Mats Brittberg

• A professor of orthopaedics connected to the Institution of clinical sciences and orthopaedic department, University of Gothenburg.
• A member of the Cartilage Research Unit at the University of Gothenburg and an orthopedic surgeon at Region Halland Orthopaedics (Varberg Hospital).
• A focused researcher on cartilage repair and with main focus on in vitro expanded autologous chondrocytes.
• The Inventor of Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation Technique (ACI).
• Had also keen interest in research on biotribology in cartilage and osteoarthritis as well as research collaborations with other centres and companies in Europe and North America.
• Mats’s interest is now also focused on joint preservation research and studies on joint pain mechanisms.
• Awarded with The Swedish Medical Association Jubilee Medal in silver 1995.
• Awarded with the ICRS Genzyme Lifetime Achievement Award in cartilage research (2010).
• and, in 2012,
• Awarded with the Shetty- Kim Foundation (SKF) Scientific Award (2012).
• Received UK Cartilage Club’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2014).
• Received Lifetime Award in cartilage research during the international meeting at Joint preservation congress, Warsaw, Poland.
• Board member of TESi (Tissue Engineering Society International).
• Past President, International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society (ICRS).
• Editor-in-Chief for the Sage journal CARTILAGE. 
• Associate editor with ESSKA journal, and he is on the editorial board member of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 
• Godfather of the 2023 travelling ICRS Fellowship.