Andrew JAWA

USA

Dr. Jawa earned his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, followed by a Harvard combined orthopaedic surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He also completed two fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital; one in hand and upper extremity surgery, and the other in shoulder and elbow surgery. He currently is the Chief of Shoulder Arthroplasty at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Patric RAISS

Germany

Dr. Raiss did his residency at the Orthopaedic University Hospital in Heidelberg and at the BG-Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Germany. Between 2011-2012 he underwent a 1-year Shoulder Fellowship in Lyon, France with Dr. Gilles Walch. Afterwards he returned to the Orthopaedic University Hospital where he worked as a Consultant Surgeon and received his professorship in 2016. In 2017 he became partner at the OCM-Clinic in Munich, Germany. He is specialized in Shoulder surgery and his research focus is shoulder arthroplasty.

Joaquin SANCHEZ-SOTELO

USA

Dr. Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, MD PhD practices as a Consultant in Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN, USA). Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo was born in Madrid, Spain. He graduated as Medical Doctor from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Medical School (Spain) and obtained the #1 position in the Spanish National Exam for Medical Graduates in 1992.

Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo completed his Residency Program at Hospital Universitario La Paz and his PhD Program at Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. He was then selected for a fellowship position at Mayo Clinic and completed a two year program in adult reconstruction of the lower (hip and knee) and upper (shoulder and elbow) extremities. Currently, Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo practices as Consultant in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic, where he is actively involved in outpatient consultations, surgical procedures, research and teaching activities. Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo is also appointed as full Professor at Mayo College of Medicine. He serves as Program Director for the Mayo Clinic Shoulder and Elbow Fellowship, and ViceChairman for the Division of Adult Reconstruction. He has been presented the Mayo Clinic Teacher of the Year Award on two separate occasions and has received other research recognitions in the past, including the Mark B. Coventry, Melvin Post, MidAmerica Orthopedic Association, Knee Society and AAOS Achievement’s Awards. Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo is member of multiple professional societies, and currently serves as active member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Membership Committee, as well as Associate Editor for the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Arthroplasty, and the Journal of Orthopedic Trauma. He was recently appointed as Board member for American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons. Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo has published over 175 articles in the peer-reviewed literature in addition to over 50 book chapters. He is co-editor of the most widely read textbook on elbow surgery, “The Elbow and Its Disorders”.

Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo just published Mayo Clinic Principles of Shoulder Surgery, a book directed to individuals starting their training in the field of shoulder surgery. He is actively involved in the design of implants for joint replacement and fracture fixation. Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo serves as course co-director for the Mayo Clinic Annual Elbow Course “Teach the teachers”, and the Mayo Clinic Course on Shoulder Tendon Transfers and Complex Rotator Cuff Tears. He has presented his research in numerous occasions at national and international meetings. Dr. Sanchez-Sotelo has developed a special interest in complex reconstructive surgery of the shoulder and elbow joints, as well as in basic science research related to the genetic and molecular basis of orthopedic conditions, particularly joint stiffness, as well as the biomechanics of shoulder and elbow injuries and implants.

Olivier VERBORGT

Belgium

Prof. Olivier Verborgt is a shoulder surgeon and chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at AZ Monica in Antwerp, Belgium.

After his studies and specialization in orthopedics at the University of Antwerp, he sub-specialized in shoulder surgery completing fellowships in Clinique Jouvenet in Paris and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He was responsible for shoulder surgery in AZ St Lucas in Brugge between 2005 and 2011. In october 2011 he joined the Orthopaedic Surgery Department of AZ Monica in Antwerp and became consultant at the University Hospital of Antwerp and guest professor at the University of Antwerp.

He is the past-president of the Belgian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (BVOT). He is committee member of the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (SECEC) and member of the American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES) and is active in clinical and basic research about shoulder pathology with multiple peer publications.

Jae Chul YOO

South Korea

JC (Jae Chul) Yoo is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sungkyunkwan University, Samsung Medical Center, Chief of Shoulder and Elbow Division, He is currently President of Korean Shoulder Elbow Society.

Dr. Yoo did his undergraduate from Northwestern University in 1989, his MD in Korea University, School of Medicine, completed his Orthopaedic Residency training at the Korea University in 1994.

Dr. Yoo’s clinical and basic science research program focuses on biomechanics, subscapularis tendon tears and rotator cuff tears, also in Asian leading shoulder arthroplasty surgeries and research.

Dr. Yoo has published three book chapters and has authored over 120 original peer reviewed articles, review articles and case reports.

He has organized an Asian Shoulder Elbow Group (ASEG, which are the leading surgeons in ASIA), and is an active board member of Asian Shoulder Elbow Association and APKASS.

He is currently the vice-Chair of the Korean Sports Medicine Society and Editorial board of Arthroscopy and American Journal of Sports Medicine Journal.

Matthias ZUMSTEIN

Switzerland

Professor Matthias Zumstein is currently Section Head of Shoulder, Elbow and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Sonnenhof Orthopaedics in Bern, Switzerland. He was Section Head of Shoulder, Elbow Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and also Senior Consultant of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, at the Bern University Hospital (Inselspital) Bern, Switzerland. Professor Zumstein was Deputy Clinical Director until 2019. Professor Zumstein is also an active member of Sportclinic #1, Bern.

He had the privilege of completing his research and clinical fellowships in shoulder surgery with Professor Christian Gerber in Zurich, Switzerland and Professor Pascal Boileau in Nice, France. He also completed a clinical fellowship in elbow and wrist surgery at the University Hospital in Adelaide, Australia with Professor Greg Bain.

Professor Zumstein is an elected board member of the Swiss Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (Swiss Orthopaedics), and editor of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. Furthermore, he served in the board of the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (SECEC/ESSSE) for several years.

Professor Zumstein has an extensive research pedigree with more than 65 peer-reviewed publications, 15 book chapters, and more than 200 presentations at national and international congresses - including 100 invited presentations. He is a two-time Charles S. Neer Award winner from the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons – this is the highest honour in shoulder and elbow surgery research in the world.