Günther Daniel

Imhoff Andreas

Karahan Mustafa

Malviya Ajay

Siebold Rainer

Smigielski Robert

Spang Jeffrey

Tischer Thomas

Karahan Mustafa

Kocabey Yavuz

Monllau Joan Carles

Paschos Nikos

Karahan Mustafa

Sharpel Yaman

Monllau Joan Carles

Paschos Nikos

ROSSI MICHAEL

Assistant Editor in Chief, Arthroscopy Journal
Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

CONFLUENCE HEALTH & WENATCHEE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
PO BOX 489• 820 N. CHELAN AVENUE• WENATCHEE, WA 98801
michael.rossi@confluencehealth.org
    
MEDICAL  PRACTICE
    Confluence Health/Wenatchee Valley Medical Group Wenatchee, WA
Sports Medicine, Arthroscopic and Orthopaedic Surgery
    Orthopaedic Surgeon, Subspecialty in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
    
TRAINING
    Taos Orthopaedic Institute    Taos, NM
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Fellowship

    Stanford University Medical Center    Stanford, CA
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency & Chief Resident

    Stanford University Medical Center    Stanford, CA
General Surgery Internship
EDUCATION
    University of California, Irvine School of Medicine    Irvine, CA
Medical Doctorate
    University of California, Davis    Davis, CA
Master of Science, Biomedical Engineering
    University of California, Davis    Davis, CA
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

EDITORIAL POSITIONS
        Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Arthroscopy, Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, Jan 2016 - present
    Deputy Editor, Arthroscopy, Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, Jan 2014 – Dec 2015
    Associate Editor, Arthroscopy, Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, Jan 2009 – Dec 2013
    Editorial Board, Arthroscopy, Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, Jan 2006 – Dec 2008
    Reviewer, Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, August 2002 – Dec 2005

TEAM PHYSICIAN AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
        US Ski and Snowboarding Association Physician Active Member
    US Ski and Snowboard Team Woman’s Alpine: 
    Europa Cup – Megeve, France 2/2006
    Europa Cup – Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada 12/2006
    World Cup – St. Anton, Austria 12/2007
    World Cup – Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada 12/2008
    World Cup – Crans Montana, Switzerland 4/2010
    World Cup – Garmisch, Germany 2/2016
    World Cup – St. Moritz, Switzerland 12/2017
    World Cup – Courchevel, France 12/2018
    World Cup – Zagreb, Croatia 1/2020
    US Nationals 2011, Winterpark, Colorado
    SafeSport Training
    National Center for Safety Initiatives, Greenlight
    World Anti-Doping Agency WADA Sport Physician's Tool Kit
    Introduction to Avalanches, USSS
    US Anti-Doping Agency Coach’s Advantage Certificate
    USSA Medical Emergencies in Ski and Snowboarding Sport Course
    Beaver Creek, CO 11/2006
    Vail/Beaver Creek, CO 12/2011
    Beaver Creek, CO 12/2015
    Beaver Creek, CO 12/2019
    Ski Patrol Physician – Mission Ridge Ski Resort, Wenatchee, WA  2003-present
    NSP Member
    FEMA Introduction to Incident Command System
    Volunteer Orthopaedic Surgeon – Esteli, Nicaragua, Operation Rainbow, 7/2000
    Team Physician:
    2003 – present     Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee High School, Wenatchee Wild Hockey                                           Team, Wenatchee Valley Rams     Wenatchee, WA
2002 – 2003     Wood River High School    Hailey, ID
2001 – 2002     New Mexico Highlands University    Las Vegas, NM
1998 – 2000     Gunn High School    Palo Alto, CA

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
    Board of Directors, Confluence Health, 2/2015 – 1/2018
    Board of Directors, Wenatchee Valley Medical Group, 2/2015 – 1/2018
    Board of Directors, Mission Ridge Ski Team, Wenatchee, WA 5/2014 – 5/2019, 10/2019 – 5/2021.
    Strategic Planning for Confluence Health, MRST and Arthroscopy Journal.
    Committee Involvement:  Surgical Governing Committee, Physician Compensation Committee, Physician Wellness Committee
HONORS AND SOCIETIES
        Subspecialty Certificate in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
    Diplomate, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Combined Sports Medicine Recertification Examination
    Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
    Active Member, Arthroscopy Association of North America
    Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
    Washington and California State Medical License
    Washington State Medical Society
    American Medical Association
    Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society
    School of Medicine, UC Irvine: Admissions Committee
    Merck Manual Award for Outstanding Academic and Clinical Achievement
    Dean's Award for Academic Excellence UC Irvine College of Medicine

PRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTION
        JBJS Pain Management Research Symposium, Boston 11/19/2019
    Arthroscopy Journal Review Course, AANA 2021 & 2019 Annual Meeting
    Lecturer, AANA Fall Course, Knee Lecture – Knee Injection 2013: Evidence-base Medicine and My Approach. Las Vegas, NV, 2013.
    AANA MOC Task Force – Knee Section Exam Writer, 2012
    Course Instructor – AANA 2007 Fall Course, Knee Laboratory, Orlando, FL.
    Course Instructor – AANA 2006 Fall Course, Donnie Knee Model Laboratory, Palm Desert, CA.
    Course Instructor – Advanced Arthroscopy Shoulder Program, Rotator Cuff Repair focus.  University of Washington, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, sponsored by Depuy Mitek Professional Education, Jan 29, 2005.
    Video informed consent improves knee arthroscopy patient comprehension. Winner of 2004 Fellow Scholarship Award sponsored by Smith & Nephew, Inc. and Poster at AANA 23rd Annual Mtg, Apr 22-25, 2004. Rossi MJ, Lubowitz JA, Guttman D, MacLennan, M.
    Arthroscopic visualization of the posterior compartments of the knee. AANA 23rd Annual Mtg, Poster, Apr 22-25, 2004.  Lubowitz LH, Rossi MJ, Baker BS, Guttmann D. 
    Comprehension after informed consent of a common orthopaedic procedure: comparison of videotape and conventional verbal presentations. A prospective, randomized study.
    Paper, AAOS 69th Annual Mtg, Feb 14, 2002.  Rossi MJ, McClellan RT, Chou L, Davis KT. 
    Poster, Orthopaedic Trauma Association 18th Annual Mtg, Oct 12, 2003

SEIL ROMAIN

Native orthopaedic surgeon and scientist

Prof. Seil is a Luxembourg-native orthopaedic surgeon and scientist. He trained in Luxembourg, Belgium,
Germany and USA. He wrote his doctoral thesis on meniscal repair in 2001 and his professorial thesis on pediatric
anterior cruciate ligament injuries in 2003 and was appointed extraordinary professor in orthopaedic surgery at
the University of Saarland in 2007. Prof. Seil has been working at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg from
2004 where he currently serves as CMO of the Division of Neurosciences and Musculoskeletal Diseases. His main
areas of interest are orthopaedic sports medicine as well as primary and revision knee arthroplasty.

Prof. Seil is co-director in Luxembourg of the IOC-accredited French-speaking Research Centre for Prevention of
Injury and Protection of Athlete Health Network REFORM. He is co-founder of the Pediatric Anterior Cruciate
Ligament (ACL) registry of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
and member of the scientific board of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy. He received several
awards for his scientific work, co-edited several books, (co-)authored several hundred peer-reviewed
publications and book chapters. Prof. Seil is a founding member of ESSKA’s Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics.
He is senior associate editor of the “British Journal of Sports Medicine – Injury prevention and Health Protection
of the Athlete” (BJSM-IPHP); co-editor of the journals "Arthroskopie" and Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology
as well as editorial board member and reviewer of several scientific journals in orthopaedic surgery and sports
medicine.

RS is a member of many national and international societies, among which the International Society of
Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) and the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)
study group as well as honorary member of the French Academy of Surgery, the SIGASCOT (Italy) and the SPAT
(Portugal). He is past president of ESSKA, board member of the ESSKA Foundation, president of the Germanspeaking
Society in Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Sports Medicine (GOTS) and the Luxembourg Institute for
Research in Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine and Science (LIROMS). He chairs the medical and scientific
commission of the Luxembourgish Olympic Committee (COSL) and is a board member of the Sports Medicine
Society in Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Institute of High Performance in Sports (LIHPS). He was an ESSKAAOSSM
travelling fellow in 2001 and godfather in 2019. From 2003 until 2005, he was chairman of the ISAKOS
arthroscopy committee.

