The Chairman of the FIFA Medical Committee, Dr Michel D’hooghe, praised Aspetar’s international outstanding medical services provided to the world, on the sidelines of his participation in the First-ever Asian & European Champions league team doctors’ workshop, which was concluded last Thursday.
Dr Michel D’Hooghe said: “Aspetar is an example of high-level care in the prevention and the diagnosis conservatives and in the surgical therapy of sports people, I’m sure that all people come here, because they’ve first class care and this already is a great merit to Aspetar, secondly Aspetar is a great educational Centre, I think Aspetar is a leader of football medicine and will continue to be it.”
The first-ever Asian & European Champions league team doctors’ workshop concluded at Aspetar, Orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital with the presence of seniors from the medical committee at FIFA and AFC
The workshop provided to the participants an opportunity to learn through practical sessions and real-life examples, as well as offering a strategic approach to help team doctors understanding the role of the football medicine doctor.
The two-day workshop discussed the tools and techniques designed to address a range of issues that directly affect the safety and care of players. A wide range of topics on the opportunities and challenges faced by medical staff to improve the medical results of football clubs.
Dr D’Hooghe added: “My presence is to give my own experience and this meeting has really something for the future; cascading to the national association’s doctors’ all over the world. In this room, there is a lot of wisdom and lot of experience.
“My lesson to the team doctors after 40 years of experience in football medicine; the role of team doctor 20-30 years ago, has become now team work with different sports medicine specialist, different paramedical help and that is certainly the future. Football is a team sport, and the medical guidance in sports is also a team sport”.
30 team doctors were represented, and the participants played an active role throughout the two days, especially at the practical sessions which have kicked off on day 2 of the workshop. 
Functional anatomy focusing on the knee, shoulder and ankle joints and also showcasing the Aspetar dental emergency kit.
The workshop was divided into closed-door discussions that discussed many issues of interest to the medical teams in these prestigious clubs, where it was characterised by frankness, in addition to practical sessions to identify the most important techniques used in surgery for sports injuries, held at the Sport Surgery Training Center in Aspetar, aunique training course where donated human body parts were used as samples for experimentation in an environment very similar to hospital’s operating theatres,
Also, as session on the Dental emergency kit, to ensure the role of sports dentistry in athletes’ injuries and how to deal with dental emergencies during matches and training camps. The workshop was held just days before Doha hosts several international football competitions, confirming the readiness of medical staff in the country to provide the best services to guests.
 Regarding the 2022 World Cup, which will be held for the first time in the Middle East, Dr D’Hooghe, said: “When the world cup will arrive in Qatar  I will be sure that the medical care around the world cup will be excellent because we are here just near the stadiums, one of the best infrastructures, you have the best specialists, you have every  care necessary to treat immediately the top football players in the world, there’s absolutely no reason to doubt the medical care around this world cup , thanks to Aspetar”.