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The faculty of CAOS International 2002 is comprised of internationally renowned physicians and scientists widely recognized for their clinical and teaching expertise. The open format of the course provides ample opportunity for personal interaction between faculty and conference participants. Course Chairman Anthony M. DiGioia, III, M.D. The Western Pennsylvania Hospital and Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Technical Program Committee Brian Davies, Ph.D. - Chairman Andre Bauer, M.D. Marbella Highcare, Marbella, Spain Brian Davies, Ph.D. Imperial College of Science, London, England Randy Ellis, Ph.D. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Kevin Foley, M.D. University of Tennesee, Semmes Murphey Clinic, Memphis, Tennessee, USA Florion Gebhard, Ph.D. University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany Erwin Keeve, Ph.D. Stiftung CAESAR, Bonn, Germany David S. Stulberg, M.D. Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA Scientific Coordinator Branislav Jaramaz, PhD The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, USA Presenters (see Program section for schedule) Amin, Devin V., Institute for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Arand, Markus, MD, University of Ulm, Ulm, GERMANY Athwal, George S., PhD, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA Bächler, Richard, University of Bern, Bern, SWITZERLAND Bargar, William L., MD, Sutter General Hospital, Sacramento, CA, USA Bauer, André, MD, Marbella High Care, Nueva Andalucia, SPAIN Beck, Thomas M., University Hospital of Basel, Basel, SWITZERLAND Birkfellner, Wolfgang, PhD, CARCAS-Group, Basel, SWITZERLAND Bodammer, Antje, Charité Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY Brendel, Bernhard, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, GERMANY Burton, Ma, MSc, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA Cassenti, Laura, MS, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Chen, Edward, MD, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GERMANY Clemens, Ulrich, MD, St. Josef Stift Sendenhorst, Sendenhorst, GERMANY Cobb, Justin P., MD, University College London Hospitals, London, UNITED KINGDOM Conditt, Michael A., Institute of Orthopedic Research and Education, Houston, TX, USA Confalonieri, Norberto, MD, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milano, ITALY Croitoru, Haniel, MSc, Cedara Software Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA de Siebenthal, Julien, MSc, University of Bern, Bern, SWITZERLAND de Steiger, Richard, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Decking, Ralf, MD, University of Ulm, Ulm, GERMANY DiGioia, Anthony M., III, MD, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Duchow, Jochen, University of Saarland, Saarland, GERMANY Edwards, Philip J., MD, CISG, KCL, London, UNITED KINGDOM Eichhorn, Jürgen, MD, Orthopädisch-Sporttraumatologische Praxis, Straubing, GERMANY Ellis, Randy, PhD, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA Euler, Ekkehard, MD, University of Munich, Munich, GERMANY Friedrich, Dirk, Dr.-Ing., Aesculap AG & Co. KG, Tuttlingen, GERMANY Fritsch, Ekkehard W., MD, University of Saarland, Saarland, GERMANY Gautheron, Thierry, Centre Hospitalier- Moutiers, Moutiers, FRANCE Gebhard, Florian, MD, University of Ulm, Ulm, GERMANY Glossop, Neil D., PhD, Traxtal Technologies LLC, Bellaire, TX, USA Grieshammer, Thomas, MD, Klinikum Neubrandenburg, Neubrandenburg, GERMANY Grützner, Paul A., MD, University of Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, GERMANY Harris, Simon J., PhD, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UNITED KINGDOM Heining, Sandro-Michael, MD, University of Munich, Munich, GERMANY Hinsche, Andreas F., MD, St. James's University Berlin, Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM Hüfner, Tobias, MD, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GERMANY Hung, Shuo-Suei, MD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, TAIWAN Ioppolo, James L., Maurice E. Muller Institute for Biomechanics, Bern, SWITZERLAND Jakopec, Matjaz, PhD, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UNITED KINGDOM Jenny, Jean-Yves, MD, Center for Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery of Strasbourg, Illkirch, FRANCE Joskowicz, Leo, PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ISRAEL Kahler, David M., MD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA Kawakami, Hideo, MD, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, JAPAN Keppler, Peter, University of Ulm, Ulm, GERMANY