MACKIS 2025

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. Open	990	29 May 2025, 7:15 AM - 1:00 PM CDT	LIVE WEBINAR - Minnesota Anatomic Complex Knee International Symposium - Day one: 29 May 2025	Sign up

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. Open	994	30 May 2025, 7:45 AM - 1:00 PM CDT	LIVE WEBINAR - Minnesota Anatomic Complex Knee International Symposium - Day two: 30 May 2025	Sign up

Alan Getgood
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Dr. Alan Getgood is an orthopaedic surgeon and clinician scientist specializing in complex knee reconstruction. He completed his primary medical degree at the University of Edinburgh followed by orthopaedic residency and a research Doctorate (MD) at the University of Cambridge. His fellowship training included time in London (Ontario), Banff (Alberta) and Coventry (UK). In September 2012 he moved to Canada to work at the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, University of Western Ontario.

Dr. Getgood's clinical practice focuses on complex soft tissue reconstruction of the knee. He has been successful in securing over 3 million dollars in peer reviewed and industry funded grants to build his pre-clinical and clinical research program focusing on joint preservation. Particular achievements include being awarded the ISAKOS/OREF multicentre research grant in 2014, the Ontario Early Researcher Award in 2016 and most recently the Albert Trillat Young Investigator award at ISAKOS 2017.

Dr. Getgood has authored over 60 peer-reviewed articles and numerous book chapters.He has given over 100 national and international conference presentations, lectures and demonstrations. He is a General Board Member of the ICRS, is Deputy Chair of the Sports Medicine Committee of ISAKOS and sits on the Education Committee of AOSSM. Dr. Getgood is also a founding member of the International Meniscus Reconstruction Forum (IMReF), and a member of the ACL study group of ESSKA.

Andrew Geeslin
United States of America

Andrew Geeslin, MD is an Orthopedic Sports Medicine surgeon at the University of Vermont Medical Center and assistant professor at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.

As an athlete and outdoorsman, Dr. Geeslin understands the impact an injury can have on a person’s quality of life. He finds it rewarding to work with his patients to treat their injury and help them to return to their occupation, sports, and hobbies. He strives to educate patients on their diagnosis and to thoroughly review both surgical and non-surgical treatments. If surgery is necessary, Dr. Geeslin will work to deliver the highest level of care with advanced surgical techniques and to partner with the physical therapy team to maximize recovery.

Dr. Geeslin performs a number of specialized procedures, including complex knee surgery, hip preservation (arthroscopy), and shoulder arthroscopy. His work as a surgeon is supported by his orthopedic research and his background as an engineer. His primary research interests include clinical outcomes, biomechanics, and advanced imaging techniques.

Charles Brown
United States of America

Charles H Brown Jr.,M.D. is an American orthopaedic surgeon, certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with meniscal and knee ligament injuries and patellofemoral joint problems.

Dr Brown is recognized worldwide for his contributions in the areas of knee arthroscopy, meniscal surgery, knee ligament reconstruction, ACL graft fixation, the biomechanics of ACL replacement grafts, and ACL graft tunnel placement. He is the most accomplished and experienced orthopaedic surgeon in the UAE in the areas of knee arthroscopy, meniscal surgery, ACL reconstruction, revision ACL reconstruction, complex knee ligament reconstructions and patellofemoral joint problems. He is the only orthopaedic surgeon in the UAE who is a member of the ACL Study Group.

Christopher Larson
United States of America

Dr. Christopher Larson is a nationally and internationally renowned fellowship-trained orthopedic sports medicine surgeon who specializes in cutting edge techniques for ACL reconstruction, Meniscal Repair, Hip Arthroscopy, FAI surgery and Hip Labral Repair, Proximal Hamstring Repair, Hip Abductor Tendon Repair, and Exertional Compartment Syndrome in Athletes. Certified by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, he has pioneered various sports medicine surgical techniques and is committed to research having published and authored numerous textbooks and over 100 articles in peer reviewed journals. Dr. Larson is a frequent invited lecturer having presented research and surgical techniques in countries such as Switzerland, Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Turkey, Denmark, and France.

Dr. Larson has extensive experience with high school, collegiate, and professional athletes and provides coverage for a number of sports teams. He is currently the Head Team Physician for the Minnesota Vikings (NFL) and Former team physician for the Minnesota Wild (NHL). In addition, Dr Larson regularly sees other professional athletes from various Major League Baseball, NBA, NHL, NFL, and professional Soccer teams.

