For each issue of MO Journal, we interview respected surgeons from all over the world to find out more about their day to day lives, preferred surgical techniques and professional history. Browse our list of interviewees or perform a keyword search above.
Published in N°278 - November 2018
Pascal Boileau is the creator and organizer of the “Nice Shoulder Course” which is this year in its ninth edition. This course is the essential "rendez-vous" of shoulder specialists. We asked Pascal to give us an overview of the conference program and to share his vision of shoulder surgery.
Published in N°277 - October 2018
The German Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, DKOU, is being held this month in Berlin under the triple chairmanship of Werner Siebert, Joachim Windolf and Gerd Rauch. We met Werner Siebert, president of the German Society for Orthopaedics and Orthopeadic Surgery. We were surprised by the extent of his experience and seduced by the relevance of his points of view.
Published in N°276 - August/September 2018
Arun Mullaji is a regular at the “Journées Lyonnaises du Genou” and for the 18th edition of this congress we propose you to meet him. Arun Mullaji is a famous knee surgeons in India. He is one of the founding members of the Indian Hip and Knee Surgery Society and the past president of the Asia Pacific Arthroplasty Society.
Published in N°275 - June/July 2018
We met with Australian knee surgeon Associate Professor David Parker at the Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society (APKASS) congress in Sydney.
He is the APKASS president this year.
He practices in Sydney and specializes in knee surgery.
In this interview, he shares how he organises his time between surgery and research, the specificities of his work and his involvement in the international community.
Published in N°273 - April 2018
The 12th International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association was held last fall in Zhuhai. This important event attracting over 20 000 surgeons was presided by Yingze Zhang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Chairman of the Chinese Orthopaedic Association, and Vice Chairman of Chinese Medical Doctor Association. Professor Zhang gave us a very warm welcome, along with some interesting insights into Chinese Orthopaedics.
Published in N°272 - March 2018
Karuppiah Mahalingam started his medical studies in Madras University in South India. He trained in General Surgery and Orthopaedics in the Republic of Ireland, working as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Cork University for more than ten years before moving to a private practice. In this interview, he tells us about his years of experience in total joint replacement.
Published in N°271 - February 2018
Philippe Valenti created with Philippe Hardy in 2013 the Paris International Shoulder Course (PISC).
Since the first congress, the success of this event has grown.
While assuming a heavy load of care and clinical research within the Surgery Unit
of the Shoulder that he has just created, Philippe travels to the four corners of the world
in humanitarian surgery.
But above all, he focuses his energy on his main objective:
share expertise with friends and colleagues.
Published in N°270 - January 2018
The « Knee Course » of Val d’Isère that takes place at the beginning
of the year is an event no knee surgeon would want to miss.
We met with François Kelberine, who together with Philippe Landreau founded
this congress more than 10 years ago. He shares with us his passion
for sports and knee surgery and what is so special about this event.
Published in N°266 - August/September 2017
Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona.
For the 2017 edition of HIP Toulouse, we spoke with Manuel Ribas, who runs the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Unit at the Dexeus University hospital in Barcelona.
Manuel is a student of Vilarrubias and has dedicated his career to femoral acetabular surgery.
Published in N°265 - June/July 2017
The EFORT congress was held this year in Vienna and we therefore took the opportunity to get to know Austrian orthopaedic surgeon Stephan Nehrer.
Professor Stephan Nehrer practises in Vienna and at the University of Krems.
He has been heavily involved in joint cartilage repair research.
