Professor Franck Accadbled, MD. PhD, is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Hôpital des Enfants, 
Toulouse University Hospital, France. His clinical interests are in paediatric orthopaedics and trauma, 
especially of the lower limb, sport injuries, limb lengthening and growing spine deformities. His 
research interests are focused on biomechanics.
He qualified from Toulouse School of Medicine and he became Specialist Registrar on Toulouse 
University Hospital. He was trained as an Orthopedic surgeon specialized in Knee Arthroscopy, then 
accomplished a clinical fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics and trauma at the Women’s and 
Children’s Hospital in Adelaide, Australia. He then started as an Assistant Professor and was 
appointed as a professor in Toulouse in 2012. He has chaired EPOS (European Paediatric 
Orthopaedics Society) Scientific Committee and Sport’s Medicine Study Group. He is currently the 
chairman of SoFOP (French Pediatric Orthopedics Association) e-Task force, and co-chairman of 2014 
EPOSNA meeting.

Matt is known for his diverse interests and passion for paediatric therapy.

Following a serious motorcycle accident and receiving little/no rehab afterwards, his career in the fire service had to end, and he forged a new career in physiotherapy.

With previous degrees in Chemistry, Biology, and now Physiotherapy, Matt's academic pursuits have left a profound interest in evidence based practice. In 2008, he became a qualified physiotherapist, specializing predominantly in musculoskeletal (MSK) therapy.

From 2011, Matt finally secured a position with Sheffield Children's Hospital. In 2019, he assumed the role of a dedicated paediatric knee physio with a commitment to improving rehabilitation for paediatric patients.

Outside his professional achievements, Matt Denton is an avid rock climber, skydiver and base jumper who lives in the Peak District.

Stéphane TERCIER, MD Personal - born in 1973 in Lausanne, Swiss & French nationalities, married & father of 3 children. Sport experience: football, track & fields, ski, snowboard and volleyball. Professional – graduation in Human Medicine in 1997, doctorate in 2003, board certified for Pediatric Surgery in 2007 and for Sports Medicine in 2011. Clinical Research Fellowship in the Pediatric Orthopedic Department of Manipal University in India. Actually Attending Doctor (Associate MD) in the Pediatric orthopedic & trauma unit, specialized in knee arthroscopy. Founder in 2016 and head of the Interdisciplinary Sports Medicine Center for Adolescents (SportAdo center) at the University Hospital of Lausanne. - President of the French speaking Network in exercice & sport medicine. - Board member of the Sport Study Group of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS). - Chief medical officer (CMO) for the Youth Olympic Games 2020 in Lausanne. - Chairman of the Association And You (www.associationandyou.ch), whose main aim is to raise awareness among young sportspeople of the different types of abuse in sport and to train the managers and supervisors of sports associations. Author or co-author of some fifty scientific publications and speaker at national and international conferences in his areas of expertise.

Nev is a consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeon with a subspecialty specialist interest in children‘s orthopaedics and sports knee surgery. He qualified for St Marys Hospital in London in 2000. He spent 6 years on the Oxford Specialist Registrar Rotation incorporating a children’s fellowship at Westmead Kids in Sydney, Australia. Since becoming a consultant in 2010 at The Royal Berkshire Hospital, he has developed an expertise Children’s and Adolescent knee conditions and injuries, and has particular interest in ACL repair and prevention of children’s sports injuries. He also is passionate about  education and has been the orthopaedic tutor in the department for the last 3 years. He has written a successful FRCS (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons) exam viva book on trauma and orthopaedics.

