscopy, surgical hip dislocation and periacetabular osteotomy.
Caty Stegemann
PT
Centre Physical Therapy, Chicago IL, USA
Caty founded Centre in 2018 with a singular focus on human-centered care. Her holistic, attentive approach to patient treatment and passion for helping others makes her a veritable force in the physical therapy field. Her 23+ year career has spanned various in- and out-patient facilities; however, it was her position at Athletico’s Midwest Orthopedics at Rush where she solidified her now substantive expertise in post-operative hip arthroscopy. It was there that she honed her knowledge and skill, even writing protocol for surgeons specializing in arthroscopic hip surgeries. At Athletico, Caty managed the hip preservation group, further deepening her subject matter expertise. It is this in-depth knowledge and experience that has earned Caty recognition in her field and enthusiastic referrals from physicians throughout the midwest.
Michael Stover
MD
Northwestern University, Chicago IL, USA
Dr. Michael Stover is a graduate of University of Iowa College of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, residency, and fellowship trained in orthopaedic trauma at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. He received additional fellowship training in Hip and Pelvic reconstruction, studying for a year with Joel Matta, MD at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, CA, and a traveling fellowship to Switzerland working with Reinhold Ganz, MD. Dr. Stover joined Northwestern University after 14 years of clinical practice at Loyola University Health System where he was Associate Professor and Director of Trauma. His clinical and research interests include: anterior total hip replacement, acquired or congenital hip and pelvic abnormalities (especially hip dysplasia and hip impingement), fractures of the acetabulum and pelvis, and fractures that do not heal (nonunion) or heal incorrectly (malunion). He is an active member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the AO Foundation, Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA), Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, and the American Orthopedic Association (AOA). Dr. Stover is an internationally recognized lecturer regarding topics in hip and pelvis reconstruction, especially fractures of the acetabulum and pelvis.
Andrea Stracciolini
MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
Dr. Andrea Stracciolini is a primary care sports medicine physician at Boston Children's Hospital's Sports Medicine Division. She is the director of their Performing Artist Athletes Program. Dr. Stracciolini specializes in dance medicine, the pediatric and young adult hip, musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound guided injection therapy.
Allston Stubbs
MD, MBA
Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem NC, USA
Doctor Allston J. Stubbs is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in Sports Medicine and Hip Restoration at Advocate Health Wake Forest Baptist. His experience in the field of health care has spanned over 30 years and comprises roles in both academic and private health delivery models within the United States and abroad. He has led various national and international initiatives to improve orthopaedic surgical education, research, and outcomes. In his current role, he serves as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine as well as Medical Director and Chief of a globally recognized clinical practice in sports hip injury prevention and treatment. His current research focuses on clinical surgical outcomes and technical optimization of hip preservation surgery and rehabilitation within the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He served as the 2021-2022 President of ISHA: The Hip Preservation Society.
Christina Thomas
DPT
Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT, USA
I specialize in the treatment of hips, with an emphasis in hip preservation. I have been practicing physical therapy for the last 14 years and have worked with many unique populations and age groups. I have been fortunate to live and work in a variety of diverse socioeconomic groups due to my husband's career in the ARMY. Over the past 10 years we have lived in Texas, Hawaii, Colorado, California and Utah. I was fortunate to be a contracted PT with the ARMY at Fort Hood, TX as well work with high level athletes in an office affiliated with the 49ers. Currently I work not only as a practicing therapist in the TOSH clinic, but also with Dr. Anthony Beutler in a musculoskeletal diagnostic clinic where we diagnose and treat patients with complex hip presentations. We perform procedures such as ultrasound and a variety of injections to improve patient symptoms. I perform similar functions with Dr. Chris West, arthroplasty and hip preservation surgeon, where we work as a team to improve diagnosis and proper referral to his patients. I have been trained in dry needling and the McKenzie method. I have trained with some of the world's best Olympic lifters and I enjoy working with patients on Olympic lifting technique.
Soshi Uchida
MD, PhD
Wakamatsu Hospital of University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
Dr Soshi Uchida MD is a nationally and internationally renowned orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon who has been practicing his passion, orthopaedic surgery, for the last two decades. He specializes in hip arthroscopy, treatment of Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), Developmental Dysplasia of the hips (DDH), ACL and/or PCL reconstruction, elbow arthroscopy, shoulder arthroscopy and ankle arthroscopy. The principles of sports medicine emphasize a comprehensive team approach in the conservative treatment of injuries with the goal of helping the patient return to a healthy state, and focuses on the prevention of new or recurrent injuries. When surgery is necessary, Dr. Uchida's specialty in arthroscopic techniques, especially hip arthroscopy, emphasizes less invasive surgery for a potentially easier and quicker recovery. These principles, initially developed for the competitive athlete, apply to all injuries whether they occur in the recreational environment, work place, or at home. He has actually performed 2000 hip arthroscopies for the past 10 years.
