‘Stellar’ line-up of speakers at 7th AFC Medical Conference

Renowned sports medicine and science professionals from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), FIFA, UEFA and Aspetar will form a “stellar” line-up of speakers at the seventh AFC Medical Conference Qatar 2022 from March 8-10.

Dr Michel D’Hooghe, chairman of the FIFA Medical Committee, will deliver a keynote address on the theme ‘Football and sports medicine – Celebrating Diversity’ to set the tone for the three-day conference.

AFC Medical Committee chairperson Dato’ Dr Gurcharan Singh, an experienced sports medicine physician and expert in anti-doping programmes, will be joined by the FIFA medical director, Dr Andrew Massey, Professor Roald Bahr, head of the Aspetar Sports Injury & Illness Prevention (ASPREV) Programme, and many other sports medicine and science experts from Aspetar and around the world.

Other invited speakers include deputy chief medical officer for Clinical Information Systems at the Hamad Medical Corporation Dr Abdulwahab al-Musleh and Professor Yung Shu-hang Patrick, consultant orthopaedic surgeon, who holds various other medical positions in Hong Kong.

Key speakers from FIFA, UEFA, CONMEBOL and Aspetar will share their knowledge in the field of football medicine, fitness and conditioning, and anti-doping, focusing on and celebrating diversity, evidence-based clinical pearls and cuttingedge research. Topics include women’s football, concussion, knee and anterior cruciate ligament injuries, cardiac screening and cardiac arrest on the pitch, Covid-19 and return to play decision-making, mental health and sexual harassment in sport.

In addition to invited symposia and lectures, the seventh AFC Medical Conference Qatar 2022 Organising Committee is also inviting speakers and presenters to contribute to the scientific programme through the submission of abstracts for the free paper sessions.