| EPOS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS | |
 | EPOS President (2023-2024) Prof. Hakan Omeroglu, MD, AAS, Professor of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Ufuk University Faculty of Medicine, Dr.Ridvan Ege Hospital, 06520 Ankara, Turkey |
| EPOS Vice-President (2023-2024) 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 2nd Vice-President (2023-2024) 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 Past President (2023-2024) Prof. Ignacio Sanpera MD, PhD Head of Pediatric Orthopaedics Hospital Universitari Son Espases University Illes Balears Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
| EPOS General Secretary (2021-2025) 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 (2018-2024) Pr Pierre Journeau Chef du service de chirurgie infantile orthopédique Hôpital d’enfant, CHRU de Nancy Allée du Morvan, 54500 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France |
 | EPOS Treasurer Elect (2023-2024) Prof. Frank Plasschaert, MD PhD Childrens Orthopaedic Unit UZ Gent University Hospital 9000 Gent, Belgium |
| EPOS Councilor (2022-2025) 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 (2021-2024) Blazej Pruszczynski, MD, PhD Department of Orthopaedics and Paediatric Orthopaedics Medical University of Lodz, 251 Pomorska str, 92-213 Lodz, Poland |
| 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 (2021-2024) 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 |
| 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 (2023-2024) Thomas Wirth |
| EPOS Newsletter Chair Ao. Univ. Prof. Dr. Catharina Chiari, MSc Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Medical University of Vienna Währinger Guertel 18-20 1090 Vienna, Austria |
| EPOS Internal Auditor (2022-2024) Drs D.R.J. Kempink, MD, MSc Consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon - Traumasurgeon Orthopaedics Erasmus MC- Sophia Children’s hospital and Leiden UMC The Netherlands |
| EFORT Representative (2021-2024) Dr Melinda M.E.H.Witbreuk Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon AUMC Amsterdam University Medical Center and OLVG Amsterdam The Netherlands |
| UEMS Representative o. Univ. Prof. Dr. Catharina Chiari, MSc Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology Medical University of Vienna Währinger Guertel 18-20 1090 Vienna, Austria |
| 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 Prof Pierre Lascombes 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 | |
| EPOS Metabolics and Genetics Group Chair Joachim Horn M.D., Ph.D, Associate Professor Section of Children's Orthopaedics and Reconstructive Surgery Oslo University Hospital Postboks 4950 Nydalen NO- 0424 Oslo, Norway |
| EPOS Upper Limb Group Chair Nunzio Catena M.D. Head Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Unit IRCSS Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Genova, Italy |
| EPOS Lower Limb Group Chair Assoc. Prof. Christof Radler, MD Head of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Team at the Orthopaedic Hospital Speising Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Adult Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopaedic Hospital Speising GmbH A-1130 Vienna, Speisinger Str. 109, Austria |
| EPOS Neuromuscular Group Chair Professor Thomas Dreher, MD Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology Children´s University Hospital Zurich Steinwiesstrasse 75 8032 Zurich,Switzerland Orthopaedic University Hospital Balgrist Forchstrasse 340 8008 Zurich, Switzerland |
 | EPOS Sports Group Chair Doc (M.D.) and Assistant Professor, Marco Turati Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy. Transalpine Center of Pediatric Sports Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy - Hospital Couple Enfant, Grenoble, France |
| EPOS Spine Group Chair Brice Ilharreborde Department of Pediatric Orthopedic CHU Robert Debré, AP-HP University of Paris, France |
| EPOS Musculoskeletal Tumors, Infections & Arthritis Group Co-Chairs Prof. Dr. Michiel van de Sande, MD PhD Orthopedic Surgeon, LUMC and PMC Oncological and Paediatric Orthopedics, The Netherlands |
| Bartu Sarisozen Uludag University Medical Faculty Dept. of Orthopaedics Bursa, Turkey |
| EPOS Trauma Group Co-Chairs Dr Melinda M.E.H.Witbreuk Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon AUMC Amsterdam University Medical Center and OLVG Amsterdam The Netherlands |
 | Dr Nicolas LUTZ, MER Médecin chef DFME Service de Chirurgie de l'enfant et de l'adolescent - SCEA Unité de Chirurgie Pédiatrique - UCP BH-11 Rue du Bugnon CH-1010 Lausanne-CHUV, Switzerland |
| 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 |
| EPOS Foundation Board Member (2019-2023) | |
| Foundation President Manuel Cassiano Neves, MD, MSc Hospital CUF Descobertas Rua Mário Botas - Parque das Nações - 1998-018 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Foundation Vice-President Prof. Antonio Andreacchio, MD Chairman Pediatric Orthopaedic Department “Vittore Buzzi" Children's Hospital Via Castelvetro,32- 20154 Milan, Italy |
| Foundation Treasurer Pr Pierre Journeau Chef du service de chirurgie infantile orthopédique Hôpital d’enfant, CHRU de Nancy Allée du Morvan, 54500 Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France |
| Foundation Member 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 |
| Foundation Member Pr Franck Accadbled MD, PhD Orthopédie Traumatologie Hôpital des Enfants 330 avenue de Grande Bretagne TSA 70034 31059 TOULOUSE cedex 9, France |
| Foundation Member 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 |
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