Dr. Larson has been consistently voted a Top Doctor by Mpls. St. Paul Magazine (11 times), and Minnesota Monthly, and has been recognized as a Top Orthopedic Surgeon by U.S. News & World Report.

Dr. Larson served from 2010-2018 as the program director for the ACGME accredited Minnesota Orthopedic Sports Medicine Institute (MOSMI)/Fairview Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. Dr. Larson practices at TCO clinic in Edina and Eagan, Minnesota. He is a Master Instructor for the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) and is academically involved with a number of research groups and societies including ANCHOR study group and member of the prestigious Hip Society which only has around 100 members in North America.

Ciara Stevenson
United Kingdom

She qualified from Queens University Belfast in 2006 and completed specialist training in trauma and orthopaedic surgery in Northern Ireland in 2016. She then completed a fellowship in Sports Knee and Arthroplasty Surgery with Dr Peter Myers and Dr Tim Mc Menamin at the Brisbane Orthopaedic Sports Medical Centre (Australia) followed by a second fellowship with Tim Spalding and Pete Thompson at University Hospital Coventry.

During training/fellowship Ciara has published in peer-reviewed international journals on topics such as allograft use in ACL reconstruction, CTPA in lower limb arthroplasty, minimal incision arthroplasty and meniscal allograft transplantation. She has presented at both national and international meetings to include BASK, Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) and Asia Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Society meetings (APKASS) on her research involving meniscal allograft transplantation. She has co-written a book chapter on Medial Collateral Ligament injuries published in 2017.

Ciara has both a trauma and elective clinical practice to include knee dislocations/multi-ligament knee injury, elective ACL/PCL/MPFL reconstructions, patella re-alignment, meniscal repair/transplantation, osteotomy and arthroplasty. She is committed to training junior surgeons in Belfast, and is a clinical supervisor for the Northern Ireland rotation. Ciara is an active member of ISAKOS, ESSKA and BASK.

Darren Johnson
United States of America

Darren Johnson, MD, is a nationally recognized physician in the field of sports medicine, particularly in complex knee surgery, and has spent the past 25 years caring for orthopaedic patients at UK HealthCare.

Johnson received his bachelor’s degree from the combined University of California, Riverside and University of California, Los Angeles program in biomedical sciences before earning his medical degree from UCLA. After his orthopaedic residency at the University of Southern California, he completed a fellowship in sports medicine and shoulder surgery at the University of Pittsburgh under Dr. Freddie H. Fu.

He joined the UK faculty in 1993 and served as the chair of UK Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine from 2000 to 2018. In addition to his role as a professor, Johnson is also the head orthopaedic surgeon of UK Athletics.

The prevention and treatment of ACL injuries in athletes is one of Johnson’s primary interests. He also enjoys teaching other surgeons, so he travels to national and international meetings as an invited guest speaker on knee injuries.

Johnson has served on the board of directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, and he was the former president of Southern Orthopedic Association.

He has published more than 100 peer reviewed manuscripts as well as more than 30 book chapters and has edited two textbooks: Clinical Sports Medicine and Reconstructive Knee Surgery.

His outside interests include outdoor activities, particularly fly fishing, hunting, skiing and golf. He also enjoys spending time with his wife, Nancy, and their three children.

Eivend Inderhaug
Norway

Professor Inderhaug specializes in advanced knee surgery and sports injuries and frequently treats top athletes from various sports. He is an accomplished surgeon with numerous scientific publications and frequently speaks at international conferences and training sessions. His research interests include clinical, registry-based, and biomechanical studies, with recent contributions to numerous book chapters.

As head of the Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy Research (STAR) group at the University of Bergen, Inderhaug supervises medical students and PhD candidates and leads various national and international research initiatives. He has served on the Editorial Board of top orthopedic journals since 2017 and is currently President of the Norwegian Arthroscopic Association and Head of the National Knee Ligament Register.

Elizabeth Arendt
United States of America

Dr. Arendt received her Orthopaedic training at University of Rochester, NY, followed by a fellowship in Sports Medicine at University of Minnesota. Her clinical and research activities have centered on injuries that are more common in females; in particular injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament and the patellofemoral joint.

