Nuno Sampaio Gomes – Chairman of European Shoulder Associates of ESSKA

Delighted to chair another intensive week of education, encompassing many aspects of Orthopaedics, for Residents from all over Europe, Middle East & Africa!

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 and nostalgic to meet another “Hardy Boy”, younger than me, Matthieu Ferrand. C’etait un plaisir!

O Hospital das Forças Armadas a intensificar a sua actividade conjunta entre a Ortopedia e a Radiologia de intervenção. Um orgulho assistir ao reconhecimento por tantas Entidades.

Na mesa:

Dr. Miguel Guimarães, Médico, Bastonário da Ordem dos Médicos

Major-General Jácome de Castro, Médico, Director de Saúde Militar

Almirante Gouveia e Melo, Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada, CEMA

Comodoro Francisco Guerreiro, Médico, Director do Hospital das Forças Armadas

Professor Doutor Altamiro Costa Pereira, Médico, Professor Catedrático Diretor da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto

A true pleasure to be back to the Balkans, a region that has been part of my past. Impossible for me to be indifferent to this invitation to contribute to this Meeting. Thank you Vladan Stevanovic.

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 to shorten your technical learning curve!

Once more in this fantastic setting, at a meeting that is growing fast towards being the regional reference in shoulder surgery.

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 been an enormous pleasure and an achievement for the Portuguese Orthopaedics.

Looking forward to contributing to knowledge and this international group of scientists and surgeons for the years to come!

At the Hôtel de Ville de Paris with Ladislav Kovacic, former ESA Chairman, and Chanakarn Phornphutkul, APKASS & TOSSM President.