International Speakers

  • Mr. Joe Baines

    Joe Baines FRCS Ed (T&O) Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Golden Jubilee National Hospital Glasgow, Scotland

  • Francesco Benazzo, MD

    Professor, Orthopedics and Traumatology IUSS Pavia Chairman, Chirurgia Protesica ad Indirizzo robotico - Sezione di Traumatologia dello Sport Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia

  • Prof. Friedrich Boettner

    Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

  • Dr. Michel Bonnin, MD, PhD

    President of the European Knee Society (EKS). Centre Orthopedique Santy. Lyon, France.

  • Prof. Justin P Cobb CVO

    Chair, Section of Orthopaedics Imperial College London

  • Dr. Marco Ezechieli, Priv. Doc. (Associate Professor)

    Head of Orthopaedic Surgery, Trauma Surgery, and Sports Traumatology. Endoprosthetics intensive care centre Vincenz Krankenhaus GmbH Paderborn

  • Rafael J. Sierra, M.D.

    Chair of 2024 AAOS Central Program Committee and the vicepresidente of Association Research Circulation Osseous (ARCO). Division of Hip and Knee Surgery Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA

  • Prof. Dr. Jan Victor

    Full Professor of Orthopaedics, Ghent University. Chair of Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Ghent University Hospital.

  • Prof. Luigi Zagra

    Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi Milano

Mr. Joe Baines

Joe Baines FRCS Ed (T&O) Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Golden Jubilee National Hospital Glasgow, Scotland

Joe trained in orthopaedics in Glasgow, Bristol and Newcastle. He developed a special interest in hip arthroplasty and hip revision during his fellowship in Cardiff.
He joined the Golden Jubilee National Hospital arthroplasty unit in Glasgow in 2007, where he works as a full time consultant in orthopaedics. There, he has dedicated himself exclusively to hip and knee arthroplasty. His main interest is hip revision, and in particular, the reconstruction of complex defects in hip revision.
He also developed an interest in computer aided knee arthroplasty at the Golden Jubilee. He has shared his experience and observations in this field extensively in training courses, lectures and fellowships.
Joe is regularly involved in lecturing to junior and senior colleagues several times a year in knee and hip arthroplasty courses. He has also had the privilege to train many fellows, many of whom have gone on to become successful hip and knee surgeons.
He has published and presented on the subject of computer aided knee replacement and hip arthroplasty. Currently he is involved in clinical research related to Vitamin E highly cross- linked polyethylene and innovation in the field of acetabular reconstruction.
Mr Baines specialises in the following treatments at Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital:
• Hip replacement
• Bone preserving hip replacement
• Hip revision
• Knee replacement
• Partial knee replacement

Francesco Benazzo, MD

Professor, Orthopedics and Traumatology IUSS Pavia Chairman, Chirurgia Protesica ad Indirizzo robotico - Sezione di Traumatologia dello Sport Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia

Francesco Benazzo was born in Pavia on 13rd October 1955. Born and raised in Pavia, from a Piedmontese father and a Lomellina mother, he attendend Ugo Foscolo classical high school and enrolled in the faculty of Medicine and Surgeru of Pavia in 1974.He graduated in 1980 and immediately joined the team of Orthopedic and Traumatology specializing students of the Orthopedic and Traumatology Clinic of the University of Pavia, the first year of the passage of the duration of the specialty form 3 to 5 years.

The specialty school was directed by Prof. Mario Boni. The specialty of orthopedics was the natural and desired choice, given the passion for the study of connective tissues, fundamental constituents of the muscoloskeletal system (Research investigations on electron microscopy, 1977-1983, Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Pavia, and Abteilung Elektronenmikroskopie, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, using special techniques such as freeze-fracture, applied to collagen tissue (cartilage and tendons) and Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Bologna. During the specialty, he was addressed by prof. Mario Boni in the field of sports traumatology, of which the Orthopedic Clinic was and still is a reference center (Section of studies and research in medicine and sports traumatology), becoming a consultant, since then as a team, at the Los Angeles Olympic Games of 1984, and since then at numerous international sporting events (European and World Championships).

