Dr Lucienne Attard is a registered Sports & Exercise Medicine specialist in Malta, working in the Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Department of Mater Dei Hospital, and also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Malta. She has many years’ experience working with elite athletes from all sports and was many times the Medical Team Leader and Physician for Team Malta athletes at major competitions which include the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Mediterranean Games and GSSE. Specialising in all sports and exercise related conditions, her particular area of expertise being the use of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), Dry Needling and Acupuncture to treat musculoskeletal conditions.

Dr Lucienne is also very active in the Anti-Doping scene as she is the Chairperson of the Anti-Doping Commission of Malta, and also chairs the Council of Europe Education Advisory Group on Anti-Doping and represents the Maltese government at EU and Council of Europe meetings on anti-doping. She is a firm believer in education as a means of preventing doping among athletes.

She has been an elected Executive Board member of the Maltese Olympic Committee since 2004, and chairs the Women in Sport and Anti-Doping Commissions and previously also the Medical Commission.

Dr. Danica Bonello Spiteri has a unique background, being both a lifelong athlete, as well as a Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) specialist doctor. Having completed her medical degree in Malta, she has specialised in Leeds, UK where she has worked in a multitude of sports and sporting events, including the Olympics and Paralympic Games.

Dr. Danica enjoys helping people with all sorts of musculoskeletal ailments including:

• Athletes and exercisers of all levels with sports related injuries, with a special interest in dealing with running technique and biomechanics, including video analysis and running technique rehabilitation.
• Middle aged and elderly people struggling with arthritis, muscle, joint and ligament problems related to the neck, shoulder, back, hip, knee, ankles.
• Diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal pains found in those who lead sedentary lifestyles or undertake desk based occupations.
• Athlete screening prior to starting an exercise regime including blood tests and full examination, to avoid injuries.
• Advice and guidance towards starting exercise in those who wish to improve their lifestyle

Working as a team player and good communication skills are the essential basis on which Dr. Danica believes in and work with, as this will ensure a good all round service provision for the patient and will reflect well on the team providing the care.

Nigel Camilleri was born in Malta, married to Debbie and the father of three daughters Kate, Neena and Sophie and a son Charlie. He studied medicine and surgery at the University of Malta where he was awarded an MD in 2003. He then started practicing medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital, Malta and eventually started his psychiatry training at Mount Carmel Hospital, Malta in 2006. In 2008 he moved over to Newcastle, UK and training in psychiatry in the North East of England. Since 2015 he started working as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Mount Carmel Hospital Malta and St James Hospital, Malta. He has worked as a consultant psychiatrist in an adolescent in-patient and adolescent forensic in-patient unit in Middlesborough, UK and as a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, at the Child and Family Department in Durham. He is also an Associate Clinical Researcher at Newcastle University, currently working with Paediatric Bipolar Disorder Team on research projects in this field.

He is currently working as a consultant psychiatrist and is the clinical lead for child and adolescent psychiatry at Mount Carmel Hospital, Malta. He has recently completed and was awarded an MD Newcastle, University, UK for his research. Nigel is President of the Maltese Association of Psychiatrist (MAP), the research lead for the Malta branch of the Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) and clinical lead within the Team for Assessment of Attention and Social Communication (TAASC).

Andrew Cole graduated in Physiotherapy from the University of Malta in 2009. He continued his studies with a Masters of Science in Sports Medicine, Exercise and Health form University College London. He is a Physiotherapist currently working at Aspetar Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Hospital in Doha, Qatar. He has a special interest in Shoulder rehabilitation and the use of novel techniques in rehabilitation which include EMG biofeedback and Blood flow restriction training. Throughout his physiotherapy career he has worked in an array of sports medicine services which include; lead physiotherapist of the Mens Malta Waterpolo Team, the Athlete Screening service at Aspetar Hospital, Doha and PSMC Clinic, Malta and the rehabilitation of numerous musculoskeletal conditions in a multitude of sport disciplines.

Andrew has been involved in a number of international sports competitions which include the European Waterpolo Championships, Asian Athletic Championships, IAAF Diamond League and will also form part of the medical team supporting the upcoming IAAF World Athletic Championships in Doha, Qatar this September.

Sean Connelly is currently the Medical Services Manager and Lead Physiotherapist for the Football Association of Wales(FAW). Sean qualified as a physiotherapist in 1993 before embarking on a 12-year career as a professional footballer. Sean made over 500 1st team appearances for 4 different professional clubs. Sean managed to maintain his clinical skills whilst playing and upon retiring in 2005 Sean became Head Physiotherapist at Cardiff City FC. Gary Speed appointed Sean as Lead Physiotherapist to the Welsh National Team in 2011.

Sean has also spent time in Switzerland working as Head of Performance at Servette FC between 2014 & 2015 before returning to the UK to be Head Physiotherapist at Crystal Palace FC in the English Premier League. He left Palace in 2017 to take up his current full-time role with the FAW. Sean is also a fully qualified UEFA coach.

Prof Antonio Frizziero is a Medical Doctor, Specialist in Physical Rehabilitation Medicine and work as Assistant Professor at General Hospital-University of Padua in Italy. He attended PhD in Sport Rehabilitation and has many years’ experience working with elite athletes from all sports and he is considered an expert in Italy in US guided injection therapies and in particular on Hyaluronic Acid injections. He founded together with Prof Nicola Maffulli and Prof Francesco Oliva the Italian Society of Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons and its official organ called Muscles, Ligaments and Tendon Journal (MLTJ) indexed on PubMed, Scopus and ISI Web of Science.

