Elizabeth Arendt, is a Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of University of Minnesota and is a faculty advisor for medical students. Prof. Arendt serves on the Editorial Boards of Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology and Arthroscopy, British Journal of Sports Medicine, Journal of International society for Knee and Arthroscopy, and American Journal of Sports Medicine.

At the 2017 biennial meeting of International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) in Shanghai, we were honoured to invite Prof. Elizabeth Arendt (Figure 1), who serves at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of University of Minnesota, to have an interview with us on the reconstruction of medial patellotibial ligament (MPTL) in Annals of Joint (AOJ).