COA特约记者许东浩：Antonio教授，您好。欢迎您参加本次COA盛会。我们非常荣幸能邀请到您参加本次盛会并且带给我们非常精彩的学术发言。
 Antonio教授：中国是个美丽的国家，我也非常荣幸能参加这次骨科盛会并且能在会议上进行学术发言。

许：您作为欧洲足踝协会的主席，请您给大家介绍一下这个学术组织。
Antonio教授：好的，现在欧洲足踝协会具有3,100名欧洲会员，自从2007年以来，会员数量增加了1000名。现在有20个国家加入了协会，包括奥地利，比利时，丹麦，法国，德国，意大利，西班牙，英国等。协会的宗旨是学术交流与互动，促进足踝外科的发展，在协会成员内为足踝外科事业建立更高的标准。
协会为会内成员以及非协会成员提供学术课程，高级论坛，学术会议及手术实践操作。著名的《足踝外科杂志》是协会的官方杂志，被PubMed收录。

许：随着全球化的进程，国家之间存在越来越多的双边合作。EFAS和中国骨科会在将来有哪些合作呢？
Antonio教授：EFAS不仅仅对欧洲的骨科医生，对全世界的骨科医生来说都是一个开放性的学术团体。就像我提到的，我们给所有对足踝外科事业感兴趣的医生提供培训、课程、学术论坛及学术会议。我们相信，通过我们的努力会令所有骨科医生受益并创造一个双赢的局面。EFAS最近的学术会议是今年12月6-7日在英国爱丁堡召开的后足高峰论坛，真诚的欢迎中国的足踝外科医生参加。

许：我相信随着我们学术交流的深入，EFAS和中国骨科会有更多的合作。最后，请您给中国的足踝外科事业以及中国年轻的足踝外科医生提些宝贵的建议。
Antonio教授：在欧洲，美国以及拉丁美洲，足踝外科发展的非常迅速，和这些国家地区相比，中国的足踝外科事业还有一段长路要走。在我个人看来，发展足踝外科事业，有两方面非常重要，一是基本知识的培训，而是实际手术技巧的提高。基本知识的培训可以通过学术课程来实现，只有从基础上对足踝疾病有了理解，青年医生们才能发现足踝外科事业的魅力所在。而实践手术操作课程为青年医生们提供了提高手术技巧的途径。我相信中国的足踝外科事业会非常迅速的发展并且越来越多的青年医生会投身到这项事业中来。

许：再次感谢您的光临。希望我们明年COA再见。

The Exclusive Interview for Professor Antonio ViladotVoegeli(The Chairman of European Foot and Ankle Society)
Donghao Xu, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Special Correspondent for Daily News
COA Special Correspondent Xu: Dear Professor Antonio, welcome to COA 2013. It’s our great honor to invite you to China and bring us brilliant presentations.
Antonio: China is an amazing country. I am so glad to attend this great conference and to have the presentation here.
Xu: As the Chairman of EFAS, could you please give us a brief introduction of the EFAS?
Antonio: Currently, EFAS has 3,100 European members and the society has increased by 1000 members since 2007. There are 20 member countries in EFAS, including: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK. The Goal of EFAS is to exchange knowledge, to interact, to promote foot and ankle surgery, and to bring the work to higher standards creating a unique European identity for all members. EFAS organises Instructional Courses, Advanced Symposia and Congresses, Cadaver Courses for Members and Non Members.
Xu: With the progress of the globalizing, countries around world are getting more and more close relationship. Are there any future cooperation between EFAS and Chinese Orthopaedic?
Antonio: EFAS is an opening society for all orthopaedic surgeons not only in European countries but also the entire world. Just like I mentioned, EFAS organizes courses, advanced Symposia and Congresses. We provide cadaver courses for member and non-member doctors who are interesting in foot and ankle surgery. We believe that the efforts we did will benefit all doctors and to achieve a win-win situation. The latest event of EFAS is the 4th EFAS Advanced Hindfoot Symposium, which will be hold in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 6th-7th December 2013. Chinese orthopaedic doctors are welcomed to attend this symposium.
Xu: I believe there will be more and more cooperation between EFAS and Chinese Orthopaedic Society. Could you please give us any suggestions on the future development of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, especially for young surgeons?
Antonio: The Foot and Ankle Surgery career is developing rapidly in Europe, America and South America. Compared to these countries, China still has a long way to go in Foot and Ankle Surgery career. In my opinion, there are two aspects are important, the basic training course and cadaver course. The basic course can provide the basic knowledge of Foot and Ankle Surgery. Only by fully understanding the basic knowledge, the young doctors can find the great charm of this career. The cadaver course could provide the changes to young doctors for practicing operation skills. I believe that the Foot and Ankle career in China will develop very rapidly and more young doctors will devoted them in this career.