A Notification of the 2nd Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2019 (Live Broadcasts of Surgery)

The 2nd Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2019

(Live Broadcasts of Surgery)

01 Introduction

Name of the Summit

The 2nd Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit 2019 (2019SEOS)

Location

Guangzhou, China

Schedule of the Summit

September 20th, 2019 - September 21st, 2019

SEOS 2019 Live Surgery Broadcasts and SEOS 2019 Sino-Euro Hospital Management Forum

Languages: Chinese and English

Venue of Welcome Dinner of Sino- Euro Hospital Management Forum of SEOS 2019 & Global Press Conference of SEOS 2019

The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou

Hosts

Special Institutions Invited to the Summit

02 Welcoming Addresses by Summit Presidents

Prof. Dr. Markus Walther

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

After a great start in 2018 with the 1st Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit, it is a great honor and pleasure for me to invite and welcome you to attend the 2nd Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit(Live Surgery Broadcasts) on Sept. 20th, 2019, which will be held at eight hospitals in Shanghai and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, China at the same time. SEOS 2019 Sino-Euro Hospital Management Forum and 2019 SEOS opening ceremony welcoming dinner will be held in the hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou on Sept. 21st.

The 2nd Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit demonstrates SEOS is much more than a single event. 2019SEOS will be a fixed date in the calendar, so as the future SEOS meetings. SEOS 2019 and future SEOS conferences will enhance the alliance between Chinese and European orthopedic surgeons. The organizers, including ten III-A Grade hospitals in China and Gloryren Orthopedics Technology Co. Ltd, specially invited institutions, including seven famous European hospitals, and I are excited about the upcoming meeting and sincerely hope that we can fulfill your expectations.

A warm welcome to the beautiful city——Guangzhou!

Prof. Dr. Markus Walther

President of Schön Klinik München Harlaching

President of FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence

Xin Ma

Vice President of Fudan University，Huashan Hospital

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

It is a great honour for me to invite you to attend the 2nd Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit(Live Surgery Broadcasts) on Sept. 20th, 2019, which will be held at eight hospitals in Shanghai and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area , China at the same time. SEOS 2019 Sino-Euro Hospital Management Forum and 2019 SEOS opening ceremony welcoming dinner will be held in the hotel, The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou on Sept. 21st.

We will create exclusively excellent forums that are practical and hi-tech, giving consideration to home and abroad. We hope that we can establish a new and practical platform for all of you to learn and communicate. The topic of this summit will still focus on spine surgery, joint surgery, foot and ankle surgery, sports medicine, trauma, as well as bone tumor.

I am glad to see those high-level experts who are from Europe and all over China accept our invitation to share their experience with members and representatives from major European and American scientific societies such as EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe, German Spine Society, German Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery, German Society for Orthopedics and Trauma, European Sports Medicine Associates, German Society for Foot and Ankle Surgery and the North American Spine Society.

In particular, it is of great honor to invite Prof. Walther, who is the president of Schön Klinik München Harlaching, to serve as summit President of SEOS2019 with me. Prof. Walther is one of the most famous foot and ankle surgery masters in Germany.

Under the vigorous promotion from Gloryren and Foshan Hospital of TCM, the 1st Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Summit was a complete success, and Sino-Euro International Orthopedics Alliance was founded. We firmly believe that this summit will be an orthopedics feast with a greater impact. Let’s work together to promote the development of orthopedics and forge ahead.

Looking forward to your arrival and participation. Welcome to the beautiful city ——Guangzhou!

Xin Ma

Vice President of Fudan University，Huashan Hospital

03 Live Surgery Broadcasts

Hotel Information of Welcome Dinner of Sino-Euro Hospital Management Forum of SEOS 2019 & Global Press Conference of SEOS 2019

From Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou:

Take Subway Line 3 North Branch (Airport South - Tiyu Xilu), get on at Airport South (Terminal 1) Station and get off at Linhexi Station. Change for APM Line (Lin hexi - Canton Tower), get on at Linhexi Station and get off at Guangzhou Opera House Station (Exit B). Walk for 470 meters. The taxi fare is 130 yuan.

