Angie Botto-van Bemden
USA
- Director of Research at UHZ Sports Medicine
- Consultant, WHO-Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis, Musculoskeletal & Bone Health programs.
- Global Medical & Scientific Affairs Consultant, Musculoskeletal Research International, Inc. & Clinical Research Experts, LLC.
- Former Director of Osteoarthritis Programs, Arthritis Foundation.
- One of the earlier facilitators for the cartilage research regulatory clinical trials involving CAIS, hemiCAP, ACI, MACI, etc.
- Helped in policy with clinical practice guidelines, regulatory FDA/EMA guidance and health technology assessments.
- A research facilitator at the University of Miami UHZ Sports Medicine Institute, establishing clinical research as clinical care and the Arthritis Foundation- establishing a Clinical Trial Network (CTN) with Centres of Excellence (COE)- always working to accelerate early diagnosis, better treatment options and prevention of progression.
- Lead the NIAMS FNIH Biomarker Consortium initiative to validate surrogate biomarkers for early osteoarthritis, hastening the path to regulatory approval.
- Co-developed the seminal Fellows In Training (FIT) Bootcamp, "Getting OA on TRACK, Transforming Research And Cultivating Knowledge" sharing state of the art technologies and treatment considerations.
- Currently most dedicated to increasing awareness and use of the ICRS Patient Registry, transforming it from a mere surgical database into a bidirectional, global joint health community with data which is most useful in decision making and impact!