17th EHS Congress Thessaloniki 2025
Makedonia Palace Congress Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece, 16-17th October 2025
General Assembly: 16th October 2025 @ 17:50-19:00 in Alexander I Hall
Dear EHS Members,
With two weeks to go until I welcome you all to my hometown for our 17th EHS Congress Thessaloniki, this is my outgoing newsletter as EHS President before I hand over the reigns to our incredibly competent President Elect, Prof Fares Haddad.
It has been my honour to lead this specialty society, and EHS means very much to me – I served as Secretary General previously, so have been involved in the EHS board for a decade and have helped push the society to grow in strength, focus and scientific level.
Personally, I am proud to have opened EHS up over these years to new fresh members and move away from the idea of EHS as a closed group of old friends. We currently stand at 520 members from 56 countries worldwide and have an unprecedented number of International Members, with 30 North American members alone – as you know, USA is our Guest Nation this year. This broad membership pool is essential for a vibrant exchange of the latest ideas in hip surgery from around the world, with discussion and debate from the experts and leaders in our field, ensuring we keep focused on our shared EHS mission of improving care for our hip patients by being amongst the most outstanding specialty societies in Europe.
I am excited therefore to leave behind a legacy in the name of a new International EHS Fellowship in collaboration with the Japanese Society for Replacement Arthroplasty, which I hope to be approved at the General Assembly. This will offer an amazing opportunity for two senior EHS members to travel to Japan every other year, visiting at least four top hip centres over two weeks, while on alternate years, we will host two Japanese Fellows here in Europe.
Also at the GA we will approve our candidate for President, Prof Carsten Perka, and vote for Secretary General between two candidates, Prof Stanislav Bondarenko and Prof Moussa Hamadouche. We are delighted to announce our candidate for the role of EHS Treasurer: Prof Tobias Winkler. Please scroll down to read their CVs and mission statements ready to cast your vote in a fortnight, as well as the GA Agenda.
Meanwhile, we welcome new EHS faces this month: Full Members Mr Fiachra Rowan from Ireland and Dr Lucia Sanchez-Cozar from Spain, Young Member Dr Giuseppe Martello from Italy and International Member Prof Abhay Elhence from India.
Finally, Prof Haddad introduces our new collaboration with BHS for a webinar series (below) starting in one week, on 7th October. Save the date also for the Barcelona Hip Meeting 27-29th April 2026, called “New Times New Rules!” with EHS patronage.
See you all here in Thessaloniki very soon.
Best regards,
Prof Eleftherios Tsiridis
EHS President 2023-2025
Header photo shows the White Tower, landmark of Thessaloniki

BHS - EHS Webinar Series 2025!
We are delighted to announce a new and exciting collaboration between EHS and the British Hip Society to present a series of three free Webinars before the end of the year. All hip surgeons are welcome.
Kicking off with the Young Adult Hip, the launch BHS – EHS Webinar is on Tuesday 7th October at 21:00-22:00 (CET). The format will be lively case discussions of alternative treatment options between pairs of BHS and EHS experts.
Chairs for this first webinar are Ajay Malyvia from BHS and Oliver Marin-Pena for EHS, with Vikas Khanduja & Nicolas Bonin, Geraint Thomas & Athanasios Papavasiliou. Topics will include FAI with early OA, hip dysplasia treatment in the 30 – 40-year-old and borderline dysplasia with CAM deformity.
Thanks to Matt Wilson & Rob Banerjee, BHS President & Education Chair, for this convivial collaboration.
Do join us for what promises to be an insightful webinar series in a fresh new venture between these two long-established hip societies.
Register now: bit.ly/BHSEHS-7Oct25 See you there.
Candidate for EHS Treasurer
Candidate for EHS Presidency
Prof Carsten PerkaCandidate for President2027-2029
It will be a great privilege to serve the European Hip Society as President and to help strengthen education, research, and communication in hip surgery in Europe. My surgical practice is focused on hip surgery, covering all the fields of hip joint preservation (osteotomy, surgical hip dislocation, all kinds of soft tissue procedures) and an increasing number of primary hip arthroplasty and complex THA revisions.
My CV spans more than 550 peer-reviewed publications, and I have a strong track record in leadership nationally in Germany (German Arthroplasty Society, German Orthopedic Society) and internationally. In addition, I am the chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Arthroplasty Registry (EPRD) as well as the Steering Board of AO Recon. I have excellent contacts worldwide and will bring many options for collaborations to the European Hip Society.
