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OREF-AOA pain management report available online

A highlights report of the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation/American Orthopaedic Association (OREF/AOA) Pain Management Initiative has been posted to the organizations’ Web sites (www.oref.org or www.aoassn.org). Based on collaboration between OREF and AOA and made possible through an educational grant provided by Pfizer Inc., the Pain Management Initiative surveyed orthopaedic surgeons to learn which pain management therapies, technologies, and techniques they administered to patients after total joint replacement, sports medicine, and spine-related surgery.

A complete results report is being reviewed for publication. The printed report was distributed to the orthopaedic community with the December 2007 issue of OREF’s quarterly newsletter, Impact. The printed report will also be separately mailed to AOA members. To view or download the highlights report or to obtain more information and updates on publication of the full report, visit www.oref.org or www.aoassn.org

Online registration for ACPOC annual meeting
The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics 2008 annual meeting will be held April 9-12 at the Hyatt Regency Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Hector Kay Lecturer will be James A. Harder, MD, of Alberta Childrens Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and the Presidential Guest Speaker will be Jacques L. D’Astous, MD, of Shriners Hospital for Children, Salt Lake City, Utah.

The following symposia are among those scheduled for the meeting: Review of Functional Surgical Alternatives for Children with Congenital Hand Amputations; Upper Limb Extremity Motion Analysis; Expecting a Limb Deficient Child; and Children Deciding on Amputations to Enhance Functions. For more information, contact ACPOC at (847) 698-1637 or e-mail raymond@aaos.org or www.acpoc.org

ASSH issues call for abstracts
The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) is now accepting abstract submissions for the 2008 ASSH annual meeting, Sept. 18-20, 2008, in Chicago. Podium presentation abstracts are due Feb. 25; scientific poster abstracts and residents/fellow paper/poster abstracts are due March 10; video theater abstracts are due April 14.

The meeting theme is “Extending Our Reach Through Ethics, Education, and Engagement.” Individuals who are interested in learning more should download the official 2008 call for abstracts from the ASSH Web site (www.assh.org). Questions about the abstract submission process should be directed to Diana Shkap at dshkap@assh.org

NJOS offers leadership development program
The New Jersey Orthopaedic Society (NJOS)—Orthopaedic Surgeons of New Jersey is offering a Leadership Development Program with special sessions on legislative advocacy, media training, and health care law. This program is open to all NJOS members at no charge and would be particularly beneficial to younger members who are planning leadership roles in medical staffs and county societies. For information, contact Bev Lynch at (609) 392-6154.

The program is funded in part by a generous contribution from Stuart Hirsch, MD, past president of NJOS and recipient of the 2007 William Tipton Leadership Award. Check out the Web site (www.njos-osnj.org) for a PDF of the brochure.

Register online for ORS annual meeting
The 54th annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) is scheduled for March 2-5, 2008, at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. Advance Registration is now open. Preregister online at www.ors.org or download and print the preregistration form to fax or mail with your payment to the ORS office. The preregistration deadline date for fax and mail-in registrations is Jan. 23, 2008. Late online registration will open on Jan. 24, 2008, and close on Feb. 19, 2008.

ORS Women’s Leadership Forum holds first general meeting
The ORS Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF) will hold its first dinner and general meeting on March 2, 2008, from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m., in the Barcelona Room II of the Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco.

The WLF was founded by Adele Boskey and Linda Sandell, past presidents of the ORS, and aims to prepare women for leadership in the ORS, in particular, and to mentor and foster young women in orthopaedic research, in general. Members seek to encourage and inspire women at the start of their careers so that the orthopaedic research base can reflect the number of women receiving training in the fields of engineering, biology, and orthopaedic surgery.

CORR has new publisher
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR), a publication of The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (ABJS), is now being published by Springer. Please direct questions concerning individual subscriptions in the Americas to Journals Customer Service, (800) 777-4643, or e-mail journals-ny@springer.com; outside of the Americas, please contact Customer Services in Heidelberg, Germany, +49 (0) 6221-345-4303, or e-mail subscriptions@springer.com. For all other questions, please contact the ABJS office at (847) 698-1636 or the CORR office at (215) 392-0270.

AAOS Now
January 2008 Issue
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/jan08/youraaos18.asp

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