From Guangzhou Railway Station to The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou:

Take Subway Line 5 (to Wenchong) and get off at Liede Station (Exit C). Walk for 140 meters and take bus No. 669. Get on at Liede Station and get off at Xiancun Road South Station. Walk for 80 meters. The taxi fare is 35 yuan.

Accommodation

The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou:

The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou is located in Zhujiang New Town. The Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou project includes high standard room service for apartments. It has dinning and entertainment areas. The hotel is located in the heart of the city's central business district, close to the Pearl River, adjacent to the Guangdong Museum and the Guangzhou Opera House. It faces the new building of the Canton Fair across the river. The northwest side of the hotel will be the twin towers, a landmark of Guangzhou in the future. The interior of the Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou has a noble and elegant European classical design that inherits the Ritz-Carlton classics.

Hotel Address: No. 3, Xing'an Road, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Hotel Phone Numer: 020-38136688

04 Summit Organizational Structure

Honorary President

Prof. Dr. med. Heinz-Michael Mayer

Introduction ：

He has been the Head of Spine Center Munich at Schön Klinik München Harlaching since 1998. The medical center which Prof. Mayer works at was announced as one of the only two FIFA Medical Centers of Excellence in the world in 2007.

He has edited or assisted in the editing of 9 books and he is also the vice editor of a world spine journal.. He has performed operations on many heads of states and kings, such as Gorbachev, Mubarak, Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, etc.His clinical research focuses on minimally invasive surgery, spinal surgery on athletes, footballers’ lower back pain, cervical disc replacement, computer-assisted surgery, spinal arthroplasty, etc. He has invented the famous Mini-ALIF technique. Schön Klinik München Harlaching led by Prof. Mayer is the most famous orthopedic hospital in Germany and even in the world.

Membership:

•Founding Member of ISASS - The International Society for the

Advancement of Spine Surgery

•Founding President of German Spine Society

•Founding Member of SAS and Congress Chairman of SAS, 2001

•Member of AO Technical Commission Spine, 2004 - 2014

•President of Spine Society of Europe, 2006

•President of German Spine Society, 2006

•Board Member of AOSpine Europe, 2010-2014

Honorary President

Prof. Dr. med. Werner Eduard Siebert

Introduction:

Prof. Siebert is the President of Vitos Orthopädische Klinik Kassel, and Director of Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction Department. Under the leadership of Prof. Siebert, Vitos Orthopädische Klinik Kassel has developed into one of the largest arthroplasty centers in Germany. As an international famous orthopedic expert, he also attended the education and training programme for young doctors of Philipps-Universität Marburg. Prof. Siebert has been awarded as German famous hip and knee doctor for eight consecutive years in Focus magazine.

Membership:

•President of EHS, 2014-2016

•President of DKG, 2017

•President of DGOOC and DKOU, 2018

•Chief editor of OUP, a German orthopedics magazine

Honorary President

Peking University Third Hospital

Zhongjun Liu

Introduction:

In 1982, he graduated from Beijing Medical College (which is Peking University Health Science Center now). He is the present Director of Orthopedics Department of Peking University Third Hospital, professor, doctoral supervisor, director of Spine Surgery Institute and member of the academic committee of Peking University Health Science Center.

He has been engaged in the clinical and basic research of spine surgery for over 30 years, especially in the surgical treatment of severe spinal diseases and related innovative technologies. In recent years, he has made a breakthrough in surgical treatment of spinal tumors and application of 3D printing in orthopedics.

Key research fields:

•Surgical treatment of spinal tumors and related basic research

•Research and invention of clinical application and related basic research of 3D printed metal implant

•Clinical treatment and related basic research of spinal degenerative diseases

He was awarded with the title of Young and Middle-Aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions by the Ministry of Health, and receives the special allowance from the State Council.