My goals as president of the EHS are threefold. First, we should bundle European scientific knowledge to further strengthen our society's self-confidence on the international stage. Second, we have to develop more intensive International cooperation with North America as well as Asia. Rapidly developing countries like Thailand, Indonesia, and South Korea need more attention.
Third, we need to develop new young hip surgeons. This should be achieved through fellowships at renowned European hip centers and structured educational courses for systematic improvement of knowledge across EHS member countries. We have to make the EHS more attractive and visible, especially for these younger colleagues. To achieve this, I would like to work closely with the Executive Committee and with National Reps and all Members of the Society.
I would be very honored if the members would elect me as the future president of EHS.
Candidates for EHS Secretary General
Prof Stanislav BondarenkoCandidate for Secretary General2025-2029
Building on my experience from the first term as Secretary General and with renewed determination, I propose the following development priorities for EHS:
1. Expanding EHS Membership and representation in Europe
Current status: 14 / 44 European countries are not yet EHS members; 4 EHS member countries lack Nat Reps.
Planned actions:
Personally engage with leading orthopedic communities in non-member countries through bilateral meetings and invitations to EHS events Promote EHS visibility through scientific collaboration and media outreach, using platforms I already influence as editor and advisor Develop a regional ambassadors programme to establish new Nat Reps where absent 2. Engaging and supporting young surgeons
Current status: Only 8% of EHS members are young professionals (under 35).
Planned actions:
Initiate annual Young Hip Surgeons Forum, hosted onsite and online, under the EHS banner, providing presentation opportunities and mentorship Expand EHS fellowship programmes through cooperation with high-volume centres, including the Sytenko Institute, where young surgeons can receive hands-on exposure Establish a Young Surgeons Advisory Group within EHS to support early-career leadership 3. Advancing research in Hip Pathology
Planned actions:
Establish competitive EHS Research Grants to fund promising multicentre studies in hip preservation and arthroplasty 4. Promoting exchange of surgical techniques
Planned actions:
Organize short-term visiting faculty programsme, in which leading EHS surgeons travel to local hospitals across Europe for live surgical demonstrations and workshops Foster institutional twinning (e.g., between Sytenko Institute and Western European centres) to enable bilateral learning 5. Developing a Robust EHS educational online platform
Planned actions:
Launch a continuous EHS Webinar Series, featuring expert-led case discussions and technique videos, accessible to all members Build a structured EHS e-Learning Hub, with certified modules and open-access video lectures, particularly useful for surgeons in resource-limited settings Enable monthly virtual roundtables to facilitate experience sharing and networking across borders These initiatives are rooted in my own clinical, academic, and international experience, and reflect both my personal commitment and institutional capabilities. Despite the disruption caused by the war in Ukraine during my first term, I remained active and engaged — and now, with new momentum and clearer pathways, I am fully ready to implement these goals for the benefit of all EHS members and future generations.
Prof Moussa HamadoucheCandidate for Secretary General2025-2029
Prof Moussa Hamadouche is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Paris Cité, France, since 2007. He is currently Co-Chair of the Orthopaedic Department at the Cochin University Hospital. He is well recognized in France and internationally as a leading expert in the field of hip arthroplasty. He is also member of the National University Council, in charge of appointing new professors of orthopaedic surgery in France. He is a member of the prestigious International Hip Society and has been on its executive board. He has published over 100 peer-review papers and book chapters, and has given numerous presentations at international meetings.
Prof Moussa Hamadouche is currently the SOFCOT general secretary finishing his three-year term in November, and will bring a strong commitment as well as great influence to the European Hip Society.
Agenda for EHS General Assembly 2025
16.10.2025 @ 17:50-19:00 in Congress Centre Alexander I Hall
- Approval of the Agenda
- Approval of Minutes of GA @ Hamburg EFORT 22.5.2024
- Approval of new JRSA / EHS Senior Fellowship
- Report of the President Elect 17th Congress London 2027
- Treasurer Financial Report
- Approval of Financial Reports 2023-25
- Report of the Secretary General
- Report of Chairman of the SciCom (LZ)
- Report of Chairman of the EduCom (BA)
- Election of President 2027-2029: Approval of Prof Carsten Perka
- Election of Treasurer 2025-9: Approval of Prof Tobias Winkler
- Election of Secretary General 2025-2029: Vote between two candidates Prof Bondarenko & Prof Hamadouche
- Outgoing President summary
- Miscellaneous
Full Members (in good standing) only have voting rights