ISTA Rome
Invited Faculty

Alessandro Calistri
Italy

Alessandro Castagna
Italy

Alessandro Greco
Italy

Alessandro Todesca
Italy

Alessia Pagnotta
Italy

Arun Mullaji
India

Bernardo Innocenti
Belgium

Boyko Gueorgiev
Switzerland

Clare Rimnac
United States

Claudio Ascani
Italy

Derek McMinn
United Kingdom

Ed Su
United States

Elena Silvestri (physio)
Italy

Elizaveta Kon
Italy

Emilio Romanini
Italy

Fabiano Bini
Italy

Fabio Catani
Italy

Francesco Benazzo
Italy

Francessco Falez
Italy

Gianluca Cinotti
Italy

Giulio Maccauro
Italy

Giuseppe Porcellini
Italy

Giuseppe Solarino
Italy

Gwen Sys
Belgium

Hyun Seok Song
Korea

Hyung Bin Park
Korea

JC Yoo
Korea

Jean-Alain Epinette
France

Julien Girard
France

Justin Cobb
United Kingdom

Manel Ribas Fernandez
Spain

Maristella Saccomanno
Italy

Mazda Farshad
Switzerland

Michelle Presacco
Italy

Nicola Maffuli
Italy

Olivier Verborgt
Belgium

Paolo Dalla Pria
Italy

Pasquale Farsetti
Italy

Philipp Furnstahl
Switzerland

Pier Francesco Indelli
Italy

Rafaele Russo
Italy

Richie Gill
United Kingdom

Rocco Papalia
Italy

Sang-Jin Shin
Korea

Sietske Rozie
Netherlands

Stefano Gumina
Italy

Vincenzo Salini
Italy

Walter Lacarbonara
Italy

Professor John Hollingdale

Professor John Hollingdale

ISTA Board of Directors

Professor Nico Verdonschot

Professor Nico Verdonschot

Professor in Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Radboud Medical Center & The Technical University of Twente

Professor Morteza Meftah

Professor Morteza Meftah

ISTA Board of Directors

Professor Bill Walter

Professor Bill Walter

Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Sydney. President of ISTA in 2012 and the Arthroplasty Society of Australia in 2023.

Byung-Woo Min MD, PhD

Byung-Woo Min MD, PhD

Medical Director, W-Hospital, President of Korean Orthopaedic Association.

Professor Fares Haddad

Byung-Woo Min MD, PhD

ISTA Board of Directors

Professor John Hollingdale Professor Gabriela Graziani

Professor Gabriela Graziani

M.Eng, PhD; Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano. Secretary General EORS. Chair of Research Spine Section ORS.

Professor Giandomenico Logroscino

Professor Giandomenico Logroscino

Orthopaedic Surgeon, University of L’Aquila.

Koen De Smet, MD

Koen De Smet, MD

Revision and Resurfacing expert – One of the worlds most experienced Hip Joint surgeons.

Martin Richter, MD

Martin Richter, MD

Chief Physician of the department of Hand and Plastic Surgery at Helios Hospital Bonn Rhein-Sieg.

Professor Nobuhiko Sugano

Professor Nobuhiko Sugano

Director of the Arthroplasty Center, Kawanishi City Medical Center and Professor at Osaka University.

Professor Paul Beaulé

Professor Paul Beaulé

Professor-Scientist Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Chief of Staff at Hawkesbury and District General Hospital.

Petra Heesterbeek, PhD

Petra Heesterbeek, PhD

ISTA Board of Directors

Professor Pietro Ruggieri

Petra Heesterbeek, PhD

Full Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopedics and Orthopedic Oncology, University of Padova, Italy.

Professor Sae Hoon Kim

Petra Heesterbeek, PhD

Department of Orthopedic Surgery Seoul National University College of Medicine. Professor, Secretary General of KSES.

Professor Sébastien Lustig

Professor Sébastien Lustig

Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at Lyon North University Hospital. An expert in knee and hip reconstruction and robotics.

Professor Thomas Gross

Professor Thomas Gross

Private practice in Columbia, SC, USA. Specializing in outpatient hip resurfacing since 2001.

Dr. Vittorio Candela

Dr. Vittorio Candela

Researcher at Sapienza, University of Rome.

Dr. Emmanuel H. Masmejean

Dr. Emmanuel H. Masmejean

Orthopedic surgeon at the University of Paris.

Catherine Van Der Straeten, MD

Catherine Van Der Straeten, MD

ISTA Secretary General

Vani Sabesan, MD

Vani Sabesan, MD

ISTA Board of Director. Program Director (2027)

Stefano Gumina, MD

Stefano Gumina, MD

ISTA Board of Director. ISTA President 2025.

Professor William Mihalko

Professor William Mihalko

ISTA Board of Directors

Dr. Markus Wimmer

Dr. Markus Wimmer

ISTA Board of Directors. ISTA President 2026.

Ebru Oral, BS, PhD

Ebru Oral, BS, PhD

ISTA Board of Directors

Professor Thomas Grupp

Professor Thomas Grupp

ISTA Board of Directors

Francesco Siccardi, Eng.

Francesco Siccardi, Eng.

ISTA Board of Directors

Yasushi Oshima, MD, PhD

Yasushi Oshima, MD, PhD

ISTA Board of Directors