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Doctor Anesthesiologist, actor in the mountain rescue in France, specialized in the medical supervision of ultra-endurance sports events in hostile environments. Medical Director of Dokever: medical assistance company. Medical Director of the Paris Marathon, the UTMB, the Etape du Tour de France for more than 10 years. Chairman of the ITRA (International Trail Running Association) Medical Committee and Ultra Sports Science foundation. The foundation funds research projects in sports, communicates the results of research and puts in place a health program to protect athletes. Also member of the IRONMAN medical Commission

Volker qualified in medicine from the University of Munich, Germany. He trained as a General Practitioner in the UK and worked for several years in Edinburgh before qualifying as a Sports Physician at the Olympic Training Centre at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He is now professor at the University in Madrid (UDIMA), works for the British Armed Forces, European Golf Tour, and in private medical practice. He has worked in many national and international professional sporting events, including Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016, Commonwealth Games, World and European Athletic Championships and many trail and ultra endurance races. He has published several scientific papers about ultra endurance sports and is associate editor for Frontiers in Physiology.

Dr. Andrew Pasternak, MD, MS is a family physician in Reno, NV. He is currently the medical director for the Western States 100, Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Races and the Ultra Trails Lake Tahoe Races. He also works with the University of Nevada-Reno Sports Medicine Fellowship. He is also an avid trail runner, cyclist, and cross country skier which he typically does with his wife, JoAnn Ellero, MD.
www.silversagecenter.com

Beat Knechtle is a Swiss family doctor and endurance athlete who competes in swimming, cycling, running and triathlon and does scientific work.
www.hausarztmedizin.uzh.ch

Glenn Stewart is a Research Associate in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic and his research interests focus on heart and lung interactions during exercise. Since completing his doctorate at Griffith University in Australia, where he studied the effects of endurance exercise training on cardiac function, Glenn has been working on a number of invasive and non-invasive cardiopulmonary projects which incorporate novel echocardiography and gas exchange techniques to better understand right ventricular-pulmonary interactions in health and disease. Glenn’s current projects include examining complex cardiopulmonary interactions in patients with heart and lung diseases, as well as assessing cardiac and pulmonary adaptability in healthy individuals exposed to high-altitude and extreme exercise and environmental conditions. Glenn is presently an American Heart Association Fellowship Awardee, and recently received a Career Development Award in Cardiovascular Disease Research Honoring Dr. Earl H. Wood for his current research activities. These include collaborations with the Ultra Sport Science Foundation, Mayo Clinic and the International Trail Runners Association, where a team of scientists are assessing heart and lung physiology of ultra-marathon runners at the Hong Kong 100 (HK100) and the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (UTMB). This research is aimed at enhancing our understanding of acute cardiopulmonary adaptations to ultra-endurance exercise coupled with high-altitude or sea level air to help inform relevant organizations and governing bodies about exercise prescription in these environments and help guide athletes with their training and preparations for ultra-endurance sporting events.

Guillaume Routier holds a PhD in sociology and is currently a lecturer in sociology of sport at the University of Lyon 1 and a member of the Laboratory on Vulnerabilities and Innovation in Sport (L-VIS). His research focuses on the motives and modalities of participation in sport as well as the career dynamics that lead to it. Thus, in a quantitative and socio-cultural approach, he analyses the interest in sport of different populations on the basis of national surveys. In a more qualitative and interactionist approach, it also analyses the careers of individuals (engagement and disengagement) in sport or dangerous physical activities.
www.univ-lyon1.fr
l-vis.univ-lyon1.fr

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Grégoire Millet is Professor of Exercise Physiology at ISSUL (Institute of Sport Sciences) in Lausanne, the “Olympic Capital”. He has published more than 340 articles including < 220 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and over 40 book chapters. He is the Chief Editor of “Frontiers in Exercise Physiology” and is regularly invited to conferences World-wide. Grégoire is the author of several books on endurance or altitude training.
His main research topics are: (1) Physiological responses to exercise in hypoxia; (2) Optimization of interval-training; (3) Mechanical / Physiological coupling in sport locomotion; (4) Analysis of fatigue (Neuromuscular and Heart Rate Variability); (5) Ultra-endurance.
In the first part of his life, he has been a professional triathlete (French Champion) and was coaching elite triathletes successively in the French, UK or Hong Kong teams. Grégoire attended several Olympic Games. He participated to ultra-endurance event in different sports (Vasaloppet; Embrun or Hawaii Ironman..). At the age of 50, he finished 2nd in the “Tor des Geants” in Italy.

