AAOS Research Symposia
AAOS/OTA/SOMOS/ORS Extremity War Injuries V: Barriers to Return of Function and Duty (EWI V)
- Principal Investigators: COL James R. Ficke, MD and Michael Bosse, MD, CAPT, USNR (Ret.)
- Dates: January 27-29, 2010 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC
- Participants: Military and civilian orthopaedic surgeons, researchers, government, and other medical specialties (by invitation only)
- Purpose: EWI V will focus on addressing barriers to return to function and duty. Sessions include: Management and Diagnosis of Chronic Infection; Perceived Performance Differences: Limb Salvage versus Amputation in the Lower Extremity; Enhancing Function in Severe Upper Extremity Trauma; Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM): Program Status and Research Projects; Orthopaedic Extremity Trauma Research Program (OETRP): Program Status and Research Projects; and Partnered Disaster Preparedness: Lessons Learned from International Colleagues.
- Gold Level Symposium Sponsors:
- Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
- Smith & Nephew
- Silver Level Symposium Sponsors:
- DePuy
- Medtronic Spinal and Biologics
- Stryker
- Synthes Trauma
- Press:
- EWI V Media Release
- EWI V to examine challenges facing soldiers after injury
- Getting soldiers back into action
- EWI V Final Program Agenda
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- Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States
- Musculoskeletal Procedures: Rates Per Year
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