His main academic posts include:

•Former Chair of AOSpine China council and a member of the Asia Pacific council

•Former Chair of Spine and Spinal Cord Committee of Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine

•Vice President and Chair of 3D Printing Committee of Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

•Member of the Standing Committee of Chinese Orthopaedic Association

•Executive Vice President of the Council of China 3D Printing Technology Industry Alliance

•Associate Editor of Chinese Journal of Spine and Spinal Cord

•Associate Editor of Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery

•Editorial Board Member of Chinese Journal of Surgery and Chinese Journal of Orthopaedics

•Consultation Expert of Central Health Protection Committee

•NPC Representative of the 11th, 12th, and 13th National People's Congress

Honorary President

Prof. Dr. med. Jeffrey C. Wang

Current positions:

•Professor, USC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department

of Neurosurgery

•Co-Director, USC Spine Center

•Chief, USC Orthopaedic Spine Service

Honors and Awards:

•Honorary President of the 5th Annual Congress Brazilian Surgery and Techniques of Minimally Invasive of the Vertebral Column (5th Annual Cominco), Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 28-30th , 2016.

•American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Senior Achievement Award, 2017

•American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Senior Achievement Award, 2018

•16th President of the Soceity for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics, 2018

Membership:

•President of AOSpine, 2012-2015

•President of AO Foundation, 2017

•President of Cervical Spine Research Society, 2017

•President of NASS, 2018

Summit President

Prof. Dr. med. Markus Walther

Introduction:

Prof. Walther is the Director of Foot and Ankle Department of Schön Klinik München Harlaching, President of Schön Klinik München Harlaching and President of FIFA Medical Center Munich. He has published over 50 essays on sports medicine, foot and ankle surgery and hospital management and won dozens of scientific awards, such as Arthur-Vick-Award, DEGUM Award and Michael-Jäger-Award.

He has been a broad member of the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Society for many years. He is an international researcher of AOFAS and an active member of German, European, American and international foot and ankle society. He is a member of GRECMIP and International Cartilage Repair Society. He is a board member of German Foot and Ankle Society and took the position of President from 2012 to 2016. Currently, his scientific work mainly focuses on biomechanics of the foot and ankle, traumatology, reconstruction of foot and ankle, and minimally invasive surgery. He is particularly concerned with sports injuries and cartilage repair.

Since 2015, Prof. Walther has been a member of the top-level league team FC Bayern Munich Medical Team and has offered consultation to a number of sports professionals. He is a orthopedics professor at the University of Würzburg, Germany, and was named one of Germany's leading experts of foot and ankle.

Membership:

•Board member of GOTS, 2004 to 2008

•Board member of GFFC, since 2008

•President of GFFC, 2012-2016

Summit President

Xin Ma

Introduction:

He is a professor, chief surgeon, PhD tutor, Deputy Director of Orthopedics Department, and Vice president of Fudan University, Huashan Hospital.

He graduated from Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University in 1992 and received a doctorate in surgery from Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University in 1997. He served as an Associate Professor of orthopedics in 1999, Chief Physician of orthopedics in 2007, Medical Director in 2009, Vice President in 2012. And he served as a doctoral tutor of Fudan University in 2011 and then served as a Professor of Fudan University in 2014.

He is currently serving as the Secretary-General of Subspecialty Group of Foot and Ankle Surgery, Society of Orthopedics Department, Chinese Medical Association, Vice Committee Director of the Foot and Ankle Surgery of Orthopedics Department of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, Head of Foot and Ankle Surgery Group, Shanghai Orthopaedic Branch, Chinese Medical Association, the Director of the Foot and Ankle Surgeon Training Center of Chinese Medical Association Orthopaedic Society, member of the American Foot and Ankle Surgery Association (AOFAS), deputy committee director of Shanghai Trauma Society of the Chinese Medical Association, and committee member of Trauma Society of the Chinese Medical Association.

