Back to the CadLab, a perfectly equipped facility for training with cadaver specimens.

Awesome experience in Asia, in a fantastic meeting with a very special format: just case discussions with a very lively engagement by everyone in the room!

A pleasure to be part of such an event in my hometown, teaching and learning from national and international peers!

Back to the CadLab, a top notch facility in Cologne.

Back to the ESSKA shoulder courses with training on cadaver specimens, this time in beautify Barcelona! A pleasure to co-chair the course with Abdulilah Hachem!

First webinar in 2025 on shoulder instabilities, with participation from the Middle East. Awesome success with 387 participants from over 47 countries!

An ESSKA-ESA / Portuguese Ortho & Trauma Society joint session. Great to unite societies internationally.

What a fantastic event, undoubtedly a reference in the Middle East today! Further collaborations with Europe are on the way!

Back again to this fantastic Anatomy and Technique Training Centre! Interaction with the Delegates was awesome!

The Portuguese Society of Arthroscopy biannual congress. Opportunity to celebrate its 30 years of existence, handover of the Presidency from one friend (Alcindo Silva) to another (Helder Pereira) and benefit

Same location once more, great course and feedback once again!

Another excellent gathering of world renowned experts for science sharing and networking.

As a proud Sports Medicine Shoulder Chairman for this annual event, I am pleased to watch it getting better and more appealing for young surgeons every year!

Excellent science at ease!

Great meeting in vibrant Cairo!

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Perfect equipment, an excellent setting and back to French speaking for a change!

Best wishes to my friend Murat Bozkurt’s next project in Ankara! An honour to be present and to enjoy such a magnificent reception!

Awesome location for another fantastic meeting!

The most successful ESSKA congress so far. So happy to be part of it once more and proud to hand over the presidency of ESA to Prof. Frank Martetschlager.

An honour to contribute to this fast growing ESSKA publication and its increasing reputation.

Back again to Cologne and a fantastic setting, for an enriching exchange of knowledge with an international faculty and group of delegates.

First event in 2024 of the Arthroschool series on education. Proud to continue with the coordination of the shoulder events, this time with the ESSKA patronage.

A pleasure to participate in such an interactive event in my home town, with an excellent organisation by Prof Gutierres and his team. Live and re-live surgeries, plus a film

Back to the excellent facilities of the Cologne CadLab and another ZB Bioskills course. This time dedicated to a particular pathology, the Acromio-Clavicular Joint instability.

Another event of the Turkey-based Arthroschool platform for education in orthopaedics. This time, a webinar on first time shoulder dislocation.

A true honour for the European Shoulder Associates of ESSKA to be hosting the first dedicated event of the newly formed Arab Shoulder and Elbow Association. Looking forward to organising

Magnificent gathering of a transatlantic faculty in a symposium on the latest advancements on the treatment of shoulder pathologies.

Another ESA-ESSKA publication and an active participation! Chapter on Failed glenoumeral instability surgery with Mikel Aramberri and Helder Fonte.

European Shoulder Associates of ESSKA taking an active part in a joint webinar between the European and Latin American Arthroscopy Societies. Great exchange of experiences.

Another group of surgeons from Poland was welcomed at the OR at the Military Hospital in Porto to assist a few shoulder surgeries performed by Dr Nuno Gomes.

Once more in this fantastic city with a great group of Delegates for an exchange of experiences.

Congratulations to Giuseppe Milano, European Shoulder Associates Past-chairman, for gathering such a fantastic faculty.

Reunião Ibérica entre as Sociedades de Artroscopia e Traumatologia de Portugal e Espanha. Excelente oportunidade de discussão científica e de aproximação entre colegas com tantos pontos em comum.

ZB Masterclass in Eastern Europe. Meeting once again with "new and old" colleagues to teach and learn!

The second edition of the ESSKA Speciality Days was a success, despite doubts regarding the instability in Eastern Europe. Being an active contributor to its organisation for the second time,

Always a pleasure to be part of scientific activities with the Military, where I belong. One day meeting with local Primary Care Doctors.

Moderating a webinar with such an outstanding faculty is always a pleasure!

A massive congress in an exceptional setting. Honoured to participate once more!

A massive meeting in an exceptional environment. A pleasure to meet colleagues on the other side of the atlantic!

Side event on labral lesions in an outstanding location!

An honour to be part of the inaugural Rotator Cuff module of the ESSKA Certification programme with a fantastic group of candidates and faculty!

Practical module of this excellent ZB initiative offering young surgeons an unmissable opportunity to learn from their peers.

Back again to this fabulous facility CadLab Cologne to join a great group of colleagues!

3rd SPOC Congress and 2nd Congresso Luso-Brasileiro do Ombro e Cotovelo. Perfect location to meet colleagues from both sides of the Atlantic!

SIAGASCOT 2nd annual Meeting with a fantastic Portuguese representation!

A fantastic feeling to be part of another edition of this Shoulder Course in my home town, with a top notch international faculty!

