ISHA Awards
ISHA has a number of awards to promote and recognise excellence in hip preservation. The winners are announced at the Annual Scientific Meeting each year.
ISHA Trainee Awards
The ISHA Trainee Awards Programme – currently comprising The Richard Villar Award for Excellence in Clinical Research and The Joseph C McCarthy Basic Research Award – is committed to recognising and honouring young researchers whose work has contributed to better understanding and communication within the field of Hip Preservation.
The ISHA Trainee Awards were created with the intention to stimulate and reward younger researchers who contribute high-quality data and presentations. Thus, residents and fellows with a study related to hip preservation are encouraged to apply for this award. Winners must have had their abstract accepted and given an oral presentation thereof at the Annual Scientific Meeting in the relevant year.
ISHA Physiotherapist Awards
ISHA also wishes to acknowledge and honour the work of physiotherapists who have contributed their important work in the fields of hip preservation and rehabilitation for inclusion in the scientific programme.
Accepted physiotherapy abstract submissions are evaluated by reviewers during the Annual Scientific Meeting and awards for Best Physiotherapy Oral Presentation and Best Physiotherapy EPoster Presentation are presented at the Closing Session.
How to Apply
Applicants should express their interest by sending an email with CV and proof of trainee status to info@ishaconference.com during the abstract submission period, i.e. by the end of April for consideration at the Annual Scientific Meeting later that year.
2024 Award Recipients
The Richard Villar Award for Excellence in Clinical Research 2024
NameSrish Chenna (USA)
SubmissionA Lateral/Medial Joint Space Ratio <1 Significantly Decreases 15-Year Hip Arthroscopy Survivorship
The Joseph C McCarthy Basic Research Award 2024
NameVincent J Leopold (GER)
SubmissionOutcomes and Return-to-Sports Rates in Patients With Borderline Hip Dysplasia After Periacetabular Osteotomy: A Case Series With 5-Year Follow-up
2023 Award Recipients
The Richard Villar Award for Excellence in Clinical Research 2023
NameCaitlin Orner (USA)
SubmissionDoes Ischemic Pre-Conditioning of the Operative Limb Reduce Pain after Hip Arthroscopy? A Prospective, Single Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
The Joseph C McCarthy Basic Research Award 2023
NameJeroen Verhaegen (BEL/UK)
SubmissionThe Cross-Over Sign and its Significance in Young Adult Hip Pathology
ISHA Physiotherapist Awards 2023: Best Research Paper
NameTim Tyler (USA)
SubmissionThe association between hip flexibility and low back pain in ice hockey players
ISHA Physiotherapist Awards 2023: Best EPoster
NameDave Kohlrieser (USA)
SubmissionRehabilitation and Return to Sport Following Combined Periacetabular Osteotomy and Femoral Derotational Osteotomy in a Collegiate Dancer: A Case Report
ISHA Physiotherapist Awards 2023: Best Oral Presentation
NameDominika Chruscielewska (POL)
SubmissionGender specific sexual activity after hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement syndrome: Position matters
ISHA 2023 Best EPoster Presentation
NameLauren Heylmun (USA)
SubmissionEffects of Leukocyte-Rich Platelet Rich Plasma on Proximal Hamstring Tendinopathy, an Evaluation of Processing Time, Injection Volume, and Patient Reported Outcomes
ISHA 2023 Best Oral EPoster Presentation
NameJurek Pietrzak (SA)
SubmissionTHERE IS POOR COMPLIANCE WITH LOSARTAN AFTER HIP ARTHROSCOPY HOWEVER SUBSEQUENT CLINICAL AND FUNCTIONAL BENEFITS ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT
ISHA 2023 Best Rapid Fire Free Paper Oral Presentation
NameJovan Laskovski (USA)
SubmissionEndoscopic Repair Of Full Thickness Hamstring Tears
ISHA 2023 Best Standard Free Paper Oral Presentation
NameJustin Green (UK)
SubmissionPredicting minimal clinically important difference using iHot-12 at 1 year following arthroscopic treatment for Femoroacetabular Impingement using Machine Learning?