He has published more than 130 academic papers and clinical monographs in internal and international magazines, including more than 30 SCI papers. He hosted 3 projects of National Natural Science Foundation, 4 projects of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission scientific research, participated in 5 projects of National Natural Science Foundation, 3 results achieved, 2 provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress awards, 6 invention patents and won the second prize of Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Progress Award in 2014 by another result. In addition, he won a Star Award of 2001 Shanghai Youth Science and Technology, Visiting Physician Award of American Academy of Foot and Ankle Surgery (AOFAS Travelling Fellowship) in 2011, Excellent Party Member of Fudan University in 2011, the "Shanghai Jingan District Outstanding Talents" Award in 2015 and won the excellent academic leader award of Shanghai in 2017.

Executive President

Xiaofang Liu

Introduction:

President of Foshan Hospital of TCM, Professor, Chief Surgeon of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Doctoral Supervisor, Excellent Hospital President of Guangdong Province, Innovative Leading Talent of Foshan City (the second term).

Main Research Interests: He has been engaged in clinical and related researches of joint surgery for over 30 years. He specializes in diagnosis and treatment of joint sports injuries, surgical treatment of complex pelvic fractures and joint function reconstruction.

Membership:

•Chairman of Precision Medicine Section of Chinese Medical Association of Minorities

•Vice Chairman of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Group of Chinese Orthopaedic Association

•Member of Standing Committee of Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

•Member of Technical Steering Committee of National Orthopaedic Surgery Robot Application Center

•President of Council, Healthcare Alliance of Foshan Hospital of TCM

•President of Foshan Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Association

Executive President

Dadi Jin

Current Position:

•University of Zurich, Switzerland, AO fellowship , 1992-1993

•Director of The Third Affiliated Hospital, Southern Medical University and the department of orthopaedics , 2008-2015

•Director of Huaxin Orthopaedics Hospital and the department of orthopaedics, professor of the department of orthopaedics, Southern Medical University, 2018 to date

Membership:

•A member of Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT), 2012

•Vice president of Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT) China chapter, 2012

•The 1st and 2nd vice president of Chinese Medical Doctor Association Orthopaedic Society, 2007-2014

•The 5th and 6th vice president of Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Society, 2009-2017

•The 8th and 9th president of Guangdong Medical Association Orthopaedic Society, 2009-2015

•Vice president of International Chinese Spine Society (ICSS), 2012 to date

•Vice president of Bethune Charitable Foundation Orthopaedic Committee, 2016 to date

•Executive Director of the 36th SICOT Orthopaedic World Congress, 2015, Guangzhou, China

Professional achievement:

1.Built a new classification system of thoracolumbar fracture in 2000

2.Fixed the odontoid fracture with one single hollow screw through the

anterior approach in 1999

3.Carried out the one-stage debridement, interbody fusion and internal

fixation in patients with the exudative spinal tuberculosis in 2004

4.Developed three spinal internal fixation systems independently which were

widely used in clinical practice in 2000

Session President

Spine Surgery Session

Europe Region President

Prof. Dr. med. Frank Kandziora

Introduction:

•Consultant at the Center for Musculosceletal Surgery, Charité University Hospital , 2003– 2007

•Head of the Spine Unit, Center for Musculosceletal Surgery, Campus Virchow, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany , 2003 – 2007

•Chairman of the Center for Sinal Surer and Neurotraumatolo BG- Hosital Frankfurt German since 2008

Membership:

•President and long-term Board Member of EUROSPINE

•President and long-term Board Member of the EUROSPINE Foundation (ESF)

•President and long-term Board Member of the German Spine Society (DWG)

•Chairman of the “Spine Group” of the German Orthopedic and Trauma Society (DGOU)

•Board Member of the German Orthopedic and Trauma Society (DGOU)

•“Congress-Ambassador” of the city of Frankfurt / Main, Germany

Session President

Spine Surgery Session

China Region President

Yue Zhou

Introduction:

Director of Orthopedics Department of Xinqiao Hospital of Army Medical University, pioneer and leader of modern minimally invasive spine surgery of China.

