This ICRS approved Knee & Ankle Course is designed for younger colleagues. The programme is consisting of classes at Cadaver Lab on the first day, where four basic surgical techniques in the treatment of knee cartilaginous and osteoarticular lesions will be presented and practical exercises under the supervision of experienced instructors will be performed.
On behalf of the ICRS we would like to congratulate our member Prof. MD Leela Biant on having been voted as President Elect of the British Association of Surgery of the Knee (BASK). This is another very significant “first” as she is the first woman to hold the Post. Her term as President of BASK will be for 2021-22. Well done Leela!
Job Opening – Senior Scientist and Program Director: Orthobiologics at Stone Research Foundation
On behalf of the ICRS Education Committee, we would like to invite you to join the FIRST VIRTUAL CONVENTION of the INTERNATIONAL CARTILAGE REGENERATION AND JOINT PRESERVATION SOCIETY (ICRS) entitled “CARTILAGE DEFECTS IN 2020 : JOINT BY JOINT BRAINSTORMING” that will be held in separate online sessions the 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th of October 2020.
We’d like to thank the NextGen Committee for a very successful first NextGen Webinar on “Cartilage Repair: What’s on the Horizon?”. A total of 236 participants from 38 countries registered for the webinar. For those who couldn’t watch it live, the webinar can be streamed on-demand.
Due to the Covid uncertainty and ongoing travel restrictions, the ICRS decided to move the ICRS Summit dates from November 2020 to June 3-5, 2021. Existing registrations have been changed to the new dates accordingly. The Early Bird Registration Deadline is now January 31, 2021.
Join the NextGen Committee for a complimentary webinar on Thursday, July 16, 2020, at 12.00 h UTC/GMT (Los Angeles 05:00 PDT | New York 8:00 EST | London 13:00 BST | Zurich 14:00 CEST | Dubai 16:00 GST | New Dehli 17:30 IST)
The ICRS Journal “CARTILAGE” is extremely proud to announce its ranking of 9 out of 82 journals in orthopaedics, with an Impact Factor of 3.857 (Source: 2019 Web of Science Data)
After a tough and lengthy Corona lockdown period, the ICRS is excited to annouce the next ICRS Focus Meeting “Cartilage & Sports” in Thessaloniki, Greece from March 25-27, 2021. Registrations Will Open Soon!
We would like to thank 89 loyal ICRS Members & Friends from all over the world for showing solidarity with our association in difficult times. A total of € 10’400.00 have been collected through those voluntary donations to the ICRS in addition to € 35’000.00 through other support channels.
Interested in Orthopaedic Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation Science? In tedious home office and lockdown times for many orthopaedic scientists and physicians around the world, the ICRS has exceptionally opened its scientific online educational platform EDUC@RT free of charge also to Non-Members until June 30, 2020 to provide you with an online learning opportunity.