<i>KSSTA</i> leadership update: Welcoming Philipp Winkler as new Associate Editor for cartilage and meniscus

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, and Arthroscopy (KSSTA) will continue to be successful and respected in the scientific community as long as it has strong editorial leadership, domain-specific knowledge and a clear commitment to methodological rigour and clinical relevance. Therefore, we are very happy to have Philipp Winkler, one of the former social media editors, joining us in a new role as an Associate Editor. He will be predominantly in charge of manuscripts addressing cartilage and meniscus. Philipp Winkler is a great addition to the editorial team because he has a lot of clinical, academic, and international experience. He is currently the Head of Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Kepler University Hospital Linz and an Associate Professor after completing his habilitation (venia legendi) in orthopaedics and trauma surgery. His clinical and scientific work is mostly about knee preservation surgery, especially meniscus pathology, cartilage repair, ligament biomechanics, and how the shape of bones affects reconstructive knee surgery. In the past few years, Philipp has built a strong and consistent scientific profile by publishing high-quality original research, systematic reviews, biomechanical studies and consensus-related work in top international journals [1, 2, 4-6, 8-11]. His work has dealt with important problems in meniscus repair and transplantation, cartilage restoration, osteotomies and ligament surgery, often connecting biomechanics and clinical decision-making [1, 3, 7, 8, 11]. He is the perfect person to oversee the growing number and complexity of cartilage- and meniscus-related submissions to KSSTA because of his wide range of knowledge and experience in the field. Philipp is already deeply involved in the journal's work. He has been a reviewer, an Elite Reviewer and a Web and Social Media Editor for KSSTA for many years. His deep understanding of the journal's standards, procedures, and long-term goals ensures that things stay the same while also bringing in new ideas. His international training, which included a Knee Research Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh with Prof. Musahl, and his active participation in ESSKA, AGA, ISAKOS and national knee societies show how well-connected and willing to work with others he is. Philipp Winkler will be the Associate Editor for cartilage and meniscus. He will be in charge of making sure that the scientific quality of published work stays high, that reporting is clear, and that the work is both methodologically sound and clinically relevant. His appointment makes KSSTA an even stronger platform for knee preservation research and shows that the journal is dedicated to covering all aspects of knee surgery, from biology and biomechanics to patient-centred outcomes. We are very happy to have Philipp Winkler join the Associate Editorial team. We look forward to working closely with him to shape the future of cartilage and meniscus research at KSSTA. Very warm welcome from the entire KSSTA team! The authors have nothing to report.