Researchgate.net/profile/Gregoire_Millet2

Dr. Khodaee is professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from Tehran Islamic Azad University in Iran. Dr. Khodaee completed his Family Medicine residency and Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of Michigan. He is board-certified in Family Medicine a nd has earned a CAQ in Sports Medicine. He is the Head Primary Care Team Physician for Denver Nuggets. He has special interest in ultra-endurance and soccer related injuries and prevention.
www.ucdenver.edu
www.cudoctors.com

Nicola Giovanelli was born among the Dolomites, in north-east Italy. He grew up practicing different mountain-sports (XC ski, orienteering, mountain running…). He is Postdoctoral Researcher in Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics at University of Udine, Italy. Actually, his main field of study is the energetics and mechanics of running with a main focus on ultra-endurance running and mountain running. He loves endurance and mountain sports and he is himself a trail-runner of the Team La Sportiva. Further, he coaches several trail-runners of different levels (from amateurs to elite athletes).

Dr Pantelis Nikolaidis is an exercise physiologist, specialized in exercise testing. He studied sports science at the University of Athens (2001); then focused on exercise physiology at the University of Prague as a scholar of the state scholarship foundation (MSc, PhD). He teaches at the School of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, and runs a private exercise physiology laboratory. He published more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific papers.
www.uniwa.gr

Professor Arbon is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, and Director of the Torrens Resilience Institute and the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Mass Gatherings and Global Health Security at Flinders University, Australia. He is former President of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and past Chief Commissioner of St John Ambulance Australia. He has published extensively on mass gathering health and emergency management.
www.flinders.edu.au/torrens-resilience-institute
www.flinders.edu.au

Eric D.B. Goulet is an associate professor of exercise physiology at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada, where he is also head of the performance, hydration and thermoregulation laboratory. His research interests include 1) the impact of dehydration, heat stress, ad libitum drinking and hyperhydration on physical performance, water balance and physiological functions; 2) the validation of devices or techniques aimed at measuring performance, core temperature or sodium concentration in sweat and; 3) the conduct of systematic reviews for improving our understanding of the impact of body water changes on physical performance.
www.usherbrooke.ca

Expert in sleep diprivation and fatigue
I study the interactions between sleep, physical activity and cognitive fatigue in athletes, elite and amateur, practicing ultra endurance competitions (solo sailing, ultramarathons, polar expeditions etc...). Several of our publications have shown that in this type of activity, lack of sleep leads to risks for performance, health and safety. How to anticipate? How to manage? Can we adapt to such stress constraints for the body? Where are the limits?

Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Dunkerque France : Univ-littoral.fr
URePSSS – EA 7369 (Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport, Santé, Société) : Urepsss.com

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food
Dr. Ricardo Costa is an academic, researcher, consultant and practitioner in sports dietetics and extremes physiology, based in the Department of Nutrition Dietetics & Food at Monash University, Australia. His publication outputs, in exploratory field and laboratory controlled intervention research, includes focus on the nutritional and hydration status of ultra-endurance athletes, physiological responses to ultra-endurance exercise in the heat, impact of endurance exercise on the immune system and nutritional counter-measures, and the impact of endurance exercise (with and without heat-stress) on gastrointestinal health including prevention and management strategies. As a sports dietetic practitioner, he has provided nutritional support in a variety of sports (i.e., teams, aquatic, combat, endurance, ultra-endurance, adventure and expedition) ranging from junior development to veteran athletes, and from recreational to world championship and Olympic athletes. Before entering a career in academics he was a professional trialthlete/duathlete competing on the World and European circuit.
BASE Nutrition & Exercise Clinic
Exercise and the gut online CPD course
Exercise and the gut recipe book
Graduate Research Industry Partnership Food and Dairy

I am a doctor, specialized in sports cardiology and in exercise physiology in the Grenoble’s hospital and university (UGA). I’m working in a research unit and studying altitude hypoxia and the consequences of endurance sports. My topics are mainly focused on the heart remodeling in response to training, acute exercise or life in altitude.
hp2.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

