BFAS

Dear BFAS Colleagues,

Our next BFAS Saturday Morning on 20-9-2025 will take place in Liège and will be kindly hosted by Dr. Valcu & Dr. Caracudovici.

Topic will be: Tendon pathology around the ankle: Focus on the Peroneal tendons and tibialis anterior tendon.

We look forward to welcoming you there.

Warm regards,
BFAS Board

Programme:

🟦 BFAS Saturday Morning Meeting
📅 Saturday 20th of September
Tendon pathology around the ankle - Tibialis anterior & peroneal tendons

📍 Host & Location
• Dr. Codrut-Alexandru Valcu

CHU de Liège
Avenue de l’Hôpital 1, 4000 Liège
• Bâtiment B35, Tour Central, 2nd floor, Colloque A
(just in front of the Orthopedic Surgery secretariat)
🚗 Parking available (Parking 101)
• ✉️ ca.valcu@chuliege.be

👥 Guests & Invited Speakers
• Stefan Clockaerts – BFAS President
• Frederick Michels
• Ionut Caracudovici
• Joline Lootsma
• Pim Van Dijk

Not able to come to Liege? Do you wish to follow the presentations online? Please send your email to ca.valcu@chuliege.be
Accreditation requested for live attendees

🕘 Programme
09:00 – Welcome & registration
09:15 – Anterior Tibial Tendon
• Tenosynovitis (Dr. C.-A. Valcu) – 10’
• Rupture – acute repair (Dr. C.-A. Valcu) – 10’
• Rupture – delayed repair / allograft (Dr. F. Michels) – 20’
• Q&A – 20’
10:25 – Peroneal Tendons
• Tenosynovitis (Dr. C.-A. Valcu) – 10’
• Rupture & repair (Dr. I. Caracudovici) – 15’
• Subluxation / dislocation (Dr. J. Lootsma) – 15’
• Q&A – 20’
11:30 – Invited Speaker Lecture (30’)
Peroneal tendon pathology (focus on endoscopic treatment & sports)
(Dr. Pim Van Dijk)
12:15 – Closure

🔹 EFAS Congress 2025

Dates: 10–11 October 2025
Location: Radisson BLU Hotel Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania
The EFAS Congress will bring together leading foot and ankle surgeons from across Europe for a high-level scientific and networking event. We invite you to encourage your members to attend and engage with the EFAS community.

More info: https://efascongress.org

🔹 EFAS General Assembly

Date: 10 October 2025 at 17:00 local time
All EFAS members are invited to attend. Only EFAS European Full members are allowed to vote. Your participation is key to shaping the future of EFAS and strengthening collaboration between our societies. A newsletter will follow the next weeks.

🔹 EFAS Certification Exam

Date: 9 October 2025 (the day before the EFAS Congress)

Application Deadline: 1 September 2025

Fee: €850 (includes entrance to the EFAS Congress)

The EFAS Certification Exam is designed to promote the highest standards of practice in our field and to support surgeons in demonstrating specialist-level knowledge and skills. By completing this process, candidates affirm their commitment to excellence and contribute to improving patient care across Europe and beyond. This is an opportunity to validate one’s expertise and be recognised among leading foot and ankle surgeons.

Apply now and advance your professional development with the EFAS Certification Exam:

https://www.efas.net/members/education/certification-programme-application

Binnen ons tertiair universitair opleidingscentrum worden alle facetten van voet- en enkelpathologie behandeld, met bijzondere expertise in de meest complexe gevallen. Onze hoofdactiviteiten richten zich op:

Complexe botdeformiteiten van voet, enkel en tibia
Enkel- en achtervoetreconstructies en totale enkelprothesiologie
Arthroscopische en minimaal invasieve chirurgie van de voet en enkel
Behandeling van Pilon-, Calcaneus-, Lisfranc- en overige voet- en enkel fracturen
Pseudoarthrose en non-union repair tibia, inclusief bottransport
Infecties in de tibia- en voet/enkelregio
Reconstructies van diabetes voet (met inbegrip van Charcot arthropathie) en voet/enkel bij neuro-musculaire aandoeningen
Opvang en behandeling van het majeur trauma inclusief het complex monotrauma
Ons zorgprogramma is tevens sterk academisch georiënteerd en werkt nauw samen met het IORT (Institute for Orthopaedic Research and Training, KU Leuven) en het TRAIL (Trauma Research And Innovation Center Leuven, KU Leuven).

Zie voor meer informatie de gehele vacature tekst via deze link: https://www.uzleuven.be/nl/vacature/2512

Meer informatie kan tevens bekomen worden via dr. Sander Wuite via e-mail (sander.wuite@uzleuven.be).