Joinus in FLORENCE! Editor’S Note

77052 ISAKOS Winter 06 1/12/06 1:19 AM Page 1 ISAKOS newsletter The ISAKOS 6th Biennial Congress WINTER 2006 Volume 10, Issue 1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Joinus IN FLORENCE! Editor’s Note ................................2 President’s Message ......................2 he Congress will bring together world leaders in arthroscopy, knee Traveling Fellowships......................3 surgery and orthopaedic sports Your Committees at Work ..............4 T medicine. Diverse and high quality 2007 Congress Awards..................6 presentations will include 200 scientific What are New Members Saying?....9 papers, discussions and debates, over 400 Teaching Center Spotlight ............10 electronic posters, technical exhibits, Workshop Series ..........................11 instructional course lectures and hands on workshops. Attendees from 70 different Current Concepts ........................12 countries are anticipated to attend the ISAKOS Meetings ......................17 ISAKOS Congress. In addition to the multi- ISAKOS Approved dimensional scientific program we hope Courses in Review........................18 you will attend the evening social events Maria Novella, is located near the Upcoming ISAKOS such as the Welcome Reception and Congress location, the Fortezza da Basso, Approved Courses ........................22 Farewell Banquet. and provides comfortable high-speed Florence is a city of sublime art trains with direct travel to Rome, Milan EDITOR and beauty, and casts a spell in a and Naples. Ronald M. Selby, MD, USA way few places can. Set in a valley on the The ISAKOS Congress will take place banks of the Arno, this captivating city is EDITORIAL BOARD within the Fortezza da Basso, a Medicean home to some of the most magnificent fortress built between 1533 and 1535 by Vladimir Bobic, MD FRCSEd, Renaissance masterpieces from United Kingdom Giuliano diSangallo. The Fortezza da Leonardo, Michelangelo, Botticelli and Basso is located close to monuments, M. Nedim Doral, MD, Turkey Raffaello. Florence offers an endless shops, restaurants, ISAKOS Congress Peter Fowler, MD, FRCS (C), Canada amount of activities including dining on hotels and a few steps away from the Alberto Gobbi, MD, Italy delightful Tuscan cuisine, music and central railway station and four Seung-Ho Kim, MD, Korea theater festivals, art museums and kilometers from the airport. Florence Tomihisa Koshino, MD, Japan shopping. Florence is the capital city of provides a captivating open air museum James Lubowitz, MD, USA the Tuscan region and is only one hour where you can eat outdoors admiring the Robert Marx, MD, MSc, FRCSC, USA from the cities of Pisa, Siena, Lucca and beautiful scenery of piazzas, monuments David Rajan, MS, India Arezzo and less than two hours from and cathedrals. Its mild Mediterranean Paulo Rockett, MD, Brazil Rome. The Florence International Airport climate, enchanting views and friendly Robert S´migielski, MD, Poland “Amerigo Vespucci” is only four atmosphere will allow you to enjoy your kilometers away from the city center and stay in Florence and the 6th Biennial International Society of Arthroscopy, provides direct flights to many European Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic ISAKOS Congress. We look forward to cities. The Central Railway Station, Santa Sports Medicine seeing you in 2007 in Florence, Italy! 2678 Bishop Drive, Suite 250 San Ramon, CA 94583 USA Telephone: (925) 807–1197 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS MARK YOUR CALENDARS 925) 807–1199 Fax: ( TH E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Submission is available online at 6 BIENNIAL ISAKOS CONGRESS www.isakos.com www.isakos.com florence The submission deadline is italy MAY 27–31, 2007 April 1, 2006 77052 ISAKOS Winter 06 1/12/06 1:19 AM Page 2 ISAKOS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS FROM OUR LEADERSHIP ACTIVE MEMBERS Jorge Elias Dikdan, MD, USA Mark David Haber, FRACS, Australia Editor’s Note Faris Fayez Werr, MD, Dominican Republic Ronald M. Selby, MD (USA) AFFILIATE MEMBERS “It’s all about you!” Turner A. Blackburn, Med, PT, ATC, USA We’re thrilled to bring you this latest edition of the ISAKOS Newsletter! ASSOCIATE MEMBERS The calling card of this great international organization is jam-packed with Hamid Ahmed Alnefaie, MD, information to bring you up-to-date on the activities of the committees, Saudi Arabia ISAKOS approved courses and learning centers, scientific articles, and Umit Selkuk Aykut, MD, Turkey information to help you submit abstracts and plan your schedule to attend the next biennial Ibrahim Sinny Assiri, MBBS, FRCSC, Congress. As I reflect on the achievements, activities, meetings, Biennial Congresses, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA projects, contributions and overall impact of ISAKOS one theme which seems to run Jamil Saleh Barghouti, MD, Brazil through the