Practical and active interest in sports traumatology: team doctor of a football team in excellence from 1980 to 1986; orthopedic consultant of Inter FC from 2000 to 2014; orthopedic consultant since 1983 for FIDAL (Italian Federation of Athletics; since 2015, ortthopedic consultant of Sassuolo Calcio). In 1985 he specialized in discipline and won the traveling fellowhip of COCOMAC (European organization tha precede EFFORT) as the best Italian resident along with two other Italin collegues who were newly specialized in Portugal.

In 1987, he became assistant of the Sports Traumatology Section of the Orthopedic and Traumatology Clinic of the University of Pavia, until 1990. In this year, he moved on to a university career, becoming a Researcher in the orthopedic discipline, to finally become a directly full professor of Orthopedics and Traumatology in 2000. From 2002, untill 2020, he directed the Orthopedic and Traumatology Clinic of the University of Pavia, the IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, and the School of Specialties in the discipline. From 1st March 2020, he is Director of the Section of Robotic Prosthetic Surgery – and Sports Traumatolgy Unit, at the Poliambulanza Foundation of Brescia, while maintaining the chair of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University of Pavia, and the Directorate of the School of Specialty in this discipline.

Prof. Friedrich Boettner

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Friedrich Boettner is an expert in minimal invasive total knee and hip replacement as well as complex primary and revision total joint replacements. Since finishing an adult reconstruction and joint replacement fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery, as well as a sports medicine and hip arthroscopy fellowship at the Steadman Hawkins Clinic he has worked as an attending surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. He is a Professor for Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and has published more than 200 peer reviewed papers and book chapters.

Dr. Michel Bonnin, MD, PhD

President of the European Knee Society (EKS). Centre Orthopedique Santy. Lyon, France.

Dr. Michel Bonnin, MD, PhD, is a French orthopaedic surgeon, specialized in Knee and Hip arthroplasty, working in Lyon, France, at the Centre Orthopedique Santy.
He published many scientific articles and book chapters about knee arthroplasty, biomechanics and anatomy.
He is past-President of the French Hip and Knee Society (SFHG) and actual President of the European Knee Society (EKS).
After 30 years of surgical experience, he is convinced that the only way to improve outcomes in TKA and THA is to reproduce the native anatomy as closely as possible, and that new technologies such as custom implants, robotics  and artificial intelligence are necessary to achieve that goal.

Prof. Justin P Cobb CVO

Chair, Section of Orthopaedics Imperial College London

JPC is a hip and knee surgeon, who has been chair of orthopaedics at Imperial College since 2005. His practice focuses on conservative surgery, aiming to resurface worn out joints rather than replace them. In the hip, this means using hip resurfacing technologies such as the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing or the all ceramic H1 hip resurfacing which should be gaining a CE mark before the end of 2023. In the knee, this conservative approach leads to the use of a compartmental strategy – only relining the damaged compartments, and avoiding total joint replacement whenever possible.

At Imperial, the MSk lab is home to a group of surgeons, engineers and scientists working in the field of arthrosis and its management. The active domains of research include device design, VR training in surgical skills, and activity analysis including objective metrics of function such as gait analysis on an instrumented treadmill.

After training in Oxford, and the Middlesex Hospital, JPC was appointed consultant surgeon at UCLH, spending 15 years concentrating on limb salvage and robotics. Acrobot was a haptic robotic system for partial knee replacement developed in collaboration with Imperial College. First in human trials were completed in 1999, just 7 years from a first grant. More recently, H1, a ceramic hip resurfacing began 9 years ago and is still not through the regulatory system.
His clinical work takes place at the Cleveland Clinic London. He was recently appointed orthopaedic surgeon to His Majesty the King, who awarded him a CVO for having looked after Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip for 18 years.

JPC is married to Iona, a family doctor. They have 4 grown up children, 5 grandchildren and a dog.

