| EPOS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS | |
 | EPOS President (2024-2025) Prof. Carol-C. Hasler Head of Orthopaedic Department and Spine Surgery Children’s Hospital, University of Basel (UKBB) Spitalstrasse 33, PO Box, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland |
 | EPOS Vice-President (2024-2025) Prof. Dror Ovadia, M.D. Head of Pediatric Orthopaedic Department Dana Dwek Children's Hospital Tel Aviv Medical Center 6 Weizmann St. Tel Aviv 6423906, Israel |
 | EPOS 2nd Vice-President (2024-2025) Dr. Ralph J.B. Sakkers Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon - Coordinator UMC Utrecht ERN Center of Expertise for Skeletal Malformations & Mobility Clinic Department of Orthopedic Surgery 6Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital University Medical Center Utrecht Lundlaan 6, 3584EA Utrecht, The Netherlands |
 | EPOS Past President (2024-2025) Prof. Hakan Omeroglu, MD, AAS Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ufuk University Faculty of Medicine, Dr.Ridvan Ege Hospital, 06520 Ankara, Turkey |
 | EPOS General Secretary (2022-2025) Prof. Federico Canavese, MD PhD Lille University, Faculty of Medicine Henri Warembourg Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, Department of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Rue Eugène Avinée 59800 Lille, France |
 | EPOS Treasurer (2024-2027) Prof. Frank Plasschaert, MD PhD Childrens Orthopaedic Unit UZ Gent University Hospital 9000 Gent, Belgium |
 | EPOS Councilor (2022-2025) EPOS Newsletter Chair & UEMS Representative Ao. Univ. Prof. Dr. Catharina Chiari, MSc Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Medical University of Vienna Währinger Guertel 18-20 1090 Vienna, Austria |
 | EPOS Councilor (2022-2025) Ana Presedo, MD MSc Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon Coordinator of Neuro-orthopedics Unit Pediatric Orthopedics Department Robert Debre University Hospital Paris, France |
 | EPOS Councilor (2023-2026) Dr Melinda M.E.H.Witbreuk Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon AUMC Amsterdam University Medical Center and OLVG Amsterdam The Netherlands |
 | EPOS Councilor (2023-2026) Dr Marta Salom, MD Head of the Pediatric Orthopedic Department La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital Valencia, Spain |
 | EPOS Junior Councilor (2024-2027) Flavia Alberghina, MD, FEBOT, FRCSI Fellow in Pediatric Orthopaedics Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Surgery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| EPOS STANDING COMMITTEES | |
 | Educational Committee Chair (2022 -2025) Sebastian Farr, M.D. Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and Foot and Ankle Surgery Center of Excellence for Rare Bone Diseases Orthopedic Hospital Speising Speisinger Straße 109 A-1130 Vienna, Austria |
 | Scientific Committee Chair (2022 -2025) Christian Wong, MD, PhD, Chief Physician Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 6011 National university hospital of Denmark – University of Copenhagen Denmark |
 | Membership Committee Chair Wouter H.Nijhuis, MD Consultant Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon University Medical Centre Utrecht - Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital Utrecht, the Netherlands |
 | Industry Committee Chair (2024-2027) Jarosław Czubak, Prof. Dr. Med. Professor of orthopadic and traumatology Head of the Dept. of Orthopaedics, Paediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology CEO of Gruca Teaching Hospital in Otwock Postgraduate Medical Education Centre, Warsaw ul. Konarskiego 13 05-400 Otwock |
 | Reading Committee Chair (2021-2025) David M. Farrington, MD Consultant IHP-ORTHOPEDIATRICA Seville, Spain |
 | Website Committee Chair Darius Rares Rad, MD, FEBOT Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon University Hospital Southampton Southampton Children's Hospital Tremona road, SO16 6YD, Southampton, UK |
 | Nomination Committee Chair (2024-2025) Antonio Andreacchio, Prof. |
 | EPOS Internal Auditor (2024-2027) Stephanie Böhm, MD Section Chief & Senior Consultant in Pediatric Orthopedics Astrid Lindgren Barnsjukhus Karolinska Universitetet 17176 Stockholm, Sweden |
 | EFORT Representative (2024-2027) Vito Pavone, Prof Musculoskeletal Diseases U.O. Clinica Ortopedica Via Santa Sofia, 78 Catania, Italy |
 | IFPOS Representative Darko Anticevic, MD, PhD Professor, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health J.J Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia Consultant at Orthopaedic Department, Specialty hospital “St. Catherine” 10 000 Zagreb, Ulica kneza Branimira 71 E, Croatia |
 | EPOS Historian Pierre Lascombes, Prof Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Anatomy Honorary Professor – University of Nancy, France Ex-Professor – University of Geneva, Switzerland Member of the French Academy of Surgery Lyon, France |
| EPOS STUDY GROUPS CHAIRS (2024-2027) | |
 | EPOS Metabolics and Genetics Group Chair Giovanni Trisolino, MD Surgeon at the Unit of Hip and Knee Surgery - Paediatric Orthopaedics Consultant Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli Via Giulio Cesare Pupilli, 1, 40136 Bologna, Italy |
 | EPOS Upper Limb Group Chair Yrjänä Nietosvaara, MD, PhD, Professor New Children’s Hospital, HUS, Helsinki, Finland and Kuopio University Hospital and UEF, Kuopio, |
 | EPOS Lower Limb Group Chair Ole Rahbek, MD, PhD, Professor Consultant Head of Children´s Orthopedics Aalborg University Hospital Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University Denmark |
 | EPOS Neuromuscular Group Chair Muharrem Inan, Prof. Dr. Pediatric Orthopedics Academy Dikilitaş, Süleyman Seba Kompleksi, Hakkı Yeten Cd. No: 10 - D, 34000 Beşiktaş/İstanbul, Türkiye |
 | EPOS Sports Group Chair Nicolas Nicolaou, MD Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust Clarkson St, Broomhall, Sheffield S10 2TH, United Kingdom |
 | EPOS Spine Group Chair Moyo Kruyt, Associate Prof. Division of Orthopaedics, Utrecht University The Netherlands |
 | EPOS Musculoskeletal Tumors, Infections & Arthritis Group Co-Chairs Bartłomiej Kowalczyk, Ph.D., Med. Specialized orthopaedic consultations and surgical treatment of children and adults Centrum Medyczne Orthicus ul. Turniejowa 73, Podgórze Duchackie, Kraków |
 | Andreas Krieg, Prof. Dr. Med. Orthopaedic Consultant at the Pediatric Orthopedic Department, University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland Head of the Bone and Soft tissue Tumor Center (KWUB), University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland |
 | EPOS Trauma Group Co-Chairs Christina Steiger, PD, MD, PhD Consultant - Pediatric Orthopaedic Hand Surgeon HUG – University Hospitals of Geneva Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1205 Geneva |
 | Jon Morten Andersen, MD Consultant - Medical Trauma Surgeon Herlev og Gentofte Hospital Borgmester Ib Juuls Vej 1, 2730 Herlev, Denmark |
| CO Editors-in-Chief of Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics | |
 | Fritz Hefti, M.D., Prof. Senior Consultant Children’s University Hospital Basel (UKBB) Spitalstrasse 31 4056 Basel, Switzerland |
 | Professor Shlomo Wientroub Consultant in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine – Tel-Aviv, University |
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