Past Presidents




2022-2024

Holger Jahr

Uniklinik RWTH Aachen

Aachen, Germany

hjahr at ukaachen.de


2020-2022

Gianluca Vadalà

Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome

Rome, Italy

g.vadala at gmail.com



2018-2020

Denitsa Docheva

Department of Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration
Orthopaedic Hospital König-Ludwig-Haus
& University of Wuerzburg
Wuerzburg, Germany


2016-2018

Ashley Blom

University of Bristol

Avon Orthopaedic Centre

Bristol, U.K.

ashley.blom at nbt.nhs.uk


2014-2016

Bernd Grimm

Research Leader

Human Motion Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, Digital Methods (HOSD)

Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

bernd.grimm at lih.lu


2012-2014

Enrique Gómez Barrena

Catedrático de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología

Hospital La Paz, IdiPAZ 

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Hospital de Traumatología

Madrid, Spain

egomezbarrena at gmail.com


2010-2012

Nicola Baldini

Direttore Dipartimento Rizzoli Research Innovation & Technology
Responsabile SSD Fisiopatologia Ortopedica e Medicina Rigenerativa
Direttore SC Biologia Cellulare Muscoloscheletrica
Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Bologna, Italy
nicola.baldini at ior.it



Past Board Members


2018-2020


President: Denitsa Docheva (D)
Vice-President: Gianluca Vadala (I)
Vice-President: Holger Jahr (D)
Secretary-General: Boyko Gueorguiev (CH)

Treasurer: Jeannette Østergaard Penny (DK)

Past-President: Ashley Blom (UK)


2016-2018


President: Ashley Blom (UK)
Vice-President: Denitsa Docheva (D)
Vice-President: Richie Gill (UK)
Secretary-General: Holger Jahr (D)
Treasurer: Gianluca Vadala (I)
Past-President & ICORS Representative: Bernd Grimm (NL)


2014-2016


President: Bernd Grimm (NL)
Vice-President: Edward Valstar (NL)
Vice-President: Ashley Blom (UK)
Secretary-General: Holger Jahr (D)
Treasurer: Gianluca Vadala (I)
Members at large:
Enrique Gomez Barrena (E) (Past President, EFORT Basic Sciences)
Nicola Baldini, Bologna (I) (EORS Representative in ICORS)
Geoff Richards (CH) (Sponsoring Initiatives, Sister Societies)
Richie Gill (UK) (Liason for Meetings)
Denitsa Docheva (D) (Young Investigator, Travel Awards)


2011 -2014


President: Enrique Gómez Barrena (S)
1st Vice-President: Klemens Trieb (A)
2nd Vice-President: Nicola Baldini (I)
Treasurer: Bernd Grimm (NL)
General Secretary: Edward Valstar (NL)
Member-at-large: Geoff Richards (CH)
Member-at-large: Gianluca Vadala (I)
Member-at-large: Denitsa Docheva (D)
Member-at-large: Richie Gill (UK)
Member-at-large: Ashley Blom (UK)



2010-2011


President: Nicola Baldini (I)
Vice-President: Enrique Gomez Barrena (S)
Treasurer: Klemens Trieb (A)
General Secretary: Bernd Grimm (NL)
Past-President: Nico Verdonschot (NL)
Members at Large:

Edward Valstar (NL)
Andreas Kurth



2008-2010


President: Nicola Baldini
Vice-President: Enrique Gomez Barrena
Treasurer: Klemens Trieb
General Secretary: Michiel Mulier

Past-President: Nico Verdonschot (NL)

Members at Large:

Edward Valstar
Nick Athanasou
Wiltrud Richter
Bernd Grimm