Looking forward to joining the Orthopedic Film Festival 2023. March 13 to 15 will be quite exciting. Gaining new insights in orthopedics and trauma surgery. Will see you 13 to

Great kick start for several of the European Shoulder Associates of ESSKA projects for the next 2 years! Excellent scientific discussions and strategic decisions for the future of international shoulder

A big welcome to Denisse Loya de la Cerda from the University Hospital Vall d’Hebron in Barcelona! It was a pleasure to have you here with us!

Happy to have the best feedback ever from Delegates from Europe & South Africa! Looking forward to continuing with the good work!

Back to a great setting and organisation by Antoon Van Raebroeckx, President of the Belgian Shoulder and Elbow Society. Fantastic Faculty, Science and Social gathering in a beautiful location!

Back to this excellent lab, with very active Delegates from Europe & Middle East.

Following the Istanbul Arthroschool Course last September, this was an opportunity to share feedbacks from the face to face event, clear any doubts and discuss difficulties that Delegates may have

Online meetings have come to stay despite resuming the onsite events! Great pleasure to meet again my Turkish peers and a word of appreciation to Baris Kocaoglu and the Turkish

Resuming the successful ESSKA Shoulder Webinars, this time on another controversial topic: Frozen Shoulder. Great talks by Michel Azar (France), Vladan Stevanovic (Serbia) and Roman Ostermann (Austria), moderated by me

Back again to this great facility for another cadaver course. This time with Italian and Greek Delegates!

AO Trauma Course – Shoulder and Elbow Advanced. Some few years later, a pleasure to be back to the AO Courses, always so well organised. Congrats Manuel Ribeiro da Silva

Fantastic organisation, faculty and location! A big thank you to Emil Haritinian and Prof. Dr. Ioan Cristian Stoica, SOROT President, for the kind invitation to Transilvania!

Another Arthroschool Shoulder Course just completed, with invaluable memories and great participants from multiple nationalities. Great job once again by Ozge Aygun, Tolga Yonetsel and Murat Bozkurt, in top notch

A great honour to be part of another Congress of the Portuguese Arthroscopy & Sports Trauma Society and watching my close friends Alcindo Silva and Helder Pereira become President and

Honoured to take part in the strategic decisions for the future of international orthopaedics.

Delighted to chair another intensive week of education, encompassing many aspects of Orthopaedics, for Residents from all over Europe, Middle East & Africa! 2022, July 10-15th. Tubingen, Germany.

Finally back to Köln for more training with cadaver specimens! We were definitely in need of in-person meetings again! Besides meeting new colleagues and old friends, it was a pleasure

What a pleasure to lecture in the ZB Masterclass in my hometown! Great discussions and networking between Portugal and Spain delegates.

Back again to Eastern Europe for another training in cadaver specimens with delegates from all over Europe and the Middle East. Finally in-person since the pandemic, definitely the best way

Back again to Eastern Europe for another training in cadaver specimens with delegates from all over Europe and the Middle East. Finally in-person since the pandemic, definitely the best way

Being assigned the Chairman of ESA for the next 2 years, besides having an active role in this fabulous Congress in a city that means so much to me, has

Another great meeting, gathering shoulder surgeons from all over the country and a few international colleagues. A pleasure to be part of it again and congratulations to the organisers!

Lecturer at the Ph.D in Rehabilitation Sciences programme at Aveiro University. A great honour to contribute and a pleasure to discuss so many common matters! This time on Acromioclavicular dislocations

The ESSKA Speciality Days 2nd edition was postponed to November 2023 due to the pandemic. However, ESSKA has not given up on 2021! We rose to the challenge and we have created a ’Speciality September, 2021’,  exclusively for

Debates on current knowledge on shoulder arthroscopy techniques with Dr Jakob Merkac from Slovenia, with an audience from the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa. Click below to watch this

There are many alternatives for the management of shoulders with irreparable supraspinatus tears.In this new paper, Dr. N. Gomes et al. suggest placing a fascia lata allograft below the acromion,

A great pleasure to participate once again in this Egyptian important event with a fantastic domestic Faculty and 16 other surgeons for all over the world. Congratulations to the organisers

Focus on “Shoulder Injuries & Repair techniques” addressing Complex Rotator Cuff repair and Complex Instability Repair. With my friend from Alexandria, Egypt, Professor Mohamed Gamal Morsy, a big thank you

This year online but always a pleasure to meet my Polish friends again. Congratulations to Roman Brzóska and all his Team for this wonderful event!

Lessons Learned in Rotator Cuff Surgery. Back to Ankara with my Turkish friends, this time virtual!

Going virtual this year due to the pandemic, but still a huge success. Still available online after the end of the meeting.

A great pleasure to contribute to this e-meeting with over 200 viewers! Thank you Andreas Panagopoulos for the kind invitation!

Once again, pleased to contribute to this educational platform.

