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°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.
Published in ISAKOS 2017 Special Issue
This year the 11th congress of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) is to be held in Shanghai.
Presiding over the conference will be Professor Philippe Neyret. Professor Neyret has been a frequent contributor to Maitrise Orthopédique,and now, when he is at a turning point in his career, he has agreed to look back over the years
and tell us about his experiences in the realm of knee surgery.
Published in N°264 - May 2017
Clinique des Grangettes, Geneva.
Marino DELMI is the President of the European Foot and Ankle society.
He's campaigning for a more effective promotion of modern foot surgery techniques, and is also working to get French scientific societies more involved in the organisation on a European level.
He's Swiss and Italian, and works in Geneva at the Clinique des Grangettes.
Published in N°263 - April 2017
reconstructive prosthetic surgery department, academic university centre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This edition is mostly devoted to "Lyon Hip Arthroplasty".
One of the congress' invitees is Gwo Chin Lee, an American surgeon from Philadelphia who specializes in prosthetic surgery of the lower limbs.
He practices in a “High Volume Center” and explains the current American vision of prosthetic surgery of the hip in general and double mobility in particular.
Published in N°262 - March 2017
We met renowned Australian surgeon David Parker at the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine.
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 strong involvement in the international community.
Published in N°261 - February 2017
Hospital of Montpellier
Bertrand Coulet is a university professor and hospital practitioner in orthopaedics at the university hospital of Montpellier. In 2016, he was the chairman of the French society for elbow and shoulder surgeons. He tells of his career path having being influenced by his two superiors Yves Allieu and Michel Chammas.