She has enjoyed high visibility and clinical expertise in the field of the patellofemoral joint. She is the team physician for women’s volleyball and basketball at her university, and past team physician for USA Hockey (1990-1994). She has held a number of administrative roles in Athletics both nationally and locally. She was the Medical Director for Men and Women’s Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Minnesota for 20 years, stepping down in 2010. She was appointed to the NCAA Medical Safeguard Committee (6 years) and the President’s Council for Physical Fitness and Sport (8 years).

She currently serves on the Academic Advisory Board for the IOC Diploma in Sports Medicine. She has been a committee member and chair for a number of organizations including AAOS, AOSSM, ESSKA, and ISAKOS. She was the godmother to the AOSSM traveling fellows in 2014. She received the Founders Award for the best in Sports Medicine from AMSSM in 2005, and the Patellofemoral Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 and the AOSSM 2021 George D. Rovere Award for Education. She has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and 40+ book chapters.

Gilbert Moatshe
Norway

Gilbert Moatshe is a MD, PhD and a specialist in orthopaedic surgery working at Oslo Univesity Hospital – Ullevål. He is also working as researcher at the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center, besides others on a project entitled ”Knee dislocations: epidemiology, biomechanics and outcomes”, which is a collaborative work between Oslo University Hospital, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute.

Iain Murray
United Kingdom

Iain Murray is a Consultant Orthopaedics Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. He specializes in the management of sports injuries of the knee and hip. He completed ACGME Accredited Fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Stanford University and served as assistant team physician for the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford Athletics.

He undertook PhD Training in Edinburgh and at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research is focused on the prevention and management of sport and activity related injuries and in the clinical translation of biologic treatments. His is associate editor of the Bone and Joint Journal (BJJ) and a member of the Musculoskeletal committee of the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy, and the Biologics Association.

James Robinson
United Kingdom

Mr James Robinson is an experienced and skilled specialist knee surgeon with a demonstrated international reputation. His NHS practice is based at the Avon Orthopaedic Centre in Bristol - the tertiary referral centre for complex knee problems in the South West where he runs weekly Knee Injury Clinics. He has particular interest in arthroscopic “key-hole” surgery, ligament reconstruction, partial knee replacement as well as cartilage and meniscus repair and the treatment of early arthritis. He is often referred complex cases from around the region and has been invited to demonstrate surgery in Europe, Asia and North America. He is regularly invited to lecture and teach around the world. This has given him an invaluable exposure to the latest evidence and state-of -the-art treatments.

James is a past winner of the British Association of Surgery of the Knee President’s medal. He has published many research articles and book chapters on knee surgery and received awards both nationally and internationally for knee research. His other roles include: member of the Arthroscopy committee for ESSKA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy), member of the ESSKA Collateral ligaments Working Group and member of the prestigious international ACL Study Group (of which there have been only 10 surgeons elected from the UK). He is a reviewer for the American Journal of Sports Medicine, and on the steering committee for the UK National Ligament registry - improving best practices by constant analysis of knee ligament reconstruction outcomes.

James undertook his orthopaedic training in London where he was also Clinical Research Fellow in Sports Trauma Surgery at the Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine. Here he published his thesis on knee ligament injuries and was awarded a Master of Surgery degree by the University of London. Following this he spent a year’s fellowship in Bordeaux at the ‘Clinique du Sport’ (an institution consistently rated as France’s pre-eminent sports medicine clinic). He was trained in the latest techniques in arthroscopic (“Key-hole”) surgery, including Anatomic ‘Double-bundle’ Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction. In France he became proficient in the use of computer-assisted surgery (CAS) for knee reconstruction and replacement, making him now one of very few UK based surgeons trained in computer-assisted ACL reconstruction. He spent a further six month’s fellowship in the UK specialising in partial (unicompartmental) knee replacement. Recently he undertook an 18-month sabbatical in the United Arab Emirates where he developed a meniscal transplant service and looked after many patients with complex knee problems.

James acts as a consultant to several orthopaedic industry companies and has developed surgical techniques and instruments to assist knee ligament reconstructions, cartilage treatment, meniscal repair and partial knee replacements.

James has a keen sporting interest and previously captained his university cricket side. He remains a keen golfer, tennis player and in the winter enjoys ski-mountaineering. During his fellowship in Bordeaux it was difficult not to develop an interest in wine! He lives with his family in a small village outside Bristol.

Jill Monson
United States of America

Jill Monson, PT, OCS, is a board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist through the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and is an active member of the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy (AASPT). Jill has over 15 years of clinical experience specializing in lower extremity injuries, particularly complex knee conditions. She is an active contributor to the local academic community through frequent medical conference lecturing, continuing education courses, conference planning committee participation, associate faculty teaching in the Doctorate in Physical Therapy program at the University of Minnesota. Jill lectures at multiple local conferences annually, she has presented nationally and internationally, and has authored medical journal articles and book chapters within her scope of expertise.

