International Symposium
on
Ligaments & Tendons - XIII

October 18, 2013

Let People Move Research Institute
Arezzo, Italy



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General Information

The International Symposium on Ligaments & Tendons provides a forum to discuss state-of-the-art ligament and tendon research. By bringing together some of the best minds in our field, we hope to address challenging problems in ligament and tendon biomechanics and biology, and set new research directions that hold great potential for the future.

Thematic Topics

  • Biology and Biomechanics of Ligaments and Tendons
  • Entheses
  • Biological Augmentation (Stem Cells, PRP) for Tendon and Ligament Healing
  • Tissue Engineering of Tendon and Ligament
  • MPFL



Planning Committee
Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc, DEng
(Chair, Honorary)
  Giuliano Cerulli, MD
(Chair)
Mario Lamontagne, PhD   Diann DeCenzo, MS
Gabriele Potalivo, MD   Matteo Tei, MD
Andrea Speziali, MD   Kwang Kim, BS
Giulia Vestrini, MS (for CEM)   David Lamiche

International Program Committee
Catherine Kuo, PhD (North America) (Co-Chair)
Philippe Neyret, PhD (France) (Co-Chair)
Mahmut Doral, MD (Turkey) (Co-Chair)
Paul Ackermann, MD, PhD (Europe)   Pierluigi Antinolfi, MD (Europe)
Roberto Buda, MD (Europe)   Auro Caraffa, MD (Europe)
Chih-Hwa Chen, MD, PhD (Asia)   Ramon Cugat, MD (Europe)
Carlo Fabbriciani, MD (Europe)   Braden Fleming, PhD (North America)
Anastasios Georgoulis, MD (Europe)   Antonio Gigante, MD (Europe)
Francesco Giron, MD (Europe)   Milan Handl, MD (Europe)
Wei-Hsiu Hsu, MD (Asia)   Jose Manuel Huidobro, MD (Europe)
Bernardo Innocenti, PhD (Asia)   Thay Lee, PhD (North America)
Guoan Li, PhD (North America)   Zong-Ming Li, PhD (North America)
Helen Lu, PhD (North America)   Nicola Maffulli, MD (Europe)
Maurilio Marcacci, MD (Europe)   Fabrizio Margheritini, MD (Europe)
Giuseppe Milano, MD (Europe)   Jacques Menetrey, MD (Europe)
Christos Papageorgiu, MD (Europe)   Giuseppe Peretti, MD (Europe)
Giacomo Placella, MD (Europe)   Pietro Randelli, MD (Europe)
Graham Riley, PhD (Europe)   Vincenzo Salini, MD (Europe)
Roger Smith, PhD (Europe)   Louis Soslowsky, PhD (North America)
Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD (North America)   Fabio Vercillio, MD (Europe)
Stefano Zaffagnini, MD (Europe)   Giovanni Zamarra, MD (Europe)

International Advisory Committee
Savio L-Y. Woo, PhD, DSc, DEng (North America) (Chair)
Tom Andriacchi, PhD (North America)   Steven Arnoczky, DVM (North America)
Albert Banes, PhD (North America)   David Butler, PhD (North America)
Giuliano Cerulli, MD (Europe)   Kai-Ming Chan, MD (Asia)
Chih-Hwa Chen, MD, PhD (Asia)   Mahmut Doral, MD (Europe)
Toru Fukubayashi, MD (Asia)   James Goh, PhD (Asia)
Sinan Karaoglu, MD (Europe)   Catherine Kuo, PhD (North America)
Guoan Li, PhD (North America)   Thay Lee, PhD (North America)
Nicola Maffulli, MD (Europe)   Christos Papageorgiou, MD (Europe)
Per Renstrom, MD (Europe)   Louis Soslowsky, PhD (North America)
Richard Steadman, MD (North America)   Ray Vanderby, PhD (North America)
Jennifer Wayne, PhD (North America)   Kazunori Yasuda, MD (Asia)