SAVE THE DATE: WIRM WORLD CONGRESS, April 23–25, 2026, San Francisco, CA

WIRM ADVISORY BOARD

Steven Sampson, DO

Don Buford, MD

Timothy Davis, MD

Aaron K. Calodney, MD, DABA, FASA, FIPP, ABIPP

Fabio José Lana, MD

Kasra Amirdelfan, MD 

Jeff Donner, MD

Patrick Pennie, Founder, President & CEO, EmCyte Corporation

Sina Farzaneh, PhD, Scientific Director, EmCyte Corporation

Silviu Itescu, MBBS FRACP, Chief Executive, Mesoblast

Roger D. Brown, Therapeutic Area Head, Musculoskeletal Repair, Mesoblast

Anthony M. Lowman, PhD, Founder and CTO, ReGelTec

Peter Boyd, JD, MBA, CEO, ReGelTec

Henry Ji, PhD, Executive Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Semnur Pharmaceuticals

Dmitri Lissin, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Semnur Pharmaceuticals

John A. McCallum, Executive Chairman, VIVEX Biologics 

Barry Salzman, Co-President and Chief Operating Officer, VIVEX Biologics 

Reinaldo (Rey) Pascual, Co-President and General Counsel, VIVEX Biologics 

Sealy Hambright, PhD, Scientific Director, Base State Longevity

Timothy Ganey, PhD

Peter Everts, PhD, FRSM

David C. Yeomans, MD, PhD

Chair: Michael E. Schatman, PhD, DASPE, CPE

Members:

Carlo Tremolada, MD (Italy)
Aaron Calodney, MD (USA)
Massimo Allegri, MD (Switzerland)
Dragan Primorac, MD, PhD (Croatia)
Thomas Buchheit, MD (USA)

Christopher J. Centeno, MD

Pradeep Albert, MD, DABR

Didier Demesmin, MD, MBA

Ariana DeMers, DO

Mary A. Ambach, MD, FAAMPR, RMSK

Xiang Qian, MD, PhD

Gang Li, MD, PhD, QME

Australia/New Zealand 🇦🇺 🇳🇿

Zaid Matti, MD, MB ChB, FAFMM

Ramona Chryssidis, MD

Dr Kwun Tung (Tony) Ng, MBBS, FHKCA, FANZCA, FHKCA (Pain Med), Dip Pain Mgt (HKCA), FHKAM, FIPP

Brazil 🇧🇷

Gabriel Azzini, MD

Victor Pacheco, MD, FIPP

Leonardo Henrique Cunha Ferraro, MD, PhD, CIPS

Olympio Chacon Neto, MD, FIPP, DABRM

Croatia 🇭🇷

Dragan Primorac, MD, PhD

Greece 🇬🇷

Dimitrios Tsoukas MD, MSc (HSM)

Guatemala 🇬🇹

Lisbeth Esther Godinez Ortiz, MD, MSc

Hong Kong 🇭🇰

Stanley Lam, MD, MBBS FHKIMM RMSK FIPP CIPS POCUS(MSK)

Hungary 🇭🇺

Maria Judit Molnar, MD, PhD, DSc

India 🇮🇳

Neeraj Jain, MD, MBBS, FIMSA, CIPS, FIPP

Sairam Atluri, MD, ABIPP, FIPP

Manish Khanna, MD, MS Ortho

Indonesia 🇮🇩

Dr. Ahmad Muttaqin Alim, Sp.An, FIP, FSRM, Dipl.Pain, M.Sc.DM

Italy 🇮🇹

Giuliano Lo Bianco, MD, PhD, FIPP, EDPM

Elizaveta Kon, MD

Malaysia 🇲🇾

Gopinathan Raju, MD, MBBS

Mexico 🇲🇽

Jesús Medina, MD, FIPP, CIPS

Juan Ignacio Reyes Torres, MD, FIPP

Pakistan 🇵🇰

Shahzad Anwar, MD

Slovakia 🇸🇰

Róbert Rapčan, MD, PhD, MBA, FIPP

Spain 🇪🇸

Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, PhD, FIPP

Switzerland 🇨🇭

Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, PhD, SSIPM, FIPP

Taiwan 🇹🇼

Jen-Li Pan, MD, EMBA

United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

William D. Murrell, Jr., MD, MSc

Sharmila Tulpule, MD

United Kingdom 🇬🇧

Adnan Al-Kaisy, MD, MB ChB, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FIPP

Ansar Mahmood, MD, MB ChB, MRCS Ed, FRCS (Tr&Orth)

Anan A. Shetty MCh., PhD, FRCS Eng., FRCS Orth., FACA

Ashish Shetty, MD, MBBS, FRCA, ECFMG, FFPMRCA