Key Research Interests: Fundamental research and clinical treatment of spinal and spinal cord diseases and injuries, especially in minimally invasive spine surgery technique. He pioneered the surgical operation of cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae under endoscope with very good clinical effect. He also masters leading techniques nationally in clinical diagnosis and application of fundamental research of spine and spinal cord injury, scoliosis surgery, spinal trauma, degeneration, tumor and other surgical treatment, especially in minimally invasive spine surgery.

Membership:

•Vice President and President - elect of ISMISS

•Chairman of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Section of SICOT China

•Vice Chairman of Committee of Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

•Chair of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Committee of Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

•Chair of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Group, Spine and Spinal Cord Injury Committee, Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine

Session President

Joint and Sports Medicine Session

Europe Region President

Prof. Dr. med. Hermann Otto Mayr

Membership:

•Head of Department of Knee, Hip and Shoulder Surgery, Schön Klinik München Harlaching since 2016

•President of German Society of Joint Surgery and Arthroscopy(AGA), 2009 - 2011

•President of German Knee Society (DKG), 2012 - 2015

•Board member of German Knee Society (DKG) since 2012

•Chairman of ESSKA Sports Committee, 2014 - 2016

•Chairman of “European Sports Medicine Associates” (ESMA) ESSKA Section since 2016 - 2018

Inventions and Patents:

•Development of an interference screw for intraarticular fixation of the ACL graft in 1994 (registered design Deutsches Patentamt G 94 03 600.4).

•Development of a brace for knee stabilisation in 1994 (registered design Deutsches Patentamt G 94. 14 299.8).

•Development of a ceramic fixation system in knee and shoulder surgery in 1994 (registered design Deutsches Patentamt G 94 09 972.3).

•Development of a System and implant for ligament reconstruction or bone reconstruction in 2005 (Application No. PCT/EP 2005/ 005089 European Patent Office)

•Development of a heat and cold compression device with hinged support in 2005 (Application No. US60/702,365 United States Patent and Trademark Office)

•Patent WO 2009/127654;- Device and method for knee ligament strain measurement

Session President

Joint and Sports Medicine Session

China Region President

Shiyi Chen

Introduction:

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Professor, Chief Surgeon, Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Supervisor.

Chairman of Fudan University Sports Medicine Center, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China (National Health and Family Planning Commission's Clinical Key Speciality, National "Double First Class" Development Discipline of Fudan University, Shanghai Top Priority Development Discipline), Chair of Medical Section of Shanghai Alumni Association of Zhejiang University.He has experienced overseas special training for three years in Sweden, USA and Australia and specializes in sport injury of knee, shoulder and ankle. He is the Leader of Chinese arthroscopic surgery in sports medicine. He has been ranked NO.10 on the list of top 100 surgeons in Minimally Invasive Arthroscopic Surgery China, a member of the first Shanghai Hundred Talents Program and Pujiang Talent Plan.

He was awarded with Takagi & Watanabe Award, International Leadership Award in Endoscopy, the 9th Wu-Jieping Medical Research & Paul-Jassen Pharmaceutical Research Award, Chief Expert of the National 863 Artificial Ligament Project, etc.He has published 255 scientific papers (66 SCI papers), has 26 Chinese National Invention Patents and enjoys a high international reputation in artificial ligament reconstruction. He is the chief editor (chief translator) of 20 monographs. He serves as the only Chinese editorial board member in AJSM, Chief Editor of Arthroscopy: the Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery (Chinese version), etc. He is also the chief surgeon of Chinese celebrities including Xiang Liu, Shiming Zhou, Lijia Xu,etc.