V Gremeaux is specialized in Sports Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, currently head of the Sports Medicine Centre of Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland. He is also associate Professor at the Sports Science Institute of Lausanne University. His passion is to imagine how to transfer the principles of sports training to the management of injured athletes and patients suffering chronic diseases, vice-versa! He’s currently leading research projects in the field of overtraining using heart rate variability, sweat monitoring, and overuse injuries.
Centre of Lausanne University Hospital
Sports Science Institute of Lausanne University

Bruce D. Johnson has a PhD in respiratory physiology and biodynamics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a Master’s degree in exercise physiology. He is a Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases, Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine at Mayo Clinic. He Directs the Human Integrative and Environmental Physiology Laboratory as well as the Energy Balance Core Laboratory at Mayo. Over the last 25 years his research had focused on assessing and tracking chronic disease such as lung and heart disease, technology for home monitoring, as well as applied challenges in aerospace and high altitude medicine and in human performance in unique populations. His field studies have taken him to remote locations, such as the South Pole and Mt Everest, with National Geographic. His laboratory has developed a number of novel techniques for quantifying human physiology, based on gas solubility’s and the affinity of various gases for hemoglobin. He works with an array of national and international collaborators and industries and has been funded by the DOD, NIH, NSF to pursue his work.

Mary Showstark is a physician assistant who works as an instructor with the Yale School of Medicine Physician Assistant Online Program. Her background is in trauma surgery, emergency, urgent care, & disaster medicine. Showstark's interests include interprofessional education, disaster relief work, event & mass gathering medicine as well as technology and medicine to include AR/AI & VR. She is Director of New Development for Physician Assistants for Global Health and Director of Surfer's Medical Association. She is a liaison to EuroPAC and on the communications team with International Association of PA Educators as well as the global ambassador to American Academy of Physician Assistants.
Paonline.yale.edu/mary-showstark/

Martin Schwellnus is a full professor of Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria in South Africa. He is also a specialist sports and exercise medicine physician who regularly consults with athletes of all levels. He holds an MBBCh from University of the Witwatersrand (cum laude), a M.Sc. (Med) from University of Cape Town, and an M.D. (equivalent to a PhD) degree from University of Cape Town, and is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. Among the many other responsibilities he holds, Prof Schwellnus is a Director of the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) at the University of Pretoria, has been the Director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Center in South Africa for the last 10 years, is a longstanding member of the IOC Medical Commission (Medical and Science group), and is a member of the editorial board of a number of international journals including the British Journal of Sports Medicine. He has an interest in a number of areas in sport and exercise medicine notably the health benefits of regular exercise and the prevention and management of injuries and medical complications in active individuals. He promotes the safe prescription of regular exercise to all populations in order to reduce the global burden of non-communicable disease. He is an active researcher and has published over 300 scientific journal articles, chapters in books and conference proceedings.

Carel Viljoen is a PhD candidate at the Vrije University Amsterdam and the University of Pretoria. He is a sport physiotherapist and head of clinical physiotherapy at the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute (SEMLI) which is an International Olympic Committee (IOC) Research Center in South Africa. Carel further lectures in the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Pretoria where he is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate training in sport physiotherapy. Currently his research is focused on injury risk management in trail running.
Paonline.yale.edu/mary-showstark/

Wilderness Sport Event Medicine specialist since 1995.
Medical Director of Argentine Federation of Ski and Mountaineering (FASA).
IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard Classifier.
Diploma in Mountain Medicine. IOC Diploma in Sports Medicine.
Medical Director and Race Director Patagonia Run Ultra Trail Race and Multiple Adventure Races.
Founder and 1st President of Argentine Society of Mountain Medicine (SAMM).
Professor and Deputy Director of Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine (Maimonides University, Argentina)

Brian J Krabak, MD MBA FACSM is a Clinical Professor at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Sports Medicine. He is an internationally recognized expert in sports medicine, providing sports medicine care and lecturing throughout the world. His sports medicine experiences have included the Olympics (2010 Vancouver Games, 2004 Athens Games, 2002 Salt Lake Games), team physician for the USA Swimming National Swim Team and collegiate sports (University of Washington). He is currently the Medical Director for the 4 Deserts Series Ultramarathons and the Seattle Rock-n-Roll Marathon. His clinical expertise and research relates to injuries and illnesses in runners and swimmers.
www.uwmedicine.org/brian-krabak
rehab.washington.edu/interviews

