Invited Speakers from Overseas

Assistant Clinical Professor (2022-present)
UCSF Fresno, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shoulder and Elbow

Annunziato 'Ned' Amendola, MD, is a Distinguished professor of orthopaedic surgery in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, and the Chief, Division of Sports Medicine at Duke University. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Urbaniak Sports Sciences Institute, and CMO and Head Team Physician for Athletics at Duke University. He is very involved in resident teaching and the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and foot ankle fellowship programs. His clinical interests focus on all aspects of knee surgery and foot and ankle reconstruction. Research interests center on improving the understanding, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of sports and activity-related problems of the lower extremity.
Throughout his career, Dr Amendola has received numerous peer-reviewed grants, and published over 350 peer-reviewed articles, as well as authored extensive number of book chapters and editor of 9 textbooks in sports medicine and arthroscopy. He has earned numerous research related awards along with co-authors including the Kappa Delta Award from the AAOS in 2012 and 2021, Excellence in Research Award, Cabaud and ODonohue awards from the AOSSM, the Achilles award from ISAKOS, the Samson Award from the COA, the Roger Mann Award and the Leonard Goldner Award from the AOFAS.
Dr Amendola is currently the President-Elect of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, and Diplomate of the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine. He is an active Member of many orthopedic and sports medicine organizations, including Past President for the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, and currently on the Board of Trustees of OREF. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of ABOS, ISAKOS, AAOS, Arthroscopy Association of North America, and Past President of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine.

Dr. Bhandari currently holds the title of Distinguished University Professor and Chair in the Department of Surgery at McMaster University. He holds a Senior Tier Canada Research Chair in Surgical Innovation. He received his Masters Degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McMaster University and his PhD Degree from Goteborg University. He is recognized a global leader in global surgical trials and the promotion of evidence-based surgery worldwide with 1100 peer reviewed publications and over 60 million in research funds. Dr. Bhandari’s commitment to evidence-based practice, high quality globally relevant research and translation of evidence to patient care has garnered him induction into the Order of Ontario, McMaster University’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Order of Canada. He was recently awarded the King Charles III Medal for contributions to Canada.

Dr. Brian Cole is an orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush and Professor of Orthopaedics at Rush University Medical Center. He serves as Managing Partner of Midwest Orthopaedics, Acting Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics, and Section Head of the Cartilage Research and Restoration Center. Dr. Cole also leads the Rush Orthopaedic Master's Program and serves as Chair of Surgery at Rush Oak Park Hospital. He was President of the Arthroscopy Association of North America in 2020 and holds various leadership roles in orthopaedic societies.
Honors awarded to Dr. Cole range from the Best Doctors in America since 2004 and Top Doctor in Chicagoland since 2003. In 2006, he was featured on the cover of Chicago Magazine as Chicago's Top Doctor. In 2009, he was selected as NBA Team Physician of the Year and Orthopaedics This Week has named Dr. Cole as one of the top 20 sports medicine, knee, and shoulder specialists repeatedly over the last 5 years as selected by his peers. Dr. Cole's patients describe his practice as compassionate, available, and willing to offer novel solutions to avoid surgery whenever possible. Testimonials to the surgical care that Dr. Cole's team provides are frequently featured and shared.
Dr. Cole's research focuses on Cartilage Restoration, OrthoBiologics, and minimally invasive surgery. He has authored over 1,000 articles and 20 textbooks, delivered more than 2,000 lectures, and is frequently cited in leading orthopaedic literature. He earned his MD and MBA from the University of Chicago, completed his orthopaedic residency at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Cole is team physician for the Chicago Bulls, co-team physician for the Chicago White Sox, and also serves the Chicago Dogs and DePaul University. He also hosts the Sports Medicine Weekly Podcast and founded the Chicago Sports Summit in 2016.

Dr. Yong Hai is the professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University of China.
He obtained his MD degree in Nanfang Medical University in Guangzhou, China in 1986. After finishing his fellowship training in Orthopedic Surgery and Spinal Surgery in the US at UMDNJ and SUNY for Orthopedic Surgery and Spinal Surgery in 1997, Dr. Hai has devoted his basic research and clinical practice in the field of spinal surgery.
He is one of the leading KOL in the treatment of degenerative spinal disorders and complex spinal deformities, not only in China but also well known in the world. Dr. Hai has published more than 260 peer-reviewed scientific articles and was the PI for many national and international research projects. He has contributed significantly in the field of spine care and has won several research achievement awards.
He is a member of many prestigious international and domestic professional organizations such as SRS, ISSLS, NASS, SMISS, AOSpine, and COA and has served on the board or committees of those organizations. He is the vice president of International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), the president elect of the Chinese Association of Spine (CAS), the president of the Chinese Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (CSSLS), and the vice president of Chinese Scoliosis Research Society.