Out of work, Nev’s life revolves around his sporty family. He enjoys playing competitive scratch golf and also supporting the Welsh rugby team in Cardiff. A decent rugby player in his day, Nev also has a personal experience of knee injury, rupturing his ACL playing for St.Mary’s Hospital and ending a promising rugby career. He played youth rugby for Stourbridge & later Plymouth Albion , Academy Rugby for London Welsh and Harlequins, as well as a stint with Worcester 1st team squad in the late 1990s. Nev has a busy family life with 3 young boys under 7 and a very sporty wife who is a GB triathlete and also a consultant at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

As the Sports Medicine Director at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the focus of Dr. Ganley's clinical practice and research on pediatric sports injuries. With a specialized skillset and experience, he has driven the creation of CHOP’s Sports Medicine and Performance Center, uniting a multidisciplinary team of orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and nutritionists to provide comprehensive care to young athletes. He has continued to develop expertise in the arthroscopic treatment of knee, shoulder and elbow injuries, pioneering physeal-sparing ACL reconstruction surgery for skeletally immature patients.

 
Beyond his clinical experience, he plays a key role in several international, multicenter research groups dedicated to advancing management of sports injuries. As a member of the MARS study group, he collaborated with other experts in the field to review outcomes after ACL reconstruction and revision surgeries to identify risk factors and predictors of poor prognoses. More recently, he served as co-founder of a research group focused on osteochondritis dissecans of the knee (ROCK)  a society dedicated to interdisciplinary pediatric sports medicine research (PRISM) and the tibial spine study group within PRISM. His clinical work has enhanced his contributions to these groups, and has also allowed him to pursue independent research inclusive of algorithms for clinical scenarios ACL reconstruction and OCD in children with open growth plates, fixation of juvenile osteochondritis dissecans lesions of the knee, and stabilization of patellofemoral instability in children with open growth plates.

Dr. Ganley has sought to support and serve others through the establishment of PRISM study groups for most pediatric sports conditions, supporting the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, International Pediatric Orthopedic Symposium and the American Academy of Pediatrics with Executive Committee work and Chair work respectively. The past two year he has served as President of ROCK. He also looks to support the sport medicine community and those involved in pediatric sports medicine by serving as a Section Editor for Pediatric Sports Medicine for the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

Caroline trained in Medicine at University College London with an intercalated BSc(Hons) in Anatomy & Developmental Biology. She completed her Orthopaedic and Trauma training on the Pott Rotation based at Barts and The London Hospitals with a further period of training at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital whilst completing an MD, doctoral thesis on patellofemoral instability. She also completed an MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering awarded by the University of Wales. Her fellowships included trauma at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia and knee surgery at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals in London. 

Caroline has subspecialty interests in knee surgery, especially patellofemoral instability and in trauma. She is a Professor of orthopaedics at St George’s University London with research interests in patellofemoral instability and trauma. She has established a patellofemoral service within St George’s for local and regional referrals. She is a clinical director for corporate outpatients at St George’s Hospital and she leads for research in orthopaedics in the trust. She is co-editor in chief of The Knee Journal. She supports equality and diversity initiatives within orthopaedics and is a trustee of the British Orthopaedic Association. 

As part of AOUK she chairs research and careers development. She lectures nationally and internationally on patellofemoral instability and trauma as well as publishing scientific papers.

Dr. Roy Gigi is a consultant orthopedic surgeon currently serving at Dana Children's Hospital, a prominent department of Sourasky Tel Aviv Medical Center, named in honor of Ichilov. His professional focus centers on ensuring the well-being of young patients, specializing in addressing sports injuries affecting children and adolescents, as well as the intricate correction of complex limb deformities.

Dr. Gigi's medical journey encompasses the successful completion of an internship program at the Orthopedic Division of Ichilov Tel Aviv Hospital. He further honed his skills and knowledge through a Fellowship training at prestigious institutions such as Sheffield Children's and the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital.

Demonstrating a strong commitment to advancing medical practices, Dr. Gigi actively participates in innovative projects. Notably, he played a significant role in the development of the ORTHOSPIN automatic Hexapod, showcasing his enthusiasm for groundbreaking medical technologies. Currently, Dr. Gigi invests his time in refining innovative surgical techniques that leverage 3D technology, underlining his dedication to pushing the boundaries of modern medicine.

