Keynote Speakers
Peter Charles Rhee
Dr. Peter Charles Rhee is a hand and microvascular surgeon within the
Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He holds
academic appointment as a Professor of Orthopedic
Surgery. A former active duty and current reserve hand surgeon for the United States Air Force, Dr. Rhee has a breadth of experience and knowledge in treating the traumatized upper. His clinical interest in treating patients with upper motor neuron injuries (cerebrovascular accidents, traumatic brain injuries, and spinal cord injuries). He is an avid outdoorsman and has a passion for hunting and fishing. He has a wife (palliative care/hospice physician) and 4 children.
Academic Achievements:
- Secretary General- Indian Society for Surgery of the hand
- Editor- The Journal of Hand Surgery – Asia Pacific Volume
- Academics Chair- Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand
- Scientific Committee Chair- Asia Pacific Hand Surgery Meeting- 2025
Scientific Publications in peer review journals- 124
- Winner of National Quiz for Orthopaedic Post Graduates
- 11 Best Research Presentations Awards in National Conferences
- Prof Jagannath Kamath- Ideas and Innovation Award (2nd and 3rd)
Dr Praveen Bhardwaj
- Trained in Orthopaedics, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery
- Consultant at Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore
- Special Interests- Brachial Plexus; Spastic Upper Limb and Sports Injuries.
Ann Van Heest
Ann Van Heest MD is Professor and Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Van Heest trained at the University of Minnesota for medical school and orthopedic surgery residency, as well as the
as the Harvard Hand and Upper extremity fellowship.
In her clinical practice, Dr. Van Heest sees patients at the University of Minnesota Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare and Shriners Clinic for Children. Her academic interests include neuromuscular disorders, storage disease disorders, congenital disorders of the pediatric hand and upper extremity.
Dr Murray is an Advanced Spasticity and Neuro-rehabilitation Fellow, currently working in Oxford Centre for Enablement for her final year of Physical Rehabilitation Medicine training. She was
drawn to spasticity management as it embodies the essence of physical rehabilitation medicine — integrating clinical insight, patient-centred care,
Dr Aoife Murray
functional improvement,and technological innovation.
Irish Speakers
Miss Jingwen Hu
Jingwen is a mechanical & biomedical engineering graduate currently pursuing a PhD in Mechanical, Manuf & Biomedical Eng in TCD, focused on developing a markerless pose estimation system for assessing gait and upper limb movement in children with cerebral palsy. The project integrates engineering innovation with clinical insights to support
more accessible and accurate movement analysis for children with CP.
TCD technology spin out that uses a single camera view to estimate whole-body movement during exercise completion.
Ciaran Simms is Prof in Biomechanics in the School of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, where his research is focused on human movement and injury biomechanics, in particular estimating movement from a single video. He is also co-founder and chief scientific officer of KineMo, a
Eugene Park
Dr. Eugene Park is a pediatric hand and plastic surgeon at Shriners Children's Philadelphia. Dr. Park completed residency training in plastic surgery at Northwestern University followed by a hand surgery fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Park completed additional training in pediatric hand and upper extremity
surgery at Shriners Children's Philadelphia and stayed on as staff after. Dr. Park specializes in the surgical treatment of upper extremity spasticity in children, as well as peripheral nerve injuries and brachial plexus birth injuries.
International Speakers
Dr. Chung Sze Ryn is a Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon from the Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery at Singapore General Hospital. She was the Gold Medalist of the 2024 European Diploma in Hand Surgery.
She completed her medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2011 and completed her
Dr Sze Ryn Chung
hand surgery residency training in 2020. She pursued a fellowship under Professor Caroline Leclercq in Upper Limb Spasticity at the Institut de la Main in Paris, France, in 2023.
Dr. Chung is currently the Fellowship Chair of the Asia Pacific Wrist Association and has extensive experience in wrist arthroscopy, alongside a growing clinical and academic interest in upper limb spasticity surgery.
Dr. Chung Sze Ryn is a Consultant Hand and Wrist Surgeon from the Department of Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery at Singapore General Hospital. She was the Gold Medalist of the 2024 European Diploma in Hand Surgery.
Prof Ciaran Simms
Miryam Obdeijn
Miryam Obdeijn is an associate professor in plastic, reconstructive and handsurgery. She works in the Amsterdam University Medical Center and is specialized in hand and wrist surgery and more specifically in the surgical treatment of spasticity of the upper limb in both children and adults. She
participated in writing the national guidelines for the treatment of spasticity of the upper limb in children. In order to improve the information for her patients she developed short explanatory video’s about the operating procedures for children and their caretakers.
Besides her clinical work, Miryam Obdeijn is director of the training program for plastic surgery in the Amsterdam UMC, and past president of the Dutch Society for Surgery of the Hand.
I am a consultant orthopaedic surgeon based at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital. UK
My main elective interest is in reconstructive surgery for neuro-muscular disability. My practice covers adult and paediatric brain trauma/ stroke and cerebral palsy covering three
Mr Simon Pickard
neurorehabilitation centers in the West Midlands spinal cord injury at the North West, West Midlands and London Spinal Injury centres as well as the regional muscle disorders service.I spend a lot of time in my car.