2025 - Belfast
Date
2025-09-26
The 4th Annual Meeting conducted at Riddell Hall, Stranmillis, part of Queen's University Belfast. This was an exceptional setting. We had great discussions on ACL graft choice, osteotomy for patellofemoral disorders and the rise of the fixed bearing unicompartmental knee replacement.
It was fantastic to welcome home Northern Ireland native Dr Alan Getgood as one of our esteemed guest speakers. This was the largest IKS meeting turnout to date and we hope to continue to grow over the coming years
Guest Speaker(s)
Dr Alan Getgood & Prof Nick London
Mr. Al Getgood is a Specialist Knee Surgeon focussing on the full spectrum of knee surgery excluding knee replacement procedures. He has extensive experience in dealing with both professional and amateur athletes through his past roles as Chief of Surgery at the world renowned Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic in Doha, Qatar, and as Fellowship Director at the internationally recognised Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine clinic in London, Ontario, Canada. Originally from Northern Ireland, he underwent training in Edinburgh, Cambridge and Coventry before moving to Canada in 2012. As an Associate Professor at Western University in Canada, he was successful in securing over $10 million in grants supporting his research program. He is the co-principal investigator of the STABILITY 1 and 2 Trials.
STABILITY 1 was a practice changing trial reducing reinjury rates using lateral extra-articular tenodesis.
Prof Nick London is an internationally renowned knee surgeon with vast experience in sports injuries, knee arthritis and knee replacement surgery including 25 years as a specialist consultant.
In 2018 he was appointed Visiting Professor to the Leeds Beckett University Carnegie School of Sport in recognition of his work with sports injuries.
Partial knee resurfacing: Nick’s experience with partial knee resurfacing (ligament-preserving replacement surgery) is unparalleled in the region, with several thousand procedures completed. He works with the orthopaedic industry to develop, evaluate and teach the latest treatments and techniques for sports and arthritis surgery.
