European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society

Executive Board

 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)  
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)  
Ralph J.B. Sakkers MD, PhD  
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon  
Coordinator UMC Utrecht ERN Center of Expertise for Skeletal Malformations & Mobility Clinic
Department of Orthopedic Surgery  
Wilhelmina 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
  
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Reading Committee Chair (2021-2025)  
David M. Farrington, MD  
Consultant   
IHP-ORTHOPEDIATRICA  
Seville, Spain  
  
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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
  
  
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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, Finland
  
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  
Lecturer in Orthopedics, University of Basel  
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  
  
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Fritz Hefti, M.D., Prof.  
Senior Consultant  
Children’s University Hospital Basel (UKBB)  
Spitalstrasse 31  
4056 Basel, Switzerland
  
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Professor Shlomo Wientroub  
Consultant in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery  
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery  
Faculty of Medicine – Tel-Aviv, University