Journal of Orthopaedic Translation (2014) 2, 165e169 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect journal homepage: http: / /ees.elsevier .com/jot PERSPECTIVE International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies: A model for international collaboration to promote orthopaedic and musculoskeletal research Theodore Miclau a,*, Nobuo Adachi b, John Antoniou c, Nicola Baldini d, Gordon Blunn e, Steven Boyd f, Je-Ken Chang g, Bernd Grimm h, X. Edward Guo i, Gun-Il Im j, Shin-Yoon Kim k, Feza Korkusuz l, Oscar Kuang-Sheng Lee m, Andrew McCaskie n, R. Geoff Richards o, Gautam Shetty p, Suresh Sivananthan q, Tingting Tang r, Jiake Xu s, Ling Qin t a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Kasumi, Japan c McGill University, Chercheur National FRSQ, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada d Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, University of Bologna, Laboratory for Orthopaedic Pathology and Regenerative Medicine, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy e Institute of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Science, University of College London, London, England f McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada g Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University and Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan h ATRIUM Medical Center, AHORSE Foundation, Heerlen, The Netherlands i Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia, University, New York, NY, USA j Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dongguk University, Goyang, South Korea k Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyungpook National University, Postgraduate School of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea l Department of Sports Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey m Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan n Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK o AO Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland p Qi Spine Clinic, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India * Corresponding author. Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, University of California at San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA. E-mail address: miclaut@orthosurg.ucsf.edu (T. Miclau). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jot.2014.07.004 2214-031X/Copyright ª 2014, The Authors. Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.1016/j.jot.2014.07.004&domain=pdf mailto:miclaut@orthosurg.ucsf.edu&/elink; (&givntag;Theodore&/givntag; Miclau) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jot.2014.07.004 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.�0/ www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/2214031X http://ees.elsevier.com/jot http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jot.2014.07.004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jot.2014.07.004 166 T. Miclau et al. q Hospital Fatimah and University Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia r Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, PR China s School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia t Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong Received 7 July 2014; received in revised form 17 July 2014; accepted 18 July 2014 Available online 10 August 2014 KEYWORDS Orthopaedic; Research; International; Societies; Organization 1 Corresponding office of the Internat Research Society. Orthopaedic Resear Road, Suite 602, Rosemont, IL 60018, Summary In October 2013, the International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS; http://i-cors.org) was founded with inaugural member organisations from the previous Combined Orthopaedic Research Society, which had sponsored combined meetings for more than 2 decades. The ICORS is dedicated to the stimulation of orthopaedic and musculoskeletal research in fields such as biomedical engineering, biology, chemistry, and veterinary and human clinical research. The ICORS seeks to facilitate communication with member organisations to enhance international research collaborations and to promote the development of new international orthopaedic and musculoskeletal research organisations. Through new categories ofmembership, the ICORS repre- sents the broadest coalition of orthopaedic research organisations globally. Copyright ª 2014, The Authors. Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Representatives of the International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies1: AO Foundation: R. Geoff Richards, PhD ASEAN Orthopaedic Research Society (ASEAN ORS): Suresh Sivananthan, MD Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research So- ciety (ANZORS): Jiake Xu, MD, PhD British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS): Andrew McCaskie, MD; Gordon Blunn, PhD Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society (Canadian ORS): John Antoniou, MD, PhD; Steven Boyd, PhD Chinese Orthopaedic Research Society (Chinese ORS): Ling Qin, PhD; Tingting Tang, MD, PhD European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS): Nicola Baldini, MD; Bernd Grimm, PhD Indian Orthopaedic Research Group (IORG): Gautam Shetty, MS International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society (ICMRS): X. Edward Guo, PhD Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA): Nobuo Adachi, MD Korean Orthopaedic Research Society (KORS): Gun-Il Im, MD, PhD Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS): Theodore Miclau, MD Taiwan Orthopaedic Research Society (TORS): Je-Ken Chang, MD; Oscar K. Lee, MD, PhD Turkish Orthopaedic Research Council (TORC): Feza Korkusuz, MD ional Combined Orthopaedic ch Society, 6300 North River USA. History of the Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies In 1992, the first Combined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies was in held in Banff, Alberta, Canada. The meeting was organised and held to promote collabo- ration among members of the orthopaedic research soci- eties from around the globe. The founding member societies included the Canadian Orthopaedic Research So- ciety (Canadian ORS), the European Orthopaedic Research Society (EORS), the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA), and the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS). In 2006, the founding member societies agreed to include additional