SIEBENLIST SEBASTIAN

SIEBOLD RAINER

Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Siebold performed his medical training at the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg, Germany.

During his medical training he worked in Manhattan/New York and Boston/Massachusetts. In 2003 he performed a 1-year Fellowship in Knee Surgery with John Bartlett, Hayden Morris and Julian Feller in Melbourne, Australia. In 2008 he was chosen for the AOSSM-ESSKA Traveling Fellowship and the AGA-Aircast Pittsburgh Clinical Fellowship.

Since 2008 he works as Orthopaedic Surgeon and Specialist for Knee Reconstruction (ACL, cartilage and meniscus transplantation) and navigated Knee Replacement at the ATOS Hospital in Heidelberg, International Center for Orthopaedic Surgery. He is Professor at the University of Heidelberg for Clinical Anatomy and member of several international societies, e.g. ESSKA, ISAKOS, Australian Knee Society, the ACL Study Group and Honorary Member of the AOSSM. He is General Secretary of the Magellan Society for International Traveling Fellows and published nearly 100 peer-review articles and book chapters.

TASKIRAN EMIN

VERDONK RENE

VILLAR RICHARD

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Richard Villar is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon (Emeritus) with former busy practices in Cambridge and London (UK), and Dubai (UAE). He ran an active Fellowship programme.
He is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery (Oxford University Press), past Editor-in-Chief of The Bone & Joint Journal (formerly JBJS(Br)), the Founding Editor of Bone & Joint360, and an accredited travel journalist.

He is now the Science Editor to the World Health Organization (Eastern Mediterranean) with a focus on trauma created by conflict. He writes for both academic and general readerships, has researched extensively, and has more than 240 peer-reviewed publications to his name.

He has been active in more than 30 countries worldwide and has clinical interests that centre on surgery for the young adult hip, with particular emphasis on impingement, hip instability, and orthobiological therapies for articular cartilage repair. He has amassed one of the largest experiences of hip arthroscopic operations in the world.

Richard Villar was the Founding President of the International Society for Hip Arthroscopy, travels and lectures widely, and has undertaken significant conflict and disaster commitments on behalf of several humanitarian organisations. In this latter role he attended the earthquakes in Kashmir, Java, Haiti, the desert conflict in Libya, the response to Typhoon Haiyan (Philippines), the Weapon Traumatology Training Centre in Lebanon, and the Great March of Return in Gaza.
In addition to his orthopaedic publications, Richard Villar has written several books for the public, including Knife Edge: Life as a Special Forces Surgeon, Winged Scalpel: A Surgeon at the Frontline of Disaster, and Never a Straight Line: travels through Chile and Bolivia. His interests include writing, wilderness travel - he is a qualified International Mountain Leader - and classical guitar.

WASCHER DANIEL, MD

Dr. Wascher attended medical school at St. Louis University followed by an orthopaedic residency at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. He then completed a 2-year fellowship in orthopaedic sports medicine at UCLA.  He began practicing orthopaedic surgery at the University of New Mexico in 1991 and has been there ever since. In 2015-16, he undertook a year-long sabbatical in Lyon, France with Prof. Philippe Neyret.  The focus of his medical practice is on knee injuries, and knee arthroplasty.  He is a team physician with the University of New Mexico varsity athletic teams and the former director of the Sports Medicine Division fellowship.  

Dr. Wascher has been an Associate Editor of the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine since 2015.  He also serves on the editorial boards of The American Journal of Sports Medicine and The Journal of Knee Surgery and is a reviewer for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and for Clinical Orthopaedics.  He serves on the Board of Directors of ISAKOS as well on as on the Knee Arthroplasty Committee, the Membership Committee, and the Program Committee.  He is active in the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and has previously served as chair of the Traveling Fellowship Committee as well as Instructional Course Chairman.  He was an AOSSM Traveling Fellow to APKASS in 1999. 

He has also served on the Program Committee and the Education Committee for AOSSM.  He writes examination questions and serve as an oral examiner for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.  He is an active member of the AAOS, AOA, AOSSM, and ISAKOS.