Listed below are upcoming continuing medical education (CME) courses and orthopaedic meetings (December 2011 through March 2012). For more information about AAOS-sponsored courses, contact the AAOS customer service department at (800) 626-6726 or visit the CME course section of the AAOS website at www.aaos.org/courses

For more information about other CME courses or orthopaedic meetings listed, contact the source provided.

Meetings and courses sponsored by Board of Specialty Societies members and regional orthopaedic organizations may be listed in the print version of AAOS Now. Send information, including contact name and email address, to AAOS Now, 6300 N. River Rd., Rosemont, Ill. 60018-4262; fax: (847) 823-8033; email: aaoscomm@aaos.org

Information on state society meetings can be found in the online calendar version, available on the AAOS website, www.aaos.org

General

SEPT. 26, 2011–JAN. 15, 2012
Wounded in Action Art Exhibition
U.S. Army Medical Department Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Website: www.woundedinactionart.org

DEC. 1–3
AAOS Board Maintenance of Certification™ Preparation and Review (West)
The Westin San Francisco Market Street, San Francisco
Course directors: Tal S. David, MD; Donald A. Wiss, MD

DEC. 7
AAOS Webinar: AAOS Guideline on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans
Course director: Henry G. Chambers, MD

DEC. 12–16
Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons (SOMOS) Annual Meeting
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego
Website: www.somos.org

DEC. 16–17
SOMOS/AAOS/OTA Disaster Response Course
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego
Course directors: Col Tad L. Gerlinger, MD; Col (Ret.) Theodore W. Parsons, MD, FACS; Christopher T. Born, MD

JAN. 12–15, 2012
Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) Master Course: Fundamentals in Arthroscopy—Resident
Orthopaedic Learning Center (OLC), Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: Mark R. Hutchinson, MD; Paul D. Fadale, MD; Daniel D. Feldmann, MD; Robert A. Pedowitz, MD
Website: www.aana.org

JAN. 30–MAR. 5
Wounded in Action Art Exhibition
Evans Army Community Hospital and Soldier Family Care Center,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Website: www.woundedinactionart.org

FEB. 4–7
Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting
Moscone West Convention Center, San Francisco
Website: www.ors.org

FEB. 7
Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (RJOS) Annual Meeting
San Francisco
Website: www.rjos.org

FEB. 7–11
AAOS Annual Meeting
Moscone Center, San Francisco

FEB. 8
RJOS 2012 Breakfast Meeting
San Francisco
Website: www.rjos.org

FEB. 11
Specialty Day: AANA, American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS), American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM), American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)/American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS), Federation of Spine Associations (American Spinal Injury Association, Scoliosis Research Society [SRS], Cervical Spine Research Society [CSRS], North American Spine Society [NASS]), Hip Society, Knee Society, Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Association, Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA), Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA)
Moscone Center, San Francisco

FEB. 23–26
AANA Master Course: Fundamentals in Arthroscopy—Resident
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: Paul D. Fadale, MD; Vipool K. Goradia, MD; S. Joshua Szabo, MD; Daniel Zelazny, MD
Website: www.aana.org

MAR. 14–15
Research Capitol Hill Days
Washington, DC

MAR. 15–18
American Academy of Physician Assistants/AAOS A PA’s Guide to the Musculoskeletal Galaxy
Ritz Carlton, Tysons Corner, McLean, Va.

