ISAKOS Young Investigator's Scholarship & Research Mentoring Program

Purpose of the Award

The ISAKOS Young Investigator’s Scholarship and Research Mentoring Program was developed by the ISAKOS Scientific Committee as a mentor-mentee program for young investigators from developing countries with limited access to research resources. The Young Investigator Program seeks to assist young surgeons advance research by awarding a fellowship at an ISAKOS recognized research facility and funding an ISAKOS approved mentorship.

2023-2025 Finalists & Winners

Fabio V. Arilla MD BRAZIL

Girinivasan Chellamuthu MBBS, MS Ortho, FIOT, FASM, FSES INDIA

Arghya Kundu Choudhury MS, MCh INDIA (Winner)

Narottam Das M K MBBS, MS (ORTHO) INDIA

Lika Dzidzishvili MD, PhD SPAIN

Tarun Goyal, MBBS, MS, DNB, MCh, FRCS (Edin) INDIA

Madhan Jeyaraman MS, PhD INDIA

Bedri Karaismailoglu MD, FEBOT, Assoc. Prof., PhD(c) TURKEY

Mahmut Enes Kayaalp MD, Assoc. Prof. TURKEY

Maria Melanie Legaspi Valbuena MD, MBA PHILIPPINES (Winner)

Souvik Paul MBBS, MS Orthopedics (AIIMS), DNB, MCh, Dip SICOT INDIA

Gerald Joseph Zeng MD SINGAPORE

2021-2023 Finalists & Winners

Phob Ganokroj, Assistant Professor, MD THAILAND

Syed Faraz Ul Hassan Shah Gillani, MBBS, MS Ortho, MME, CODE, CME PAKISTAN

Amit Lakhani, MS, DNB,Fellow Sport medicine, foot and ankle INDIA

Bedri Karaismailoğlu, MD, FEBOT, Asst. Prof. TURKEY (Winner)

Amit Yadav, M.S (Orth),DNB(Orth) INDIA

Souvik Paul, MBBS,MS,DNB INDIA (Winner)

Parimal Malviya, MS Orthopaedics INDIA

2023 Highlights

2019-2021 Finalists & Winners

Kiran Shah, MD NEPAL

Anindya Debnath, MS, DNB, INDIA

Manit Arora, MS(Ortho), MSportsMed, MRCPS, INDIA

Siti Maizatul Akmal Ismail, MS, MALAYSIA

Mamo Dessu, MD, ETHIOPIA

Bhim Shreemal, Orthopedic Surgeon, NEPAL

Ramakanth Rajagopalakrishnan, D.ortho,DNB(ortho).D.SICOT, INDIA

Purevdorj Avirmed, MD, MONGOLIA

Rodolfo Morales-Avalos, MD, MSc., MEXICO

Prasad Soraganvi, MBBS, MS, DNB, MRCS, SICOT-dip, INDIA

Lokesh Yogi, MD, INDIA

Girinivasan Chellamuthu, MBBS, MS, INDIA

Makena Mbogori, MBChB, Resident, KENYA

Sumit Sethia, D. ORTHO, MS ORTHO, INDIA

Fabio Arilla, MD, BRAZIL (Winner)

Ignacio Garcia-Mansilla, MD, ARGENTINA

Yogesh Soni, MS Orthopedics, DNB Orthopedics, INDIA

Tarun Goyal, MS, MCh, INDIA (Winner)

2017-2019 Finalists & Winners

Purevdorj Avirmed, MD MONGOLIA

Nitin Bansal, Prof. INDIA

Artit Boonrod, MD THAILAND (Winner)

Umesha Chowdaiah, MBBS, DOrtho, DNB(Orth) INDIA

Ujjval Hareshbhaid Deliwala, MS(Orth) INDIA

Francisco Figueroa, MD CHILE

Siddalingeshwara G.I., MS(Orth) INDIA

Syed Faraz Ul Hassan Shah Gillani, MBBS PAKISTAN

Varun Gupta, MS(Orth) INDIA

Theodorakys Marín, MD VENEZUELA (Winner)