William Vasileff
MD
Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA
Dr Vasileff is an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and hip preservation surgery. He has additional subspecialty training in these fields and works with residents and fellows to educate them in these areas. Dr Vasileff is also a active participant and is a part of several ongoing research studies and has continued to publish and present at regional, national, and international meetings. He played football at the D3 level in college along with baseball and hockey in high school and now enjoys coaching his children in multiple sports along with recreational sports for himself including road and mountain biking, some running as well as yoga and strength training.
Linnea Welton
MD
Independent, Auburn WA, USA
Dr. Linnea Welton is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon with dual fellowship training in the fields of hip preservation and sports medicine surgery. She is one of few surgeons who has specialized training in complex hip, knee, and shoulder arthroscopy procedures. She is one of even fewer surgeons with technical expertise in complex bony realignment procedures of the pelvis, femur and tibia. Common hip conditions Dr. Welton treats are labral tears, hip impingement (FAI), hip dysplasia, and acute hamstring or gluteus medius tendon tears. In addition to her surgical practice, she also runs a biologic injection clinic for the management of early osteoarthritis, tendinopathies, and partial vs complete tendon tears. Dr. Welton is also committed to the advancement of hip preservation and sports medicine; actively participating in research, leadership, and education. Her research in the field of sports medicine and hip preservation has focused on the development of many surgical advancements; having published work in the leading orthopedic and sports medicine journals. She has similarly presented her work at many of the top conferences in the field. She continues to strive toward improving the standards in the field through continued research. She has worked as a team physician for the Women’s Reign FC and is a consulting physician for many surrounding University and High School athletic programs. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Dr. Welton earned her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees at University of Washington. After climbing the tallest peaks in the Pacific Northwest, being a ski instructor, personal trainer, and research scientist in a lab focused on aging and lifespan extension, Dr. Welton decided to pursue her medical degree at University of Colorado. She completed her orthopaedic surgery residency at University of Michigan. Dr. Welton then returned to Colorado for a fellowship in Sports Medicine Surgery followed by another year of fellowship in Hip Preservation. During medical school she completed a focused certification in Global Health, working and completing a needs assessment project for a remote hospital in Uganda. In residency she helped develop the Global Health & Disparities Program for University of Michigan and received the Health Volunteers Overseas Travelling Fellowship; collaborating with surgeons, residents, and medical students in Managua, Nicaragua.
Robert Westermann
MD
University of Iowa, Iowa City IO, USA
Dr Westermann (Robby) is an Orthopedic Surgeon and team physician University of Iowa. He went to medical school at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA and completed his residency in Iowa City. He completed a sports medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic and was subsequently awarded the William Harris Award in Hip Preservation and completed a Traveling Fellowship with the ANCHOR Hip Preservation group spending time in St Louis, Michigan and Twin Cities, MN. He practices sports Medicine at the University of Iowa and treats athletic injuries of the knee, hip and shoulder. He is involved in cellular and biomechanics basic science research and Multi-center clinical outcomes research through the MOON and ANCHOR groups.
Michael Wettstein
MD
ITOLS La Prairie Medical Services, Lausanne, Switzerland
Orthopaedic surgeon at Clinique La Prairie Medical Services in Lausanne / Montreux and HRC Rennaz Hospital in Rennaz / Switzerland with a special interest in hip arthroscopy, femoral and pelvic osteotomies, surgical dislocation, total hip replacement and revision. Professor at the Medical Faculty Laayoune, University Ibn Zohr, Agadir.
Robert Wetzel
MD
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH, USA
Dr. Wetzel is a board-certified orthopaedic trauma surgeon and hip preservation specialist in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University in 2009 and completed residency from Northwestern University and an orthopaedic trauma and hip preservation fellowship from Indiana University. He is a member of several professional societies and has received several awards for his academic and leadership achievements. Dr. Wetzel is actively involved in teaching and research, and is committed to providing his patients with the highest quality care. He is the Program Director of the Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship at his institution.
Michael Willey
MD
University of Iowa, Iowa City IO, USA
Michael Willey is an orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Iowa that specializes in young adult hip conditions. His research focus is on outcomes of hip dysplasia surgical treatment and computational techniques to assess deformity correction with PAO.
Andrew Wolff
MD, MSc
ISHA 2024 Local Host Chair
Washington Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Washington DC, USA
Dr. Wolff is a board-certified fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in hip arthroscopy, hip preservation and sports medicine. He has been in practice in the Washington, DC area since 2008. He is widely recognized as an expert in the field of hip arthroscopy and preservation. Dr. Wolff is an internationally recognized leader in the field of hip arthroscopy and preservation. He regularly lectures at national and international hip meetings and publishes research peer-reviewed orthopaedic surgery literature about hip preservation procedures, best practices as to how to perform them and how to achieve the best results for these patients. He is the vice-president of Multi-Center Arthroscopic Surgery of the Hip (MASH) Study Group that aggregates data from leading hip surgeons around the country to allow careful research to improve the outcomes for our patients. He has helped develop and design techniques and instrumentation that have made the arthroscopic treatment of hip problems easier, safer, and more reliable. Additionally he is a Consultant Reviewer of current research for the American Journal of Sports Medicine and the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.As a leader in the field of Hip Preservation and Hip Arthroscopy, Dr. Wolff was recently named as Chairman of the Annual Scientific Meeting for ISHA - The International Hip Preservation Society to be held in Washington DC in 2024. Dr. Wolff has also served as the president of the Washington Orthopaedic Society in 2012-2013 and co-chaired the 2012 Virginia Orthopaedic Society meeting. He currently serves on the Membership Committee for ISHA - The International Hip Preservation Society and is an active member of the ISHA, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and a fellow of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.Dr. Wolff is a graduate of Amherst College and Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis where he received multiple awards–including selection for membership in Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He went on to complete his Orthopaedic Surgery residency training at Yale and a Sports Medicine and Hip, Knee and Shoulder fellowship at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado.