Jill enjoys using her specialization to help patients solve persistent or challenging orthopedic problems and return to their maximal performance in life and sport.

In her free time, Jill enjoys camping, hiking, biking, and traveling with her husband and three children.

Jorge Chahla
United States of America

Dr. Jorge Chahla is an orthopedic surgeon based in Chicago who specializes in the treatment of complex knee, hip, shoulder issues and all sports related injuries. He is a team physician for the Chicago White Sox (MLB), the Chicago Bulls (NBA), and the Joffrey Ballet. He is an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Rush University Medical Center. In addition, he serves as the Director of Biomechanical Research and Director of the International Fellowship Program that attracts surgeons from all over the world to train and study at Rush. Dr. Chahla completed several fellowships at the top programs in the United States in addition to earning his PhD degree in knee biomechanics from the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) with Summa Cum Laude honors.

Dr. Chahla’s approach is based on a philosophy that each individual procedure is specific and customized to the individual needs of each patient. He uses minimally invasive arthroscopic techniques so that recovery time is minimized. Dr. Chahla’s focus is not only on a patient’s full recovery, but the speed of that recovery to return to sport. To accomplish this, his team coordinates comprehensive postoperative care, which includes objective assessments of motion and stability and subsequent interaction with physical therapists, coaches, and athletic trainers to ensure return to preinjury performance.

Dr. Chahla has dedicated significant time to the study and research of joint preservation procedures and cartilage restoration techniques with more than 500 publications in prestigious scientific journals, over 50 book chapters, 8 edited books, and is regularly invited to present his research at both national and international orthopaedic conferences and meetings. Dr. Chahla is well recognized for his anatomical knowledge that has helped develop novel surgical techniques that can be found in a multitude of publications and books.

Jourdan Cancienne
United States of America

Dr. Jourdan Cancienne is a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon specializing in shoulder, knee, hip, and sports medicine. He sees patients in Naperville and Joliet. A native of Baton Rouge, Dr. Cancienne is fellowship-trained and incorporates the latest surgical and non-surgical strategies to help patients return to their desired activity levels, including minimally invasive arthroscopic techniques and revision surgery.

Dr. Cancienne attended Catholic High School in Baton Rouge and then Tufts University, where he earned all-conference and academic first-team honors in football. He completed his medical degree at Tulane University School of Medicine and his orthopedic surgery training at the University of Virginia, where he was recognized as Resident of the Year and won several research awards. He then completed a fellowship in shoulder surgery, sports medicine, and cartilage restoration at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, serving as a team physician for the Chicago White Sox (MLB), Chicago Bulls (NBA), Chicago Fire (MLS), and Chicago Steel.

Dr. Cancienne maintains a significant interest in clinical research to develop and perfect treatment strategies for earlier and more complete recovery. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and presented his research at national and international conferences. His recent research includes the application of biologic therapies to augment healing in both operative and non-operative settings.

Dr. Cancienne is involved in multiple orthopedic sports medicine societies, such as the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is dedicated to education, research, and patient care, providing the highest level of clinical care to ensure excellent patient outcomes and satisfaction. His team's approach focuses on returning patients to their desired activity levels, regardless of their level of participation.

Kyle Martin
United States of America

I am a board certified Orthopaedic Surgeon sub-specializing in Sports Medicine and my practice focuses on the knee, hip, and shoulder. I also serve as team physician for the St. Cloud State University Huskies. I remain actively engaged in research focused on investigating the clinical translation of artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve patient outcomes.

Lars Engebretsen
Norway

Lars Engebretsen is a professor emeritus and consultant at the Orthopedic Clinic, University of Oslo Medical School and professor and co-chair of the Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center.

He is also a consultant and former Chief Doctor for the Norwegian Federation of Sports, and headed the medical service at the Norwegian Olympic Center until the autumn of 2011. In 2007 he was appointed Head of Science and Research for the International Olympic Comittee (IOC).

Lars Engebretsen is a specialist in Orthopaedic and general surgery and authorized as Sports Medicine Physician (Idrettslege NIMF) by the Norwegian Society of Sports Medicine. He serves as chief team physician for the Norwegian Olympic teams.

