History
The International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) was founded in 1997 in Switzerland following the International Fribourg Symposium on Cartilage Repair and initiated by the organisers of this first meeting.
Prior to the meeting, the members of the faculty were asked for their opinion regarding our idea and whether they thought there was a place for the creation of a cartilage repair society and the echo was overwhelmingly positive.
The meeting proved indeed to become a unique venue and was successful because we were able to gather on one hand contributions of basic scientists and a research oriented group and on the other clinicians and orthopaedic surgeons focused on one pertinent question. This made up for a truly international symposium with some 330 participants and faculty members from 28 countries.
27 years after, ICRS – now short for International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Society – has over 1000 members from more than 60 countries and around 800 participants who attend the ICRS World Congress, which is held every 24 months.
Gallery of Honours
The ICRS gives special awards and recognition to individuals or groups who have made a significant contribution in the field of cartilage repair or has given the Society particularly meritorious services.
Lifetime Achievement Award
2023
2022
2019
2018
2016
2015
2013
2012
2010
2009
2007
2006
2004
1998
Honorary Fellows
2009
2010
2012
2015
2016
2018
2019
2022
2023
Past ICRS Presidents
2022 - 2023
2019 - 2022
2018 - 2019
2016 - 2018
2015-2016
2013 - 2015
2012 - 2013
2011 - 2012
2010 - 2011
2008 - 2009
2006 - 2007
2004 - 2005
2002 - 2003
2000 - 2001
1999 - 2000
1997 – 1998
ICRS Award for Excellence in Cartilage Research 2004-2023
2004 Ronald Dorotka et al, Austria
2006 Mark Randolph et al, United Kingdom
2007 Gerjo Van Osch et al, Netherlands
2009 Avner Yayon, et al, Israel
2010 Attila Aszody, et al, Germany
2012 Xiaofeng Cui et al, USA
2013 Shou’an Zhu et al, China
2015 Wu Wei et al, Netherlands
2016 Kavitha Sivasubramaniyan et al, Netherlands
2018 Yishan Chen et al, China
2019 T. Qin, X. Chen et all, China
2022 C. Cavallo et al, Italy
2023 A. di Martino et al, Italy