Dr. Marco Ezechieli, Priv. Doc. (Associate Professor)

Head of Orthopaedic Surgery, Trauma Surgery, and Sports Traumatology. Endoprosthetics intensive care centre Vincenz Krankenhaus GmbH Paderborn

Marco Ezechieli specialises in minimally invasive total knee and hip replacements, together with complex primary and revision total joint replacements. Since 2019 he has used a robotics system to fit primary knee and hip prostheses. Marco is also at the top of his field in Germany in hip preservation surgery, and is a Manel Ribas visiting fellow at the Dexeus University Hospital in Barcelona. Since 2016, he has been Head of the Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Unit at the Vincenz Clinics in Paderborn and Associate Professor at the Hanover Medical School (MHH). Marco is a member of the HipInternational Editorial Board and reviewer of different international and national journals; he has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. Three years ago he joined the European Union’s Expert Panel of Medical Devices, and is an expert of the EU Medical Device Regulation for the field of Orthopaedics and Traumatology.

Rafael J. Sierra, M.D.

Chair of 2024 AAOS Central Program Committee and the vicepresidente of Association Research Circulation Osseous (ARCO). Division of Hip and Knee Surgery Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA

Dr. Rafael Sierra is an orthopedic surgeon located in Rochester, MN. He earned his medical degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. After that, he completed a research fellowship at the University of Miami in the division of arthritis surgery, part of the department of orthopedics. he then went on to complete his internship and residency in orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Following that, he completed his fellowship in hip reconstruction through the Hip Society/Mueller Foundation European. Currently, he is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic, practicing out of the Rochester location. He is Chair of 2024 AAOS Central Program Committee and the vicepresidente of Association Research Circulation Osseous (ARCO).

Prof. Dr. Jan Victor

Full Professor of Orthopaedics, Ghent University. Chair of Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Ghent University Hospital.

Professor Dr Jan Victor obtained his medical degree in 1985 from the University of Leuven and his board certification in orthopaedic surgery on August 6th, 1991. His clinical career is dedicated to the treatment of knee pathology, including arthroscopy, soft tissue procedures, osteotomy and joint reconstruction.

From 1991 to 1995, he was staff member at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Leuven University Hospitals. From 1995 to 2011, he was staff member of the Department of Orthopaedics Surgery at St-Lucas General Hospital, Bruges, where he became head of the department in 2010. In 2009 he obtained his PhD with the thesis ‘A Comparative Study on the Biomechanics of the Native Human Knee Joint and Total Knee Arthroplasty’. In 2011 he was appointed Professor at Ghent University and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Ghent University Hospital.

He has published in a large number of international peer-reviewed journals, published several books and wrote multiple chapters on knee pathology and surgery in orthopaedic handbooks. He is reviewer for a significant number of peer-reviewed journals in the field of orthopaedics and biomechanics.

He was president of the Belgian Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology in 2002 and 2003. He is founding member of the Belgian Knee Society (BKS) of which he was President from 1999 to 2001. Since 2005 he is an active member of the American Knee Society. He was president of the European Knee Society in 2016 (EKS). He is honorary lifetime member of the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA). He is a member and Scientific Advisor of the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT) and active member of the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) and the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). He organised multiple national and international congresses and participated as a speaker at numerous orthopaedic meetings worldwide.

Prof. Luigi Zagra

Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi Milano

Prof. Luigi Massimo Zagra is the Head of the Hip Surgery Department I at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi in Milan.
His studies began at the University of Milan with a degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1991 and continued with specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology in 1996.
He started his medical career at the Istituto Galeazzi Clinical Institute as a junior assistant, then became assistant and finally the head of the Hip Surgery Department, which he currently directs. He is the visiting professor at the School of Specialization in Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the University of Milan and is authorized to teach in the field of musculoskeletal disorders as the first level professor.
He is author and co-author of 130 articles published in national and international journals, as well as invited specialist and speaker at over 500 congresses in Italy and abroad. He has performed more than 5,000 major orthopaedic operations, specializing in hip arthroplasty.
Throughout his career, Prof. Luigi Zagra has been the President of the European Hip Society, President of the Italian Hip Society and member of the Ethical Commission of the European Federation of Orthopaedic and Traumatology Societies (EFORT), which established a code of ethics for European orthopaedic surgeons.
He is currently Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the European Hip Society and the Italian Hip Society, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of EFORT, of International Committee of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Arthroplasty Registry.
He performs hip and knee replacement surgery on a daily basis for osteoarthritis, particularly in cases of congenital dysplasia, developmental and post-traumatic malformations, rheumatoid arthritis, necrosis in young and old patients, needing special implants to prevent any possible complications. Dealing with problems with previously placed implants, in particular material wear and tear, such as in metal-on-metal or old-generation polyethylene prostheses, painful, loose, unstable, infected prostheses, using tissue-safe and non-invasive methods and the latest ceramic and titanium implants, including cemented ones.

