Prof. Jon Patricios

Prof. Patricios has been in sports medicine practice since 1996. He is currently Director of Waterfall Sports Orthopaedic Surgery in Johannesburg and Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, where he leads the Wits Sport and Health (WiSH) Research Group. He holds fellowships in sport and exercise medicine from South Africa, the UK, and Ireland.

Jon is the founder and Director of Sports Concussion South Africa, a sports concussion consultant to World Rugby, and a board member of the international Concussion in Sports Group and Co-chair of the scientific committee for the International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport. He is co-lead author of the 2023 International Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport. Most recently, he was on the independent concussion advisory panel for the FIFAIn 2022 World Cup and in 2023, joined UEFA’s Head Injury Advisory Committee and the Head, Neck and Spine Committee of the National Football League (NFL, USA).

He is an editor of the British Journal of Sports Medicine and served 2 terms as President of the South African Sports Medicine Association (SASMA). Jon has been the team physician to school, club, provincial, and international sports teams in rugby, cricket, soccer, athletics, and basketball. Author of over 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications, his research interests are sport-related Concussion and the health benefits of physical activity.