Beyond the operating room, Dr. Gigi extends his contributions to the medical field. He generously shares his expertise and insights through published works and invited lectures on training issues and knee surgery, both nationally and internationally. Driven by a profound desire to enhance patient care and contribute to the medical community, Dr. Gigi continues to leave a lasting impact through his unwavering dedication and innovative pursuits.

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Chinmay specialises in soft tissue knee surgery, focusing on sports knee and children's knee injuries. In paediatrics, he has special interests in hyperlaxity, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with lateral tenodesis, meniscal repair and root repair, and patellofemoral instability, together with osteochondral Injury.

Chinmay has published extensively on the role of the anterolateral ligament in ACL reconstruction, together with risk factors for paediatric ACL injury and meniscal repair.

He continues his research in paediatric knee conditions and is working with the engineers at Imperial on osteochondral replacement.

He also leads orthopaedic simulation team lab at Imperial, which focuses on surgical safety in orthopaedic training.

Mr Haslam trained in Sheffield and completed fellowships in Melbourne, Auckland and Sydney, including with Mr Leo Pinczewski. 

He has been working as a Consultant for 15 years in Doncaster and Bassetlaw with a busy knee practice, including paediatric knee surgery. 

In 2019 Paul joined the paediatric knee team at Sheffield Children’s Hospital helping to provide the Knee Service. 

Paul has always been heavily involved in education and training and lectured on knee examination techniques at the British Orthopaedic Association for 10 years. 

He is also faculty on the Chesterfield Sheffield FRCS(Orth) course and co-convened the Biomet ACL course in 2015.    

Mr David Hollinghurst is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Great Western Hospital, Swindon and BMI The Ridgeway Hospital. Mr Hollinghurst also holds honorary consultant posts at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford and Oxford Children’s Hospital.

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Having gained a degree in physiology, specializing in the biology of nerve and muscle, from Cambridge University, he qualified in Medicine also from Cambridge in 1996. He completed orthopaedic training in Oxford, during which time he was awarded a Research Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England to study the function of partial and total knee replacements.

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Mr Hollinghurst gained further experience during fellowships working with world class surgeons at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver and a visiting fellowship in joint preservation of the young adult hip in Children’s Hospital Boston.

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Training in both children’s and adult hip and knee surgery has fostered a strong interest in managing problems in patients of all age groups. The varied experience and different philosophies gained from training in four different health care systems has helped Mr Hollinghurst provide individual solutions for young, active or athletic patients.

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Outside work Mr Hollinghurst remains a keen amateur sportsman racing in cycle sportives, triathlons, playing racket sports and high altitude mountaineering in the European Alps.

Dr. Kocher is the Chief of the Division of Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, 
O’Donnell Family Endowed Chair, and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical 
School. He is an internationally renowned expert in pediatric orthopaedics, sports medicine, and 
clinical epidemiology. 
His clinical practice focuses on sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery of the knee, shoulder, 
hip, elbow, and ankle. He has treated pediatric and adult patients from around the world and 
many professional sports. He is the team physician for numerous high schools, Babson College, 
Northeastern University, US Ski Team, and USA Track & Field. He is recognized as Best of 
Boston by Boston Magazine, Best Doctors in America by Best Doctors, America’s Top Doctors 
by Castle Connelly, Top 17 Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons in North America by RY Ortho, and 
Who’s Who in the World by Strathmore. 
His research focuses on clinical epidemiology and biostatistics. He has published over 250 
scientific articles, 100 book chapters, 6 textbooks, and has been a visiting professor in over 20 
countries. He has received numerous research awards including the Angela Kuo Award, the 
Arthur Heune Award, the Vernon Thompson Award, and the Kappa Delta Award (orthopaedic 
surgery’s highest honor). 
He has been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American, San Francisco Chronicle, 
Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Herald, ABC World News, and Sports Illustrated. 
He has collaborated with the International Olympic Committee and the Aspen Institute. He is an 
invited member of IPOTT, Herodicus Society, and the 20th Century Orthopaedic Association. 
He has served in leadership positions with numerous organizations including President of 
POSNA, Founder of PRISM, and the Board of Directors of the AAOS and AOSSM.