2022 Award Recipients
The Richard Villar Award for Excellence in Clinical Research 2022
NameMark Sohatee (UK)
SubmissionSurvivorship, complications and radiographic outcomes associated with Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO) with or without a combined femoral procedure for Perthes deformity of the hip
The Joseph C McCarthy Basic Research Award 2022
NameRonak Patel (USA)
SubmissionIntroducing the Impingement Index: A Study of the Combined Effect of Alpha Angle and Femoral Version on Outcomes After Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement
ISHA Physiotherapist Awards 2022: Best Research Paper
NameYael Steinfeld-Mass (ISR)
SubmissionPosterior Hip Pain and Pelvic / Floor Core
ISHA Physiotherapist Awards 2022: Best EPoster
NameDominika Chruscielewska (POL)
SubmissionThe process of physiotherapy after femoroacetabular impingement FAI on the example of a football player in the Polish Premier League
ISHA Physiotherapist Awards 2022: Best Oral Presentation
NameAmanda Paulson (USA)
SubmissionThe Impact of Periacetabular Osteotomy and Femoral Osteotomy on Return to Sport Rates in Competitive Athletes
NameAmanda Paulson (USA)
SubmissionRelationship Between Y Balance Test and Isometric Hip Strength Following Hip Arthroscopic Surgery
ISHA 2022 Best EPoster Presentation
NameRichard Mather III and his team from Duke Health (USA)
SubmissionCharacterizing the Interplay Between Hip Pain and Psychological Distress through Phenotyping
ISHA 2022 Best Video Presentation
NameTomas Amenabar (CHL)
SubmissionOutside-In Longitudinal Capsulotomy of the Hip for Arthroscopic Treatment of FAI
ISHA 2022 Best JAM (Just-a-Minute) Presentation
NameReagan Chapman (USA)
SubmissionHip Arthroscopy in Patients ≥ 40 Years of Age is Associated with Significant Postoperative Improvements but Decreased Rates of Achieving Clinically Significant Outcomes Compared to Younger Peers
ISHA 2022 Best Free Paper Oral Presentation - Short
NameMichael Muldoon (USA)
SubmissionFemoral malrotation in an adult population with hip pain
ISHA 2022 Best Free Paper Oral Presentation - Long
NameEshan Oderuth (UK)
SubmissionA Double-Blind Randomised Control Trial Investigating the Efficacy of Platelet Rich Plasma versus Placebo for the Treatment of Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (the HIPPO trial)
NameMarc Jayankura (BEL)
SubmissionAutologous osteoblastic cells in early-stage femoral head osteonecrosis: a double-blind, randomized controlled study
2021 Award Recipients
The Richard Villar Award for Excellence in Clinical Research 2021
NameDerrick Knapik (USA)
SubmissionDo Spinopelvic Parameters Influence Outcomes Following Hip Arthroscopy for the Treatment of Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome?
The Joseph C McCarthy Basic Research Award 2021
NameHolly Thomas-Aitken (USA)
SubmissionChronic contact stress exposure elevations are associated with intra-articular cartilage damage in patients with concurrent hip dysplasia and femoroacetabular impingement
2020 Award Recipients
No awards made.
2019 Award Recipients
The Basic Science Trainee Award 2019
NameRintje Agricola (NL)
SubmissionFemoroacetabular impingement syndrome is strongly predictive for development of hip osteoarthritis within 10 years follow-up: data from the CHECK cohort
The Richard Villar Award for Excellence in Clinical Research 2019
NameRoxana Viamont-Guerra (BRA)
SubmissionPromising outcomes of hip mosaicplasty by minimally invasive anterior approach using osteochondral autografts from the ipsilateral femoral head
The Joseph C McCarthy Award for Achievement in Advancing Knowledge and Scholarship in Hip Joint Preservation 2019
NameMr Richard Villar (UK)
Physical Therapy Research Awards 2019
NameMadison Morrish (AUS) - Trainee Award
SubmissionThe Australian patient experience: Part B – periacetabular osteotomy intervention
NameTim Tyler (USA) - Original Research
SubmissionRehabilitation following Groin Surgery
NameRobroy Martin and Ryan McGovern (USA)
SubmissionThe effect of functional movement control on patient reported outcomes in individuals with non-arthritic hip pain
2018 Award Recipients
The Basic Science Trainee Award 2018
NameKeisuke Uemara (USA)
SubmissionThree-dimensional Femoral Head Coverage in the Standing Position Represents that Measured in-vivro during Gait
The Richard Villar Award for Excellence in Clinical Research 2018
NamePranai Buddhdev (UK)
SubmissionPatient-Reported Outcomes & Success of Surgical Hip Dislocation in the Treatment of Residual Deformities Secondary to Perthes
The Joseph C McCarthy Award for Achievement in Advancing Knowledge and Scholarship in Hip Joint Preservation 2018
NameProfessor John O'Donnell (AUS)
Physical Therapy Research Awards 2018
NameAshley Campbell (USA)
SubmissionReturn to dance following hip surgery
NameDavid Georgy (AUS)
SubmissionIncidence of Gluteal muscle weakness in patients with Femoroacetabular impingement syndrome
NameEmma Glynn (AUS)
SubmissionWhat is the prognosis of conservative versus non-conservative treatment in Ischiofemoral impingement?
2017 Award Recipients
The Basic Science Trainee Award 2017
NameRyan Fader (USA)
SubmissionThe Role of Lumbar Lordosis and pelvic sagittal balance in femoroacetabular impingement.
The Richard Villar Award for Excellence in Clinical Research 2017
NameWilliam Neal (USA)
SubmissionThe Effect of Symptom Duration on Outcomes following Hip Arthroscopy for Fermoroactebular impingement syndrome
The ISHA Society Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
NameDr Philip Noble (USA)
The Joseph C McCarthy Award for Achievement in Advancing Knowledge and Scholarship in Hip Joint Preservation 2017
NameDr J W Thomas Byrd (USA)
Physical Therapy Research Award 2017
NameJenny Marland (USA)