Research Development Committee

AAOS Research Symposia: Developmental Biology in Orthopaedics

• Principal Investigators: Benjamin Alman, MD and William Horton, MD
• Dates: October 26-28, 2006, Toronto, Canada
• Participants: Basic scientists, engineers and clinicians (By invitation only.)
• Purpose of Workshop: Address the present state of and emerging areas that could have an impact on the field, develop a consensus on future directions in new areas of cooperative research, and develop strategies for the rapid translation of basic research into patient care.
• Overview of Topics:
  • Early Development and Somitogenesis
  • Limb Patterning
  • Chondrocyte, Joint and Growth Plate Development and Pathology
  • Osteocyte Osteoclast Development and Pathology
  • Muscle Development and Pathology
  • Tendon/Ligament Development and Pathology
• Young Investigator Attendees:
  • Mohana Amirtharajah, MD (University of Iowa)
  • Richard Schneider, PhD (University of California at San Francisco, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
  • Mike Sun, MD (SUNY Upstate Medical University, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
  • Veronica Ulici, MD (University of Western Ontario, CIHR Group in Skeletal Development and Remodeling)
  • Xibian Wang, PhD (National Institutes of Health)
• Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Summary Article: Developmental Biology in Orthopaedics (2007)
• Final Program Agenda (in PDF format)
• Symposium Sponsors:
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Shriner's Foundation
  • Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
  • Kyphon, Inc.
  • National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases
  • Stryker Biotech
  • Orthopaedic Research Society
• In the News:
  • Developmental Biology in Orthopaedics kicks off research symposia series (AAOS Now, Jan/Feb 2007)
  • Linking chondrosarcoma to angiogenesis (AAOS Now, Jan/Feb 2007)

For more information on this research symposium, please contact Erin L. Ransford, AAOS Manager of Research Development, at ransford@aaos.org or (847) 384-4319.