Speaker

Ajoy S M

Dr Ajoy S M is currently working in the Ramaiah Medical College and Hospitals, Bangalore - An Alumnus of the BMCRI and Fellowship trained at NUH Singapore. Has done observership with Prof Beat Hintermann at Switzerland and Dr Michael Coughlin at Boise, USA. He is the present Hon. Secretary of the Indian Foot and Ankle Society and the Bangalore Orthopedic Society.

Anup Agarwal

Chief Orthopaedic surgeon ,Sushrut Hospital ,India

Arvind Puri

Speciality Training and FRACS in Orthopaedics from New Zealand and currently Director of Department of Orthopaedics at Cairns Hospital in Queensland. Fellowship trained and practising in Foot and Ankle surgery covering both Trauma and Elective.

Clinical Senior Lecturer at James Cook University, Queensland and Executive Member of Australian Orthopedic Association of Rural Surgeons.

C Sankara Kumar Chandrasekaran

Dr. CS Kumar is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon & Traumatologist in University Malaya Medical and Specialist Centre, Kuala Lumpur. He is also the Past Chairman of Asia Pacific Trauma Society. He is also the President of Fragility Fracture Network of Malaysia. Presently, he heads the Orthopaedic Trauma Unit of Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

Chamnanni Rungprai

Orthropaedic Foot and Ankle surgeon, Phramongkutklao Hospital and College of Medicne, Bangkok, Thailand.

Chanakarn Phornphutkul

Trauma and Sports Med surgeon from Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

Chayanin Angthong

Dr Chayanin Angthong is an associate professor in the foot & ankle unit f the department of orthopaedics, faculty of medicine, Thammsat University , Pathum Thani, Thailand. His current expertises are the ankle replacement suegery, foot and ankle arthroscopic and endoscopic surgery, and diabetic foot and ankle treatments.

Christian Fang

Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon. Has deep interest and research in medical applications of 3D printing and patient specific instrumentations.

Chua Yeok Pin

"Dr Chua has special interest in Foot and Ankle Surgery which trained at The Park Foot and Ankle Specialist Clinic, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, under Mr Mark Blackney and also Limb lengthening Reconstruction Surgery. He is currently working in Sunway Medical Centre and appointed as Adj Associate Professor at Institute of Medical Healthcare Development at Sunway University."

David Choon

Past President Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association.

Dhaval Desai

Consultant Trauma and Joint Replacement Surgeon,Desai Orthopaedic Surgeon,Surat,India.
Member Regional Education Team(AOTAP)
Education officer AOT,India(2014-2018)
speciality:faculty education,pelvic acetabular trauma

Geoff Tymms

Dr Geoff Tymms is an experienced Orthopaedic Foot and ankle surgeon from Melbourne Australia. He has worked and trained in many hospitals in Melbourne and overseas. He is head of Foot and Ankle surgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and also works at the Epworth Private Hospital. He has expertise in sporting foot and ankle surgery having treated many professional athletes and also interest in major ankle/ hindfoot recontructive surgery.

Gowreeson Thevendran

A specialist foot & ankle surgeon at Raffles Hospital Singapore. His academic appointment is with the National University of Singapore. His office-portfolios include being the SICOT Foot & Ankle Chairman, the incoming SICOT Scientific Programme Chair ( 2020 - 2022 ) and committee member of APOA Foot & Ankle section.

Hakan Kinik

Born in December 1967, Ankara, TURKEY

Elementary, secondary and high school in TED Ankara College

Medical education, residency and current employment in Dept.of Orthopedics & Traumatology, Ankara University, TURKEY

Chairman of Asia Pacific Trauma Society

Ex-chairman, member and co-founder of Turkish Orthopedic Trauma Associaton

Trauma section editor of ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA ET TRAUMATOLOGICA TURCICA journal

Member of TSOT, TOTDER, APOA, SICOT, AOTrauma

Special expertise in

• Orthopedic traumatology and management of post-traumatic conditions
• Pediatric orthopedics
• Deformity correction and lengthening surgery
• Foot & ankle surgery
• Bone & joint infection

Hitesh Gopalan

is Clinical Associate Professor under the Kerala University of Health and allied Sciences(KUHS). He is the Chief Editor of the popular textbook, Evidence-based Orthopaedic Principles. Main interest being Trauma, Dr Gopalan has written several International publications, mostly in Journal of AAOS, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma, Injury. The AAOS has awarded his team for the best Video technique on 'Surgical dislocation of Hip' in 2018. He runs a very popular website, Orthopaedic Principles which is very popular among Residents and Consultants.

