
THEMATIC AXIS
The 37th World Congress of Sports Medicine, FIMS 2022 will take place from Thursday, September 22nd to Sunday, September 25th, 2022, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
The congress will address current issues of global interest, among which are:
- Sports Medicine
- Sports Psychology
- Sports Nutrition
- Biochemistry and Physiology in Sports
- Doping, Anti-Doping, Fairness, and Integrity
- Doping and Anti-Doping
- Genetics and Molecular Biology in Sports
- Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation in Sports
- Use of Technology for Injury Prevention in Sports
- Injuries Resulting from Sports Practice
- WearableTechnology
- PhysicalPreparation
- Exercise as Medicine
- Exercise in Extreme Environments
- Exercise in Different Populations(e.g.,female athletes)
- Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Health and Disease
- Preparticipation Screening and Sudden Death
In addition, there will be PRE-CONGRESS courses and Specialized Workshops with certification.
We will have simultaneous translation ENGLISH/SPANISH throughout the entire Program!
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

RON MAUGHAN
School of Medicine
Honorary Professor
North Haugh,
St. Andrews, UK

ANGELO D’ALESSANDRO
Associate Professor
University of Colorado
Denver

EVERT VERHAGEN
Professor of Sports & Health Amsterdam UMC

RICHARD BROWN
Secretary-General of the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC).

Ana Gabriela Guevara
General Director of the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports, CONADE.

AMBER DONALDSON
Vice President, Sports
Medicine at United States
Olympic & Paralympic Committee

FABIO PIGOZZI
President, Sports Medicine International Federation FIMS

JOSÉ KAWAZOE
Panamerican Confederation of Sports Medicine President
COPAMEDE

YANNIS PITSILADIS
Member of the Medical and Scientific Commission of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC)

Matt Antonucci
Chiropractic Neurologist | Concussion Specialist
Melbourne, Florida, USA

LORENA OCHOA
Professional Golf Player
México

Daniel Ruíz
ADIDAS Strategy and Innovation

IOANNIS VOGIATZIS
Prof. of Rehabilitation Sciences, Northumbria University, UK

JANE SETO Ph.D
Team Leader / Senior Research Officer
Muscle Research
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Melbourne, Australia

JOSE A L CALBERT
Prof. Exercise Physiology at the University of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. Spain.
SOME OF OUR INVITED SPEAKERS

MSc. Istbell González Colón
Specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
“Núcleo Reangel” of Rehabilitation Medicine
“Tissue damage in sport and its recovery with Physical and Medicine Therapy in sports injuries”
CUBA

Dr. Ana V. Cintron
Secretary General – Panamerican Confederation of Sports Medicine – COPAMEDE
PUERTO RICO

Jürgen Steinacker
Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine Head Division Center University of Ulm
ALEMANIA

Eduardo Henrique DE Rose
Honorary President of FIMS and Dean of the Court of Anti-Doping in Sport.
BRAZIL

Professor Patrick Yung Shu Hang
President, Asian Federation of Sports Medicine (AFSM)
The Injury prevention of the Knee, what are the current evidence?
HONG KONG

Dr. Roberto Lohn Nahon
Member of the Brazilian Orthopedics Society – SBOT
Counseling in disease for physical activity to professional athlete and trainer.
BRAZIL

Dr. Rubén Argemi
Presidente Federación Argentina de Medicina del Deporte (FAMEDEP)
The Altered ground reaction force during counter movement jumps in previously injured professional football players
ARGENTINA

Dr. William Roberts, MD.
Director of the Sports Medicine Program and Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School
The Burnout in Sports Medicine Physicians
USA

Dr. Daniel Arkader Kopiler
President of the Development Commission of Panamerican Confederation of Sports Medicine
The Exercises and sports in patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), what are the limits?
BRAZIL

Dr. Raúl Carrillo Rodríguez
Director Médico de la Comisión Nacional de Cultura Física y Deporte CONADE
MEXICO
MEXICO

Dr. Michael Geistlinger
Retired University professor for Public International Law, comparative constitutional law and Eastern European Law at The University of Salzburg
The Minimum Age Limits in Elite Sports
AUSTRIA

Dr. Michell Dittmar
The influence and selection of the type of spinal surgery in high-performance athletes for their rehabilitation and functional recovery / Influencia y selección del tipo de cirugía de columna en el deportista de alto rendimiento para su rehabilitación y recuperación funcional
VENEZUELA