On First time shoulder dislocations, with over 1000 registrations from all over the world!

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Quite excited to have contributed to this first ever online ESA Closed Meeting! Times they are a-changin’ and the European Shoulder Associates of ESSKA keeps adapting to the demands of

A great honour to contribute to this educational platform. Thank you Dr Hitesh Gopalan for the kind invitation.

Hands-on wet lab course coordinated by António Cartucho, with the participation of national and international faculty, including Bruno Toussaint and Roman Brzoska. The Coronavirus doesn’t stop science from being delivered.

Chapter on “Arthroscopic Bankart Repair: How It Looks Today” with my friends Mikel Aramberri and Helder Fonte.

A great experience at this worldwide Spanish-speaking webinar, with the support of the Spanish Association of Arthroscopy (AEA) & the Spanish Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (SECHC). Great participation

Proud to have been chosen for this honourable position. Hard work ahead in the next 4+ years.

Desde Março 2020 que podemos fazer o seu acompanhamento à distância! A consulta presencial clássica pode, em certas situações, ser substituída por uma videoconsulta a partir do conforto de sua

Participation on webinar on Acromioclavicular Joint Pathologies – ESA Consensus and Surgical technique pearls and tips, coordinated by Andreas Voss, from Germany.

A true honour to have edited this book with my friends Lado, Frank and Giuseppe. For customer orders click on the image below or

Back to Athens, this time on-line! Fantastic work by Manos & Manos on the countdown to the ASC in 2022. Great pleasure to join you once more. This #11 episode

Once more having the privilege to visit great people in a beautiful setting!

Athens Shoulder Course. Once more having the pleasure to contribute to an event that is increasingly gaining ground in the international shoulder surgery scene.

Masterclass Shoulder & Knee Arthroscopy. Fantastic participation from the Balkan region!

Great to be part of this important event in my home country! The annual Portuguese Society of Arthroscopy and Sports Trauma XIV SPAT Congress was once again a success, with

Another Shoulder Arthroscopy Course in Germany, in a fantastic setting and facilities. Truly enriching to be part of the evolution in shoulder surgery in Europe.

ESA Section Scientific Chairman of the very first ESSKA Speciality Days. European Shoulder Associates awarded the Best Performance Section in the meeting! Great organisation and participation, with an excellent feedback

A true pleasure and honour to be part of such an important event in an incredible location. Will definitely never forget the experience! Thank you for the warm welcome!

Masterclass – Challenges in Arthroscopy for Shoulder & Knee. With Dr Antoon van Raebroeckx, President of the Belgian Shoulder Society, another great exchange of knowledge in the Czech Republic.

Two Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Courses with training in cadaver specimens with dozens of Delegates from the Middle East. Great sharing of experiences!

A lot of work since last year, looking forward to having a great meeting next November!

Once more having the pleasure to share knowledge – both ways – in a shoulder arthroscopy cadaver course!

This time just for listening & networking! What a great meeting!

A great satisfaction to return to this magnificent city and meet fabulous hosts in an excellent meeting. A big Thank You to Prof. Murat Bozkurt!

ZB Training for Residents – Faculty for the shoulder / sports medicine section, with talks and training on cadaver specimens.

2nd ESSKA Shoulder Advanced Course in 2019 – All about Instability. Honoured to be the ESA Chairman for Education and contribute to the success of these courses.

Once more in this brand new facilities in Köln for a shoulder arthroscopy course with training in cadaver specimens!

Among renowned international Faculty in the Roman Meeting on Arthroplasty. What a pleasure!

Faculty at another Bioskills Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course.

A great honour to have been the link for a Portuguese presence in a fantastic meeting in a fantastic setting! Talks, workshops and live surgeries!

Another great Shoulder & Elbow meeting in Portugal, the 1st under the rule of the newly formed S & E Society!

A great pleasure to be invited to and participate in a world class event for Anaesthetists! The International Symposium of Ultrasound for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ISURA) is one

Member of a fantastic Faculty group at shoulder surgery Symposium in the Netherlands.

Faculty at the 2nd Lisbon Shoulder Meeting.

Very proud to have chaired this great ESSKA shoulder arthroscopy cadaver course.

Faculty at Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course – training in cadaver specimens.

Faculty at the Athens Shoulder Course with a fantastic group of experts!

Faculty at Shoulder Arthroscopy Course and Cadaver Lab – ERASMUS Rotterdam.

Great closed meeting of the European Shoulder Associates on “Diagnosis and treatment of acromioclavicular joint pathology” in Athens. Impressive high-quality talks and perfect opportunity for discussions, “brainstorming” and finding the

Faculty at National Shoulder Course.

Faculty for Shoulder arthroscopy Masterclass.

International Surgeons that are interested in developing their skills in shoulder arthroscopy are regularly welcome at our Operating Room. On last October and November, another 3 international groups of training

Faculty at Advanced Shoulder Arthroscopy Course – training in cadaver specimens.