Program Committee

Mission

Develop a strong educational Biennial Congress for the Society, exceeding member expectations and member needs, and contribute to the overall education activities of ISAKOS.

Composition

Chair, Deputy Chair, Chairs and Deputy Chairs of ISAKOS Committees (with the exception of Chairs from Bylaws Committee, Ethics Committee, Finance Committee, Site Selection Committee, & Strategic Planning Committee), staff liaison

Pietro S. Randelli, MD, Prof.

Chair, 2025-2027
ITALY

Sachin Tapasvi, MBBS, MS, DNB, FRCS

Deputy Chair, 2025-2027
INDIA

Nasef Mohamed N. Abdelatif, MD, PhD. EGYPT	Claudia Arias, MD PERU
Clara POR Azevedo, MD, PhD PORTUGAL	Nicolaas C. Budhiparama, MD, PhD (LUMC, NL), PhD (UGM, ID), FICS, Prof. INDONESIA
Andrea Celli, MD ITALY	Riccardo Cristiani, MD, PhD SWEDEN
Peter D'Alessandro, MBBS (Hons), FAOrthA, FRACS AUSTRALIA	Elizabeth Rose Dennis, MD MS UNITED STATES
Pieter D'Hooghe, MD PhD MBA MSc UNITED KINGDOM	Giovanni Di Giacomo, MD ITALY
Tiago Lazzaretti Fernandes, MD, PhD, MSc, Post-Doctorate BRAZIL	Margaret W. M. Fok, FRCSEd(Ortho), MBChB HONG KONG
Benjamin R. Graves, MD UNITED STATES	Camilo P. Helito, MD, PhD, Prof BRAZIL
Elmar Herbst, MD, PhD GERMANY	Yuichi Hoshino, MD, PhD JAPAN
Magaly Iñiguez, MD CHILE	Vikas Khanduja, MA(Cantab), MBBS, MSc, FRCS, FRCS(Orth), PhD UNITED KINGDOM
Elizaveta Kon, Prof., MD ITALY	Denny T. T. Lie, MBBS, FRCS, FAMS SINGAPORE
Paulo J. Llinas Hernandez, MD, Prof. COLOMBIA	Giuseppe Milano, Prof. ITALY
Mary K. Mulcahey, MD UNITED STATES	Volker Musahl, MD, Prof. UNITED STATES
Norimasa Nakamura, MD, PhD JAPAN	Toshiyasu Nakamura, MD, PhD JAPAN
Ken Okazaki, MD, PhD, Prof. JAPAN	Matthieu Ollivier, Prof, MD, PhD FRANCE
David A. Parker, MBBS, BMedSc, FRACS AUSTRALIA	Bruno S. Pereira, MD, PhD, Prof. PORTUGAL
James R. Robinson, MBBS, FRCS(Tr & Orth), MS UNITED KINGDOM	Alessandra Amy Elizabeth Ross, MD FRANCE
Mikel Sánchez, MD, PhD SPAIN	Fabio Valerio Sciarretta, MD ITALY
Seth L. Sherman, MD UNITED STATES	Ciara M. Stevenson, MBBCh, BaO, FRCS(Orth) UNITED KINGDOM
Masato Takao, MD, PhD JAPAN	Maria Tuca, MD CHILE
Sikri Tukiainen, MD FINLAND	Daniel C. Wascher, MD UNITED STATES
Carlos H. Yacuzzi, MD ARGENTINA	Stefano Zaffagnini, MD, Prof. ITALY
Alan Getgood, MD, FRCS(Tr&Orth), DipSEM QATAR

Charges

The following charges are the 2025 - 2027 committee term.

Awards & Fellowships
- Select the winner for the John J. Joyce Award at the ISAKOS Congress.
Congress
- Achieve growth in three key Congress components – attendance, exhibits, and grants & sponsorships, to increase net income by 25%.
- Collaborate with Committees, members, and others to achieve the mission.
- Collaborate with Innovations task force to develop and implement innovations and new technologies for the 2027 Congress in Sydney.
- Develop a Biennial Congress overview with specific objectives for each phase of the meeting – scientific presentations, Instructional Courses, surgical demonstrations, symposia, scientific exhibits, and other as required.
- Evaluate and provide recommendations for ISAKOS Congress Concurrent Course options based on educational gaps and regional need.
- Evaluate the previous Biennial Congress and make recommendations for change to future meetings.
- Work with staff in the creation of Abstract Categories, and review of abstracts.
- Work with staff on the structure of the Committee to enhance efficiencies and effectiveness – i.e. specific assignments for sections of the Congress.
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.

Return to Committees