Brian Lau, Author at Global Knee Summit

Brian Lau, MD, MPH

Vice Chair Sports

Duke University

Dr. Brian Lau is an associate professor at Duke University and an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon specializing in knee, shoulder, and ankle injuries. He serves as the Director of Sports Medicine Research and Associate Program Director for the Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Shoulder Fellowship. Dr. Lau’s clinical expertise includes complex knee ligament reconstruction, cartilage restoration and joint preservation, and shoulder instability surgery. His research focuses on advanced imaging, surgical innovation, and improving outcomes for athletes of all ages. He is a team physician for Duke University and Elon University Athletics

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All Sessions by Brian Lau, MD, MPH

Time	Topic	Faculty
Thursday, January 22, 2026
7:00 AM - 7:15 AM (15 min)	Welcome Announcements Edit Event	Kevin Plancher, MD, MPH Parag Sancheti MBBS, MS, MCh, DNB Hon. FRCS, Hon. Doctorat Majd Marrache, MD Mark Lee, MD, FACS Brian Lau, MD, MPH
Saturday, January 24, 2026
7:00 AM - 7:09 AM (9 min)	Welcome Announcements Edit Event	Kevin Plancher, MD, MPH Parag Sancheti MBBS, MS, MCh, DNB Hon. FRCS, Hon. Doctorat Majd Marrache, MD Mark Lee, MD, FACS Brian Lau, MD, MPH
11:00 AM - 11:00 AM (0 min)	World Cup of Soccer Medicine Edit Event	Brian Lau, MD, MPH
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM (15 min)	Match 3: 23 Year-Old Male International Premeir League Soccer Player With a Painful Medial Isolated Femoral Condyle Defect 2.5 cm ICRS Grade IV Lesion In Season Management—Injections? Aspirations? Biologics? Conservative Management: Biologics (PRP, BMAC), Load Management, Rehab When to Operate? What Operation? Debridement, Microfracture, OAT, OCA, MACI? Role of Unloading Osteotomy Imaging and Functional Criteria for Return Role of Second-Look Arthroscopy Edit Event	Referees Kenneth Zaslav, MD Chad Hanson Players Brian Forsythe, MD Alfred Khoury, MD Inderpreet singh Oberoi MS (Orth.), MCh Orth. (Liverpool, U.K.) Nicholas Sgaglione, MD Reza Jazayeri, MD Sameer Shaikh MS (Ortho), DNB(ORTHO), MNAMS Emmanouil Papakostas, MD Bashir Zikiria, MD Brian Lau, MD, MPH
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM (15 min)	Match 4: 25 Year-Old Recreational League Soccer Player With In-Season Proximal Hamstring With Two-Tendon and 3 cm Gap In Season Management—Injections? Biologics? Conservative Management: Biologics (PRP, BMAC), Load Management, Rehab When to Operate? What Operation? Repair, Reconstruction? Recovery and Timing for Return to Play? Edit Event	Referees Reza Jazayeri, MD Sameer Shaikh MS (Ortho), DNB(ORTHO), MNAMS Players Brian Lau, MD, MPH Nagraj Shetty, MD Brian Forsythe, MD Alfred Khoury, MD Emmanouil Papakostas, MD Nicholas Sgaglione, MD Chad Hanson Bashir Zikiria, MD Dimitrios Tsoukas, Adj.Professor

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