Gary G Poehling Editor

Deepak N. Bhatia, MS(Orth), DNB(Orth), is a consultant shoulder and upper limb surgeon at leading hospitals in Mumbai and was an Asst. Professor of Orthopaedic surgery at the Seth GS Medical College in Mumbai India. He trained at respected institutions in Belgium, South Africa and Australia, and has a special interest in sports injuries and arthroscopy of shoulder, elbow & wrist. He is currently the Chair of the Elbow, Wrist, and Hand committee of ISAKOS. and is a founding member and past Secretary of the Shoulder and Elbow Society of India. He is actively involved in research and academia and has published extensively. He served as a Co-Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Shoulder Surgery. He has lectured and performed live surgeries and cadaver surgical demonstrations at national and international shoulder conferences in the Asia-Pacific region. He received the Gary G. Poehling Award In 2017 (Shanghai, China) and 2019 (Cancun, Mexico) for his pioneering work on distal biceps anatomy and endoscopy. He also won the Young Investigator Research Grant Award in 2016, and ISAKOS Young Investigator Research Mentorship Award in 2015 (Lyon, France).

Gregory Ian Bain, PhD, MBBS, FRACS, FA(Ortho)A, is Professor of Research and Upper Limb Surgery, at the Department of Orthopaedics & Trauma Surgery at Flinders University and Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and a past President of the Shoulder and Elbow Society of Australia. He has undertaken extensive research and in 2009 received the Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Award for outstanding orthopaedic research that has gained international recognition. Professor Bain is Chairman of the Elbow, Wrist and Hand Committee of ISAKOS, President of the Asia Pacific Wrist Association, Deputy Editor of the Journal of Wrist Surgery and a longstanding member of the editorial boards of the Journal of ISAKOS, and Journal of Techniques of Hand and Upper Limb Surgery. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and is an editor of the Springer books; Elbow Arthroscopy (LA Pederzini, GI Bain, MR Safran eds. ISAKOS. Springer, 2013). Shoulder Stiffness: Current Concepts and Concerns, (E Itoi, G Arce, GI. Bain ISAKOS. Springer, 2015), Normal and Pathological Anatomy of the Shoulder (G I. Bain, E Itoi, G Di Giacomo, H Sugaya, ISAKOS. Springer, 2015), Kienböck’s Disease: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment, (D M. Lichtman, GI Bain Springer, 2016), and Surgical Techniques for Trauma and Sports Related Injuries of the Elbow (G I Bain, R Van Riet, D Eygendaal, Springer 2019).

Dr. Poehling has over 43years of experience as an orthopaedic surgeon. He pioneered the use of arthroscopy and was influential in defining various procedures that can be performed arthroscopically. Together with James Roth, MD and Terry Whipple, MD, Dr. Poehling pioneered the use of wrist arthroscopy in 1985. Dr. Poehling also was one of the first orthopaedic surgeons to use arthroscopic operative techniques in the elbow. Dr. Poehling has also served as a proponent for the development and use of minimally invasive surgical techniques. As an academic surgeon he has promoted the application of computer technology for training residents and medical students. He has championed the importance of orthopaedic outcome studies and evidence-based medicine. Dr Poehling served as Chair of Orthopedics at Wake Forest for 18 years and also Editor in Chief for the Journal of Arthroscopy for 24 years.

Benjamin Graves, MD is Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and has subspecialty training in Sports Medicine and Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity. He serves as Associate Program Director for the Orthopaedic Surgery Residency program, and is faculty for the Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship program.  He is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, where he serves on multiple committees.   He serves on the ISAKOS Elbow, Wrist, and Hand Committee.  He is also a member of the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) and frequently instructs arthroscopy of the wrist, elbow, and shoulder at the Orthopaedic Learning Center in Rosemont IL.  He has authored multiple book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles and has a passion for arthroscopy of the Upper Extremity.OS