EPOS Podcast

The mission of EPOS is to enhance the quality of care for children with orthopaedic conditions. Conducting scientific research plays an important part in this mission: to drive innovation, to find better and new ways to treat patients, and ultimately to improve patient outcomes and quality of life. In this special episode, host Darius Rad is joined by the members of the EPOS Scientific Committee t...

The Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics, or JCO for short, is the open access scientific journal owned and produced by EPOS. With over 300,000 downloads in 2025 alone, the JCO has become a hugely important educational tool for paediatric orthopaedic surgeons around the world. EPOS Podcast host Darius Rad has invited the JCO's Chief Editors Shlomo Wientroub and Fritz Hefti, as well as the journa...

In 2026, EPOS celebrates its 45th anniversary. To mark this special occasion, host Darius Rad has invited past presidents Pierre Lascombes and Hakan Ömeroğlu to take a look back at how EPOS got started all those years ago, how it has developed into the thriving society it is today, and how they see the future of EPOS. Together, they discuss the origins of EPOS, the evolution of its educational pro...

As we welcome the new year, paediatric orthopaedic professionals around Europe and beyond are gearing up for one of the most anticipated events in their field: the EPOS Annual Meeting in 2026. In this episode of the EPOS podcast, host Darius Rad, local hosts David Farrington and Javier Downey, and Chair of the EPOS Reading Committee Ilkka Helenius share what participants can expect from this year&...

🎙️  Welcome to this new EPOS podcast episode!  🎧 As the  43rd EPOS Annual Meeting  begins in the beautiful city of  Toulouse, France 🇫🇷 , we shine a spotlight on the  EPOS Scientific Committee ! 🏥🔬 Joining us for this insightful discussion are: ✨  Christian Wong (Denmark)  – Immediate Past Chair of the Scientific Committee ✨  Cesar Fontecha (Spain)  – New Chair ✨  Dan Perry (UK)  &  Flos...

Dear EPOS friends and colleagues, It's Spring time ! It is with great pleasure to bring you this latest episode of our podcast featuring two of this year's conference hosts, Prof Franck Accadbled and Prof Carol Hasler. Dr Javier Downey and Dr Darius Rad, EPOS website committee, set up a brief interview with the hosts to discuss the 43rd EPOS annual meeting soon to start in Toulouse , Franc...

In October, 3 paediatric orthopaedic consultant surgeons from Europe, were very lucky to visit 4 countries in Latin America, Belo Horizonte-Brazil, Buenos Aires-Argentina, Viña del Mar-Chile and finally stoped at the 11th Congress of the Latin American Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, in Panama City-Panama. Dr Karol Gawelowicz-Stockholm Dr Alexandru Herdea-Bucharest Dr Darius Rad-Southampton We wou...

The EPOS-POSNA 2023 Travelling fellowship recipients share their life experiences as EPOS members and Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons and their fabulous United States experience. Dr Flavia Alberghina, Italy Dr Senol Bekmez, Turkey Dr Ozren Kubat, Croatia  EPOS Travelling fellowship coordinators: Dr Ana Presedo, France Ms Sanni Hiltunen, EPOS Education & Business Development Director EPOS Websi...

EPOS-SLAOTI 2022 Travelling fellowship recipients share their life experiences and their great Latin American adventure. Dr Ilhan Bayhan, Turkey Dr Christiaan van Bergen, Netherlands Dr Lorenza Marengo, Italy EPOS Travelling fellowship coordinators: Dr Ana Presedo, France Ms Sanni Hiltunen, EPOS Education & Business Development Director EPOS SLAOTI 2022 Travelling Fellowship Report How to appl...

The Website Committee  is brininging you part 6 (final part) of this new series, Women of EPOS. We are truly grateful to our EPOS colleagues for taking the time to make this project come to life. We also realise that there are so many other surgeons that should have been part of this project! We thank our female colleagues for everything they do! 6th and final episode: 1.  Dra Marta Salom , Head o...

Today is 8th March when we celebrate International Women's Day! Happy 8th March! The Website Committee is brininging you part 5 of this new series, Women of EPOS. We thank our female colleagues for everything they do! 5th episode: 1. Miss Yael Gelfer , Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, St George's Hospital, London, UK 2. Dr Eva Pontén - Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, A...

Leading to the International Women's Day, on the 8th of March 2024, the EPOS Website committee will broadcast one episode every week, promoting our female colleagues. This will be done in an alphabetical order. We thank them for everything they do! 4th episode: 1. Prof Deborah Eastwood, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, RNOH/Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK 2. Dr Sharon Eylon...

Leading to the International Women's Day, on the 8th of March 2024, the EPOS Website committee will broadcast one episode every week, promoting our female colleagues. This will be done in an alphabetical order. We thank them for everything they do! 3rd episode: 1. Prof Catharina Chiari, Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Speising Hospital, Vienna, Austria 2. Dr Vasiliki Chatziravdeli -...

Leading to the International Women's Day, on the 8th of March 2024, the EPOS Website committee will broadcast one episode every week, promoting our female colleagues. This will be done in an alphabetical order. We thank them for everything they do! 2nd episode: 1. Dr Anne Breen - Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Oslo University Hospital, Norway 2. Miss Anna Bridgens - Consultant Paed...

Leading to the International Women's Day, on the 8th of March 2024, the EPOS Website committee will broadcast one episode every week, promoting our female colleagues. This will be done in an alphabetical order. We thank them for everything they do! 1st Episode: 1. Dr Flavia Alberghina - Paediatric Orthopaedics Consultant -Dublin, Republic of Ireland 2. Dr Cristina Alves - Paediatric Orthopaedi...

Welcome to the third EPOS Podcast episode! In this episode we focus on probably one of the hottest topics in Paediatric Trauma, Supracondylar Humeral Fractures. Prof. Ahmad Saeed Aly from Egypt , member of the EPOS Website Committee, together with his invited expert speakers discuss the varied pathology around these fractures. 1. Prof Antonio Andreacchio MD , Ospedale dei Bambini Vittore Buzzi · D...

This is the second episode of the EPOS podcast! We focus on the 3 best paper winners from the 41st Annual Meeting held in Krakow at the end of March. Please see attached link to abstracts from the Krakow meeting, as published in the Journal of Children Orthopaedics . Also, the best E-poster "The incidence of physeal fractures in the lower limb and the frequency of premature physeal closure: a...

This is the inaugural episode of the European Paediatric Orthopaedic Society, EPOS. Meet the team! Website committee: Ahmad  Saeed ALY  - Egypt, Francisco Javier Downey CARMONA  - Spain, Ozan Erdal ALI -Turkey, Darius Rareș RAD -UK-Chair and Producer, supported by Blazej Pruszczynski - EPOS Junior CouncillorPoland. Professor Ignacio Sanpera from Hospital Universitario Son Espases.  Palma de Mallor...