1981年　京都府立医科大学卒業
1981年　京都府立医科大学附属病院整形外科研修医
1983年　京都府立医科大学大学院医学研究科外科系博士課程
1987年　同　修了
1987年　京都府立医科大学大学整形外科助手
1992年　Johns Hopkins University 整形外科, Visiting Instructor
1994年　同 Instructor
1996年　同 Assistant Professor
2000年　同 Associate Professor
2003年　Rush Medical College 整形外科, Associate Professor,
Director of Spine Biomechanics Laboratory
2007年-2024年　同　Professor
2012年-2024年　Rush Graduate College, Professor

Vikas Khanduja MB BS, MA (Cantab), MRCS (G), MSc (Orth Eng), FRCS, FRCS (Tr & Orth), PhD.
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.
Vikas qualified as a Doctor in 1997 and completed his Basic Surgical Training in London. Following this he received his Higher Surgical Training in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the North Thames circuit in London, gaining the FRCS (Orth) in 2005. Subsequently, he undertook his sub-specialty training fellowships in knee and hip surgery with eminent surgeons in the field in London, Cambridge, Zurich and New York.
He leads the Cambridge Young Adult Hip Research Group which is an active group with a strong national and international presence. The focus of the research group is on the use of technology for the assessment and improvement of outcomes in young adults with hip pathology. In particular, the group has been working on disease stratification of FAI using novel imaging techniques, better pre-operative planning tools using dynamic analysis and optimisation of arthroscopic management of FAI via precision surgery. He has authored over 200 peer reviewed articles and 3 books.
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 Board as President, of BOA as a Trustee, ISHA and the NIHR MSK NSG for the Eastern Region. He is the Past President of the British Hip Society and a Trustee and Past Chair of the NAHR.

Elizaveta Kon, MD
Full Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Humanitas University, Milan
Orthopedic surgeon, Chief of Translational Orthopedics Unit, Center of Functional and Biological Reconstruction of the knee, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan
President of Società Italiana di Artroscopia, Ginocchio, Arto Superiore, Sport, Cartilagine, Tecnologie Ortopediche (SIAGASCOT)
Past President of International Cartilage Repair and Joint Preservation Society (ICRS)

Dr LAU, Yiu-chung Adam is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, with an Intercalated Bachelor of Science degree in Orthopaedic Science from the University College London Medical School in United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. He was honoured with the Sir Harry Fang Gold Medal from the Hong Kong College of Orthopaedic Surgeons and awarded as a Distinguished Young Fellow in the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.
Dr Lau is a paediatric orthopaedic specialist with special interests in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, children's bone health and related research. He was awarded the AR Hodgson Award (Best Clinical Paper in 2024) and Best Paper in the Paediatric Orthopaedic Chapter (2023, 2024) at the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association Annual Congress, and also the Best Paper Award in International Research Society of Spinal Deformities Scientific Meeting 2024.
Additionally, he actively teaches medical students, postgraduate students, visiting fellows and orthopaedic trainees, and is committed to promoting awareness of bone and spine health among children and adolescents in Hong Kong.

[Position]
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Director of Diabetic Foot Clinic, Severance Hospital, Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine

[EDUCATION]
1982-1988　
M.D. from Yonsei Univ. College of Medicine
1990-1998　
M.S. / Ph.D. from Yonsei Univ., Graduate School

[CAREER]
2024-　　　  
Cairman of Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
2022-2024　
Senior vice president of International Campus, Yonsei Univ.
2021-2024　
Vice chairman of Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
2016-2020　
Vice director: Severance hospital, Yonsei Univ.
2014-2016　
Director of External Affairs, Yonsei Univ. Health System
2010-2014　
Director of Public Relations, Yonsei Univ. Health System
2009-　　　  
Prof., Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei Univ.
2004-2009　
Associate Prof., Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei Univ.