The main area of research is resurfacing techniques of cartilage injuries, combined and complex knee ligament injuries and prevention techniques of sports injuries. He is currently the President of ESSKA (European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy).

He is the Associate editor and Editor in chief for the new IOC-BJSM journal: Injury Prevention and Health Protection. In addition, he serves on several major sports journal editorial boards and has published more than 200 papers and book chapters.

Prof Martin Lind
Denmark

Martin Lind is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports traumatology and sports medicine at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. He is the clinical leader of Aarhus University Hospital complex knee surgery center which is one of two centers in Denmark.

He is presently a Head Professor of Orthopedics and Sports traumatology Aarhus University since 2011. The research interests include cartilage restoration, knee ligament reconstruction, patellafemoral disorders, meniscus disorders and sports traumatology epidemiology. He has published more than 275 articles and 14 textbook chapters on knee surgery and sports traumatology. He received an MD and Ph.D from Aarhus University and has completed research fellowship at Stanford University and a sports traumatology fellowship in Melbourne, Australia.

Prof. Lind presently serves as educational secretary on the ESSKA executive board.

Michael Banffy
United States of America

Michael B. Banffy, M.D., is an Orthopaedic Surgeon specializing in sports medicine and focusing on arthroscopic surgery and joint preservation of the hip, shoulder, knee and elbow. He is the Chief of Sports Medicine at Cedars Sinai, and current Director of the Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Sports Medicine Fellowship. He is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery within the Cedars Sinai Medical System.

Dr. Banffy began his studies at the University of California, Berkeley before going on to medical school at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. He completed his general surgery internship at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital’s Department of Surgery, a flagship teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA and orthopedic surgery residency at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Program.

Dr. Banffy went on to train as a Kerlan-Jobe Sports Medicine Fellow and is an active researcher and has published several papers and book chapters focusing on sports medicine injuries. Dr. Banffy is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, International Society for Hip Arthroscopy, American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, California Orthopaedic Association, Arthroscopy Association of North America and International Cartilage Repair Society.

Dr. Banffy is the team physician for the Los Angeles Rams, and Los Angeles Dodgers and has served as an assistant team physician and consultant for a variety of professional athletics, including the Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers, USA Beach Volleyball and the PGA Tour.

Patrick Kane
United States of America

Dr. Kane is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon and holds memberships with the American Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Society, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, and the Delaware Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Dr. Kane is also a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and serves as a reviewer for the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Dr. Kane graduated from Villanova University and Thomas Jefferson Medical College, where he was in the top 5 in his medical school class. He then spent the next 5 years doing his Orthopedic Surgery internship and residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. After completion of his residency, he was an Orthpaedic Surgery Sports Medicine Fellow at the Steadman Philippon Research Insitute in Vail, Colorado.

Dr. Kane is actively involved in teaching other orthopaedic surgeons specific sports procedures and still actively participates in multiple hands-on training courses across the country. Dr. Kane also represents the state of Delaware on the national level as a member of the AOSSM Council of Delegates. Dr. Kane has been named a Delaware Today Top Doc multiple times in Sports Medicine, as recently as 2024.

Dr. Kane's wife Tamara is a native of Wilmington, Delaware and also a physician assistant. They have four children: Finnegan, Anika, Kieran, and Tristan. The entire family loves all beach and outdoor activities. Dr. Kane currently has offices in Lewes and Millsboro, and performs his surgical procedures at Beebe Hospital’s Lewes location as well as the Lewes Surgery Center and Beebe Outpatient Surgery Center. Dr Kane has found a welcoming home in Southern Delaware since 2017, and he looks forward to serving the orthopaedic needs of our growing communities for years to come.

Prof Peter D'Alessandro
Australia

I was educated at John XXIII College, and graduated from the UWA Medial School in 2004, where I received the Alan Charters Prize and was given the honour of being my graduating class valedictorian. After completing my surgical training and receiving my FRACS in Western Australia, I spent almost 3 years working in North America, Europe and the UK. I was the first surgeon from Perth to undertake the Complex Knee Fellowship in London at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Fortius Clinic, which is the clinic of choice for professional athletes in the UK and a FIFA Centre of Excellence. I then joined the Shoulder Surgery and Trauma Unit at the Royal Free London and finally the Hip Arthroscopy and Sports Surgery team at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. I am one of the few fellowship trained Hip Arthroscopy Surgeons in Western Australia.

