The Committee aims to raise the profile of hand surgery in Europe through Social Media. Social Media is currently shaping our world, influencing the public, patients, medical colleagues and governments. We will also use this tool to improve internal connectivity and communication between surgeons, be that for training, education or research.

The committee will seek to establish a strong FESSH presence on platforms such as Twitter, FaceBook, Linked-In and Instagram. We will seek to work with enthusiastic surgeons across the continent.

We already have some representation from Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Belgium, Romania, Estonia and Israel. If you would like to join the committee or know more, please contact me at: communicationchair@fessh.com

 

Mr Zafar Naqui British Diploma Hand Surgery, European Board Hand Diploma, MSc (Hand Surgery)
Chair of the Communication Committee

Zaf Naqui is the Group Clinical Director of Trauma, Orthopaedic and Plastic Surgery at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust in Manchester, UK. He heads up the Orthoplastic Hand Unit at Salford Royal Hospital. After graduating from University College London he undertook surgical training in the North West of England. His first hand surgery fellowship was at Wrightington Hospital followed by an orthoplastic BSSH TIG ATP fellowship at the Salford Royal and South Manchester Hospitals. He undertook travelling fellowships at Harvard Massachusetts General Hospital, USA; ASSH International Fellowship to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, and BSSH Stack Fellowship to Institut de la Main Paris, Kaplan Barcelona and Hong Kong. He undertook the BSSH Masters in Hand Surgery with his thesis on the management of chronic carpal instability.  His clinical interests include wrist pain, small joint arthroscopy, thumb base arthritis and trauma.

Zaf currently sits on FESSH Council as Chair of the Communications Committee as well as serving in FESSH Executive Committee and Finance Committee as observer. He is Honorary Treasurer and Officer of the BSSH, having served on BSSH Council, BSSH Instructional Courses of Hand Surgery and BSSH Cadaveric Masterclasses faculties. He is a member of the Journal of Hand Surgery (Eur) Committee of Management and has previously chaired the JHS(Eur) digital team which includes the delivery of the JHS(Eur) journal club webinars.

Insta/Twitter/FB/LinkedIN: @zafnaqui  Email: communicationchair@fessh.com

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Email: socialmedia@fessh.com and comcom@fessh.com

Nikolai Karpinski Co-Chair
He lives and works in St. Petersburg in private and university clinics. His main interests are comfortable WALANT handsurgery, wrist reconstruction and orthotic fabrication. FESSH has always been a part of his professional life since winning travel award in 2012. He was invited to join Social Media Committee in 2019 and became its co-chair in 2023. He has passed FESSH exam in 2020. At home Nikolai is recognised as an active board member of national society Hand Group and co-founder of Handclub. He works also is a faculty of local hand courses and founder of annual Handclub Academy. Handsurgeons may also know him as a triathlete who has won the first IFSSH triathlon in Berlin 2019.

He is observer in the Education Committee.

Viviána Maja Rosero MD was trained at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. She is working in the Traumatology and Hand Surgery Department at the Military Hospital in Budapest, Hungary. She is specialised in ortopedics – trauma and hand surgery. She is member and national delegate of FESSH Communication Committee. She is member of the board committee of the Hungarian Hand Surgery Society. She has worked in the field of wrist and hand trauma for more than 18 years.

 

She is observer in the Examination Committee.

Arne Tenbrock studied human medicine at the University of Cologne, Germany. He is deputy director and executive consultant in the Department of Hand Surgery, Upper Extremity, Foot Surgery, Orthopedics, Traumatic- and Rheumatic Surgery in Waldfriede Hospital Berlin (Director: PD Dr. med. Martin Lautenbach). Arne is general surgeon and specialized in hand surgery (German Diploma Hand Surgery), is member of the extended board of the German Society for Hand Surgery (DGH) and former part of the Committee of the Young Forum of the DGH. In 2022 he received the European Board Hand Surgery Diploma and the Expert Certification of the DGH for Hand Surgery. His center of research activities are sport related injuries of upper extremity due to his passion for adventure sports. Beside this Arne focuses on degenerative and rheumatic hand and wrist problems. He is co- teacher in different hand/ upper extremity courses. Arne emphasizes the important role of the Communication Committee: “Digital multimedial connection and communication is state of the art to raise hand surgery, break borders and reach the highest level of networking and world wide (re-)presentation.”

He is observer in the Congress Committee.

