Ramon Cugat, Author at Global Knee Summit

Ramon Cugat, MD, PhD

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Ramon Cugat MD, PhD and Orthopaedic Surgeon, is President of the medical council and member of medical staff for the Catalan Soccer Delegation’s Health Insurance Company under the Spanish Soccer Federation. Director of Institute Cugat, Center for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology. President of the Board of Trustees for the Garcia Cugat Foundation for Biomedical Research, Co-Director of the Garcia Cugat Foundation - CEU Cardenal Herrera Chair in Regenerative Medicine and Surgery and Co-Director of the Garcia Cugat Foundation – Universidad de Córdoba in Regenerative Therapies Research. He belongs to the international team of professors of the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). Numerary member of the Royal Academy of European Doctors (RAED). His latest achievement award from the Order of Civil Merit, handed by King Felipe VI, was granted in June of 2019.

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All Sessions by Ramon Cugat, MD, PhD

Time	Topic	Faculty
Friday, January 23, 2026
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM (9 min)	Distinguished Professor Lecture Plasma Rich Protein– Injury Healing– My 30 Years of Experience Edit Event	Ramon Cugat, MD, PhD
Saturday, January 24, 2026
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM (14 min)	Match 1: First-Time ACL Injury in an Elite Soccer Athlete Case: 18-year-old winger, non-contact injury, isolated ACL Debate Points: Graft selection (BTB vs. quad vs. hamstring) Role of LET or ALL recon in primary When to clear for return: functional vs. timeline Psychological readiness and re-injury rates Does treatment in case of Elevated Posterior Slope (18-20) Does treatment change In case of Revision? Edit Event	Referees Brian Forsythe, MD Bashir Zikiria, MD Players Nikolay Nikolaev Doctor of Medicine Chad Hanson, MD Nagraj Shetty, MD Bashir Zikiria, MD Alfred Khoury, MD Sameer Shaikh MS (Ortho), DNB(ORTHO), MNAMS Ramon Cugat, MD, PhD Jason Rand, PA-C Thomas DeBerardino MD, COL, US Army (Ret), FAOA FAANA Henri Robert, MD
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM (15 min)	Match 2: 14 Year-Old Female Soccer Athlete With a Lateral Meniscus Bucket Handle Tear Debridement vs Repair Repair Techniques (All-Inside, Root Repair, Inside-Out) Rehab Restrictions – Brace or Not? WB Status? Managing Lateral Vs. Medial Tears in High-Load Cutting Sports Edit Event	Referees Nagraj Shetty, MD Prathmesh Jain, MD Players Brian Forsythe, MD Alfred Khoury, MD Inderpreet singh Oberoi MS (Orth.), MCh Orth. (Liverpool, U.K.) Reza Jazayeri, MD Sameer Shaikh MS (Ortho), DNB(ORTHO), MNAMS Ramon Cugat, MD, PhD Chad Hanson, MD Bashir Zikiria, MD Jason Rand, PA-C Kenneth Zaslav, MD Nikolay Nikolaev Doctor of Medicine
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, MD Bashir Zikiria, MD Ramon Cugat, MD, PhD Henri Robert, MD

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