It is with profound sadness that we learned of the passing of long time ICRS Honorary Member Dr. Alan Nixon. Alan was a giant in our field spanning not only cartilage research but encompassing his passion for equine surgery and his mentoring of a generation of large animal veterinarians.
Dr Saurabh Mathur, President, Indian Cartilage Society | October 19, 1975 – February 23, 2023
ICRS is proud to participate in the #AAOS2023 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas next month. Visit us at booth N°5732, and we will sweeten your day with Swiss chocolate 🍫!
We are pleased to announce the publication of the 3rd Annual Report of the ICRS Patient Registry. Since the last Annual Report, a new tab has been added to the clinician portal for the inclusion of conservative treatments of cartilage repair and joint preservation. The data from this will be published in the next report.
Professor Roy D Altman, age 85, passed away on Wednesday November 30, 2022. For ICRS and its members, he is known as the first editor in Chief of Journal CARTILAGE. However, Roy Altman is also known as legendary person in the development of different therapies of osteoarthritis. Roy Altman received his medical education and training in internal medicine and rheumatology at the University of Miami in Florida where he also was a Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics and Chief of Rheumatology at the University of Miami as well as Chief of Rheumatology and Clinical Director of the Geriatric Center at the Miami Veterans Administration Medical Center.
Start reading this special JCJP issue on knee and ankle cartilage pathology in the game of football (soccer). This provides you with an update on the original FIFA special supplement published in the journal Cartilage over ten years ago, covering the diagnosis and management of knee lesions. With this new open access issue, international researchers and surgeons present the existing data and best evidence to support our treatment choices.
The ICRS Newsletter Autumn 2022 Issue is now out of press. Hard copies will be delivered to our members and partners worldwide in the next 3 weeks. Enjoy Reading…
Last week we sadly lost another leader from within our cartilage and joint regeneration community. Dr. Gerard Malanga passed away on 15/05/22 surrounded by his family.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Scott Rodeo, a representative from ICRS, has been officially, and unanimously, voted in as the 2022-23 BA Secretary General.
We, the leaders of the ICRS, have been following the tragic events leading up to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine over the last week. We are deeply concerned and disturbed by the aggression against a democratic country leading to significant loss of life, displacement of families and destruction.
It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic news of the sudden death of our ICRS Fellow Member Prof. Dr. Michael Buschmann, Eminent Scholar and Chair of Mason’s Bioengineering Department in the College of Engineering and Computing in Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
The ICRS General Assembly takes place on Thursday, April 14, 2022, from 17:30 – 18:30 at Room Bellevue, Hotel Intercontinental Berlin
We are looking very much forward to seeing you at the 16th ICRS World Congress in Berlin for the first in-person meeting since October 2019. The ICRS General Assembly (for members only) will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2022, in Berlin.
