26th & 27th January 2026
The Westin Hotel, The Waterfront,
Cape Town, South Africa

… and also completed a year fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology / Limb sparing surgery at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK, in 1999. Today he is a member of the International Limb Salvage Society and is a regular participant and contributor at international meetings. He is the head of the Orthopedic Oncology unit at Groote Schuur Hospital as well as the Life Orthopaedic Hospital. He has performed thousands of limb sparing surgeries.

… specialises in Orthopaedic Oncology and Complex Arthroplasty. He sub- specialises in Pelvic Sarcomas having undertaken over 350 hemipelvectomies in his career to date.
He has published over 300 scientific papers in the world’s most important orthopaedic journals and he has written several chapters in textbooks about surgery. Professor Jeys gained a DSc for his thesis ‘Improving Patient Outcomes by Innovation and Collaboration’. The DSc is the highest research degree in the UK and only awarded for individuals who make an outstanding contribution to their field. Professor Jeys regularly lectures around the world on joint replacement and tumour surgery. He also has a MSc in Orthopaedic Engineering.
He is involved with several national committees including being the former Chairman of the National Centre Research Institute (NCRI) for Sarcomas and Board member of EMSOS. He has worked with NICE, health technology appraisal boards, as well as several multinational companies.

…of benign & malignant bone and soft tissue tumours (sarcoma) and metastatic bone disease.

He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate orthopaedic training in India. He undertook his specialist fellowship training in orthopaedic oncology under Professor Ajay Puri and Professor Ashish Gulia at the prestigious Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India, with one of the largest sarcoma centres in the world. He underwent further specialist training in navigation assisted pelvis and sacral sarcoma surgeries at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, certified by the Royal College of Surgeons, England.

He has authored a number of papers in the world’s most important orthopaedic journals and has written book chapters on sarcomas in various textbooks. He continues to develop his research interest in orthopaedic oncology which he presents at national and international conferences.

…Helsinki University Hospital, specialising in orthopaedic oncology with extensive experience in the management of bone tumours. For more than two decades, she has been an active researcher in chondrosarcoma, pelvic and sacral tumours, complex oncologic reconstruction and metastases.

She completed orthopaedic oncology fellowships at both Münster University Hospital in Germany and the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham, UK, gaining broad international expertise that continues to inform her clinical and academic work.

She is a founding member of the Finnish Bone Lesion Society and an active member of ISOLS and EMSOS, contributing to global collaboration in musculoskeletal tumour research. She also made history as the first female President of the Finnish Orthopaedic Society, reflecting her longstanding commitment to leadership and advancement within the field.

Widely recognised for her clinical insight, scientific rigor, and dedication to improving care for patients with rare bone tumours, she remains a driving force in orthopaedic oncology research and education.

…soft tissue cancer (sarcoma), he is also an arthroplasty surgeon performing both primary and revision hip and knee replacements.

He completed an undergraduate degree in Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention before graduating in Medicine from the University of Leicester in 2007. He undertook his higher surgical training in the West Midlands on the Birmingham Orthopaedic Training Program and obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2017. He then gained further experience in the specialist field of oncology and arthroplasty during his fellowship in Sydney under Professor Paul Stalley at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; the largest sarcoma unit In Australia.

He has authored a number of papers in international journals and is himself a reviewer of scientific papers and textbooks. An honorary clinical lecturer at Birmingham University, he has maintained an active interest in teaching and has lectured on FRCS revision courses, been an examiner for mock FRCS examinations, and regularly contributes on the registrar teaching program.