National Speakers

  • Dra. Ana Cruz Pardos

    Head of Section Hip Unit COT Service Hospital La Paz

  • Dr. Jenaro A. Fernández-Valencia Laborde

    Clinic Hospital - Barcelona University (Spain)

  • Dr. Jorge Guadilla Arsuaga

    Orthopaedic Surgeon Arthroscopic Surgery Unit Vitoria-Gasteiz

  • Dr. Joan Leal-Blanquet

    PhD Head of Service Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa, Fundació Althaia Associate professorUniversitat de Vic

  • Dr. Vicente J. León-Muñoz

    Reina Sofía University General Hospital (Murcia, Spain) Institute of Advanced Knee Surgery (ICAR) (Murcia, Spain)

  • Dr. Oliver Marín-Peña

    Senior Consultant of Hip Surgery Unit, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Department at University Hospital Infanta Leonor (Madrid-Spain)

  • Dr. Fernando Marqués López MD.PhD

    Head of Hip Unit - Hospital del Mar Associate Professor - Pompeu Fabra University President of the Spanish Hip Surgery Society

  • Dr. Carlos Martín Hernández

    T&O Head of Service - Miguel Servet University Hospital (Zaragoza). President of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA)

  • Dr. Juan Carlos Martínez Pastor

    Hospital Clinic Barcelona. Barcelona University. Spain

  • Dr. Jesús Moreta Suárez

    Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Service Coordinator. Hospital San Juan de Dios Santurtzi (Bizkaia).

  • Dr. Dragos Popescu

    Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Coordinator of the Knee Area in the National Training Plan in Arthroscopy. 

  • Dr. Pablo Sanz-Ruiz

    Associate professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and an orthopaedic surgeon

  • Dr. Miguel A. Suárez-Suárez

    Cabueñes-Gijón University Hospital and Oviedo University Faculty of Medicine (Asturias)

Dra. Ana Cruz Pardos

Head of Section Hip Unit COT Service Hospital La Paz

Since 2018, Dr. Ana Cruz Pardos has headed the Hip Unit within the Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Service at La Paz University Hospital in Madrid.

She graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She specialised in Orthpaedic Surgery and Traumatology (via MIR medical residency entrance exam) at La Paz Hospital in Madrid.

PhD in Medicine unanimously Cum Laude from the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Teaching activities: lectured at pre-degree level and tutored residents in the speciality between 2007 and 2016.

Nearly all of Dr. Cruz’s career has so far been at La Paz University Hospital of Madrid as a specialist in degenerative hip disease, arthroplasty cases of young patient, and hip replacement revision surgery; she is currently working on robotic hip surgery. In recent years, she has involved in applying 3D technology in complex hip surgery.

Member of scientific societies: SECOT, SECCA, EHS, SOMACOT, and a member of the National Speciality Committee since 2014.

Dr. Cruz is particularly interested in research; she is a member of the Osteoarticular Surgery Research Group – GICOA belonging to the Surgery, Transplant and Technology area at Idipaz (La Paz Hospital Institute for Health Research). She has been a member of different research projects on OST; been a speaker and lectured on numerous courses and conferences in the field, and contributed the experience of the Hip Unit as the author of papers, articles in international and national journals, and books.

Dr. Jenaro A. Fernández-Valencia Laborde

Clinic Hospital - Barcelona University (Spain)

Dr. Jenaro A. Fernández-Valencia Laborde works at the Clinic Hospital of Barcelona (Spain). He is Head of the Hip Section at that centre and his specialist area is primary and revision hip
replacement surgery. He is also the Training Coordinator at the Institute of Medical and Surgical Specialities (ICEMEQ), which include Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Otolaryngology,
Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, and Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. He is an Associate Professor on the Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology at Barcelona University, and Co-Director of the Adult Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. He is the author of over 120 scientific articles, with nearly 40 indexed in PubMed, and has written over 20 book chapters; he is an active member of the European Hip Society and the Spanish Hip Surgery Society.