I understand athletes. I played Australian Rules Football for more than 10 years winning one memorable premiership, and coached for another 5 years. I have experience across all levels of sport, working with elite athletes from the AFL, AFLW, Super Rugby, English Premier League Soccer, English Cricket and Rugby Union sides and the National Hockey League in North America. I currently consult to a number of professional sporting clubs based in Perth.

I provide the public tertiary referral service for multi-ligament knee injuries in the South Metropolitan Health Service of Perth, based at Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals. I believe that seamless, objective monitoring of surgical results is critical, and all my patients are offered the opportunity to participate in a global Surgical Outcomes Registry in which I am an invited surgeon. I have a number of ongoing research studies through my position as director of the Orthopaedic Research Foundation of WA. I am a Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia and have published widely in peer-reviewed medical journals. I regularly speak at international and national Orthopaedic conferences, enjoy teaching advanced arthroscopic surgical skills in the Asia-Pacific region, and am proud to be founder and chief supervisor of the Perth Sports Surgery Fellowship that brings international surgeons to train in WA.

I am passionate about achieving excellent results. A caring, professional approach to patient management combined with advanced, world-class, minimally-invasive surgical techniques is paramount. I strongly believe this must be combined with a focused, multi-disciplinary approach to patient care. Close and regular communication with the entire treating team is critical, and I work closely with my physiotherapist, exercise physiologist, rehab specialist, S&C and high performance colleagues to help athletes and workers achieve their goals and get them back in the game.

Richard von Bormann
South Africa

Dr Richard von Bormann is a specialist arthroscopic and reconstructive knee surgeon, who is trained and experienced in all aspects of knee surgery. He is a founder member of the Cape Town Sports and Orthopaedic Clinic.

He graduated from University of Cape Town Medical School in 1996. After completing his Orthopaedic training he completed multiple Fellowships in Knee Surgery.

He has done fellowships with Dr Leo Pincewski at the North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre in Sydney, Australia; with Professor Freddie Fu at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pennsylvania, USA and spent time at Harvard Medical School and the Boston Children’s Hospital with Professor Mininder Kocher.

Dr von Bormann has publications in both local and international journals as well as co-authoring chapters in textbooks of knee surgery.

Dr von Bormann regularly gives instructional lectures and surgical demonstrations in knee surgery. In 2012 he was invited to deliver Instructional Course Lectures at the Global Advanced Master Knee Course in the United Kingdom. In 2013 he was invited to deliver Instructional Course lectures at the Global Hip & Knee meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2014 he has been invited to deliver Instructional Course Lectures at Vail International Complex Knee Symposium, in Colorado USA

He is the past President of the South African Knee Society and a current member of the Executive of the President of the South African Knee Society. He is a current member of the Executive of the South African Orthopaedic Association. He is a consultant knee surgeon at the University of Cape Town, responsible for teaching all aspects of knee surgery. He is a member of the South African Knee Society, the European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy, the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, the South Arthroplasty Society and the South African Orthopaedic Association.

He has a special interest in surgery for knee instability, meniscal preservation, treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee and knee replacement surgery.

Robert LaPrade
United States of America

Robert F. LaPrade MD, PhD is a complex orthopaedic knee and sports medicine surgeon at Twin Cities Orthopedics in Edina-Eagan, MN. He is also on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM) and Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (KSSTA). Dr. LaPrade is known as one of the few specialists with extended expertise in the three main areas of medicine: expert clinical expertise, a lauded researcher, and an outstanding educator.

Dr. LaPrade is recognized internationally as one of the top knee surgeons in the world. Often referred to as a “Doctor’s doctor” he has specialized skills and expertise in diagnosing and treating complicated knee injuries and previously failed surgeries. He has treated athletes at all levels, including Olympic, professional (football, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, baseball, lacrosse, etc.), semi-professional and intercollegiate athletes and has returned many athletes back to full participation both after treating either their new injuries or previous failed knee surgeries. Dr. LaPrade has special expertise in treating posterolateral knee injuries, PCL tears, knee dislocations, revision ACL reconstructions, meniscal transplants, MCL injuries, knee osteotomies, fresh osteoarticular allografts, articular cartilage resurfacing procedures, complex patellofemoral instability, and other difficult combined and revision injuries.

Dr. LaPrade is known as a super specialized clinician scientist who has utilized his vast and comprehensive research on sports medicine injuries to improve patient care and invent new ways to treat knee problems. Many of the surgeries that he has invented have been performed worldwide and are recognized as the “Gold Standard” for the treatment of many complex knee surgeries.