Jessica Woodman
DPT
Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT, USA
I am physical therapist who specializes in providing pelvic therapy and women’s health care to patients. Forcing myself out of my comfort zone and gathering the courage to step into the specialty of pelvic health was initially challenging for me as a therapist. My experience is relatable for people new to these types of issues and allows me to empathize when they come in with pelvic health needs. I quickly realized how common it is for people to experience bladder, bowel, and pelvic pain issues and how they can take over your life. I love helping someone in a way they didn't know possible; pelvic health physical therapy can be life changing for many people. I love treating all pelvic floor issues and especially pelvic floor related hip pain. For people experiencing this, we can approach the issue with a team of Intermountain hip surgeons and sports medicine providers, all of us working together to get patients to the right type of healthcare provider.
Thomas Wuerz
MD, MSc
ISHA 2024 Scientific Program Chair
New England Baptist Hospital, Boston MA, USA
After graduating from medical school in Germany, Dr. Wuerz was doing research at the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston before doing two years of orthopedic surgery residency at the Inselspital Bern in Bern Switzerland. After that he went to the London School of Economics for a masters in health policy and economics. After that he was doing two years of research with a NIH grant. Then he did an orthopedic surgery residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. This was followed by a orthopedic sports medicine fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, before being awarded the first traveling fellowship of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy training at the Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado, and the Schulthess Clinic in Zurich, Switzerland.
James Wylie
MD, MHS
Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City UT, USA
Dr. James Wylie is an orthopedic surgeon in Murray, Utah and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (TOSH) and Riverton Hospital. He performs all of his surgeries at TOSH and has clinic at both TOSH and Riverton Hospital. He received his medical degree from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Utah. He then completed fellowship training in orthopedic sports medicine at the University of Connecticut and adolescent at young adult hip preservation surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. He treats all hip and knee conditions in young, active patients. He is sports medicine trained and uses arthroscopy to perform joint preserving surgery in a minimally invasive fashion. He also specializes is osteotomies around the hip and knee for joint preservation. He also has a passion for research and functions as the Director of Orthopedic Research for Intermountain Healthcare. He has published over fifty peer-reviewed publications and has presented both nationally and internationally.
Yi-Meng Yen
MD, PhD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
Dr. Yi-Meng Yen is an orthopedist in Boston, Massachusetts and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Walden Behavioral Care-Waltham and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He received his medical degree from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Ira Zaltz
MD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA
I developed an interest in hip surgery while a resident under the supervision of Dr. Michael Millis. My interest continued during my pediatric fellowship under Dr. Tony Herring. Since starting my practice in southeast Michigan, I have been actively engaged in research, clinical education, and patient care focused primarily on developmental conditions affecting the hip joint. My practice encompasses infant, childhood, adolescent, and young adult hip disorders. I have been actively involved in education for the past twenty years through the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, and the AO. I have been a member of the ANCHOR group and continue to participate actively in the collection and analysis of prospective data. Currently, I have embarked upon basic science research focused on (1) murine hip development and (2) human hip capsular mechanics.
Wolfgang Zinser
Dr. med.
OrthoExpert, Knittelfeld, Austria
Dr. med. Wolfgang Zinser is a renowned specialist in orthopedics and traumatology with over 20 years of experience. His special expertise lays in the field of joint and cartilage regeneration. With more than 2000 ACI’s in the knee, hip and ankle, he is one the most experienced orthopedic surgeons in this field. For more than 10 years Dr. Zinser was chief physician at St. Vinzenz Hospital in Dinslaken, Germany, where about 1,000 patients were treated annually with joint-preserving surgery. In 2021, he moved to Austria and founded OrthoExpert, a center for joint preserving orthopedics. He further works as physician at private clinic Graz Ragnitz, Austria, and serves as Director of the Metagil Physical Outpatient Clinic closely cooperating with physiotherapists, practicing colleagues and associations in Austria. He is chair of the German ICRS-Group, QKG (society for joint preservation and cartilage regeneration, Germany) and German Cartilage Academy. Dr. Zinser is certified AGA (German-speaking society for arthroscopy and joint surgery) expert for hip, knee and ancle as well as AGA faculty member and member of AGA hip committee. He has been involved nationally and internationally as an educator, speaker, and advisor and is co-author of various scientific publications. Dr. Zinser holds an MD degree from Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany.
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