Dr. Jorge Guadilla Arsuaga

Orthopaedic Surgeon Arthroscopic Surgery Unit Vitoria-Gasteiz

Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
Associate Professor of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
Hip Unit of the Arthroscopic Surgery Unit headed by Dr. Mikel Sánchez

Specialist Area: Sport medicine, Hip and knee arthroscopic surgery, with special emphasis on hip preservation surgery, hip and knee arthroplasty.
Expert in biological therapies.
Author of different articles in the field of regenerative medicine in orthopaedic surgery.
Author of multiple national and international papers.
Member of SECOT, AEA, ESSKA
Treasurer of the Basque Navarre OST Society (SVNCOT).
Coordinator of the Iberian Hip Preservation Group (GIPCA)

Dr. Joan Leal-Blanquet

PhD Head of Service Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa, Fundació Althaia Associate professorUniversitat de Vic

Chief of the Orthopaedic Department in the Xarxa Assistencial Universitària de Manresa (Fundació Althaia), Barcelona

Chief of the Knee Unit in Move Traumatologia, Clínica Mi Tres Torres, Barcelona

PhD in Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery. University of Barcelona (Qualifying: Excellent “Cum Laude”)

Clinical Professor. Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology & Anatomy. University of Vic

ESSKA Teacher

SEROD Former President & EKA Member at Large

Dr. Vicente J. León-Muñoz

Reina Sofía University General Hospital (Murcia, Spain) Institute of Advanced Knee Surgery (ICAR) (Murcia, Spain)

Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from Valencia University. Qualified in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (via MIR medical residency entrance exam) at L’Esperança Hospital in Barcelona. IMAS, currently Parc de Salut Mar. PhD in Medicine unanimously Cum Laude from Murcia University (UMU). Extraordinary PhD Award in the field of Health Sciences from Murcia University.

Vicente León-Muñoz has worked as a specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology since 2000. He has focused on the knee joint at Can Misses Hospital (Ibiza), La Vega Lorenzo Guirao Hospital, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Clinical Hospital, and Reina Sofía University General Hospital (Murcia). Dr. León-Muñoz has been a member of the Management Board of the Spanish Knee Society (SEROD) for over 10 years and has worked on disseminating knowledge related to the pathology of this joint. His is an active Member of the European Knee Society and was the first Spaniard to achieve that status. He holds international accreditation to use the MyKnee® technology of Medacta International: knee replacement surgery designed in 3D virtual model and performing that operation by means of patient-specific cutting blocks. He designed the adaptation of that technology for prosthetic revision surgery.

Author of numerous articles and some book chapters on different aspects of the knee pathology. Dr. León-Muñoz has contributed and still contributes to many courses to train specialists and junior doctors. He hosts residents from other centres for complementary training. He is also frequently visited by different specialists who assist at surgeries to learn different techniques. He is a member of many international and national scientific societies (SEROD, SECOT, SECA, ESSKA, EKA, EKS, PAS and SOMUCA). He contributes as a scientific reviewer and critic to a myriad of indexed scientific journal and to the McMaster Online Rating of Evidence (MORE).

Dr. Oliver Marín-Peña

Senior Consultant of Hip Surgery Unit, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Department at University Hospital Infanta Leonor (Madrid-Spain)

Dr Oliver Marin-Peña is a Hip Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon during the last 18 years. His current practice as Senior Consultant of Hip Surgery Unit, Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Department at University Hospital Infanta Leonor (Madrid-Spain) which is part of the National Public Health System of Spain. Private Practice Hospital La Luz (Madrid-Spain). His particular concentration lies in the treatment of young patients with hip problems that requires specific conservative treatment, hip preserving surgery and hip arthroplasty (primary and revision).

Doctor in Medicine & Surgery at Autonoma University of Madrid (Madrid –Spain.1992-1998) and completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology at Hospital Severo Ochoa (Madrid-Spain. 1999-2004). He completed his training with a short-fellowship at Mayo Clinic (Rochester-Minnesota) in 2003, Short-fellowship in 2005 granted by AAOS at Rush Presbyterian Hospital (Chicago, IL). Awarded in 2013 “Miguel Cabanela 2013 Award” by Fundación SECOT in Primary and Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) & an Observership in Hip Preserving Surgery at Hospital for Special Surgery (New York).