As one of the world’s most celebrated complex knee surgeons and clinician scientists, Dr. LaPrade has published more than 525 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts and has over 20,000 citations and 125 book chapters, and has given over 1000 professional presentations, symposia, grand rounds, and instructional course lectures. He has received many awards for his research, including the OREF Clinical Research Award, considered a Nobel Prize of Orthopaedics and his research team has been awarded the AOSSM Excellence in Research Award three times since 2009, The Achilles Research Award from ISAKOS two times and the Cabaud Award by the AOSSM. In addition, he is overall the most published author in the top cited orthopaedic journal, the American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM), with over 170 publications in AJSM alone. He is also the sole author of the only comprehensive textbook on posterolateral knee injuries and has been the editor for several sports medicine textbooks. He is recognized as a pioneer in knee research, with many referrals from international and nationally recognized physicians due to his successful patient outcomes and his development of more effective anatomic-based surgical techniques for the reconstruction of complex knee injuries.

In addition, Dr. LaPrade is also recognized internationally as an outstanding teacher. His His Minnesota Advanced Complex Knee International Symposium (MACKIS) is considered to be the top international complex knee course and he has hosted several hundred sports surgeons who have observed his practice in Vail to learn his clinical exam and surgical techniques. He has also been Course Chair for courses sponsored by the AAOS, AOSSM, AANA, ISAKOS and ORS, including courses on Arthroscopic Skill Development, Biologics, Complex Sports Injuries, Knee Osteotomies, and Early Sports Specialization. He has been awarded several teaching awards, including 6 resident and fellow top teaching awards.

Roberto Negrin
Chile

Past President Chilean Knee Society, Past President Chilean Sports Medicine Society Knee Surgeon, Clinica Las Condes

Prof Roman Seil
Luxembourg

Prof. Seil trained in Belgium, Germany and USA. He wrote his doctoral thesis on meniscal repair in 2001 and his professorial thesis on pediatric anterior cruciate ligament injuries in 2003. He was appointed extraordinary professor in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Saarland in 2007. Prof. Seil has been working as an orthopaedic surgeon at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg from 2004. His main areas of clinical and scientific activity are orthopaedic sports medicine as well as primary and revision knee arthroplasty.

Prof. Seil is co-director in Luxembourg of the IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health Network. He is co-founder of the Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) registry of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) and has recently been appointed to the scientific board of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy. He received several awards for his scientific work, co-edited several books, (co-)authored several hundred peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. Prof. Seil is a founding member of the Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics. He is co-editor of the journals "Arthroskopie" and Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology as well as editorial board member and reviewer of several scientific journals in orthopaedic surgery and sports medicine.

Prof. Seil is a member and honorary member of many national and international societies, among which the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) and the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) study group. He is past president of ESSKA, chairman of the ESSKA Foundation, president of the German-speaking Society in Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Sports Medicine (GOTS) and the Luxembourg Institute for Research in Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Science (LIROMS). He is a board member of the Sports Medicine Society in Luxembourg and the newly founded Luxembourg Institute of High Performance in Sports (LIHPS). He was an ESSKA-AOSSM travelling fellow in 2001 and godfather in 2019. From 2003 until 2005, he was chairman of the arthroscopy committee of the ISAKOS.

Sachin Tapasvi
India

Dr. Sachin Tapasvi, one of the leading Joint Replacement Surgeons practicing in Pune, boasting of several Fellowships and experience garnered internationally as well as in India. He completed his MBBS and M.S. (Ortho) from B.J. Medical College, Pune with GOLD medals for topping the university in both the courses.

He further honed his skills after being selected as an Asia Pacific Fellow at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia from January 1998. Here, Dr. Tapasvi was entrusted with the Adult Reconstruction Surgery services comprising Arthroscopy and Joint Replacement. His talent was recognized and lauded with an appointment as the Clinical Tutor to The University of Adelaide.