very core of the association is responsiveness. If you are a member of this great Alessandro Beccarini, Perugia, Italy organization coming your way in the very near future will be “the membership survey.” For James Bidwell, Inverurie, Scotland, UK me, the extraordinary amount of time, effort and care that President John Bergfeld, MD and Marcio Oliveira Carneiro, MD, Brazil ISAKOS are putting into the planning, development, execution, and analysis of this survey Franco Cincotti, MD, Venezuela speaks volumes about the goals and mission of your international association. And, to no Juan Ramón Cisneros Ochoa, MD, Mexico surprise, it really is all about you! ISAKOS wants to know, quite frankly, what you think. What Luis Coronel, MD, Peru you think will help you achieve your objectives. What will help you in your profession. What Ilias Dissios, MD, Greece you want from ISAKOS to help you and serve you better. The pilot project is already William Walter Duncan, MBBS, FRACS, underway. Anyone who has read my previous editorials knows how bullish I feel and how Australia proud I am to be a member of this organization. The question is what you want. Jorge Alberto Frischenbruder, MD, (continued on page 21) Brazil José David Bernal Gonzalez, MD, Mexico President’s Message Gerhard Jacobus Greeff, MD, South Africa John A. Bergfeld, MD (USA) John Robert Green, III, MD, USA David Edward Haynes, MD, USA Dear Friends of ISAKOS, Omer Aslam Ilahi, MD, USA I wish to extend a very Happy New Year to all and look forward to a year of Hideya Ishigooka, MD, PhD, Japan even greater accomplishments from our Society. ISAKOS has continued to Mohammed Abdel Qader Jan, PhD, progress and increase its committee activities. The continued leadership of Saudi Arabia our committee chairs and members is sincerely appreciated. The Executive Tomasz Koziel, MD, Poland Committee and Board of Directors are committed to strengthening our Committee structure, Marcio Passos Leandro, MD, Brazil the heartbeat of ISAKOS. A few of our Committee’s more prominent initiatives are detailed Sheng-Hui Lin, MD, Taiwan in this issue of the newsletter on pages 4 and 5. The ISAKOS Committees will assemble at Renato Aguiar Lopes, MD, Brazil the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting this March in Chicago and report Soheil Mehdipoor, MD, Iran their progress to the Board of Directors. COL. R Dr. Vejayan Rajoo, MS (Ortho), Malaysia We have continued to strengthen our relationship with our regional societies and have Alberto Ramia Caceres, MD, Venezuela partnered with ESSKA on recent educational programs. We look forward to working closely Rodney Ian Walter Richardson, MB, with APOSSM and SLARD as well as our North American partners, AANA and AOSSM. BS, FRACS, Australia Paul Rowe, Cape Town, South Africa The Executive Committee is now planning the second Global Leadership Retreat in October Taha Adnan Samman, MD, in Beijing, China. This meeting is designed as a forum for ISAKOS leaders and industry to Saudi Arabia exchange information and explore common opportunities, challenges, problems, issues, Roberto Seijas, MD, Spain concerns and solutions. Kevin P Shea, MD, USA Building on our successful Congress this past April in Hollywood, Florida, plans are Victor Favilla Guimaraes Silva, MD, underway for an exceptional meeting in Florence, Italy, May 27–31, 2007. We hope to increase Brazil our exchange with our Russian and East Central European colleagues as the location of Hamid Mohammed Subh, MD, Saudi Arabia Florence will lend itself ideally to accomplishing this goal. We have been in contact with the Pavitar Singh Sunner, MD, Australia Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine leaders from these countries and they are anxious to Pedro Javier Tort-Saade, MD, participate in our ISAKOS Congress. Puerto Rico As ISAKOS increases its international recognition, we hope to propose ways we can work Willem Mare Van Der Merwe, MBCHB, VCS, SA, Ortho, South Africa together with other international orthopaedic sports medicine organizations such as FIMS Muhammad Abdul Wajid, FRCS (Orth), and SICOT to accomplish our common educational missions. Pakistan The Executive Committee, our Executive Director and her staff are available to you and we John H Wilckens, MD, USA welcome your suggestions for ISAKOS’ continued growth. John Bergfeld, MD 2 ISAKOS President, 2005–2007 77052 ISAKOS Winter 06 1/12/06 1:19 AM Page 3 TRAVELING FELLOWSHIPS Upper Extremity 8TH BIENNIAL TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP ISAKOS CONGRESS Sponsored by the ISAKOS Upper Extremity Committee 2011 This fellowship was developed to promote better understanding and communication regarding injuries or conditions involving the structures of the upper extremity. This opportunity will be available on a competitive basis to an orthopaedic surgeon Request for between the ages of 35 and 45 years,

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