Dr Marin-Peña collaborates frequently with different societies with hip preserving surgery and hip arthroplasty with more than 200 lectures at international meetings worldwide. He has several publications about hip pathology at international journals and chapters in different hip surgery books (more than 60 international references https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-5766 ).

Author of the book: “Femoroacetabular Impingement” (Springer publisher). Active Membership of International Societies :AAOS, EHS, EFORT, SICOT, ISHA, ESSKA. Chairman of Annual Meeting Hip Surgery in Young Adult (Madrid) and organization of hip meetings and cadaver labs with EFORT, EHS, SICOT, ESSKA. Member of different societies Boards: VIce-Chair ESSKA Hip Committee (EHPA), Scientific Committee and Ambassador of the European Hip Society (EHS). Member of the AAOS Adult Reconstruction Hip Program Committee, SICOT Vice-President Europe & PastChair Hip Committee. Assistant Professor Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Member of the International HIp Society (IHS). International Honour member of SVCOT (Venezuela). International Honour member ACARO (Argentina).

Membership of Editorial Committees of “Journal for Hip Preservation Surgery” and “SICOT-Journal”. reviewer at Hip Area in different journals (Bone Joint Journal, Hip International, SICOT-J, JHPS, RECOT).

Dr. Fernando Marqués López MD.PhD

Head of Hip Unit - Hospital del Mar Associate Professor - Pompeu Fabra University President of the Spanish Hip Surgery Society

PhD in Medicine and Surgery from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology 1997 from Vall d’Hebron University Hospital (Barcelona).

Head of the Hip Unit at the Hospital del Mar (Barcelona).

Head of the Hip Unit at El Pilar Hospital – Quirón Group (Barcelona).

Associate Professor – Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona).

President of the Spanish Hip Surgery Society.

Faculty at Zimmer Biomet Institute.

Faculty at AO Recon.

Board of Barcelona Hip Meeting

Scientific publications available at: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1846-4666

Dr. Carlos Martín Hernández

T&O Head of Service - Miguel Servet University Hospital (Zaragoza). President of the Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA)

Carlos Martín Hernández graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Medical Faculty at Zaragoza University in 1990. He specialised in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery in 1996 after completing his MIR residency at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona. He has a PhD in Medicine from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2002) and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Management from the Open University of Barcelona (UOC) in 2009. His professional career has included his time at the Casa de Salud Hospital in Valencia and the Obispo Polanco Hospital in Teruel, where he was Section Head of the Knee Unit and Head of Service. Since 2014, Carlos has been T&O Head of Service at Miguel Servet University Hospital, an associate professor at Zaragoza University and the lead researcher of the GIIS 085 Group at the Aragón Institute of Health Research. He is a member of SARCOT, SECOT, SEROD, ESSKA, AOTrauma, AORecon and AEA, of which he has been the president since 2024.

Dr. Juan Carlos Martínez Pastor

Hospital Clinic Barcelona. Barcelona University. Spain

Dr. Juan Carlos Martínez Pastor is the Head of the Knee Section at Hospital Clinic Barcelona. He has a PhD in Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology from Barcelona University (“Cum Laude”). His specialist area is knee prosthetic surgery, both primary – including robotic surgery– and revision surgery. He is also a leading expert in septic pathology, and is one of the CSUR (Referral centre, services and units) coordinators at regional level. He is also the Hospital Clinic coordinator of the Catalan Health Ministry’s Prevention of Surgical Infection Programme (Previnq-cat). 
Dr. Martínez Pastor’s is the co-director of the Master’s Degree Certificate in Fellowship in Adult Reconstructive Surgery. He is an associate professor of the Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities at Barcelona University, where he lectures, runs practical classes and contributes as a director in the design and implementation of multiple “End of Degree Projects”.    
He has written over 100 scientific articles, leaders and book chapters; he is currently actively participating as director in three PhD theses. 
As regards scientific societies, he is the treasurer of the Spanish Knee Society, and is a member of the Spanish Surgery and Orthopaedics Society, and of the European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS).

Dr. Jesús Moreta Suárez

Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Service Coordinator. Hospital San Juan de Dios Santurtzi (Bizkaia).

