Is Computer Assisted Total Knee Surgery Mainstream?
by Frédéric Picard (United Kingdom)

The basic research of Dr Picard and his colleagues at the University of Grenoble in the nineties has been the basis for the technical constructions of the first routine CT free knee navigation system for TKA. Without his research and clinical input, the implementation of this new technology would not have been possible.

His original research and contributions have placed him at the top of the international community of researchers in the area of CAOS.

He has shown an outstanding ability to translate surgical technique in three-dimensional procedure. His opinion is sought by others who are working on developing other computer-assisted surgical systems. He has been recognised as a "Lead User Developer of Radical Innovation in the Field of Medical Equipment Technology". He also initiated one of the first books on computer assisted orthopaedic surgery – "Computer Robotic Assisted Hip and Knee Surgery" – published by the Oxford University press.

Dr Frédéric Picard received MD and master degrees at Grenoble University in France. He worked in Chicago (NWU) with David Stulberg, in Pittsburgh with Anthony DiGioia (CMU), and in Paris (Ecole Centrale Paris/"Centrale Santé"). He is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Glasgow (Scotland) and has established a clinical research unit in which his team has produced significant research work on computer assisted knee and hip surgery.

In 2009 in Boston (United States), he received the Muller award, the highest recognition in Computer Assisted Surgery.

Dr Picard will deliver his plenary lecture, "Is Computer Assisted Total Knee Surgery Mainstream?", on Thursday, 8 September during the

SICOT 2011
XXV Triennial World Congress

6-9 September 2011
Prague, Czech Republic

Register before 25 July 2011 and benefit from reduced registration fees!

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