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Vikas Khanduja is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in both sports surgery and arthroplasty aspects of hip surgery and has a particular interest in arthroscopic surgery of the hip. He has been instrumental in setting up the tertiary referral service for Young Adult Hip Surgery in Cambridge for the East of England.

Mr. Khanduja qualified as a Doctor in 1997 and then completed his Basic Surgical training in London. Following this he received his Higher Surgical Training in Trauma and Orthopaedics on the North Thames circuit in London, gaining the FRCS (Orth) in 2005. Subsequently, he undertook his sub‐specialty training fellowships in knee and hip surgery with eminent surgeons in the field in London, Cambridge, Zurich and New York.

Complementing his clinical practice, his research interests centre around Optimisation of arthroscopic management of femoroacetabular impingement. In particular, he has been working on disease stratification of FAI using novel imaging techniques, better pre-operative planning tools using dynamic analysis of the hip and optimisation of arthroscopic management of FAI via precision surgery using navigation to improve outcomes.

Mr. Khanduja sits on the Executive Board of the British Hip Society ** as the President, the ESSKA Board as Chair of European Hip Preservation Associates, the SICOT Board as President Elect, the NIHR MSK NSG as the Orthopaedic Lead for the Eastern Region and is the Trustee and Past Chair of the Non Arthroplasty Hip Registry.

Dr. Sebastien Parratte (MD, PhD) is a French Orthopaedic surgeon. Internationally recognized leader in his field. After completing his training in France and USA at the world-renowned, Mayo Clinic, he became one of the youngest professors of Orthopaedic Surgery in France.

He completed more than 5000 primary knee and hip arthroplasties and more than 700 revision arthroplasties with complex bone defects. He also specialized in complex cases such as post-traumatic cases, complex deformities as well as arthroplasties in young active patients.

Pr. Parratte has a particular interest on computer-assisted surgery and he is now the only European involved in the design team of a new surgical robot for knee arthroplasty.

On the sport medicine side, Pr. Parratte was the surgeon of the pro Ligue 1 team of Bastia during 4 years, taking care of all the professional football players knee and hip injuries including ACL and meniscal problems.

He invented a new patient-specific custom jig osteotomy system to correct complex deformities or optimize the management of early arthritis of the knee.

"I graduated summa cum laude from both my Bachelor of Science degree and master’s degree in biomedical engineering programs at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, where I later graduated as valedictorian of my medical class.

After an orthopedic surgery residency here at the Hospital for Joint Diseases—now NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital—I completed a fellowship in adult reconstruction and total joint replacement surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.

My practice at NYU Langone focuses specifically on caring for people with hip and knee conditions. I have a particular interest in degenerative joint disease of the hips and knees. Other areas of focus include treatment for people with developmental hip dysplasia, avascular necrosis, posttraumatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and complex revision surgery.

I have had the privilege to train and learn from the founders of the field of joint replacement surgery. I have gained a vast amount of experience in performing complex and revision hip and knee surgery, partial knee replacement, ligament-sparing knee surgery, hip resurfacing, and hip fracture surgery. I helped develop and use robotics and advanced technology for hip and knee replacement. I pioneered minimally invasive surgical techniques such as the STAR approach for hip and robotic knee replacements. My goal is to help my patients maintain their lifestyle and activity levels.

Dr Schwarzkopf is the director of the Research Center for the Adult Reconstruction Division. Dr. Schwarzkopf’s research interests include both clinical and basic science. He has published over 800 peer reviewed studies on topics ranging from hip fracture fixation to outcomes of total joint replacements. Dr. Schwarzkopf has received multiple grants throughout his career including the TriOrg, FARE, OREF and knee and hip society research grants. Dr. Schwarzkopf is a member of both the prestigious North American Hip Society and Knee Society; he serves on the board of the hip society and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons."

Dr Schwarzkopf is married to Aude, and father to Matan, Yaelle and Mia. His hobbies include running, snowboarding, Scuba diving and skydiving.