Scott Oishi was born in Honolulu, Hawaii,where he lived until departing for college at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended medical school in Boston at Tuft’s University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University ot Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and then completed his plastic surgery residency at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Oishi then completed a fellowship in hand and microvascular surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1995. He is presently the Director of The Charles E. Seay, Jr. Center for Excellence in Hand & Upper Extremity, the Program Director for the 6-month Pediatric Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship, and a full-time pediatric hand surgeon at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.  Dr. Oishi is a Professor with the Departments of Plastic Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical School.

Prof. Henk Coert is a plastic surgeon dedicated to the care of hand, wrist and peripheral nerve problems. After his residency, he obtained an ACGME accredited add-on qualification in hand surgery at the NYU and Mount Sinai Medical Centres in New York City.

His current position is professor and chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery at the UMC Utrecht.

He has served as president of the Netherlands Society for Surgery of the Hand, as Editor of the Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume) and as the council and program chair of the American Society of Peripheral Nerve. Currently, he is Vice Secretary General of the International Wrist Arthroscopy Society (IWAS) and the President of this year’s European hand surgery congress (FESSH). He served as member of the editorial board of three peer reviewed journals.

He has published around 175 peer reviewed articles, two books and several book chapters. Besides his clinical work and research, he values teaching very much demonstrated by his involvement in numerous courses nationally and internationally.

Dr PC Ho graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1987. Dr Ho is currently the Chief of Service of the Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology in Prince of Wales Hospital, as well as the Clinical Professor (honorary) of the Faculty of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His main research interest is on Hand & Wrist Arthroscopic Surgery. Others include congenital hand differences, rheumatoid hand, paralytic hand reconstruction and microsurgery. Dr Ho was the President of the Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand in 2008-2010. In 2012, he was awarded the Whipple Prize for recognition of his distinguished contribution in wrist arthroscopic surgery. In 2015 he was appointed as the President of the European Wrist Arthroscopy Society (EWAS) (2015-2016) as well as the Founding President of the Asia Pacific Wrist Association (APWA) (2015-2017).

His academic honors included: Overseas Visiting Expert in Orthopaedic Surgery to Singapore in 2012, Moberg Lecturer at the 24th Scandinavian Hand Society Meeting in 2012, Robert A. Chase Visiting Professor to the Stanford University in 2014, Joshi Oration for the Indian Hand Surgery Society in 2015, Invited Lecturer to the 88th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association in 2015, Honored Professor to the Philadelphia Hand Rehabilitation Foundation in 2017, Plenary Speaker of 11th APFSSH Congress 2017 in Cebu and as the keynote speaker in numerous national hand surgery and orthopaedic societies including Singapore, Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Australia, Argentina, USA, France, Romania, Poland, Estonia and Germany since 2002. He has made 120 publications (73 in wrist surgery), conducted 111 cadaveric courses in 23 international centers, and delivered 127 local & 559 international lectures in 96 cities of 37 countries worldwide. He is the director of the Hong Kong International Wrist Arthroscopy Workshop and Seminar since 2008.

At age 56, Dr. Mireia Esplugas has dedicated more than half her life to the world of Hand and Wrist Surgery, concentrating her professional activity in Barcelona and Tarragona, Spain.

Since 2011, Dr. Mireia Esplugas has dedicated many hours to the research of the Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Hand and Wrist, and further attending many courses and conferences around the world to learn the latest techniques in the field. By teaching and publishing articles or chapters in books and magazines of the specialty, both national and international, she is able to share her extensive knowledge accumulated during the years, benefitting may Hand Surgeons and Patients around the World.

With an extensive list of personal experience, outstanding academic achievements, publications and conferences, Dr. Mireia Esplugas has been awarded the Emmanuel B. Kaplan Award 2014 for the communication presented at the Annual Congress of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), Boston (2014), the Award for the best communication at the XXI SECMA congress together with the Scandinavian Society of Surgery of the Hand, Palma de Mallorca (2013) and the Prize for the best communication at the 22nd FREMAP International Traumatology-Orthopedics Symposium, Madrid (1995). She is also a current member of over 8 private medical associations. Dr. Mireia Esplugas is also passionate about outdoor sports.

Dr Hammert has practiced at University of Rochester in Rochester, NY since 2006, after practicing at the Cleveland Clinic for four years.  His current appointment is Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery and Chief, Division of Hand Surgery in the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation.  His practice encompasses all aspects of hand, wrist, and forearm surgery as well as peripheral nerve and soft tissue reconstruction for upper and lower extremity orthopaedic trauma and oncologic conditions.  He has special interests in traumatic and reconstructive wrist disorders, chronic ischemia, and congenital hand differences.

He took a nontraditional route in becoming a hand surgeon, first attending dental school and then medical school, followed by a residency in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.  He subsequently completed fellowships in plastic surgery and orthopaedic hand surgery.  In addition to clinical practice, he has an interest in education and currently serves as the Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship Director at the University of Rochester.  During his 13 years at UR, he has trained orthopaedic and plastic surgery residents in hand surgery, with 24 going on to pursue hand and upper extremity fellowships after residency. His research interests are predominantly clinical, with a focus on outcomes and evidence based medicine. 

He is currently active in the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, currently serving as a board member at large and Editor of Hand-e, which is the electronic education platform for ASSH.  He has served on multiple committees as a member and chair and has been involved in teaching at regional and national courses.  He is also involved in the American Association for Hand Surgery, serving on committees and was a previous board member. Outside of hand surgery, he spends time with wife and children and is avid sports fan, closely following college athletics at Oklahoma State University.  He is also passionate about cycling.

Dr. David J. Slutsky is an internationally recognized, Board Certified Hand Surgeon and active Member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, who dedicates his practice to the surgical and medical management of acute and chronic injuries of the hand, wrist and forearm. Dr. Slutsky’s emphasis is on the education of his patients which is aided by his extensive 25 year experience in the field as well as numerous publications and over 100 international lectures.