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AALOS Annual Luncheon
The American Association of Latino Orthopaedic Surgeons (AALOS) will hold its annual luncheon at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, Regency A, at 12 noon on March 22. Reservations are due by March 12. For more information, email aalos@aaos.org or call 847-384-4219.

ACPOC annual meeting
The Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics (ACPOC) 2013 Annual Meeting will be April 10–13, at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta. For more information, visit www.acpoc.org, call 847-698-1937, or email acpoc@aaos.org

AOA, NAON cosponsor symposium
The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) and the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) are cosponsoring “Hot Topics in Bone Health & Post-Fracture Management,” June 14, in Denver. For more information, visit www.ownthebone.org

AOFAS free webinars
The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) webinar series is free to AOFAS members and all orthopaedic residents and fellows. “Controversies in the Treatment and Rehab of Sports Injuries of the Foot and Ankle,” will be held April 16. For more information, visit www.aofas.org/webinars

AOFAS deadlines
Registration is underway for the AOFAS Surgical Complications of the Foot and Ankle course, May 16–18, in Durham, N.C., and for the 2013 AOFAS Annual Meeting, July 17–20, in Hollywood, Fla. For more information, visit www.aofas.org

The submission deadline for new member applications is June 1, 2013. For more information, including application forms, visit www.aofas.org

ASSH deadlines
March 25 is the deadline to submit e-posters and international guest posters for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) 68th Annual Meeting, Oct. 3–5, 2013, in San Francisco. The deadline to apply for the 2013 Clinician Scientist Development Program is March 31; the deadline for 2013 international membership application submissions has been extended to April 1. For more information, visit www.assh.org

Online registration is now open for the ASSH Comprehensive Review in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery course, July 12–14, 2013, in Chicago. On July 11, the AAOS and the ASSH will cosponsor a General Orthopaedic Review course. For more information, visit www.assh.org

HVO Traveling Fellowship
Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) is accepting applications for 2013 HVO Orthopaedics Traveling Fellowships. The application deadline is April 20. For more information, visit www.hvousa.org

OMeGA grant application deadline
The OMeGA Medical Grants Association will be accepting residency/general education grant applications for the 2013–2014 academic year up until 5:00 p.m. on May 3, 2013. For more information and application materials, visit www.omegamedicalgrants.org

OTA Residents Comprehensive Fracture course
The Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) Residents Comprehensive Fracture course will be held April 10–13, 2013, in Lombard, Ill. For more information, visit www.ota.org or call 847-698-1631.

New OTA Acute Orthopaedic Trauma Care course
Online registration is now open for OTA’s new Acute Orthopaedic Trauma Care course, May 4, 2013, in Denver. For more information, visit www.ota.org or call 847-698-1631.

POSNA deadlines
The POSNA 2013 annual meeting will be held May 1–4, in Toronto, Canada. The POSNA/International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium half-day pre-course will be held on May 1. Preregistration for both events closes April 3; on-site registrations are accepted. For more in-formation, visit www.posna.org

AAOS Now
March 2013 Issue
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/mar13/youraaos11.asp

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