Dear EHS Members,

It is my very great honour to serve as EHS President 2023-25.

Congratulations to Prof Klaus Siebenrock for an excellent and productive EHS Presidency and we are grateful for his legacy. The 15th Congress in Bern was a huge success, with excellent organisation and scientific content. I am taking over a vibrant society, with Prof Fares Haddad as the new EHS President Elect, and we are primed to work with you all to take our great organisation forwards.

As from January we will get the ball rolling for the 16th EHS Congress 2025 in Thessaloniki, Greece and I welcome everyone to participate in our integrated scientific programme. I will be delighted to welcome you all to this cosmopolitan seafront city – a hub of academia, with Aristotle University being the largest in the Balkans, plus a huge history, with no less than 15 UNESCO World Heritage Site monuments.

It is my pleasure to also invite you to visit Thessaloniki before the EHS Congress, when we hold the 10th Masterclass in Arthroplasty Surgery Thessaloniki, from 15th – 17th December 2023: Current Concepts in Advanced Arthroplasty Surgery. MAST is organised each year with EHS and many of you have been involved. Our distinguished panel of international experts for 2023 will present their centre’s best research data of the year with video surgery presentation. Topics include: Personalised arthroplasty; Robotics / Navigation; Complexities for primary & revision arthroplasty; Complications; New implant designs: 3D & customised and Joint preservation. The course closes with the always popular hands on workshops. Register now.

As President of EHS, as well as of the Hellenic Orthopaedic Association, I have been invited as honorary speaker next week by the University of Hong Kong and the National Orthopaedic Association to give a key note lecture, as well as to deliver grand rounds to the residents and discuss many interesting cases. Following that, I am a key note speaker at SICOT in Cairo, where I hope to see many EHS members.