Mats Brittberg

Sweden

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.