The Future of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (PDF)

Brian M. Devitt is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon and Director of Research at OrthoSport Victoria (OSV), Melbourne, Australia. He also has a subspecialty expertise in knee and hip surgery. Dr. Devitt completed his medical school training at University College Dublin, Ireland, and carried out his specialist training in Trauma & Orthopaedics at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He also achieved a Masters in Sports and Exercise Medicine. After choosing to pursue a career in academic orthopaedic sports surgery, he carried out three years of fellowship training, including a knee reconstruction fellowship at OSV and a fellowship in hip arthroscopy at Hip Arthroscopy Australia. Dr. Devitt's specific research interests are ACL reconstruction, lateral extra-articular reconstruction, PCL and PLC reconstruction, and hip instability. He has published extensively in all of these areas and speaks frequently at international meetings. He was an ESSKA travelling fellow in 2016. He is a member of many national and international organizations.

Mustafa Karahan is an internationally active orthopaedic surgeon who is currently Adjunct Professor of Orthopaedics at Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul. There he is actively involved in CASE (Center for Advance Simulation and Training), which hosts the European Basic Arthroscopy Course and the European Basic Arthroplasty Course. Dr. Karahan worked in Marmara University from 1988 to 2012 until achieving full Professorship. He founded Marmara University Sports Sciences and Health Research Center in Istanbul in 2004. He is the past President of the Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Society and chairman of the Education Committee of Turkish Sports Injuries, Arthroscopy and Knee Injury Society. He is an Executive Board Member of ESSKA and of ESA, the shoulder and elbow section of ESSKA. He is also Editor of ESSKA Academy, the online teaching portal of ESSKA. Dr. Karahan has published more than 70 scientific