Education Forum

Nominated by the Steering Board, this group consists of key opinion leaders in the field of joint preservation and replacement. With visionary thinking and a deep understanding of the global needs, they take strategic leadership for AO Recon's educational content.

Chairperson:

Bas A Masri

VANCOUVER GENERAL AND UBC HOSPITALS

Canada

Prof Bas Masri is former Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia, and former Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at Vancouver Acute (Vancouver General and University Hospitals). He is past president of the Canadian Orthopaedic Association, a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, as well as a member of the Knee Society and the Hip Society.


Past Chairperson:

Carsten F Perka

Charité Berlin

Germany

Carsten Perka is Chairman of the Orthopaedic Department and Director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery at the Charité, University Medicine Berlin. He published more than 375 peer-reviewed papers and co-authored over 30 chapters in medical textbooks, including the comprehensive standard work "Periprosthetic Fracture Management". Perka is currently President of the German Association of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, Secretary General of the German Society for Endoprosthetics and Speaker of the German Endoprosthesis Register.


Members:

G Bonilla

Guillermo A Bonilla

Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá

Colombia

Guillermo Bonilla is a hip and knee arthroplasty surgeon, head of the hip division at the university hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá and clinical professor at Universidad de los Andes and Universidad del Rosario. He is past president of the Colombian Society of Hip and Knee Surgeons, and current member of the research committee of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. Dr. Bonilla is also a member of the editorial board of International Orthopaedics and reviewer for several journals.


Robert Hube

OCM—ORTHOPÄDISCHE CHIRURGIE MÜNCHEN

Germany

Robert Hube is a Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Charité Berlin and the Head of the Center of Joint Replacement of the OCM/SANA Campus in Munich where he specializes in minimal invasive surgery, both of the hip and knee, and revision surgery. He completed fellowships in Germany, South Africa and the US and is the current President of the German Arthroplasty Society. He is also involved in diverse European and International Hip and Knee societies and reviews for certain international orthopedic journals.


M Huo

Michael H Huo

UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS

USA

Michael Huo, MD is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is a member of the AAOS, the AAHKS, the Hip Society, and the International Hip Society. He does reviews for the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, the Journal of Arthroplasty, and the Bone Joint Journal. Dr. Huo has been involved with the AO Recon Education Forum, and the Curriculum Task Force since 2014.


SJ Lim

Seung-Jae Lim

SAMSUNG MEDICAL CENTER

South Korea

Seung-Jae Lim is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers, and his work has received more than 3,200 citations. He is a board member of the Arthroplasty Society in Asia, the Korean Hip Society, the Korean Fracture Society, and the Korean Society for Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Arthroplasty and reviewer for several international orthopedic journals.


Feras Ya’ish

Feras Ya’ish

HEALTHPOINT HOSPITAL ABU DHABI

UAE

Feras Ya'ish, an accomplished Trauma and Orthopaedics consultant at Healthpoint Hospital in Abu Dhabi, UAE, serves as Chairman of the peri-operative committee and was previously chair at Mafraq Hospital and Sheikh Shakhbout Medical Centre (Partnership with Mayo Clinic). Feras' clinical interests include Trauma Orthopaedics, Pelvic Trauma surgery, and Lower Limb Arthroplasty. Additionally, he is an Adjunct Associate-Professor at Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, with a passion for surgeon education. Feras is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Orth), Edinburgh.


Past members:

David F Dalury, USA

Fares S Haddad, UK

Simon Lambert, UK

Steven MacDonald, Canada

Youn-Soo Park, South Korea

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