Kettrukat, Marco, Auguste-Viktoria-Klinik Bad Oeynhausen, Bad Oeynhausen, GERMANY Koga, Yoshio, MD, PhD, Niigata Kobari Hospital, Niigata, JAPAN König, Benjamin, MD, Charité Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY Kowal, Jens, M.E. Mueller Institute for Biomechanics, Bern, SWITZERLAND Kubiak-Langer, Monika, University of Bern, Bern, SWITZERLAND Kunz, Manuela, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland Kurta, Ilona C., Bionic Workshop and Gait Analysis, Staffordsire, UNITED KINGDOM LaBarca, Richard S., MS, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Laine, Timo, MD, ORTON Orthopaedic Hospital, Helsinki, FINLAND Langlotz, Frank, PhD, University of Bern, Bern, SWITZERLAND Mai, Sabine, MD, Orthopedic Clinic Kassel, Kassel, GERMANY Mattes, Thomas, MD, Orthopedic University Hospital, Ulm, GERMANY Mayman, David J., MD, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CANADA Ménétrey, Jacques, MD, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, SWITZERLAND Merloz, Philippe, MD, PhD, University of Grenoble, Grenoble, FRANCE Mitschke, Matthias, Dipl.Ing., Siemens Medical Solutions, Erlangen, GERMANY Moody, James E., MS, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Mueller-Wittig, Wolfgang, PhD, Centre for Advanced Media Technology-CAMTech, SINGAPORE Murphy, Michael, PhD, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA Murphy, Stephen, MD, Boston Orthopedic Group, Brookline, MA, USA Nabeyama, Ryotaro, MD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN Nikou, Constantinos, MS, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Nizard, Rémy, MD, PhD, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, FRANCE Nofrini, Laura, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, ITALY Nolte, Lutz-P., PhD, University of Bern, Bern, SWITZERLAND Ohnsorge, Jörg. A.K., MD, University Clinic Aachen, Aachen, GERMANY Pashmineh-Azar, Alireza, MD, Phillips-University of Marburg, Marburg, GERMANY Phillips, Matthew J., MD, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA Pipino, Francesco, MD, Genoa University, Genova, ITALY Plaskos, Christopher, MASc, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA Pojedinec, John, MD, Private Practice, Hackensack, NJ, USA Portheine, Frank, Dipl.Ing., University Clinic Aachen, Aachen, GERMANY Prasad, Srinivas K., MD, Johns Hopkins University, Owings Mills, MD, USA Prymka, Marcel, MD, University of Kiel, Kiel, GERMANY Radermacher, Klaus, PhD, University Clinic Aachen, Aachen, GERMANY Radmer, Sebastian, MD, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY Rampersaud, Y. Raja, MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Ritschl, Peter, Orthopadisches Krankenhaus Gersthof, Vienna, AUSTRIA Rodriguez y Baena, Ferdinando M., MEng, Imperial College, London, UNITED KINGDOM Saragaglia, Dominique, MD, CHU de Grenoble, Echirolles, FRANCE Sati, Marwan, PhD, Cedara Software Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA Schep, Niels W.L., MD, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS Schmucki, Daniel, AO Development Institute, Davos, SWITZERLAND Segers, Michiel J.M., MD, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS Shoham, Moshe, PhD, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL Steffen, Reinhard, Marienkrankenhaus Kaiserswerth, Dusseldorf, GERMANY Stindel, Eric, MD, Universitaire de Brest, Brest, FRANCE Stockheim, Martin, MD, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, GERMANY Stoeckle, Ulrich, MD, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY Stulberg, S. David, MD, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA Sugano, Nobuhiko, MD, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Osaka, JAPAN Suhm, Norbert, MD, Associaton for the Study of Internal Fixation, Davos, SWITZERLAND Swank, Michael L., MD, Cincinnati Orthopaedic Research Institute, Cincinnati, OH, USA Tamura, Yuichi, MD, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, JAPAN Tarte, Ségolène, University of Bern, Bern, SWITZERLAND Tatsumi, Ichiroh, MD, Osaka City University, Osaka, JAPAN Taylor, Russell, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Torres, Roque, PhD, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Cartagena, SPAIN van de Kraats, Everine, MSc, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS Wendl, Klaus, BG-Unfallklinik, Ludwigshafen, GERMANY Widmer, Karl-Heinz, MD Dipl.Ing., Kantonsspital Bruderholz, Bruderholz, SWITZERLAND Wiese, Matthias, Ruhr-University-Bochum, Bochum, GERMANY Zheng, Guoyan, University of Bern, Bern, SWITZERLAND

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