Speakers


Dr. Pieter d’Hooghe, MD, MSc, MBA, PhD©


Dr. d’Hooghe is a Belgian passionate sports traumatologist and he specializes in the arthroscopic surgery of hip, knee, ankle & foot. Currently he works in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Aspetar Sports Medical Hospital in Doha, Qatar. He holds a Master in Sports medicine, a Master in Tropical Medicine and also an MBA in Sports Management. He is the editor of 4 textbooks on injuries in Football and has authorship over +30 book chapters and numerous peer-reviewed publications. Prior to working in Aspetar Hospital, Dr. d’Hooghe spent 17 years as the team physician/surgeon of FC Club Bruges in Belgium. As chairman of the ISAKOS Leg, Ankle and Foot Committee, he heads an international group of experts in the field and as Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Weill Cornell University he is also involved in research, education and delivering lectures worldwide.