2004-2005　
Visiting Scholar in Foot & Ankle Service, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA

2000-2004　
Assistant Prof., Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei Univ.

2001-2001　
Visiting Scholar, Wound healing center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

1998-2000　
Research fellow in division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

1996-1998　
Instructor of Orthopaedic Dept., Yonsei Univ.
1988-1993　
Internship and residency of Orthopaedic Surgery, Severance Hospital

[PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP]
Korean Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Member of the Korean Orthopaedic Research Society
Member of the Korean Foot & Ankle Society
Member of the Korean Society for Biomaterials
Member of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
Research Consultant, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Member of Ankle Instability Group
Director of korean Health Industry Dept. Institute
Member of National Academy of Medicine of Korea
Chairman, Board of Directors, Korean Orthopaedic Association (KOA)
President of International Federation of Foot & Ankle Societies (IFFAS)

Dr. Guoan Li received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD, USA) in 1993. He completed post-doctoral training in Orthopaedic Biomechanics at The Johns Hopkins Medical School between 1993 and 1995. After spending two years at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center conducting research on Sports Medicine Biomechanics, he moved to Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in 1998 to establish the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Lab. In 2017, he founded the Orthopaedic Bioengineering Research Center at Newton-Wellesley Hospital.
Dr. Li's primary research interests are in Orthopaedic Biomechanics, including the degeneration and injury mechanisms of the human knee, hip joints, and spine, as well as the development of new treatment strategies. He has published over three hundred peer-reviewed papers. Recently, he has focused on developing new techniques for ACL reconstruction and artificial joint replacements, including total knee arthroplasty (TKA), total hip arthroplasty (THA), and total disc replacement (TDR). He holds over twenty patents for his inventions. In addition to his research, Dr. Li supervises graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, and various institutions across Europe and Asia.

Dr. C. Benjamin Ma is Chair of the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as well as a Professor in Residence in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery.
Dr. Ma’s special interests include sports medicine, arthroscopic shoulder surgery to repair rotator cuff tears and ligament instability, shoulder replacement, knee ligament reconstruction, meniscus and cartilage injury. He has received many clinical and teaching awards, which include the UCSF Exceptional Physician Award, UCSF Excellent in Teaching Award and Charles Neer Shoulder Award. He has been awarded Top Doctor in San Francisco and Marin County for the past 10 years. He is also a member of the prestigious American Shoulder and Elbow Society.
In addition to his clinical specialties, Dr. Ma is involved in research on cartilage imaging and dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of ACL injured knees. He work has focused on early detection of cartilage injuries following ACL reconstructions and improvement in ACL reconstructions. His research has been awarded the O'Donoghue Award of the American Orthopedic Society of Sports Medicine. He has also extensive publications on the improvement of outcomes following rotator cuff surgeries and replacements. His research has received the prestigious Charles Neer Award from American Shoulder and Elbow Society, Excellence in Patellofemoral Research from the International Society for Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and New Investigator Research Award from the Orthopaedic Research Society.
Dr. Ma completed his undergraduate education in bioelectrical engineering at Brown University and went on to earn his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, where he also completed a one-year musculoskeletal research fellowship. Following his residency, Ma completed a second fellowship in shoulder and knee surgery and sports medicine at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

Anna MacDowall, MD, PhD, went to medical school at the University of Uppsala 1996-2002. She has been a consultant at the spine surgery unit in the department of Orthopaedics, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, since 2012. The unit is a tertiary referral unit for spine surgery and covers a catchment area of 2.6 million inhabitants and performs approximately 900 spine operations per year. The unit has an active research profile with several ongoing clinical randomized controlled trials and a laboratory for spinal cord injury basic research.
Dr. MacDowall defended her thesis on cervical artificial disc replacements in 2018. She has currently a position as a senior consultant and associate professor and is tutoring five PhD students. The focus subjects include degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis, degenerative cervical radiculopathy, degenerative cervical myelopathy, and cervical spine fractures. Ongoing randomized controlled trials are the MyRanc trial and the SOFT trial. She is also active in a specialized group working with national guidelines for prehospital and intrahospital spinal motion restriction.
Dr MacDowall has been awarded numerous prestigious prizes, from the Swedish society of Orthopaedic surgeons, the European Cervical Spine Research Society, and the Asia-Pacific Cervical Spine Research Society. Dr MacDowall recently won a large scholarship from Uppsala University in recognition of her achievements.
Dr. MacDowall served as a board member in the Swedish Society of Spinal Surgeons 2016-2018 and is actively involved in the cervical module of the Swedish Spine register. She has been an active member of the CSRS-Europe since 2017 and became a board member in 2020.