He has published many papers on the principal International Jounals in Sport Rehabilitation field and he is member of the most important Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Societies in Europe and in Italy.

Ian Gatt has been a sport physiotherapist for 20 years. He is a senior physiotherapist with the prestigious English Institute of Sport (EIS), where he holds the position of Head of Performance Services & Lead Physiotherapist for the Great Britain Boxing program. Ian has also attended all major competitions including; Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World and European Championships.

Ian qualified with a BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy. He went on to specialise in Orthopaedic Manipulative Therapy (OMT), completed an MSc in Sport Physiotherapy, and is currently undergoing a PhD in Upper Limb Biomechanics. He is a visiting lecturer at the University College London (UCL) and Queen Margaret University of London (QMUL).

Ian is an advisor to both Olympic and Professional sports, delivering educational workshops and supporting practitioners with their respective athletes on Upper limb musculoskeletal injuries. Further, he provides private specialist consultations to all members of the public in Sheffield, London, and Malta. Ian has been a physiotherapist with team Anthony Joshua since 2010 providing his expertise around injury prevention and management strategies.

Dr Karen Hind is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University, where she leads research into bone, body composition and athlete health. She was awarded her PhD by the School of Medicine, University of Leeds, and her research was the first to demonstrate a similar risk for bone density deficits in men and women elite long-distance runners, with shared risk factors including high running volume, relative energy deficit and low body fat.

She currently leads the Global Rugby Health Research Programme which is dedicated to improving knowledge on the long-term health of retired rugby players.

Other current projects include DXA methodology and novel applications, relative energy deficiency in sports (RED-S), and a multi-centre study of athlete bone health. She is a Certified Clinical Densitometrist and a member of Leadership Committee of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD). She currently serves as Chair for the UK-Ireland ISCD Panel, is an Honorary Fellow in the Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin

Dr. Edward Laskowski (Las-cow-ski):

Dr. Laskowski is Co-director of Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine and a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Nationally and internationally recognized for his expertise in fitness and sports medicine, Dr. Laskowski studies and promotes best practices for general fitness, injury prevention and injury rehabilitation, strength training, and stability training. Collectively, Dr. Laskowski’ s work has produced several hundred publication credits, including scientific papers, abstracts, books, book reviews, book chapters, and popular media and multimedia. His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, Golf Digest, Prevention, Time, Men’s Health, Esquire, and GQ Magazine. He has appeared on the NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Now, Sirius XM radio, and Good Morning America as a trusted voice in sports medicine and fitness. His teaching expertise has been recognized by his election to the Mayo Clinic Teacher of the Year Hall of Fame, and he was Co-Director of the Course of the Year in the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in 2016.

Dr. Laskowski has provided medical services at sports events ranging from high school football to the 2002 Winter Olympics and the Chicago Marathon. From 2006 to 2010, he was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports; he served under Presidents Bush and Obama, and he received a special commendation from the Department of Human Services for his contributions to the Council. He also received the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation’s Distinguished Public Service Award in 2016.

Nicola Maffulli is the Professor and Chair of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery at the Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy.

Nicola undertakes research in Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. A broadly trained orthopaedic surgeon, his major areas of expertise are knee surgery and foot and ankle surgery.

Nicola has produced major contributions in the physiopathology of tendon ailments and has undertaken a large number of randomised controlled trials in trauma and orthopaedic surgery. Given his training, in addition to his specialist interest in Sports Surgery, Prof Maffulli's expertise ranges from exercise physiology, gene expression in musculoskeletal conditions and tissue engineering and mesenchimal stem cell therapy.

Prof Maffulli maintains a Professorship in Sports and Exercise Medicine at Queen Mary University of London, and a Professorship in Orthopaedics at Keele University School of Medicine.

Dr Kirill is an established Sports and Exercise Medicine expert holding various positions in the Republic of Malta, namely, SEM Consultant Mater Dei Hospital, Medical Director Malta Football Association, Director Maltese Olympic Committee, Chairman of the Medical Commission of the Maltese Olympic Committee and Senior Lecturer in Sports Science at the University of Malta. Until recently, he was Vice President of the European Federation of Sports Medicine Associations and Head of the Sports Medicine Section within The Presidential Guard of the UAE Armed Forces. Over the decades , Kirill has organized, managed, accompanied and enjoyed major heartbreaks and joyous moments with Team Malta during Olympic, Commonwealth and Mediterranean Games.

Mr Alistair M. Pace graduated as a Medical Doctor from the University of Malta in 1999. After working as a house officer and senior house officer in Malta and in the U.K, he commenced his specialist training in Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery in the Mid-Trent Deanery in 2005, and was awarded the Certificate of Completion of Training in 2010. He was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at York Teaching hospitals in 2011, after undertaking a fellowship in hand surgery at QMC in Nottingham, as well as shoulder and elbow surgery in Cambridge.

He currently performs a wide range of surgical procedures including open and arthroscopic shoulder surgery, elbow and hand surgery as well as general orthopaedic procedures including hip and knee arthroplasty.

Mr Pace regularly attends international Orthopaedic courses and conferences and has written more than 25 peer reviewed abstracts, posters, publications and book chapters.