2019 ISAKOS Biennial Congress Faculty
Nobuo Adachi, MD, PhD
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hiroshima University
Hiroshima JAPAN
Nobuo Adachi, MD, PhD (Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine)
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Hiroshima University, Japan
Dr. Nobuo Adachi graduated from Hiroshima University in 1988, and joined the
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hiroshima University. He has studied sports-related
knee surgeries and regenerative medicine under the direction of Prof. Ochi who is now
the President of Hiroshima University. His research interests are sports-related knee
surgeries, such as ACL or other ligament reconstructions, meniscal surgeries, adolescent
knee problems and cartilage repair or regeneration. He was a research fellow at the
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh where he had worked with
Prof. Freddie Fu and Prof. Johnny Huard from 1999 to 2000.
He became the Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Hiroshima University in 2016 and has more than 254 peer-reviewed international
publications.
Dr. Adachi honorably obtained the traveling fellowship between APOSSM (Asia Pacific
Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) and ESSKA (European Society Sports
Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy) in 2004 and between JOA (Japanese
Orthopaedic Association) and AOA(American Orthopaedic Association) in 2007. He was
awarded the first place of John Joyce Award of ISAKOS (International Society of
Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine) in 2005. He also serves
on Journal of Orthopaedic Science, Knee Surgeries Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy
(KSSTA)as Editorial Board members.
He was awarded KSSTA reviewer award 2016 and became the president of Japanese
Orthopaedic Society of Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine