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The IBRA Research and Education Committees (REC) are platforms supervising quality assurance and excelling professional expertise. They put emphasis on promoting individual academic and professional careers beyond geographic and cultural borders.

The three Research and Education Committees focus on the body segments craniomaxillofacial, upper limbs and lower limbs, and are named accordingly.

Core tasks of the IBRA Research and Education Committees are:

supervising quality standards of the various courses in the continuing medical education (CME)
evaluating course participants’ requirements in order to improve the educational offer
assessing scholarship applications for IBRA Training Centers and confirming accepted candidates
assessing and advising potential (multicenter) research studies of IBRA Training Centers

Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Freudlsperger, Auckland, New Zealand (Chair)

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Dr. Lars Bonitz, Dortmund, Germany

Prof. Dr. Dr. Benoit Schaller, Bern, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Aurélien Louvrier, Besançon, France

+ representatives of donor organizations

Ch. Freudelsperger L. Bonitz B. Schaller A. Louvrier

Prof. Dr. Adam Watts, Wrightington, United Kingdom (Chair)
Prof. Rames Mattar Jr., Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Anna van der Windt, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rohit Arora, Innsbruck, Austria

+ representatives of donor organizations

A. Watts R. Mattar A. van der Windt R. Arora

Prof. Dr. Mario Herrera-Pérez, San Cristobal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife/Spain (Chair)
Mr Timothy E. Schneider, Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Dr. Alexandre Leme Godoy-Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Cesar de Cesar Netto, MD, Durham, NC, USA (Representative North America)

+ representatives of donor organizations

M. Herrera-Pérez T. E. Schneider A. Leme Godoy-Santos C. de Cesar Netto

Dr. Susanne Roberts, New York, NY (Chair)
Dr. Louis Catalano, Denver, CO

Dr. Jerry Huang, Seattle, WA

Dr. Marc Richard, Durham, NC

+ representatives of donor organizations

Susanne Roberts Louis Catalano Jerry Huang Marc Richard

Dr. Eric Ferkel, MD, Van Nuys, CA, USA

Dr. Cesar de Cesar Netto, MD, Durham, NC, USA

+ representatives of donor organizations

Eric Ferkel Cesar de Cesar Netto

In close collaboration with the Research and Education Committees, the IBRA Research Department is intended to provide expertise, support, and assistance for the evaluation of the research projects submitted. This support can range from evaluating the project content, identifying funding opportunities, proposing data management and support with administrative tasks. The IBRA Research support activities are intended to further develop and promote IBRA research programs and projects.

Dr. Adrian Spiegel, Basel, CH
IBRA Research Director

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Research & Education Committees

The IBRA Research & Education Committee CMF consists of the following members:

The IBRA Research & Education Committee Upper Limbs consists of the following members:

The IBRA Research & Education Committee Lower Limbs consists of the following members:

The IBRA North America Upper Extremity Research and Education Committee consists of the following members:

The IBRA North America Lower Extremity Research and Education Committee consists of the following members:

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