Dr. Iosifidis is an Orthopaedic Surgeon and is currently practicing in private. He is the founder and head of the Orthobiology Surgery Center; Thessaloniki; Greece. He studied at the Medicine School of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki; where he obtained his MD in 1992 and his PhD in 2006 completing his Doctoral Thesis with the title: "Elite athletes sport activity as a predisposing factor for osteoathritis”. In 2000 completed his residency training programs in Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery Deps. at Thessaloniki Greece. During 2004-2005 did a fellowship in arthroscopic surgery at Dep. of Orthopaedic Surgery and Center of Sports Medicine; DS Prof. FH Fu; and also a research fellowship in basic science research on tendons problems (tendinopathy) and anatomic ACL reconstruction at Mechanobiology Laboratory; School of Medicine and Bioengineering School; Univ. of Pittsburgh. He followed fellowships programs in arthroscopic surgery at Dep. of Orthopaedic Surgery of Hospital for Special Surgery; New York City (2007; 2008); and at TUM Univ. Klinik für Orthopädie und Sportorthopädie; Prof. Dr. A. B. Imhoff; Munich; Germany (2010). He has published in national and international journals (28 peer reviewed articles) and book chapters (5 chapters in international publications); and presented at many national and international meetings. He is deputy Chair of ICRS Communication and Publication Committee; member of ESSKA Education Committee and also member of ISAKOS Education Committee. He is 1st Vice President of Greek Society of Arthroscopy Knee Surgery and Sports Injuries. In the last 5 years his research is focusing on MSCs use for cartilage lesions treatment (member of the Advisory Committee of Greek Hellenic Cord Blood Bank of Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens /BRFAA); and knee joint kinetics and kinematics.