Dr, Miguel Angel Torres Torres
The clinical correlation, electromyography and nerve conduction studies in the most frequent nerve injuries of the upper extremities in athletes / Correlación clínica, estudios de electromiografía y conducción nerviosa en lesiones nerviosas más frecuentes de extremidades superiores en deportistas
MEXICO

Prof. Pedro Manonelles. MD.
Chair of Sports Medicine. San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM). Member of the Governing Board of the Spanish Society of Sports Medicine (SEMED)
The doctor ‘s protection against doping / La protección del médico ante el dopaje.
ESPAÑA

Dr. Ramiro Ramírez Gutiérrez
The Vision in sports and how to improve its performance / La visión en el deporte y como mejorar su desempeño
MEXICO

Dr. Rodrigo Sebastián Melman
The Sarcopenia: from the critical patient to the frail elderly. The role of the Sports Physician in its treatment and rehabilitation / Sarcopenia: desde el paciente crítico al anciano frágil. El rol del Médico deportólogo en el tratamiento y rehabilitación de la misma.
URUGUAY

Dra. Theodora Papadopoulou
Executive Board BASEM | Defense Medical Rehabilitation Center Loughborough
Unravelling the groin pain in athletes
UNITED KINGDOM

Dra. Verónica Oblitas
The tendinitis in sports: invasive treatment with hyaluronic acid / Tendinitis en el deporte: tratamiento invasivo con ácido hialurónico.
PERÚ

Dr. Fabio Cittá
Secretary at FAMEDEP
Vocal at COSUMED
The Muscle as an endocrine organ, histological aspects and molecular contractions
ARGENTINA

Dr. Guillermo Aponte Fernández
Director of Medical Services at Club Bolívar
The lactate differences between players in altitude and sea level
BOLIVIA

Prof. James Bilzon
Member of the InternationalFederation of Sports Medicine’s (FIMS) Scientific Council.
“Understanding the therapeutic effects of exercise for the management of knee osteoarthritis”
UK

Dr. Marcelo Sajuria
Director of the National Doping Control Commission of Chile
The Age and Gender Differences in Santiago Return to Play Test after Anterior Cruciate Ligament
CHILE

Dr. Pablo Nicolás Gastaldi
FIMS Member
The Muscle as an endocrine organ, histological aspects and molecular contractions
ARGENTINA

Dr. Rafael Augusto Robles Cabrera
Vice-Presidente Federación Mundial de Medicina del Deporte
Ethics and Doping
GUATEMALA

Prof. Bülent Ülkar, MD
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
Department of Sports Medicine
The Urgency for Promoting Physical Activity; For whom the bell tolls?
TURKEY

Mats Börjesson, MD
The Prevention of SCD in young athletes- the development in the last 20 years
SUECIA

Dr. Maher Zahar
Member Of the executive Committee of The FIMS. President of the Tunisian Society of Sports Medicine.
The Pré-competition Dental Examination : why it’s a preventive therapy?
TUNEZ

Dr. Mauricio Serrato
An integrative model to monitor elite athletes: relation between longitudinal and transversal biomarkers to optimize training load
GUATEMALA

Dr. Luis Fernando Alcocer Díaz
Chief of medicine, Club Atlas FC
“Neuromuscular training and proprioceptive control mechanisms for the reduction in the risk of ACL injury in professional soccer players.”
MEXICO

Dr. Axel Orozco Hernández
Ophthalmologist surgeon and retinologist assigned to the Retina Clinic.
“The vision in sport and how to improve your performance”
MEXICO

Dr. Chiara Fossati
Member of “Tribunale Nazionale Antidoping”, NADO Italia
“Physical exercise and mental health: the role of exercise as brain booster”
ITALY

Felix Albuquerque Drummond, MD
Medical Director of the Institute of Sports Medicine-CCSM FIMS
“Physical Activity on the Hospitalization of People with Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases”
BRAZIL

Dr. Luis Fernando Alcocer Díaz
Chief of medicine, Club Atlas FC
“Neuromuscular training and proprioceptive control mechanisms for the reduction in the risk of ACL injury in professional soccer players.”
MEXICO

Dr. Axel Orozco Hernández
Ophthalmologist surgeon and retinologist assigned to the Retina Clinic.
“The vision in sport and how to improve your performance”
MEXICO

Dr. Chiara Fossati
Member of “Tribunale Nazionale Antidoping”, NADO Italia
“Physical exercise and mental health: the role of exercise as brain booster”
ITALY

Felix Albuquerque Drummond, MD
Medical Director of the Institute of Sports Medicine-CCSM FIMS
“Physical Activity on the Hospitalization of People with Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases”
BRAZIL