organisations: the Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society (ANZORS), the British Ortho- paedic Research Society (BORS), the Korean Orthopaedic Research Society (KORS), and the Taiwan Orthopaedic Research Society (TORS). All organisations joined the organ- ising committeeof theCombinedMeeting andmet at the2007 Combined Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, which was hosted by the ORS. In 2011, the Chinese ORS was invited to join the organising committee. TheCombinedMeeting hadnowgrown to a total of nine societies that included a broad represen- tation of organisations from around the world [1]. Development of the International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies At the ORS 2013 Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX, USA, the ORS hosted an international summit and invited many of its partner organisations to a strategic session devoted to dis- cussions with regard to its international efforts, creating a http://i-cors.org http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.�0/ Figure 1 The International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS) representatives at the Inaugural Charter Signing at the 8th Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies Meeting. The representatives are (from left to right) Chinese Orthopaedic Research Society, Ling Qin, PhD; Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society, John Antoniou, MD, PhD; British Orthopaedic Research Society, Gordon Blunn, PhD; Australian and New Zealand Orthopaedic Research Society, Jiake Xu, MD, PhD; Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies 2013 Chairmen Nicola Baldini, MD and Bernd Grimm, PhD; European Orthopaedic Research Society, Enrique Gomez-Barrena, MD, PhD; Japanese Orthopaedic Association, Nobuo Adachi, MD; Korean Orthopaedic Research Society, Gun-Il Im, MD; and Orthopaedic Research Society, Theodore Miclau, MD. Missing: Taiwan Orthopaedic Research Society, Je-Ken Chang, MD. International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies 167 more formal alliance, and increasingglobal collaborations and partnerships. All societies in attendanceat the summit agreed that it was important to formalise an alliance that included additional related societies and organisations to work together to achieve a global mission. One important change was that a new name was suggested: the International Com- bined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS) [2]. The next steps included (1) the creation of a charter that would outline requirements formembership in the ICORS and (2) guidelines for each member organisation. In October 2013, the ICORS was officially established at the 8th Com- bined Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Societies, which was hosted by the EORS in Venice, Italy and chaired by Bernd Grimm and Nicola Baldini. The charter was adopted and nine founding members were approved and selected as members of the ICORS: the Orthopaedic Research Society, the ANZORS; the BORS, the Canadian ORS, the Chinese ORS, the EORS, the JOA, the KORS, and the TORS (Fig. 1). In addition, the founding member societies suggested new categories of ICORS membership to include “Associate Scientific Member” and “Candidate Member”. By establish- ing these new categories of membership, the ICORS would represent a broad spectrum of orthopaedic and musculo- skeletal research organisations that range from well- established organisations to developing organisations. A “Constituent Member” is an organisation that is the principal body representing orthopaedic and musculoskeletal research in its country or region (there should be no double repre- sentation from any country, and regional and multinational societies take precedence over individual groups). Constit- uent members must possess a mission consistent with that of the ICORS; be representative of a nation or region; be a legal entity (e.g., an incorporated organisation); consist of membership that also includes individuals who participate internationally through meeting attendance and/or publi- cation in international journals; promote science and engi- neering that are of appropriate international quality (as indicated by the quality of domestic meetings, publications, etc.); be financially viable (and contribute financially to ICORS); and have a stable membership. An “Associate Sci- entific Member” is an organisation that has significant regional overlap with an existing constituent member society but is able to contribute significantly to the ICORS. A “Candidate Member” is a newly formed organisation that does not satisfy all requirements for Constituent member- ship or Associate Scientific membership, but is likely to qualify for membership within 3 years of its application, which is the term-limit for their membership. Figure 2 The International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS) logo. 168 T. Miclau et al. The overall ICORS structure is as a “committee of peers” with each constituent organisation possessing a single vote. Each ICORS member organisation is represented by one representative who is appointed by the president or board of directors of that member organisation. These represen- tatives form a steering committee with a chairman selected from one of the members of the committee. The ORS representative, Theodore Miclau, MD, was elected as the first chairman of the ICORS steering committee. The purposes and responsibilities of the ICORS were established and included the following: � Stimulation of orthopaedic and musculoskeletal research in fields such as biomedical engineering, biology, chemistry, and veterinary and human clinical research. � Allocation of venues for the triannual ICORS Meeting. � Determination of organisational progress and educa- tional content and success of the triannual meetings. � Organisation of a face-to-face meeting at each triannual meeting and each ORS annual meeting. � Interaction with the ORS and other member organisa- tions to enhance international collaboration and pro- gramming, including the ORS annual meeting. � Promotion of the development of new orthopaedic research organisations globally and young investigators. International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies Developments in 2014 The ICORS steering committee met for the first time face-to- face in March 2014 at the ORS annual