Antonio Kory is a consultant in trauma and orthopedic surgery from Italy. He works in a major trauma center in Catania, Sicily, where he is responsible for the management and treatment of hand and upper limbs trauma and disorders. He was trained in T&O at the University of Catania and has improved his knowledge and skills in hand and wrist surgery with international experiences in France, UK and prestigious centers in Italy. He is fully registered with licence to practice in the UK and has been a visiting fellow in hand and wrist surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation trust and at the Royal London Hospital-Barts Health NHS Trust. He is an active member of SICM (Italian Society for Hand Surgery) with a wide participation at courses and events. His main field of interest is complex wrist and carpal injuries and he did his Master Degree thesis on the management and treatment of perilunate dislocations. He has joined the Communication Committee in 2022.

He is observer in Research Committee.

Maria Larrea-Zabalo studied medicine at the University of the Basque Country, Spain. She performed her residency in Hospital Donostia, in San Sebastian. During her residency she spent 3 months in an observership in Ganga Hospital (Coimbatore, India) with Dr Raja Sabapathy. She worked in different hospitals of the Basque Country related to the Departments of Hand Surgery. In 2022 she started her fellowship in hand surgery visiting different Departments in Hand Surgery in Spain: Dr Pedro Delgado in Madrid for one month, 3 months in Kaplan Hand Institut, 2 months in Traumaunit with Dr Casañas and one month with Dr Carratalá in Valencia. She currently works in Kaplan Hand Institut and a labor clinic, Mutua Universal, in Barcelona. She is a young revisor of the Journal of Hand Surgery and is involved in research in Hand Surgery in Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (Bellaterra). She joined the Communication Committee in 2023. Instagram: @dra.maria_larrea

She is observer in the Examination Committee.

Jantine Posthuma de Boer is an orthopedic hand surgeon from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. After graduating from medical school at the Erasmus University Rotterdam she moved to the VU University Hospital Amsterdam where she performed a PhD on osteosarcoma treatment and subsequently completed her orthopedic surgery residency. She was a fellow hand, wrist and elbow surgery in the hand surgery unit at Leuven University Hospitals, Belgium during 2 year and paid a short visit to Kaplan Institute, Barcelona, Spain for a month. She obtained the European Board of Hand Surgery Diploma in 2022 and currently works in clinics in The Hague and northern Amsterdam region. She joined the Communication Committee in 2023.

She is observer in the Clinical Practise Committee.

Zeynep (Tuna) Emir is a physiotherapist who is specialized in hand therapy from Ankara in Türkiye. She is serving as an academician in Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at Gazi University since 2011 and giving lectures about hand therapy, electrotherapy and rheumatic conditions in her faculty. Zeynep is an active board member of Turkish Hand Therapists Association for almost 10 years. Her primary interest is hand therapy after wide-awake hand surgery procedures, and she is also involved in hand therapy after any soft tissue and bony conditions of the hand. She is also interested in neurophysiology and electrophysiology fields which are crucial dimensions in the rehabilitative process of hand injuries. She completed her PhD in 2017, and she was in Erasmus MC in Rotterdam for her post-doc visit for 6 months in 2019. She was willing to join the committee for the confidence she feels in her communication skills. She is also willing to improve her social media skills after participating in the committee.

She is observer in the Relationship Committee.

Gemma Batten is Welsh-Maltese Plastic Surgery registrar, currently practicing in London. She studied at the University of Birmingham Medical School, completed her foundation training in Wales, and has since worked at a number of London hospitals including Guy’s and St Thomas’, Chelsea and Westminster and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Her interests include congenital hand, training and mentorship, surgeon well-being and the intersection between surgery and art. She has a strong background in corporate social media and marketing, and sits on the communications and social media committees for The British Society for Surgery for the Hand and the Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume). In her free time she mentors students, draws medical illustrations, and is partial to a surf trip. You can see some of her illustrative work here: Instagram: @plasticsbygemma

She is observer in the Journal Committee.

Dr. Amandine Ledoux is a consultant at the Institut Européen de la Main in Luxembourg, specializing in hand surgery and microsurgery. She completed her medical studies and orthopedic and microsurgery training in Belgium, France and Luxembourg, developing expertise in microsurgical reconstruction and hand trauma surgery. Dr. Ledoux is actively involved in national and international professional societies. She is actively involved in the Société Française de Chirurgie de la Main (SFCM), where she is responsible for managing social media and digital communication. Additionally, she serves as an ambassador for the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM) 2025 Congress in Barcelona and is an active member of the International Microsurgery Club (IMC), contributing to its global initiatives, including weekly webinars and the promotion of congresses, courses, and fellowships worldwide. Beyond her clinical practice, Dr. Ledoux is involved in the organization of international congresses and educational events. In recognition of her research contributions, she was awarded a research grant from the King Baudouin Foundation in 2024. In addition to her surgical work, she has a passion for drawing and creates medical illustrations for her presentations and articles. Her professional interests focus on microsurgery, reconstructive surgery, and hand trauma surgery, with a commitment to education, innovation, and international collaboration in these fields.

She is observer in the Relationship Committee