Mikhail Ryazantsev, MD, PhD RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Sukesh Rao Sankineani, MS(Orth) INDIA

Kiran K. Shah, MD CHINA

Prasad Soraganvi, MBBS, MS, DNB, MRCS INDIA

Onur Nazim Tan, MD TURKEY

2015-2017 Finalists & Winners

Vineet Thomas Abraham, MBBS, MS Orthopaedics, INDIA

Taofeek O. Adeyemi, MD, MBA, Diploma Ortho, FMC Ortho, NIGERIA

Fabio V. Arilla, MD, BRAZIL

Levan Chikvatia, MD. PhD candidate, GEORGIA

Oscar Antonio Colmenares, MD, VENEZUELA

Fernando Antonio Fernández, MD, MEXICO

Crissth Paul Gonzales Alvarez, MD, PERU

Jean Michel Hovsepian, MD, VENEZUELA

Robi Kelc, MD, PhD, SLOVENIA

Hong Li, MD, CHINA

Juan Pablo Martinez, MD, MSc, COLOMBIA (Winner)

Mohamed Ahmed Salem Mohamed, MBBC, EGYPT

Joao Pedro Moreira De Oliveira, MD, PhD Student, PORTUGAL

Saroj Rai, MD, NEPAL (Winner)

Andriy Rublenko, PhD, UKRAINE

Bharat Sharma, DNB (Ortho), DOrth (JIPMER), INDIA

Dong Liang Shi, MD, PhD, CHINA

Trifon Totlis, MD, PhD, GREECE

Guilherme Henrique Vieira Lima, MD, BRAZIL

2013-2015 Finalists & Winners

Weili Fu, PhD, CHINA

Jiong Jiong Guo, MD, PhD, CHINA

Deepak N. Bhatia, MS(Orth), DNB(Orth), INDIA

Tiago Lazzaretti Fernandes, MD, MSc, PhD, BRAZIL

Sunday Onimisi Salami, MBBS, FWACS, NIGERIA

Ahmed Abdelwahab Elsheikh, MD, EGYPT

Program Summary

The ISAKOS Young Investigator’s Program is a two part program:
Part I: Recipients will receive a stipend to support their travel and participation at the Biennial ISAKOS Congress. Registration fees for the ISAKOS Congress will be waived for scholarship recipients.

Part II: The Scientific Committee will evaluate finalist proposals-- two winners will then be selected. Each winner will receive a US $10,000 stipend to complete a research project along with the guidance of a research mentor (determined by the researcher and ISAKOS Scientific Committee). Research must be completed within the assigned term, and regular reports will be required as research progresses.

Application Requirements

This opportunity will be available on a competitive basis to orthopaedic surgeons between the ages of 30 and 40 years, from developing countries (World Bank List of Developing Countries), interested in the study and advancement of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine.

Applicants are required to submit a summary of their research project (250 words or less). Two short essays outlining their Intention for Research and Future Opportunities (250 words or less) should also be submitted along with a curriculum vitae. The first short essay must indicate interest in research and reasons for applying for the mentorship program. The second short essay should indicate academic goals and teaching opportunities. Please ensure submitted CVs include orthopaedic training, fellowships, publications and awards.

All applications must be submitted by October 03, 2025

Note: The ISAKOS Young Investigator's Scholarship & Research Mentoring award may only be won once per recipient, if you were a previous winner you are not eligible to apply for the award again.

Review Process

For part I, applications will be reviewed and recipients selected by representatives of the ISAKOS Scientific Committee. Awardees will be chosen from areas of limited economic needs, by the quality and inspiration of their projects and by the potential impact of their research.

For part II, applications will be reviewed and recipients will be selected by representatives of the ISAKOS Scientific Committee.

Note: Individuals are only permitted to receive one fellowship per lifetime. ISAKOS fellowship recipients, if not already an ISAKOS Member, are required to become an ISAKOS Member prior to receiving their award. One year of Membership dues will be waived in the year of the Congress.