News & Activities

Congratulations to Michael McBrayer and DJO for receiving the PFF Distinguished Service Award! The BOD of the Foundation is grateful for almost 2 decades of support for our goals!

The Board of Directors of the Patellofemoral Foundation is extremely pleased to announce that Henri and David Dejour of Lyon, France, father and son, are receiving the Foundation’s 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award for their landmark work on patellofemoral trochlea dysplasia and for outstanding leadership in Orthopedic Surgery. 

The Board of Directors of the Patellofemoral Foundation is pleased to present the first Patellofemoral Foundation Distinguished Service Award to Michael McBrayer and DJO Global, for loyal support of the Patellofemoral Foundation since its inception in 2003. 

The 20th International Sports Medicine Fellows Conference was held in Carlsbad, California, February 7th-8th, 2020. The Patellofemoral Foundation was proud to again support the conference. 

The Patellofemoral Foundation will soon be making its new online Patellofemoral course modules available to members of the foundation.  Stay tuned for more details!

A tribute and thank you to Patellofemoral Foundation Executive Director Eric Dahlinger.  Eric Dahlinger was one of the four founders of the Patellofemoral Foundation in 2003, along with Ivan Lendl, Peter Jokl, and John Fulkerson. After serving on the board and developing the foundation, he was appointed unanimously by the Board…

A tribute and thank you to Patellofemoral Foundation Executive Director Eric Dahlinger. 

The International Patellofemoral Study Group met in Banff Canada September 25-28. Here are (left to right): Betina Hinckel, Seth Sherman, Allan Merchant, Joan Merchant, Sylvia Sherman, Sabrina Strickland, and Andreas Gomoll. 

Patellofemoral Foundation Board Directors Jack Farr, Jason Koh and John Fulkerson support AANA’s September 6-7 2019 Orthopedic Learning Center course on Patellofemoral Cartilage Surgery for Chairmen Seth Sherman and Bill Bugbee.

Dr Jason Koh of the Patellofemoral Foundation Board of Directors presents the PFF Research Excellence Award at ISAKOS in Cancun.

Patellofemoral Traveling Fellowship Experience 2017-2019Written by: Sheanna Maine, MD, Mauro Núñez, MD Regardless of our background, place of training or experience, we all have a common goal, to be able to offer our patients the best in terms of diagnostic certainty, timely and adequate treatment to improve their quality of life.…

Patellofemoral Foundation board members João Espreguiera Mendes and Jason Koh hosted a luncheon for past patellofemoral foundation/ISAKOS traveling fellows and guests at the May 2019 ISAKOS meeting in Cancun. Board members Ryosuke Kuroda and Dan Green also attended.