Membership:

•Chairman of Chinese Society of Sports Medicine

•Chairman of Sports Medicine Committee of Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

•Former President of Asian Pacific Knee Arthroscopy Sports Society (APKASS)

•Executive Committee Member of International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine（ISAKOS）

•Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for Chinese Olympic Delegation in London Olympic Games

•Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in China of F1 GP Car Racing of FIA

•Chair of the Medical Committee of Federation of Automobile and Motorcycle Sports of People' s Republic of China

Session President

Foot and Ankle Surgery Session

Europe Region President

Prof. Dr. med. Hartmut Stinus

Professional background:

•Head of the Department of Technical Orthopedics at the University of Göttingen, 1990-1994

•Partner of the orthopaedic clinic Dr. Stinus - Dr. Dörner in Northeim (www.orthopaedicum.pro), since 1994

•Head of the foot and ankle surgery department Helios Albert Schweitzer clinic in Northeim, since 2000

•Consultant at the University hospital for Trauma Surgery, Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery in Göttingen, since 2013

Awards:

• Carl Rabl Award winner for the book "The technical orthopedics of the foot," written with Prof. Dr. med. R. Baumgartner , 1996

• Jürgen Eltze award winner of the BVOU/DGOOC ( German orthopedic and trauma society) for outstanding achievements in orthopedics, 2017

Membership:

•Chief Medical Officer of the German Paralympic Ski Team, since 1994

•Congress President of the 20th Annual Congress 2012 in Munich of the Society for Foot and Ankle Surgery (GFFC), 2012

•Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the "Initiative 93 Technische Orthopädie" of the DGOOC, since 2014

•President of the Society for Foot Surgery and Ankle Surgery (GFFC), since 2018

Session President

Foot and Ankle Surgery Session

China Region President

Baoguo Jiang

Introduction:

Chief Scientist of National 973 Programs, present President of Peking University People’s Hospital, Director of Orthopedics of Peking University Health Science Center, Director of Traumatology Center, Peking University, and Chairman of Chinese Trauma Care League.

His main areas of research are peripheral nerve injury and repair, standardization treatment for severe trauma and periarticular fractures treatment.

Membership:

•Former Director of Chinese Society of Traumatology

•Deputy Director of Chinese Orthopaedic Association

•Director elect of Trauma Surgeon Association of Chinese Medical Doctor Association

•Director of Orthopedics Section of Beijing Medical Association

•Director of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Working Committee of Chinese Medical Doctor Association

•Former Director of Traumatology Division of Beijing Medical Association

•Chief Scientist of National 973 Programs (nerve regeneration)

•Head of Foot and Ankle Surgery Group of Chinese Orthopaedic Association

•Vice-President of International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology(SICOT) China

•Committee Director of Affiliated Hospital of Chinese Hospital Association University

Session President

Bone Tumor Session

Europe Region Session

Prof. Dr. med. Stefano Boriani

Introduction:

Attending Surgeon at Rizzoli from 1978 to 1988, Senior Surgeon till 1996. Charged as responsible of sub-unit of Oncologic Spine Surgery in the Department of Bone Tumor Surgery directed by prof. Mario Campanacci.

Head of the Department of Spine Surgery at Istituto Santa Corona di Pietra Ligure (SV) from April 22nd to September 21st 1996, Head of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Ospedale Maggiore in Bologna from September 1996 to September 5th, 2009.

Since September 6th , 2009，served as the Head of the Department of Oncologic and Degenerative Spine Surgery at Rizzoli Institute in Bologna.

In 2018, Director of Spinal Teaching Program and Head of Spine Tumor Surgery of the GSpine4 Spine Surgery Division IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi. Milan(I).

Major contributions to the following topics and being worldwide recognized:

1. The original staging systems for primary tumors, well known as WBB presented in 1996 and now applied by most spine oncologic surgeons

2. A great number of homogeneous series of spine tumor cases carefully studied and published on peer-reviewed journals

3. Original techniques of spine tumor resections and reconstruction

Membership:

•Chairman since 2005 to 2009 of AO-Spine Italy

•Co-Chairman of the Spine Oncology Study Group (2006-2009), an International multidisciplinal association of experts in the field of spine tumors

•Past Chairman of the Steering Commitee of the Tumor Knowledge Forum of AOSpine.