Prof S Rajasekaran is the Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma & Spine Surgery at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India which is currently the largest orthopaedic speciality hospital in South Asia with 650 beds and 35 operating theatres.
He is the Immediate Past President of the Asia Pacific Spine Society, Past Chair of AOSpine International and Past President of SICOT, ISSLS and CSRS-AP. He is currently the Editor in Chief of Indian Spine Journal, Deputy Editor of The Bone & Joint Surgery Journal, USA; Journal of SPINE, USA; Global Spine Journal, USA and the Past Deputy Editor of European Spine Journal.
The Orthopaedic department of Ganga Hospital performs more than 20,000 major surgeries per year and has an out-patient strength in excess of 50,000 new patients and total outpatient attendance of 1,50,000 every year.
Apart from busy clinical work, he is also interested in research which is concentrated on outcomes of major trauma, disc degeneration and spinal infections. He is the recipient of ISSLS Award for five years, NASS Outstanding paper award for four consecutive years and the EuroSpine Open Paper Award.
Dr Rajasekaran has 444 publications in international journals, 100 national publications , 85 Chapter publications & 597 international and 601 national presentations.

Dr. Scott Rodeo is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and is an Attending Surgeon at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the Hospital for Special Surgery, where he is Co-Chief Emeritus of the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Research, and Co-Director of the Orthopaedic Soft Tissue Research Program. He also serves as Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Hospital for Special Surgery. Rodeo is Head Team Physician for the New York Giants Football Team, and he served as a Team Physician for the United States Olympic Team in 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. His clinical practice involves orthopaedic sports medicine, with specialty interest in complex knee reconstruction (ligament, meniscus and cartilage surgery), tendon repair in the shoulder and other joints, and shoulder instability. He runs a translational research laboratory program investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms of soft tissue repair. Rodeo graduated cum laude from Stanford University, where he completed his undergraduate work while competing on the Stanford Swimming Team. He completed medical school graduating with honors from Cornell University Medical College.

1990年　旭川医科大学卒業
1994年　北海道大学小児科研修終了
1996年　埼玉がんセンター小児血液腫瘍専門医研修終了
2001年　Children's Hospital Los Angeles ポスドク終了
2003年　Wright State University 小児科研修終了
2006年　UCLA 小児血液腫瘍専門医研修終了
2007年　UC Davis 医学部講師
2015年　UC Davis 医学部准教授
2024年　UC Davis 医学部教授

Professional activity
Member of the AOTC Trauma Digital Expert Group
Vice president of the German Knee Society
Chairman of Development of the ESSKA Certification Module Osteotomies around the knee
Chairman of the ESSKA-EKA osteotomy focus group
Head of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of the Diakonie Klinikum, Jung-Stilling Krankenhaus, Siegen, Germany
Chairman of the AOTC Deformity Correction and Planning Task Force
Member of the AOTC Pelvic and Joint Preservation Global Expert Committee
Board member of the German Knee Society (Deutsche Kniegesellschaft)
Chairman of the Expert Group Osteotomy of the German Knee Society (Deutsche Kniegesellschaft)
Deputy acting head of the department Trauma and reconstructive Surgery, BG Traumacenter Tübingen, Germany
Managing consultant, BG Traumacenter, Trauma and reconstructive Surgery, Consultant, BG Traumacenter Tübingen, Germany
Observationship in Harborview Medical Center, Department Oprthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Fractures&Trauma, Seattle, USA
Member of the Expert Group Osteotomy of the German Society of the knee
Member of the AO TK Joint Preservation and Osteotomy Expert Group
BG Traumacenter Tübingen, Germany
Resident, Department of Surgery II, Department of Trauma Surgery and joint replacement, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Resident, Department of Surgery I, Department of Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Friedrichshafen Germany
Resident, Department of Surgery II, Department of Trauma Surgery and joint replacement, Friedrichshafen Germany
Resident, Department of Surgery II, Department of Trauma Surgery and joint replacement

