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Register now for ACPOC annual meeting

Registration is now open for the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC), being held in combination with the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association (ORA), at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, Clearwarter, Fla., June 2–5.

For more information, call (847) 698-1937, e-mail raymond@aaos.org, or visit www.acpoc.org

AALOS invites all to luncheon meeting
The American Association of Latino Orthopaedic Surgeons (AALOS) will hold its third annual luncheon meeting at noon on Friday, March 12, in Salon 1 of the Vieux Carre Ballroom of Harrah’s Hotel in New Orleans. Tickets are $60 and all are welcome to attend. For more information or to reserve your seat, contact Alberto A. Bolanos, MD, at dr.bolanos@orthopedicinstitute.net or Ramon L. Jimenez, MD, at ramon@jimenez.net

2011 AOA-ABC Traveling Fellowship applications
The AOA is now accepting applications for the 2011 American-British-Canadian (ABC) tour. This tour will travel to the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia in the spring of 2011. The application deadline is Feb. 10, 2010.

AOFAS announces new Visiting Professor Program
The 2010 American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) Visiting Professors are Robert B. Anderson, MD (N.C.) and Steven D.K. Ross, MD (Calif.). The AOFAS Visiting Professor Program enables orthopaedic residency training programs to benefit from the professor’s knowledge and perspectives during clinics, lectures, and/or grand rounds.

The AOFAS Visiting Professor Program is funded by the AOFAS Outreach & Education Fund. For more information contact Peggy Reilly at (847) 384-4379 or preilly@aofas.org

Traveling fellowship applications due March 31
The application deadline for the 2010 American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand–Health Volunteers Overseas (AFSH-HVO) Young Surgeon Traveling Fellowship is March 31. For more information, visit www.assh.org

Apply now for ASSH research award
The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) is accepting applications for the 2010 Andrew J. Weiland Medal for Outstanding Research in Hand Surgery. The deadline for applications is April 1. For more information, visit www.assh.org

AOSSM grant opportunity
Recipients of the Career Development Award (K Award) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are eligible for a $50,000 per year supplemental grant from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). The application deadline for the award supplement is July 1, 2010.

To apply for the supplement, send a copy of your letter of award from NIH, your NIH Biosketch, and the Career Development Plan from your NIH application to Bart Mann at bart@aossm.org

Learn more about the NIH Awards at http://grants.nih.gov/training/kawardhp.htm

ASES announces abstract deadlines
May 5, 2010 is the deadline date for submitting abstracts for the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons 2010 Closed Meeting (Oct. 20-23, Scottsdale, Ariz.) and the ASES 2011 Specialty Day Meeting (Feb. 19, 2011, San Diego).

For more information, visit www.ases-assn.org

Sport subspecialty certificate requirements
The deadline for submitting your application, case list, required documents, and the associated fees for the subspecialty certificate in orthopaedic sports medicine is March 15, 2010. For more information on requirements and the application process, visit the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s (ABOS) Web site at www.abos.org and click the Diplomates tab.

AAOS Now
February 2010 Issue
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/feb10/youraaos10.asp

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