MAR. 30–31
AAOS Enhancing Value in Musculoskeletal Care Delivery
Washington Marriott at Metro Center, Washington, DC
Course directors: Kevin John Bozic, MD, MBA; Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD

Foot and Ankle

MAR. 15–17, 2012
AAOS Total Ankle Arthroplasty
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: J. Chris Coetzee, MD; Steven L. Haddad, MD

Hand and Wrist

JAN. 11–14, 2012
AAHS Annual Meeting
Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, Las Vegas
Website: www.handsurgery.org

FEB. 24–25
ASSH Electives in Hand Surgery
Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Course directors: Warren C. Hammert, MD; Martin I. Boyer, MD, FRCSC
Website: www.assh.org

MAR. 22–25
ASSH/Australian Hand Surgery Society Combined Meeting
Grand Hyatt Kauai, Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii
Course directors: Kodi K. Azari, MD, FACS; Gregory I. Bain, FRACS, PhD
Website: www.assh.org

Hip

JAN. 10, 2012
AAOS Webinar: Hip Arthroscopy Techniques

JAN. 27–29
AANA Master Course: Hip Arthroscopy
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: Victor M. Ilizaliturri Jr, MD; Srino Bharam, MD; Michael B. Gerhardt, MD; Benjamin Domb, MD
Website: www.aana.org

MAR. 23–25
AANA Master Course: Hip Arthroscopy
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: Carlos A. Guanche, MD; J.W. Thomas Byrd, MD; Joseph C. McCarthy, MD; Allston J. Stubbs, MD
Website: www.aana.org

Knee

JAN. 20–21, 2012
AANA Master Course: Knee—Patellofemoral Surgery From Instability to Arthroscopy
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: John P. Fulkerson, MD; Jack Farr II, MD; Jason L. Koh, MD; Anthony A. Schepsis, MD
Website: www.aana.org

MAR. 9–11
AANA Master Course: Knee Ligament Arthroscopy
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: Walter R. Shelton, MD; Freddie H. Fu, MD; Peter R. Kurzweil, MD; Donald H. Johnson, MD
Website: www.aana.org

Pediatrics

DEC. 7–10
POSNA/AAOS International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium
Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Course director: Jack M. Flynn, MD

Spine

DEC. 7
CSRS Instructional Course
The Phoenician, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Course director: Bruce V. Darden II, MD
Website: www.csrs.org

DEC. 8–10
CSRS Annual Meeting
The Phoenician, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Course director: Jeffrey C. Wang, MD
Website: www.csrs.org

MAR. 23–24, 2012
AAOS Practical Anatomy and Surgical Education of Saint Louis University: Contemporary Techniques in Minimally Invasive Cervical Lumbar Spine
The Chase Park Plaza, St. Louis
Course directors: D. Greg Anderson, MD; Jeffrey C. Wang, MD

Sports Medicine

DEC. 1–4
American College of Sports Medicine Advanced Team Physician Course
The Westin Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego
Website: www.acsm.org

MAR. 8–10, 2012
Southern Orthopaedic Association’s SEC Sports Medicine Symposium
DoubleTree New Orleans, New Orleans
Website: soaassn.org

MAR. 21–25
AAOS/AOSSM Sports Medicine Course
Vail Marriott Resort and Spa, Vail, Colo.
Course directors: Claude T. Moorman III, MD; Thomas M. DeBerardino, MD

Trauma

DEC. 1–3
AAOS/OTA Strategies and Tactics in Orthopaedic Extremity Trauma
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: Philip R. Wolinsky, MD; Paul Tornetta III, MD

DEC. 16–17
AAOS/SOMOS/OTA Disaster Response Course
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego
Course directors: Col Tad L. Gerlinger, MD; Col (ret.) Theodore W. Parsons, MD, FACS; Christopher T. Born, MD

JAN. 13–14, 2012
OTA Advanced Trauma Techniques Course
Peabody Hotel, Orlando, Fla.
Website: www.ota.org

FEB. 6–7
AAOS/SOMOS/OTA Disaster Response Course
Carr Auditorium, San Francisco General Hospital and Surgical Training Facility, San Francisco General Hospital/University of California San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, San Francisco
Course directors: Col Tad L. Gerlinger, MD; Col (Ret.) Theodore W. Parsons, MD, FACS; Christopher T. Born, MD

MAR. 15–18
OTA Fellows Course
Boston
Website: www.ota.org