After returning to India, he began working as a consultant in arthritis, sports medicine, arthroscopy and joint replacement with some of the premier hospitals in Pune - Jehangir Apollo Hospital and Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Oyster and Pearl Hospital. With his healing touch, expert hands and skill that have been honed by years of experience, Dr. Tapasvi now conducts specialty outpatient clinic with a combined patient load of about 80 patients per day. Surgery and the improvement it brings to his patients has always attracted him, and so Dr. Tapasvi routinely performs complex surgeries and operates daily at hospitals conducting supra major and major surgeries with Total Knee Replacement (TKR), Revision TKR, Total Hip Replacement (THR), revision THR, arthroscopic knee and shoulder reconstructions. He believes in spreading the knowledge that he has himself earned through education and teaching. Currently he offers “Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction Surgery” for 4 deserving surgeons every year. This Fellowship is recognized and accredited by the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). The deserving candidates are chosen after a detailed interview process. Dr. Tapasvi believes that the quest for true knowledge never ends, which is why he continues to update his knowledge and skills by conducting and attending conferences and continuing medical education programs nationally and internationally. His initiative called the Pune Knee Course - an annual educational program since 2011, covering everything in knee arthroscopy, is very well received every year.

Scott Faucett
United States of America

Scott C. Faucett MD, MS is a board-certified sports medicine orthopaedic surgeon. His clinical focus is on getting active people with hip and knee injuries back to their active lifestyles. He brings years of clinical and surgical training in arthroscopic and open surgery to provide his patients with the most up-to-date treatments from non-operative treatments to advanced surgical procedures. He will guide you through your recovery each step of the way.

Dr. Faucett obtained his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School and later completed his residency at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He was then selected for The Steadman Clinic’s prestigious fellowship in Vail, CO. During his fellowship, Dr. Faucett trained in hip arthroscopy and complex knee repairs. He has specialized training in arthroscopic and open hip preservation surgery for hip impingement, labrum tears, complex knee repairs and much more.

Sebastian Kopf
Germany

Dr. Sebastian Kopf completed a three year residency in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany in December 2007. During that time Dr. Kopf completed his doctoral thesis on the local treatment of meniscal lesions with VEGF in sheep. After completing his residency, Dr. Kopf went on to do a post-doctoral research fellowship under Dr. Freddie Fu at the Biodynamic Research Lab and Stem Cell Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. His research focused mainly on the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) under the supervision of Dr. Scott Tashman (in vivo Knee kinematics), Dr. James Irrgang (clinical outcomes studies), Dr. Johnny Huard (stem cell and platelet-rich plasma research), Dr. Christopher Harner (meniscus), and Dr. Volker Musahl (biomechanical and clinical studies).

In August, 2014, Dr. Kopf completed his fellowship training in Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy at the Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine in Berlin, Germany. In the affiliated research institute, the Julius Wolff Institute, he completed several research projects including a trial in evaluating the effects of mesenchymal stem cells and platelet-rich plasma and the combination of both in meniscal healing in sheep and several biomechanical projects on ACL fixation.

In 2017, Dr. Kopf moved to the Center of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Brandenburg and got rewarded 2019 as Professor of Sports Traumatology and Sports Orthopaedics. He was actively involved in the two meniscus consensi of the ESSKA. Dr. Kopf is a member of many international societies including ESSKA, ISAKOS, the German Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA), German Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (DGOU), Magellan Society and honorary member of American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine (AOSSM), as well as of the Romanian Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma (SRATS). Sebastian and his wife; Nadine are the parents of three children; Benedict, Luise and Laurin. In his free time, Sebastian enjoys participating sports in all types.

Vehniah Tjong
United States of America

Clinical interests are focused on orthopaedic sports medicine with a special interest in hip and knee arthroscopy. Over 90 peer-reviewed publications with research interests in qualitative methodology with a special interest in return to sport, patient reported outcomes, opioid pain management, and database outcomes. External activities include on-field sports medicine coverage for Northwestern University football and the United States Soccer Federation, Women's National Team.

LIVE WEBINAR - Minnesota Anatomic Complex Knee International Symposium, 29-30 May 2025

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LIVE WEBINAR - Minnesota Anatomic Complex Knee International Symposium - Day one: 29 May 2025

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Alan Getgood

Andrew Geeslin

Charles Brown

Christopher Larson

Ciara Stevenson

Darren Johnson

Eivend Inderhaug

Elizabeth Arendt

Gilbert Moatshe

Iain Murray

James Robinson

Jill Monson

Jorge Chahla

Jourdan Cancienne

Kyle Martin

Lars Engebretsen

Prof Martin Lind

Michael Banffy

Patrick Kane

Pete D'Alessandro

Richard von Bormann

Robert LaPrade

Roberto Negrin

Prof Roman Seil

Sachin Tapasvi

Scott Faucett

Sebastian Kopf

Vehniah Tjong

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