Annual Meeting Faculty Details

Alan Getgood, MD MPhil FRCS(Tr&Orth)

Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar
Doha QATAR

DDr. Al Getgood is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in complex knee reconstruction. He is Chief of Surgery at Aspetar Sport Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar and Adjunct Professor at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. He completed his primary medical degree at the University of Edinburgh followed by orthopaedic residency and a research Doctorate (MD) at the University of Cambridge. His fellowship training included time in London (Ontario), Banff (Alberta) and Coventry (UK). Dr. Getgood’s clinical practice focuses on complex soft tissue reconstruction of the knee. He has been successful in securing over 10 million dollars in peer reviewed and industry funded grants to build his pre-clinical and clinical research program focusing on complex ligament reconstruction and joint preservation. Particular achievements include being awarded the J Edouard Samson Research award from the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation in May 2021, the premier research award for career research in Canadian Orthopaedics. He also received the American Journal of Sports Medicine Hughston Award in 2023, the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine (AOSSM) 2019 O’Donoghue Sports Injury Award, the 2019 Jan Gillquist Award and the 2017 Albert Trillat Young Investigator award (both from the International Society of Arthroscopic Knee surgery and Orthopaedic Sports medicine -ISAKOS), all for the ISAKOS/OREF funded multicentre STABILITY study investigating the use of lateral extra-articular tenodesis in ACL reconstruction. Dr. Getgood has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles and numerous book chapters. He has given over 300 national and international conference presentations, lectures and demonstrations. He is the 2025 ISAKOS Biennial Congress program Chairman. Dr. Getgood is a member of the ACL Study Group, the Herodicus Society, Magellan Society, ESSKA, ICRS, MenIN Study Group and International Knee Dislocation Study Group. He was the 2019 ICRS Annual congress clinical program chair, the ACL study group program chair in 2023, deputy program chair for ISAKOS in 2023 and was a member of the program committee for ESSKA 2020 biennial congresses.
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6/5/2025 10:31 - 10:37	Pitter 1-2	Session 4: LEAP Procedures Lecture Consensus on LEAP Procedures Faculty
6/6/2025 08:40 - 08:46	Pitter 1-2	Session 2: Knee - Meniscus Lecture Medial Meniscus Posterior Root Tear Treatment Faculty