Dr Alexandre Lädermann is Privat Docent at the University of Geneva, founder of Beemed, president of Swiss Shoulder Society (Expertengruppe Schulter und Ellbogen (Swiss Orthopaedics)), president of the foundation for Research and Teaching in Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine, Trauma and Imaging (FORE). He is also president of the Membership Committee and Member of the Central Committee of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (SECEC/ESSSE) and member of the Central Committee of the French Arthroscopic Society (SFA). Moreover, he is chairman of the 12th Advanced Course on Shoulder Arthroscopy, and has been president of congress of the European Society for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (SECEC/ESSSE) in Geneva and of the 4th International Congress on Adipose Stem cell Treatment (iCAST) in Zurich. He is editor of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Arthroplasty. Dr Alexandre Lädermann collaborates with the Geneva University Hospitals and La Tour Hospital. He is the author of more than 150 publications in journals and books concerning the shoulder joint.