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Don’t miss Specialty Day 2012
Discover the latest advances within 13 orthopaedic specialties at Specialty Day, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, as part of the AAOS 2012 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Programs will be held in Moscone South and Moscone West. On-site registration will be available at the Specialty Day Registration Desk, Moscone Center, North and South lobbies, on Friday, Feb. 10, beginning at 7 a.m. For more information, visit www.aaos.org/am2012 and click on “Programs” in the left navigation bar.

AOFAS Resident Scholarship Program
The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) Resident Scholarship Program, open to PGY2 and PGY3 residents, enables orthopaedic residents to attend the 2012 AOFAS annual meeting. Applications are due March 1, 2012, and more information and application forms can be found on the AOFAS website, www.aofas.org

AOSSM/MTF Meniscal Allograft Transplantation grant
Applications are now being accepted for the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)/Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF) Meniscal Allograft Transplantation grant. The $300,000 grant is for clinically relevant biomechanical studies, basic science studies, or preclinical or clinical studies related to meniscal transplantation. Proposed studies need to relate specifically to meniscal transplantation; projects related solely to meniscus repair or preservation, meniscus regeneration, or collagen implants will not be considered. Investigative teams pursuing the grant must include at least one member of AOSSM in good standing. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2012.

For more information and to apply, visit www.sportsmed.org/researchgrants or email Bart Mann at bart@aossm.org

ASSH grant application deadlines
To commemorate its 25th anniversary, the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand (AFSH) will award a $100,000 clinical research grant to an investigator for a well-designed, prospective multicenter clinical research study. All proposals will be reviewed by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Research Committee. The grant recipient will be announced at the ASSH annual meeting in September in Chicago. The deadline for applications is Feb. 1.

The ASSH is accepting applications for the 2012 Andrew J. Weiland Medal for Outstanding Research in Hand Surgery. The medal is awarded annually to a midcareer researcher dedicated to advancing patient care in the field of hand surgery. Applicants must be midcareer surgeons who are younger than 55 years of age or fewer than 15 years from hand fellowship training. The deadline for applications is April 2.

For more information, visit www.assh.org

OREF, NREF collaborate on spine care
The Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) and the Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) have collaborated to create the Collaborative Spine Research Foundation (CSRF), a nonprofit organization to cultivate multidisciplinary clinical spine research.

The CSRF’s activities will center on advancing the science and practice of the highest quality spine care. Its board of directors will have an equal number of neurosurgeons and orthopaedic surgeons and will oversee the establishment of grant and award criteria; the establishment and enforcement of conflict-of-interest standards; the recruitment of qualified, independent peer-review teams; and the development of strategies to secure financial support from spine-care stakeholders.

“This collaboration recognizes the overwhelming advantages of multidisciplinary medicine,” said S. Terry Canale, MD, OREF board president. “It is a huge step forward for better clinical research.”

For more information, visit www.oref.org

RJOS mentoring programs
The Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (RJOS) is updating and improving its mentoring program and the RJOS resident specialty/practice information pamphlet to reflect changes in practice patterns, such as hospital-employment, locum tenens, and part-time practice settings as well as more traditional settings.

RJOS plans to launch a mentoring session to match students with its practicing members at its annual meeting in San Francisco. New guidelines for mentors and mentees are being developed to promote a mutually positive experience.

RJOS is also reaching out to medical schools and residency coordinators and will make a brief presentation to residency coordinators at the AAOS Annual Meeting in San Francisco detailing the many opportunities available to residents and students through the RJOS.

For more information, visit www.rjos.org

AAOS Now
January 2012 Issue
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/jan12/youraaos8.asp

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