Session President

Bone Tumor Session

China Region President

Wei Guo

Introduction:

Director of Bone Tumor Department (Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas Center of Peking University) of Peking University People’s Hospital.

From 1996 to 1998, he went to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA for further study in bone tumor. From 1998 to 2002, he was the Deputy Director of Bone Tumor Department, Director of Bone Tumor Research Institute, Chief Surgeon and Professor of Peking University People’s Hospital. Since 2002, he has served as the Director of Bone Tumor Department and director of Bone Tumor Lab of Peking University People’s Hospital.

Membership:

•Chairman of International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS), 2009-2011

•Chairman of The Asia Pacific Musculoskeletal Tumour Society (APMSTS), 2006-2008

•Chair of Bone Tumor Group, Chinese Orthopedic Association, Chinese Medical Associations, 2005-2017

•Chair of Bone Tumor Committee of Chinese Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, since 2012

•Vice Chairman of Committee of Sarcoma Speciality of China Anti-Cancer Association

•Member of Council of Beijing Anti-Cancer Association

•Member of the Expert Committee of the Assessment of Senior Technical Titles of the Ministry of Health

•Member of the Medical Malpractice Technical Appraisal Expert Committee of Chinese Medical Association

•Editorial Board Member of Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) (the only elected expert in Chinese history)

•Editorial Board Member of English Edition of Chinese Medical Journal

•Editorial Board Member of Journal of Orthopaedic Science (Japanese Orthopedics Journal)

Special Invited Guest

Special International Guest

Prof. Dr. med. Jean-Charles LE HUEC

Introduction:

Prof. LE HUEC is the Director of Spine Department and the Director of Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Bordeaux University Hospital. He is the Director of the Surgical Research Laboratory at the medical school of Bordeaux University Hospital. Prof. LE HUEC has numerous publications and is involved in numerous research projects on spinal diseases, biomaterials and computer-assisted surgery.

He received an initial degree in Biology Applied Statistics in 1985 and a second degree in Anatomy and Organology in 1986. Also completed in 1986 is a master's degree in human biology with a focus on dissection. In 1987, he was a researcher in Montreal (Canada) and participated in various research projects (spine and knee joints). In 1987 he received an additional degree in sports medicine biology. He completed microsurgery study in 1989 followed by general surgery study in 1990.

In 1987, JC LE HUEC became a physician, continued his studies in biomechanics and biomaterials, completed a preliminary study in 1990, and

received his Ph.D. in physics in 1997. In 1998, he became a professor of orthopedics and traumatology.

Membership:

•SFCR French Spine Society, President

•ISASS member (international society for advancement of spine surgery), President, 2011-2012

•E.S.S.member (European Spine Society), President 2012

•NASS member (North American Spine Society) (chairman international education committee)

Special Invited Guest

Special International Guest

Prof. Dr. med. Daniel J. Rosenthal

Introduction:

Prof. Rosenthal was born in Argentina and finished his medical education. After graduation, he continued his medical research at Goethe-Universität, Germany and attained his doctorate. From 1992 to 1996, he was Director and Vice President of Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt. He also holds positions in professional associations in several countries around the world, such as the former Chairman of the German Spine Society. He has made great achievements in thoracic spine surgery. He is currently the Director of the Spine Surgery Department at Hochtaunus-Kliniken.

Membership:

•Corresponding member of the Argentinian academy of neurosurgery, 1986

•Corresponding member of the Brasilian Neurosurgical Society, 1996

•Corresponding member of the Peruvian Surgical Academy, 2000

•Corresponding member of the Mexican Orthopaedic Society, 2001

•Corresponding member of the Chilean neurosurgical society, 2003

•President of the German Spine Society, 2013

•Board member of the German Spine Society, 2016

Special Invited Guest

Special International Guest

Prof.Dr.med. Wolfgang Lehmann

Introduction:

