Archives Committee

Mission

Develop and maintain ISAKOS history, and distribute to members via the internet, publications, ISAKOS Newsletter and other means.

Chair, Deputy Chair(s), up to 15 members, staff liaison

Chair, 2025-2027
FRANCE

Deputy Chair, 2025-2027
BELGIUM

Tania Alvarado, MD , Prof. ECUADOR	Guillermo Arce, MD ARGENTINA
Claudia Arias, MD PERU	John Bartlett, AM MB BS, FRACS, FAOA AUSTRALIA
Moises Cohen, MD, PhD, Prof. BRAZIL	Ramon Cugat Bertomeu, MD, PhD SPAIN
Jon Karlsson, MD, PhD, Prof. SWEDEN	Aleksei Sergeevitch Karpukhin, Prof. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Peter T. Myers, AM, MBBS, FRACS, FAOrthA AUSTRALIA	Mitsuo Ochi, MD, PhD JAPAN
Per A. Renström, MD, PhD SWEDEN	Orestes Rolando Suarez, MD PERU
Rene E. Verdonk, Prof Em, MD, PhD BELGIUM	Gary G. Poehling, MD UNITED STATES

The following charges are the 2025 - 2027 committee term.

Archives
- Collaborate, as needed, with other ISAKOS Committees to promote and document the society’s history (e.g. newsletter, podcasts, webinars, video content, course sessions and programs, etc)
- Collect and organize photographs and other historical documents and artifacts for Archive purposes.
- Draft and send sympathy correspondence, on behalf of ISAKOS, to pioneering members who have fallen ill or recently passed; including assistance with ISAKOS Memorials, as needed.
- Ensure ongoing documentation and archiving of ISAKOS achievements and important moments.
- Have oversight of the Giants in Orthopaedics Sports Medicine video series; including the selection of future candidates and interviewers.
- Maintain and update historical reference document on the founding and history of ISAKOS.
Strategic Plan
- Advance the fulfillment/achievement of the ISAKOS Strategic Plan. Consider with all Committee initiatives how projects will assist in the accomplishment of the ISAKOS Strategic Plan