ASEAN Society for Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy

The idea for ASSA came about during a gathering of orthopedic surgeons from the ASEAN region in Melbourne to honor their mentor, Dr. John Bartlett.

A specific need for a sports and arthroscopy group in these southeast Asian countries was identified. This group, namely John Bartlett, Enrique “Rich” Pasion, Charanjeet Singh, and Andre Pontoh agreed upon the following...

• To have their own Sports and Arthroscopy group within the Southeast Asia region

• To have a close knit relation among the Orthopedic Sports surgeons in the ASEAN countries  ...