Simon Barker completed undergraduate training at Guys & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, then postgraduate training in the North of Scotland and undertook his MD thesis on the genetics and epidemiology of clubfoot at the University of Aberdeen.  He is an Orthopaedic Surgeon based at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital where he brings a paediatric perspective to the soft tissue knee MDT alongside his interests in trauma, CP, CTEV, gait lab and general paediatric orthopaedics.  He also provides children’s paediatric orthopaedic services to the Shetland Isles where he performs the most northerly arthroscopic procedures in the British Isles!

Simon is Immediate Past President of the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery in 2024-25 and a member of the BASK/BSCOS steering committee on soft tissue knee pathology as well as the British Society for Surgery in Cerebral Palsy, the UK Clubfoot consensus group and EPOS. He is deputy chair of the British Medical Association in Scotland.

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Claire Robertson qualified in 1994 with a BSc(hons) Physiotherapy. She has since obtained her MSc Physiotherapy, in 2003, and PGCE in 2006. Claire has worked in the NHS, academia and private practice, and currently (and for the last 15 years) works as a consultant physiotherapist in patellofemoral pain at Wimbledon Clinics. Claire has lectured internationally and has many research papers and editorials published in internationally peer-reviewed journals. She is also a reviewer herself for Physiotherapy Research International, Physical Therapy in Sport, Clinical Anatomy and Physiotherapy. Claire runs her own education business, Claire Patella, and as part of this runs post-graduate courses on patellofemoral problems for physiotherapists.  Claire has also lectured widely on adolescent patellofemoral pain. She is on the education committee for the British Patellofemoral Society.

Professor. Martyn Snow is a Consultant Knee and Shoulder Surgeon at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, he is a graduate of Edinburgh University and undertook his Registrar training in the Manchester region. He spent 18 months on fellowship in North America, 12 months in Halifax, Nova Scotia undertaking a Sports Medicine fellowship at the Sports Medicine Clinic of Nova Scotia. He subsequently spent 6 months at the Holand Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre in Toronto, gaining further experience in Shoulder and Knee surgery. In 2008 Prof Snow was awarded the British Elbow and Shoulder Society North American travelling fellowship. In 2018 Prof. Snow undertook the APKASS ESSKA traveling fellowship, visiting major arthroscopic centres across Australasia.

Professor Snow has over 60 publications in various International medical journals, has written 6 book chapters on knee and shoulder injuries and has presented over 100 papers at various national and International meetings. Professor Snow has an honorary chair in Chemical Engineering at The University of Birmingham and an honorary chair in Regenerative Medicine at Aston University. His current research interests include the use of chondroprogenitors for cartilage repair, biological augmentation of tendon repair and rotational lower limb malalignment.

Tim Spalding is a knee surgeon in the Midlands at Warwickshire Nuffield Hospital and in London at the Cleveland Clinic London. He is past president of the International ACL Study Group dedicated to research in the field of ACL surgery. His focus is on ligament reconstruction and knee preservation covering meniscal repair and meniscal transplantation, articular cartilage repair, osteotomy, and novel Ortho-Biologics.

He spent the first part of his career with the Royal Navy, becoming consultant in 1995. Specialist training was in Oxford with subsequent fellowship in Toronto. He joined University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust in 2000, where he set up meniscal transplantation and lead a well-respected fellowship program before leaving in 2021. Research work continues with the Coventry knee team.

He has pioneered several new techniques and currently has over 100 publications and 12 book chapters. He leads the UK National Ligament Registry for ACL surgery, which is currently transitioning into the Non Arthroplasty Medical Devices Outcome Registry. Internationally, he co-leads the European Allograft Initiative, the International Meniscal REconstruction Forum (IMREF) and the ICRS Cartilage Foundation. He is co-moderator of the Sports Knee Surgery biannual conference since 2003.

Mr Jonathon Lavelle qualified from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School in 1985. He trained in Orthopaedics on the West London training scheme including working at The Middlesex Hospital, Chelsea & Westminster and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospitals. He has been a consultant at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. Mr Lavelle has interests both in soft tissue surgery as well as joint replacement and revision surgery. He has worked with many professional rugby and football clubs, as well as with the Professional Jockeys Association in the UK.

He is involved in running a number of soft tissue knee surgery courses for trainees and consultants including for meniscal repair, ACL and PCL reconstructive surgery. He was a member of the BASK/BSCOS steering committee that developed guidelines on the management of paediatric soft tissue pathology.

- Knee Surgeon at Pontificia Universidad Catolica and Hospital Clinico Mutual de Seguridad

- Professor at Universidad Catolica de Chile

- Fellowship Director at both teaching centers (Universidad Catolica and Mutual)

- ISAKOS Board of Directors Member al Large

- Deputy Chair ISAKOS Knee Committee

- Board of Trustees Member Journal of ISAKOS

- ACL Study Group Member

- Reviewer for JISAKOS, KSSTA, SCHOT

Marco Turati, MD, is Assistant Professor in Milano-Bicocca University. He is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at San Gerardo Hospital, Italy and at the Transalpine Center Of Pediatric Sports Medicine And Surgery. He participated in the development of the Transalpine Center Of Pediatric Sports Medicine And Surgery, an International Pediatric Sport Medicine Center between the Grenoble Alps University Hospital, France and the University of Milano-Bicocca.  His clinical and research interests are sports medicine, paediatric orthopaedics and paediatric sports medicine. He is the chair of the EPOS Sports Study Group.

Mr Dominic P O’Dowd

MBChB, BSc(SEM), Dip(SEM), MSc(SEM), FRCS(Tr&Orth)

Dominic is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and Rotherham Hospital, specialising in paediatric and adult trauma, knee surgery, sports injuries and injury prevention.  He leads the transition pathway for knee and sports surgery between the paediatric and adult sectors in South Yorkshire.

He graduated in medicine from Sheffield University, during which time he attained a 1st Class BSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine at Queen Mary University London.  He returned to Queen Mary to graduate with an MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine and was a surgical trainee in South Yorkshire before passing the FRCS(Tr & Orth).

During his training he gained extensive experience working with professional athletes.  Domestically as a doctor at the British Superbikes, with periods as Club Doctor for West Ham United and Blackpool Football Clubs.  Internationally he worked as a Doctor at the England FA with the U16-19 Men’s squads as well as the Senior Women’s 2013 World Cup Qualifying Campaign.

After training he undertook a Sports Surgery Fellowship with Stewart Walsh and colleagues at the Unisports Medical Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, and a Fellowship with Peter Myers and Tim McMeniman at the BOSMC institute in Brisbane, Australia.  Following this he undertook the first dedicated Paediatric and Adult Knee Fellowship with Quang Dao and Alex Nicholls in Sydney, Australia before the Starship Hospital Paediatric Fellowship in New Zealand.

Tom holds a bachelor’s degree is Physiotherapy, a master’s degree in sports and exercise rehabilitation and is currently studying for a professional doctorate in sport and exercise science at the University of Birmingham. Tom has worked in the NHS, private sector and with numerous sports to an elite and international level. Tom currently runs the Physioteq clinic at Cambridge University sports, lectures on the paediatric physiotherapy MSc program at UCL’s institute of child health and lectures nationally and internationally on the subject of sporting injuries in children. Tom has 3 young children so has no spare time but manages to try and keep young by escaping to a cross fit gym as much as he can.

Head of Performance and Football Medicine Middlesbrough Football Club in England.

Qualified in Medicine at Sheffield Medical School in 1986 prior to further qualifications in osteopathy, clinical gait analysis and sports medicine.

Worked as an Orthopaedic Physician, in The NHS, alongside surgical colleagues in Sheffield and Leeds for 7 years before commencing work full time in sport.

Professional sport has been predominantly with professional football (7 years in The Premiership and 7 in The Championship) and Track and Field (Olympics of Sydney and Athens) as well as Tennis, Basketball, Ice Hockey and Judo at elite level.