Medical Coordinator / Boston Marathon
Executive Director/IIRM
Chris Troyanos has an extensive record when providing medical leadership and logistical support at a number of athletic events. He has a 40-year history with the Boston Marathon - 26 of those years as the events Medical Coordinator.
His leadership skills have led to a collaborative public safety approach to endurance medical care. Chris leads a committee of over 60 medical professionals and another 1800 on-site medical volunteers. He has been the primary liaison to the various cities and towns supporting the race. His partnerships and relationship building skills have created strong ties with the Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency and numerous participating hospitals. As the Medical Coordinator to the Boston Athletic Association, he was instrumental in developing the medical coverage plan for the 100th running of Boston Marathon, and the medical response to the 2012 Boston Marathon, where over 2300 runners were successfully treated during an 86-degree day.

During the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15th, he was a first responder, while coordinating the post bombing response in the hours and days after this tragic event. Over the preceding 6 months following the Boston Marathon tragedy, Chris was implemental in designing and coordinating a global Crisis Management response plan – a plan that addressed the psychological needs of B.A.A. volunteers and runners impacted from the bombings.

In addition to his work with the Boston Marathon, Chris also provided leaderships and planning to a variety of Half Marathons, 10K and charity walks. His company, Sports Medicine Consultants manages medical care for over 14 large-scale events each year.

During his career, Chris has established vital partnerships with a number of key corporate supporters by partnering with Physio Control, Stryker, Cardinal Health, and Abbott Labs. His efforts have allowed the Boston Marathon to enjoy the largest level of medical sponsorship and gift in kind support in the country.

In 2007, Chris was named the Executive Director of the International Institute for Race Medicine. The mission of the IIRM is to offer global support and education to marathon medical teams throughout the world. His efforts and experience are directed towards helping others provide quality health care at these large athletic settings.

Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut USA
Expert in Exersice Associated Hyperthermia
Dr. Casa is the CEO of the Korey Stringer Institute and he is a professor of Kinesiology at the University of Connecticut. The mission of the KSI is to provide research, education, advocacy, and consultation, to maximize performance, optimize safety, and prevent sudden death for the athlete, warfighter, and laborer. Additionally, he is the editor of a book titled:Preventing Sudden Death in Sport and Physical Activity (2nd edition, 2017), published by Jones & Bartlett in cooperation with the American College of Sports Medicine. His new book titled Sports and Physical Activity in the heat: Maximizing Performance and Safety was published by Springer in the winter of 2018. Dr. Casa has published nearly 300 peer- reviewed publications/book chapters and presented more than 500 times on subjects related to exertional heat stroke, heat-related illnesses, preventing sudden death in sport, and hydration. Dr. Casa has successfully treated 325 cases of exertional heat stroke (with 0 fatalities).
ksi.uconn.edu

Encarna is a paediatrician and general practitioner. She currently works in the Accident and Emergency Department at the Vinalopo Hospital in Elche, Spain. She has an interest in paediatric medicine and has supported the Ultra Sports Science Foundation for many years and has participated in ultra-endurance sports research.
www.vinaloposalud.com

My major interest is in the field of ankle injuries and tendon (specifically Achilles tendon) research, therapy, and rehabilitation with focus on individualized protocols to supply the individually best treatment option for a specific athlete. For this, the most recent knowledge from own experience, research, and from the literature is translated into practice. By this, an individual athlete can be advised to go for an optimal outcome following a sport injury.
www.esn-ortho.de
www.heinz-lohrer.de
President of E.C.O.S.E.P. (European College of Sports and Exercise Physicians) www.ecosep.eu
In Kooperation mit der Universität Freiburg

Exercise & Sport Event Medicine specialist
Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine
Diploma of Mountain Medicine (U of Grenoble)
Medical Director and President SIRIUSMEDx; Remote and Wilderness Medicine
Medical Director Ironman Mont-Tremblant as well as Dokever Canada
Medical Director Laurentian Sports Medicine Centre
Clinical instructor Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal

Dr. Michele Ufer is a leading expert in applied sports psychology for (ultra) endurance athletes and successful ultramarathon runner who has finished various ultra trail races worldwide on a top 10 position. His focus in research, coaching and mental training is performance, mental toughness, resilience and flow in extreme conditions. Michele has produced the award-winning documentary "Marathon at Mount Everest - The highest 42.195 km in the World", is the organizer of Germany`s first and only 24h trail race and has written a bestseller on mental training.
www.micheleufer.com
www.runningpsychology.com

Olivier has been a podiatrist-podiatrist since 2002. His geographical location (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc) has prompted him to specialize in taking care of athletes. In the summer season, he mainly takes care of ultra-endurance specialists, notably in trail running, which he practices himself. He is responsible for the podiatry staff on the legendary UTMB®, and a member of his medical committee. In winter, he becomes a specialist in podiatric care for skiers. For 2 years, he also chaired the association of podiatrists in Podo’xygène sport, and has been a trainer for several organizations since 2013. He is also chairman of a training structure for medical and paramedical professionals: 4FOOT Solution.
www.podoxygene.com

Holder of a doctorate in Sports Sciences, Pierre SALLET has been able to accompany as a physiologist for more than 7 years numerous professional structures as well in football, rugby, basketball, cycling as high-level sportsmen in individual disciplines marathon , triathlon ... Former national level sportsman (30'53s over 10km), he is a recognized international expert in the fight against doping. President of the Association "Athletes For Transparency" (AFT), which works to preserve the ethics of Sport he is also interested in promoting a healthy practice of trail-running as a founding member and Vice-President of the International Trail Running Association (ITRA). Founder of NOVALIMIT, a company expert in innovation for industry and sport, he is 43 years old above all a practitioner and a fan of sport and science !!!

I am an emergency doctor in Thailand, I take care of the coordination of rescue for the UTMB race in Thailand. The pathologies of ultra endurance are very specific and require a specific education program.

Dr Sandrine NAIL-BILLAUD, pharmacist, Doctor of Immunology, PhD at the University of Angers. Hospital practitioner at the Poison Control Center and Immunology Laboratory of the University Hospital of Angers. Provides Ultra Sports Sciences with its ability to analyze scientific articles for the translation and adaptation of scientific language for all athletes and ultra athletes. Sports: Ultra distance stage races, short trails and marathons.
www.univ-angers.fr

Stéphane graduated from the national podiatry institute (Paris) in 2010 and has since settled in Amiens (80). He continued his training in the world of sport through a university degree in Toulouse and then in Reims, more focused on posturology. Through the discovery of the university world, he embarked on research through a master's degree in biomechanics, ergonomics and clinical research. With this experience and a lot of projects in mind, he joined the research laboratory of the Faculty of Sports of Reims as a doctoral student. After 5 years, trying to find solutions for ultra-trail runners through podiatry, he finalized his thesis in May 2019. Still looking for knowledge, he is now an associate researcher in the PSMS Laboratory (Performance , health, metrology, Society) of Reims.
www.podoxygene.com
www.univ-reims.fr

Dr Véronique LEBAR is a doctor in charge of the “Ile de France” Doping Prevention Medical Unit. She is in charge of training sport players on the fight against doping and has created anti-doping tools. She is one of the expert doctor in the Heath & Medical commission of ITRA and Ultra sports science. In charge of the Quartz program commission. She is also Founding President of the Ethics & Sport Committee. And was medical director of the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) from 2006 to 2013 and medical adviser to the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Association Life from 2003 to 2006

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Luke D. Johnson received his MBA from the University of Illinois and his undergraduate degree in health and outdoor education from the University of Minnesota. He has worked with a number of device startup companies in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona and ran logistics for Mike Horn’s Young Explorers and Pangaea Programs out of Lausanne Switzerland, funded by Mercedes Benz, Nespresso, Pletzl and Victorinox; organizing funding and expeditions to the Amazon, Skeleton Coast of Africa, as well as Baffin Island and the Northwest Passage. He is currently involved in marketing, business development, website development, device testing and integrating customer feedback into product and market strategy. He has a passion for ultra-sport, has worked with many major outdoor equipment companies and is associated with the Ultrasport Science Foundation and International Trail Runners Association.

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