Dear Colleagues,

 

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is ourgreat honor and pleasure to welcome all friends and colleagues to participate in upcoming 2019 APKASSSummit runninginApril 18-21, inChengdu, Chinaasthe president of 2019 APKASSand Chinese Society of Sports medicine.

The congress will be hold combining with 16^thIFOSMA (International Forum on Orthopeadic Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Surgery), a famous China based international congress of sports medicine and arthroscopy. The theme of this congress is “Sports Medicine for FunctionalPriority& ExcellencePerformance”. We deeply appreciate your participationand contribution to the congress. 

2019APKASS aims to encourage the innovationinthe clinical practice and research as well as benefit tothe patients. APKASS is a great platform for the scientific exchange and surgical technique development inknee, shoulder, elbow, foot and anklesurgery, arthroscopy and sports medicine in Asia-Pacific. We hope you all to bring your researchers and studying to thiscongress from all over the world.

There will be more than 60 invited international lecturers and 1800 abstracts submitting and 1252 registrants from China and the Asian pacific region to this congress. The congress will launch an APKASS scholarship program to awards for outstanding young research.

We have forged a strong partnership with the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS), European Society of Sports Traumatology Keen Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and Latin American Society of Knee Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine (SLARD). 

 

Welook forward to meeting you all in Chengdu!

Best regards
Jian Li, M.D., Ph,D Host of 2019 APKASS Summit Vice President, Chinese Society of Sports Medicine Sports medicine Center West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu, China	Shiyi Chen, M.D., Ph,D President, Chinese Society of Sports Medicine Past President, APKASS Sports medicine Center Huashan Hospital，Fudan University Shanghai, China