•Specialist for pelvic and acetabular trauma

•Specialist for spine trauma

•Master certificate spine surgery German Spine Society

Work Experience:

•Head of the Department Trauma surgery, orthopaedics and plastic Surgery, University Hospital Goettingen, 2016

•Managing senior consultant, Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery , University-Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, 2010

•Senior Consultant for trauma surgery, Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University -Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, 2005

Editorial board:

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Medicine

Membership:

•German Society for Traumatology (DGU)

•German Society for Orthopedics and Traumatology (DGOU)

•German Spine Society

•Steering Committee AKUT

•Arbeitsgemeinschaft Spine of the DGU

•Association of Pelvic Surgery of the DGU

•AO Trauma, AO Spine

•German Society for Osteology

Special Invited Guest

Special International Guest

Prof. Dr. med. Christoph J. Siepe

Membership:

•Elected Member of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS), 2011

•Elected Chairman of the Membership Committee, EUROSPINE, The Spine Society of Europe, SSE, 2013

•Chairman of the Program Committee of the Germany Spine Society (DWG), 2017 / 2018

Scientific research experience:

Reviewer for scientific journals since 2009:

- Spine(Phila Pa 1976)

- American Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

- European Spine Journal

Awards：

•Outstanding Presentation Award of the Spine Arthroplasty Society（SAS）, “Analysis of postoperative pain patterns following total lumbar disc replacement” Miami, Fl, USA, 06.-09 May 2008

•ISSLS Price Winner 2014 for Best Overall Presentation Siepe CJ, Wiechert K, Heider F, Mehren C, Korge A, Mayer HM Long-Term Results of Total Lumbar Disc Replacement: A prospective analysis with 5- 10 year follow-up.Presented at Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) in Seoul, South Korea, 04.06.-07.06.2014

Special Invited Guest

Special International Guest

Dr. med. Florian Jörg Haasters

Education:

•Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany, 1999 - 2002

•Technical University of Munich (TU), Germany, 2002 - 2004

•University of Munich (LMU), Germany, 2004 - 2005

•Doctor of Medicine, 2005

Membership:

•German Society of Trauma Surgers (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie (DGU) ), 2006

•AO Foundation , 2009

•European Resuscitation Council (ERC) , 2009-2013

•Scientific Group Leader "Shoulder Surgery", 2013

•Group Leader “HMSC and Osteoporosis” im Laboratoy for experimental surgery an regenerative medicine, Department for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery at the LMU Munich , 2009-2014

•German Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (Deutsche Vereinigung für Schulter- und Ellenbogenchirurgie e.V. (DVSE)) , since 2014

•Society of Arthroscopic and Joint Surgery (Gesellschaft für Arthroskopie und Gelenkchirurgie (AGA)) , since 2014

•European society of sports traumatology knee surgery and arthroscopyESSKA , since 2016

•European Sports Medicine Associates (ESMA) , since 2016

•European Shoulder Section (ESA) , since 2016

•Chief of Shoulder Surgery at the Center of Knee, Hip and Shoulder Surgery at the Schoen Clinic Munich , since 2016

•Scientific Member of the Department for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery at the LMU Munich, Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böcker , since 2016

•Congress Secretary of the Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA), since 2017

Special Invited Guest

Special International Guest

Prof.Dr.med. Hans Roland Dürr

Current positions:

University Hospital Munich

Department of Orthopaedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Head of Orthopedic Oncology

Work experience：

•Resident Department of General and Visceral Surgery University Hospital in Mainz , 1991-1993

•Department of Orthopaedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation University Hospital Munich, Resident and Senior ,1993-2001

•Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Rostock, Senior, Interim Department Head , 2001-2003

•PhD in Rostock , 2002

•Head Orthopedic Oncology, Department of Orthopaedics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,University Hospital Munich , 2003

•Full Professorship at the LMU Munich , 2004

Membership:

•German Society of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery

•Societe Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie (SICOT)

•European Musculo-Skeletal Oncology Society (EMSOS)

•International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS)

•Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS)