AAOS Research Symposia

AAOS/OTA/SOMOS/ORS Extremity War Injuries VII: A Decade at War: Evolution of Orthopaedic Combat Casualty Care

• Principal Investigators: COL Romney Andersen, MD and CAPT(R) Michael Bosse, MD

• Dates: January 18-20, 2012 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC

• Participants: Military and civilian orthopaedic surgeons, researchers, government, and other medical specialties (by invitation only)

• Overview of Topics:

• Session I: Acute Care (Medic Through Combat Support Hospital)
• Session II: Reconstruction
• Session III: Rehabilitation
• EWI VII Collaboration Session I: Training Future Combat Surgeons
• 1A: Tourniquet Use / Acute Hemostasis – Point/Counterpoint
• 1B: Maintaining an Effective Training Program: Solutions to Challenges in Resident Education
• 1C: Pre-Deployment Training
• Session IV: Outcomes
• Session V: Axioms Altered with Research (AAR)
• EWI VII Collaboration Session II: Reprioritizing Research Topics
• 2A: Acute Care
• 2B: Reconstruction
• 2C: Rehabilitation

For more information on attending or sponsoring this symposium, please contact Erin Ransford, AAOS Manager, Research Development, at ransford@aaos.org.

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