Edward M. Schwarz, Ph.D. is the Burton Professor of Orthopaedics and Director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Research at the University of Rochester Medical Center, in Rochester, NY. He serves as Director of NIH P50 CORT “Translating the Osteoimmunology of Bone Infection”, the Director of NIH P30 “The University of Rochester Resource-Based Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine”, and Co-Director of NIH CTSA-fund Pilot Studies in the University of Rochester Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, Chief Science Officer of Telephus Biomedical, LLC and Chief Product Officer of BioVinc, LLC. Dr. Edward Schwarz’s laboratory focuses on inflammatory bone loss, such as that seen in rheumatoid arthritis, infections, tumor metastasis and wear debris-induced osteolysis around loose prosthetic implants. Dr. Schwarz is also a leader in orthopaedic drug and biologic therapies, for which his lab developed is developing novel bone-targeted antibiotics for osteomyelitis and passive immunizations for MRSA. Dr. Schwarz's lab is also interested in developing translational in vivo imaging outcome measures include near infrared imaging of lymphatic flow to detect arthritic flare, and cone beam CT to assess bone healing in patients with orthopaedic implants.

Suken A. Shah, MD, is Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Shands MacEwen Endowed Chair of Orthopaedics, Division Chief of the Spine and Scoliosis Center. He serves as Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. He is a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon whose clinical interests include complex problems of the spine, minimally invasive techniques for surgery, osteogenesis imperfecta, and cerebral palsy. He is an innovator, researcher, and key opinion leader in the field of spinal deformity surgery and is frequently invited to lecture at international courses and other institutions as a visiting professor. He is a prolific writer of more than two hundred and fifty research publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and co-edited a textbook, The Management of Disorders of the Child’s Cervical Spine. He has a current H index of fifty-eight and is ranked in the top of experts on scoliosis worldwide by Expertscape.
He has received three Hibbs awards and other awards for excellence in spine and scoliosis research. Distinctions also include the SRS Traveling Fellowship, AAOS Leadership Fellows Program and the American British Canadian Traveling Fellowship. He has completed the course on Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Shah is President Elect of the Scoliosis Research Society. He served on the Board of the SRS as the Education Council Chair and previously chaired the Education Committee, Program Committee, and others. He was Director of the International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium, an annual interactive hands-on course taught by internationally renowned faculty. In addition to membership in multiple research study groups, he is Chair of the Executive Committee of the Harms Study Group, a group dedicated to supporting discoveries in scoliosis.

Dr. Smith is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, and serves as a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Medicine, at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, USA. He is the medical director for Washington University athletics. He also provides care for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League and the St. Louis City Soccer Club in Major League Soccer. He has over 170 publications in academic journals. He is a founding member of the CUTTER study group evaluating elbow injuries in throwing athletes. He has served on numerous committees in the American Orthopedic Society for Medicine (AOSSM). He was an AOSSM traveling fellow to Asia-Pacific in 2013.

Dr. Tuszynski received his undergraduate and M.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He received clinical training in neurology at Cornell University Medical Center in NY, NY from 1984-1987, and became board-certified in neurology in 1989. He attended graduate school at the University of California-San Diego from 1988-1991, earning a Ph.D. in neuroscience. Dr. Tuszynski joined the faculty of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California-San Diego in 1991. He is currently Professor and Director of the UCSD Center for Neural Repair, and Founding Director of the UCSD Translational Neuroscience Institute.
Dr. Tuszynski's research focuses on the role of growth factors and stem cells in influencing cell survival, plasticity and regeneration in the adult central nervous system. He actively researches the topics of Alzheimer's disease, spinal cord injury, cellular mechanisms of normal
memory, and bioengineering. In 2001 he conducted the first human clinical trial of gene therapy to treat an adult neurological disorder, testing the effects of nerve growth factor gene delivery in patients with early Alzheimer's disease. He has won over 20 national research awards and is the author of over 300 scientific and medical publications.

Professor Kate Webster is the Head of Department of Sport Exercise and Nutrition Sciences in the School of Allied Health Human Service and Sport at La Trobe University Australia. She is an internationally recognized expert in orthopaedic and sports medicine research and has been named Australia Top Researcher in Orthopaedic Medicine and Surgery. She has over three hundred research publications and her research interests focus on readiness to return to sport and reinjury in young athletes after ACL reconstruction surgery.