Ihsan Oesman

• President of INAFAS ( Indonesian Foot and Ankle Society )
• Head of Foot and Ankle Sub division of orthopedic Department
• Assistant professor of Orthopedic Department of University of Indonesia, Jakarta
• Medical staff of Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital , Jakarta, Indonesia
• Secretary of Orthopedic residency program in University of Indonesia

J Dharmarajan

Director of Orthopaedics, Parvathy Hospital, Chennai

Head of the department Foot & Ankle Surgery, Parvathy Hospital, Chennai

Faculty/Lead-Research and academic curriculum, Parvathy Hospital, Chennai

Secretary – NFAS

Life member - Indian Foot & Ankle Society

J. Parthiban

Consultant Foot & Ankle Surgeon

Executive committee member Indian Foot & Ankle Society

Director-SRI HOSPITALS,Chennai ,India.

Consultant Foot & Ankle Surgeon

Soundarapandian Bone And Joint Hospital & Research Institute Pvt Ltd.,

Gleneagles Global Health City,Chennai,India.

As Organising Secretary For The IFAS International Foot & Ankle Course and The 8th PAREKH INDO US FOOT & ANKLE CONFERENCE Held in Chennai

Jamal Ashraf

The Secretary General of APOA and Chairman of International Affairs of the Indian Orthopaedic Association. He is a widely travelled Trauma Surgeon with special interest in Lower limb and Pelvi-Acetabular surgery. He takes keen interest in mentoring young orthopods and is the driving force behind the APOA Young Surgeon’s Forum

Jirun Apinun, MD PhD

Instructor, Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University

Consultant in Foot and Ankle Surgery, Orthopaedic Division, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society Bangkok, Thailand

JP Leung

Past President, POA North Luzon Chapter

Past Board Chairman, Philippine Board of Orthopedics

External Examiner, Indonesian College of Orthopedics

ASEAN Orthopedic Association Educ. Council Representative

Past SICOT National Delegate

Chairman, Department of Orthopedics, Notre Dame de Chartres Hospital, Baguio City

Assistant Professor, SLU School of Medicine

MS 2 Part-time, Benguet General Hospital

AO Trauma Regional Faculty & Country Council Education Officer

Keun Bae Lee

Department of Orthopedics, Foot & Ankle, Traumatology, Chonnam National University Hospital

Kongkhet Riansuwan

Kongkhet Riansuwan, MD

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Vice-chairman and Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Service

Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University Bangkok, Thailand

Executive Committee, Royal Collage of Orthopaedic Surgeon of Thailand

Kumar Shantanu Anand

Knowledge is a life-long quest and I wish to remain a student forever. Working as a faculty in a medical college, and as a consultant affords me that opportunity. APOA Congress is an ideal platform to learn from the wisdom of stalwarts and share my own views and understanding of the subject.

Lau Tak Wing

Consultant of Department of Orthoaedic and Traumatology of Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Specialised in trauma and orthogeriatric care.

Lia Marliana

My name is Lia Marliana, graduated the medical school from Padjadjaran University in Bandung and received my training in Orthopaedics fields in same University.

Beside doing Trauma, interested in Sports Medicine.

Involved in the training of doctors undergoing for ATLS, participating as lecturer and examiner in their professional examinations.

I have served as the professional consultant in Crisis Centre of Indonesian Ministry of Health, whose objectives are to promote the knowledge and skills among healthcare professionals, and to advise the government and the public on healthcare issues."

Marinis Pirpiris

Mark Blackney

Mark Blackney has been in foot and ankle surgery practice for 20 years. His main interests are in minimally invasive surgery and sports medicine. He has been chairman of the Park Clinic Orthopaedic group and is current chairman of foot and ankle for St. Vincent’s Health, Victoria. He is a member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and GRECMIP, a worldwide organisation fostering minimally invasive surgery. He has trained many fellows from Asia, Europe and Oceania, many of whom have gone on to important roles in their country. He is sought as an international speaker and works in private practice in Melbourne.

Marut Arunakul

Chief of Foot and Ankle unit, Department orthopaedic

Faculty of medicine, Thammasat university, Thailand

Clinical fellowship in Foot and Ankle surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, US. 2010-2012

Professional highlight: Best AAOS 1st place winning award for poster in the AAOS 2013 annual meeting (Foot and Ankle section), March 19-23, Chicago, Illinois, US (Tripod Index part 1: New radiographic parameter assessing foot alignment)

Methee Khongphaophong

Orthopedic foot and ankle at Samut Sakhon Hospital, have experience in foot and ankle trauma, sport and reconstruction for 8 years.

Minoo Patel

Prof Minoo Patel. Orthopaedic Surgeron Epworth and Cabrini Health, Melbourne Australia. Adj Professor RMIT University, Melbourne. Senior Lecturer Monash University, Melbourne. Hon. Research Fellow, University of Melbourne. Chair, Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Foundation. Special interests- Trauma and Limb Reconstruction (adult and paediatric), Upper Limb Surgery.

Nathapon Chantaraseno

Specialize in Hand and Micro Surgery, Orthopedic Trauma

Nikesh Shah

President , Indian Foot & Ankle Society

Noratep Kulachote

Head of trauma unit, Department of Orthopaedic, Faculty of medicine Ramathibodi hospital, Mahidol university, Thailand

Council member of Trauma section, RCOST

Nurettin Heybeli

Dr. Heybeli serves as a Professor at Trakya University Med School, Department of Orthopedics &Traumatology in Edirne, Turkey. He was a travelling fellow for EFORT in 1997 and for EFAS in 2004. He was named the “Physician of the Year” in 2014, won the “Crystal Seagull” award in 2015, in addition to his more than 10 national awards. His main areas of expertise include foot and ankle reconstruction, arthroscopy, sports injuries and adult reconstruction with special interests including cartilage, ankle arthritis and total ankle arthroplasty, an area he personally pioneered.

Ozeki Satoru

Areas of Interest: Foot and ankle surgery for pediatric and adult

Functional reconstruction using microsurgery and Ilizarov methods

Biomechanics of the ankle ligaments

Phonthakorn Panichkul

Dr. Phonthakorn Panichkul is now working as a consultant at Bangkok Hip and Knee Center, Bangkok International Hospital. He completed his fellowship in adult hip & knee reconstruction at Anderson Clinic, Virginia in 2014, a clinical fellowship at University of Western Ontario, Canada in 2015 and he also finished his final fellowship year with Prof. Daniel Berry at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Dr.Panichkul received extensive training, certifications and specialized in the Direct Anterior Approach for hip replacement. He is a speaker at several international meetings and also has published several researches on the direct anterior approach for hip replacement.

Pornpanit Dissaneewate

Orthopaedic trauma surgeon and consultant.

Songklanagarind hospital, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.

Rahat Jarayabhand

Orthopaedic Trauma surgeon, focuses on pelvis, acetabulum and hip surgery also lower extremity trauma

Rajeev Vohra

Foot and Ankle Surgeon, Amandeep Hospital, Amritsar, India

President -Elect, Indian Foot and Ankle Society

IFAS-UAB Fellow, University of Alabama, USA

ICRETT Fellow, ROH, Birmingham, UK

AO Fellow, Essen Germany

Visiting fellow Foot and Ankle Surgery:

• Duke University, USA
• UTMB, Texas USA
• University of Toronto, Canada"

Rajiv Shah

Orthopedic foot & ankle surgeon

Executive Council Member, Global Foot & Ankle council

Vice Chairman, Asia-Pacific Foot & Ankle council

South Asia Coordinator & International advisory board member, Foot Innovate International Webinar

Past President, Indian Foot & Ankle Society

Managing Director, Sunshine Global Hospitals

Vadodara ,Bharuch & Surat

Rizwan Haroon

Rizwan Haroon Rashid Foot and Ankle Surgeon Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi Pakistan

Siu Kwai Ming

President, The Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association

National Delegate, The Asian Pacific Orthopaedic Association

Consultant, Dept of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Princess Margaret Hospital

Surapong Anuraklekha

Surasak Jitprapaikulsarn

Orthopedist,trauma unit,orthopedic department,Buddhachinaraj hospital,Phisanulok province,Thailand

Suthorn Bavonratanavech

Takeshi Sawaguchi

Clinical Professor Dept. Orthop. Surg. Kanazawa University

Vice director Toyama Municipal Hospital

Director Department of Orthopaedics & Joint Reconstructive Surgery

Toyama Municipal Hospital, Toyama, Japan

Tanawat Vaseenon

Terence Chin

Terence is an Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgeon from Melbourne, Australia. He completed his orthopaedic training in Australia in 2008, and undertook fellowships in foot and ankle surgery in Melbourne (Mr Mark Blackney and Mr Harvinder Bedi) and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (Professor Mark Glazebrook). He practices at St Vincent's Private and at Austin Health.

Theerachai Apivatthakakul

Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma, Head of Department of Orthopaedic Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University. Editors of AO Principle of Fracture Management 3rd ed. Minimally Invasive Fracture treatment expert.

Vajara Phiphobmongkol

Chief Orthopedic Trauma

Bangkok Fracture Center, Bangkok Hospital Headquarter

Present position

• Chairman of education commission, AO Trauma Asia Pacific
• Pelvic-Acetabulum mobile team , BDMS

Field of interest

• Minimally invasive Orthpedic Trauma surgery
• Bone lengethening reconstruction
• Pelvic Acetabular surgery

Vivek Trikha

MS (Ortho), FACS, FRCS (Glasg), FIMSA, FICS

With 20 years of experience in Orthopedic Trauma, Dr. V Trikha is working as a Professor in the premier government hospital in New Delhi, India. His areas of special interest include complex juxta-articular trauma, pelvi-acetabular surgeries, basic trauma research and trauma education.