George S ATHWAL

Ontario Canada

Dr. George Athwal is originally from Vancouver, and completed his M.D. at the University of British Columbia. Following completion of his orthopedic surgery residency at Queen’s University, he spent 2 years sub-specializing in upper extremity reconstruction and trauma. Dr. Athwal completed fellowships at the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY and at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. In 2005, he joined the Hand and Upper Limb Centre at the University of Western Ontario. He is actively involved in biomechanical and clinical research pertaining to the shoulder and elbow.

Patric RAISS

Munich Germany

Prof. 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.