Knee: Arthroplasty Committee

Mission

Contribute to the overall education and research activities of ISAKOS as required and requested.

Body of Work: This committee is about the treatment of the degenerative knee – focused mainly about arthroplasty and revision arthroplasty.

Composition

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

Nicolaas C. Budhiparama, MD, PhD (LUMC, NL), PhD (UGM, ID), FICS, Prof.

Co-Chair, 2025-2027
INDONESIA

Daniel C. Wascher, MD

Co-Chair, 2025-2027
UNITED STATES

Magaly Iñiguez, MD

Deputy Chair, 2023-2027
CHILE

Ken Okazaki, MD, PhD, Prof.

Deputy Chair, 2025-2027
JAPAN

Claudia Arias, MD PERU	Gabriel Carlos Baron, MD CHILE
Rishi Bisht, MS Orthopedics NEPAL	Fred D. Cushner, MD UNITED STATES
Michael Matthew Decker, MD, MSc UNITED STATES	David H. Figueroa, MD CHILE
Fares S. Haddad, MCh(Orth), BSc, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM	Michael T. Hirschmann, MD, Prof. SWITZERLAND
Nanne P. Kort, MD, PhD NETHERLANDS	Myung Chul Lee, MD, PhD, Prof. KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Umile Giuseppe Longo, MD, MSc, PhD, Prof. ITALY	Sebastien Lustig, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Peter James McEwen, MBBS FRACS(Orth) FAOrthA DIpModLang A/Prof AUSTRALIA	Philippe Noel Neyret, MD, PhD, Prof. FRANCE
Sam Oussedik, FRCS UNITED KINGDOM	Vitor Barion Castro De Padua, PhD BRAZIL
Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH UNITED STATES	Andrew James Price, DPhil, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM
Navid Guadalupe Rodríguez Avila, MD MEXICO	Justin P. Roe, MB BS BSc(Med) Hons, A/Prof. AUSTRALIA
Simon W. Young, MD, FRACS NEW ZEALAND	Stefano Zaffagnini, MD, Prof. ITALY
Myles R. J. Coolican, FRACS AUSTRALIA

Charges

The following charges are the 2025 - 2027 committee term.

Awards & Fellowships
- Determine the selection of the winner of the Paolo Aglietti Award for Knee Arthroplasty.
Congress
- Alongside the Traveling Fellowship Committee, determine the selection of the two winners of the Knee Arthroplasty Traveling Fellowship.
- Collaborate with Program Chair and Deputy Chair on innovations and new technologies that can be implemented at the 2027 Congress in Sydney.
- Develop scientific session proposals for the Biennial ISAKOS Congress related to Knee: Arthroplasty; Committee will be responsible to propose topics, session chairs and a balanced faculty, in collaboration with the Program Chair and ISAKOS Office.
- Review and grade abstracts for the Biennial ISAKOS Congress related to Knee Arthroplasty.
Global Link
- Assist in the management, review, and organization of ISAKOS Global Link content related to Knee: Arthroplasty, to maximize value of this education portal for ISAKOS members and subscribers.
Journal of ISAKOS
- Provide articles to the Journal of ISAKOS, as requested by the JISAKOS Editorial Board.
- Serve as article reviewers on an as needed basis for Journal of ISAKOS.
Publications
- Prepare and submit at least one article, annually, for the ISAKOS eNewsletter; for possible inclusion within the 2026 and 2027 calendar years.
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.
- Expand the KA Committee’s planned targeted survey of knee arthroplasty specialists to include questions about what they want for resources, training, education, etc., identifying needs/gaps.
- Partner with EKS, ESSKA, AAHKS, and other continental knee societies to engage the most recognized experts in knee arthroplasty.
- Pilot streaming a recorded or live surgery broadcast, as an ISAKOS webinar offering.
- Work with the Executive Committee to determine future target audiences for IKAF, as well as metrics, and measures of success.

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