Education Forum
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:

Dario Garin
NEW CITY HOSPITAL
Tijuana, Mexico
Dario E. Garin is an Adult Joint Reconstruction surgeon and head of Orthopedics at New City Hospital. He is past president of FEMECOT (Federacion Mexicana de Colegios de Ortopedia y Traumatologia) the largest Spanish speaking orthopedic organization in Latin America. Currently, he is a member of the International Committee of AAHKS (American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons) and Chair of the Hip and Knee Reconstruction fellowship at his hospital. His practice focuses on complex and revision hip and knee cases. Dr. Garin is also reviewer of multiple orthopedic journals and has published and contributed to multiple articles and book chapters.

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.

Young-Min Kwon
HARWARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, Boston, USA
Young-Min Kwon MD, PhD is Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Vice Chairman of the department of orthopedic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Prof. Kwon is the director of the bioengineering laboratory. He is board-certified in orthopedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS), the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS), and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS). He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and the American Orthopaedic Association (AOA). He is an active member of The Hip Society and The Knee Society. Prof. Kwon is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Sir John Irvine Hunter Prize in conjunction with the title of Prosector, the AOA Traveling Fellowship Award, the New Investigator Recognition Award from the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), the Kappa Delta Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), and the John Charnley Award from The Hip Society.

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
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
Guillermo A Bonilla, Colombia
Dr. Michael Huo, USA
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