Virginia Flowers Baker Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery; Chief of Sports Medicine at Duke University. His clinical and research focus includes ankle instability, cartilage preservation and reconstruction, ligament injuries, and arthroscopy of the knee and ankle. Based in Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Consultant Foot & Ankle Surgeon at OrthoCarolina, Charlotte. Co‑Chair of the NFL Musculoskeletal Committee and Foot & Ankle Subcommittee of the NFL Injury & Safety Panel. A pioneer in foot & ankle sports medicine for elite athletes worldwide.

Consultant Foot & Ankle Surgeon and President of the Belgian Foot and Ankle Society (BFAS). Based in Ghent, Belgium, he specializes in sports injuries and degenerative diseases of the foot and ankle. Active in clinical research and education across Europe.

Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Surgeon at Barts Health Orthopaedic Centre, London, UK. Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). His practice focuses on ankle arthritis, total ankle replacement, and minimally invasive surgery for foot & ankle trauma and deformity.

Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, and Consultant Foot & Ankle Surgeon at Rutgers Health. Completed fellowship in Foot & Ankle at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Based in Newark, NJ, USA. Incoming President of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS).

Dr. Tim R. Daniels obtained is an alumnus of University of Saskatchewan who went on to complete a F&A fellowship with Drs. J. Smith and L. Fleming at Emory University and an additional 3 months at the Milwaukee County Medical Complex with Drs. J. Gould and G. Harris in their gait mechanics lab. In 1993 he began his F&A practice at Wellesley Hospital in Toronto and, in 1994, established a multi-disciplinary Foot Clinic.

Presently, he is Full Professor, Head of the U of T F&A Program, and Head of Orthopaedic Division at St. Michael’s Hospital. He serves as Associate Editor at Foot and Ankle International and Reviewer for JBJS (Am) and Journal of American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.

As Canada’s top Orthopaedic F&A surgeon, other orthopaedists send their most complex and challenging foot and ankle cases to him and he trains students from all over the world. His surgical skills and research publications have placed him in the top 16 of World’s best F&A surgeons by Orthopaedics This Week.

Mansur Halai is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto. He specialises in Major Trauma and Foot & Ankle Reconstruction. He has completed Trauma Fellowships in Calgary, Cape Town and Blantyre, Malawi. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, along with other academic appointments held at the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee. His research interests are in ankle arthroplasty, minimally invasive surgery and database collaboration

Dr. Sam Park is Assistant Professor and Surgeon-Investigator in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. His specialized clinical focus is in the management of adult foot and ankle conditions. These include the early to end-stage arthritis, deformity correction, cartilage lesions, tendon disorders, athletic injuries, factures and trauma, and the foot and ankle sequelae from systemic conditions and neurological disorders. Academic interests include clinical epidemiology and outcomes research on the treatment of various foot and ankle disorders and pathology; and translational science research related to foot and ankle arthritis and joint preservation.