Hip and knee surgery – particularly primary prosthetic and revision surgery – is his area of specialisation.

As part of his research activity, Dr. Jesús Moreta Suárez has published over 30 scientific articles on orthopaedic pathology, along with more than 70 papers for national and international conferences in his specialist field. He achieved the maximum score in the SECOT (Spanish Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Society) national exam in 2013. In 2014, he was awarded the prize for Spain’s Resident of the Year in Orthopaedic Surgery (SECOT Foundation). In 2015, he was awarded the Miguel Cabanela Travelling Fellowship to spend time at the Mayo Clinic. In 2017, he obtained the EHS Traveling Fellowship of the European Hip Society. Dr. Moreta Suárez has worked as a reviewer for Hip International, the Revista Española, Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, and the HSS Journal.

Dr. Jesús Moreta Suárez is currently a member of the board of SECCA (Spanish Hip Surgery Society). He also belongs to the following scientific societies: AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons), EHS (European Hip Society), SECOT (Spanish Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Society), SEROD (Spanish Knee Society) and AEA (Spanish Arthroscopy Association).

Dr. Dragos Popescu

Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. Coordinator of the Knee Area in the National Training Plan in Arthroscopy. 

Dr. Dragos Popescu is an eminence in the field of traumatology. He has dedicated his professional career to specializing in complex arthroscopic and prosthetic knee surgery, becoming the only orthopedic surgeon in Romania to perform meniscus transplants.
His prestigious professional experience has established him as an international reference, allowing him to be a speaker at congresses and conferences all over the world. In addition, as a consultant orthopedic surgeon he is also dedicated to research, publishing clinical trials and specialized articles on this discipline.
• Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona.
• Coordinator of the Knee Area in the National Training Plan in Arthroscopy.
• Doctor of Medicine
• Degree in Medicine and Pharmacy from the University Carol Davila of Bucharest.
• Member of:

◦ Spanish Knee Society (SEROD)
◦ Spanish Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SECOT)
◦ European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy (ESSKA)

Dr. Pablo Sanz-Ruiz

Associate professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and an orthopaedic surgeon

Dr. Pablo Sanz-Ruiz is an associate professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and an orthopaedic surgeon; his subspecialities are septic pathology and complex hip and knee reconstruction surgery at the Gregorio Marañón University Hosptial of Madrid.

He completed his residency at the Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital of Madrid, and honed his knowledge in hip and knee septic and replacement surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery (New York) and at ENDO Clink (Hamburg).

Dr. Sanz-Ruiz completed his PhD at the Complutense University of Madrid; his dissertation was on the use of bone cements with different antibiotics to treat periprosthetic infection, and it was recognised by the Spanish Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (SECOT).

As regards his research, he has developed different lines mainly based on the field of periprosthetic infection, and prosthetic revision surgery; he is the author of over 65 international publications, multiple book chapters, and the recipient of different competitive research projects; he has developed two international patents in the field of the treatment of periprosthetic infection, along with a technique to perform a massive spacer.

Dr. Sanz Ruiz actively takes part in education and training at different levels. He tutored traumatology and orthopaedic residents from 2015 to 2021; he is an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the Complutense University of Madrid, and is currently gaining accreditation as a full professor.

Finally, he is a member of multiple international societies, including the AAHKS, EBJIS (of which he is country management), EHS and national ones such as SECOT, SECCA and SEROD, along with being a reviewer of different international journals.

Dr. Miguel A. Suárez-Suárez

Cabueñes-Gijón University Hospital and Oviedo University Faculty of Medicine (Asturias)

Miguel Angel Suárez Suárez
Cabueñes-Gijón University Hospital
Professor and Coordinator of the Traumatology Area. Faculty of Medicine, Oviedo University
Master’s Degree in Medical and Clinical Management. Spanish National Health School
Treasurer of the Management Board of the Spanish Hip Surgery Society
Member of the Management Board of the Asturian Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (“past president”)
Fellowships: EFORT travelling fellowship (Austria). Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Hospital (Exeter, UK). Rothmann Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Philadelphia, USA). Hospital for Special Surgery (New York, USA)
Scientific publications available at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1370-6972