meeting in NewOrleans, LA, USA. At this meeting the steering committee continued to work on the governance of the ICORS and, more importantly, to develop priorities and goals for the organisation such as programs that will provide opportunities for increased collaboration, education, and dissemination of research knowledge. The ICORS steering committee also selected a logo (Fig. 2), voted to move forward with the development of a web-site (http://i-cors.org), and approved the election of the following new members: the AO Foundation and the In- ternational Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society [as affiliatemembers (now called Associate ScientificMembers)]; and the Indian Orthopaedic Research Group, the ASEAN Or- thopaedic Research Society, and the Turkish Orthopaedic Research Council as Candidate Members. A logo was pre- sentedandapproved. Itwas designed to represent growthand development, and was created by a team led by EORS rep- resentatives Nicola Baldini and Bernd Grimm, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Fig. 2). Future International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies Meetings At the steering committee meeting in New Orleans, LA, USA, the next two ICORS meeting sites were selected. In 2016, the meeting will be held in Xian, People’s Republic of China; in 2019, the meeting will be held in Montreal, Can- ada. The 2016 Meeting will be supported by the Chinese ORS, the Chinese Orthopaedic Association and Orthopaedic Hospital, and the Fourth Military Medical University (Xian, China). The 2019 Meeting will be hosted by the Canadian ORS and the Canadian Orthopaedic Association. Author Addresses: Nobuo Adachi, MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Hiroshima, Japan E-mail address: nadachi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp John Antoniou MD, PhD, FRCSC Professor of Surgery, McGill University, Chercheur National FRSQ, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote-St. Catherine Road, Room E-003, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2 E-mail address: janton@orl.mcgill.ca Nicola Baldini, MD Professor, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sci- ence, University of Bologna, Laboratory for Orthopaedic Pathology and Regenerative Medicine, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy E-mail address: nicola.baldini@ior.it Gordon Blunn, PhD Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Ortho- paedics and Musculoskeletal Science, University College London, Gower Street, London, England WC1E 6BT E-mail address: g.blunn@ucl.ac.uk Steven Boyd, PhD, PEng McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, Room HRIC 3AC64, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Cal- gary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4Z6 E-mail address: skboyd@ucalgary.ca http://i-cors.org mailto:nadachi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp mailto:janton@orl.mcgill.ca mailto:nicola.baldini@ior.it mailto:g.blunn@ucl.ac.uk mailto:skboyd@ucalgary.ca International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies 169 Je-Ken Chang, MD Vice Superintendent, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospi- tal, Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kaoh- siung Medical University and Hospital E-mail address: d680029@kmu.edu.tw Bernd Grimm, PhD ATRIUM Medical Center, Research Coordinator, Scientific Director AHORSE Foundation, Henri-Dunantstr 5, 6419 PC Heerlen, the Netherlands E-mail address: b.grimm@atriummc.nl X. Edward Guo, PhD Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 351 Engineering Terrace, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code 8904, New York, NY 10027, USA E-mail address: exg1@columbia.edu Gun-Il Im, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, 814, Siksa-dong, Goyang 411-773, Korea E-mail address: imgunil@hanmail.net Shin-Yoon Kim, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Director, Musculoskeletal Genome Research Center, Kyungpook National University, Postgraduate School of Medicine, 130 Dong-duk Ro, Jung-gu, Daegu, 700-721, Korea E-mail address: syukim@knu.ac.kr Feza Korkusuz, MD Professor, Department of Sports Medicine, Hacettepe Uni- versity Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye 06100 Ankara, Turkey. E-mail address: feza.korkusuz@gmail.com Oscar Kuang-Sheng Lee, MD, PhD Attending Physician and Deputy Superintendent, Depart- ment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Taipei City Hospital, No. 145, Zhengzhou Road, Taipei 10341, Taiwan, R.O.C. E-mail address: DAV47@tpech.gov.tw Andrew McCaskie, MB ChB, MMus, MD, FRCS Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Director of Arthritis Research UK Tissue Engineering Centre, University of Cambridge, Box 180, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom E-mail address: awm41@cam.ac.uk Theodore Miclau, MD Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital, Di- rector, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute E-mail address: miclaut@orthosurg.ucsf.edu Ling Qin, PhD Professor and Director of Musculoskeletal Research Labora- tory, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Chi- nese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong E-mail address: qin@ort.cuhk.edu.hk R. Geoff Richards, FBSE Director, AO Research Institute Davos, Clavadelerstrasse 8, 7270 Davos, Switzerland E-mail address: geoff.richards@aofoundation.org Gautam Shetty, MS Consulting Orthopaedic Surgeon and Research Director, Qi Spine Clinic, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India E-mail address: gautams10@gmail.com Suresh Sivananthan, MD Consultant, Orthopaedic, Spine, and Trauma Surgeon, Hospital Fatimah, 1 Lebuh Chew Peng Loon, Off Jalan Dato’ Lau Pak Khuan, Ipoh Garden, 31400 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia E-mail address: drsureshsiva@gmail.com Tingting Tang, MD, PhD Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Depart- ment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China E-mail address: tingtingtang@163.com Jiake Xu, MD, PhD Winthrop Professor/Head of Molecular Laboratory, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of West- ern Australia, Perth, Australia E-mail address: jiake.xu@uwa.edu.au Conflicts of interest The authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. 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