Jean David Werthel is professor at Hopital Ambroise Pare where he is responsible for the shoulder unit He completed his training in Paris and spent a year as a research fellow in the biomechanics lab of the Mayo Clinic He also completed a PhD in computer science at IMT Atlantique in partnership with Imascap.
His interests are in complex reconstructive surgery of the shoulder and computerassisted surgery as well as basic science research related to the biomechanics of the shoulder and shoulder implants He is involved in the design of implants for shoulder replacements and has presented his research on numerous occasions at national and international meetings.
He is an active member of La Chaine de lEspoir a French nonprofit organization working with disadvantaged children with which he performs regular surgical missions for obstetric brachial plexus injuries and hand congenital deformities.
JeanDavid has published over one hundred and thirty scientific articles and is a reviewer for shoulder articles and a corresponding member in several journals.

Dr Po Kuei Wu is an esteemed orthopedic surgeon from Taiwan who holds both an MD and PhD from National Yang Ming University With a medical degree since and a doctorate completed in Dr Wu has made substantial contributions to musculoskeletal oncology and joint reconstruction.
He currently serves as the Chief of the Therapeutical and Research Center of Musculoskeletal Tumor at Taipei Veterans General Hospital since March Additionally he leads the Joint Reconstruction Division within the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department since July Dr Wu is also a Professor at National Yang Ming University teaching and mentoring the next generation of medical professionals.
Dr Wus international experience includes a research fellowship and a visiting scholar role at Mayo Clinic in Rochester contributing to advancements in tissue engineering and biomaterials As the Chairman of Taiwan Osteosarcoma Caring Association since October he has been pivotal in supporting patients and families affected by osteosarcoma.
Specializing in the treatment of musculoskeletal tumors minimally invasive joint replacement and cryotherapy Dr Wu has pioneered techniques such as the development of nanopegylated liposome and a patented biological freezing device His research has earned recognition including the First Prize Award at ISOLS and several Outstanding Research Paper Awards.

Dr Yao joined the Hand and Upper Extremity Service at Stanford University Medical Center and has been promoted to the rank of Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University.
Dr Yao has clinical training and interest in the treatment of disorders of the entire upper limb including the hand wrist elbow and shoulder He is specifically trained in the minimally invasive and arthroscopic treatment of common upper extremity problems including fractures arthritis tendon and ligament injuries and nerve compression disorders.
Dr Yao was awarded the Sumner Koch national research award and the Emmanuel B Kaplan national research award He was also awarded the prestigious JOA-AOA traveling fellowship and spent one month in Japan teaching at a number of institutions He was awarded the prestigious Sterling Bunnell Traveling Fellowship by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand This honor is bestowed upon just one member of the ASSH per year and is one of the Societys most prestigious and competitive awards As the Bunnell Fellow Dr Yao traveled to many medical centers nationally and internationally for the mutual exchange of clinical and research ideas He is currently the Orthopaedic Hand and Upper Limb Fellowship Director at the Stanford University Medical Center.
He has served as a visiting professor at several academic medical centers at sites including Japan Singapore Hong Kong Taiwan Brazil Columbia Peru Chile Canada South Africa Italy Germany England Mexico Australia Korea Poland Peru Hungary Fiji Spain India and France.

Dr. Alan Zhang is an orthopaedic surgeon and Professor at the University of California San Francisco specializing in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery of the hip, knee and shoulder. In the hip, he treats labral tears, FAIS, hamstring tears and other athletic injuries. He is a specialist in advanced hip arthroscopy for labral repair and reconstruction as well as hip preservation. In the knee, he specializes in ACL tears, meniscus tears and cartilage injuries- including ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair surgery. In the shoulder, he specializes in rotator cuff tears, labral tears, dislocation/instability and biceps tears.Dr. Zhang is the Medical Director of the UCSF Orthopaedic Institute in San Francisco. In addition, he is Director of the UCSF Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery Fellowship, and he is Clinical Director of the Hip Preservation Center. He is a team physician for the University of San Francisco NCAA Division I teams.Dr. Zhang is a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Arthroscopy Association of North America. He was elected to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Council of Delegates and is an editorial board member for the American Journal of Sports Medicine and the Arthroscopy Journal. He has published over 200 research articles, winning numerous awards on his studies. He is also an instructor for advanced hip arthroscopy courses and is a member of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy.