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Upcoming Courses
AOSSM 2005 Annual Meeting
Kick back in Keystone when the AOSSM 2005 Annual Meeting takes place July 14 to 17, 2005, at the Keystone Resort in Keystone, Colorado. The Society's flagship meeting will tip off with the Third Annual Pre-conference Research Workshop and will continue with programming on timely sports medicine topics such as management of hip instability. Presidential Guest Speaker Pete Dawkins, winner of the 1958 Heisman Memorial Trophy, will be featured along with IOC Medical Director Patrick Schamasch, MD, who will discuss medical care and doping control at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
More information can be found at www.sportsmed.org. Watch for the preliminary program, which will be mailed in March 2005.
2005 AOSSM Surgical Skills Course
Searching for an opportunity to refine your articular cartilage repair technique? Stay tuned for more information on the 2005 AOSSM SURGICAL SKILLS COURSE: Articular Cartilage Repair in the Athlete's Knee. The course is scheduled for August 26 to 28, 2005, at the Orthopaedic Learning Center in Rosemont, Illinois. The event will highlight the latest in advanced techniques in the management of articular cartilage disease and meniscus deficiency and will offer participants 11 hours of hands-on specimen lab time. Visit www.sportsmed.org for more information.
2004 Advanced Team Physician Course Now Available on DVD
The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the American College of Sports Medicine, and the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine are pleased to announce that the presentations from the 2004 Advanced Team Physician Course are now available on DVD. The 3-DVD set contains 20 hours of recorded lectures and breakout sessions (PowerPoint slides and speakers’ voices) that cover the following objectives:
Current developments in the surgical and nonsurgical management of upper and lower extremity injuries to the athlete.
The diagnosis and management of cardiopulmonary problems, traumatic injuries, and head injuries.
Training room issues that affect the treatment of athletes.
Diverse medical situations to ensure safe return-to-play decisions.
Management of musculoskeletal complications and overuse injuries in athletes.
Treatment of gastrointestinal and genitourinary medical conditions in athletes.
Key points in improving interpretation of images of the shoulder and knee.
Key patient safety issues to the care of athletes.
Coding and billing procedures and updates to one's clinical practice.
To order your DVD for the cost of $45, please visit the online store at www.sportsmed.org.
AOSSM Newsletter
“Sports Medicine Update” is the AOSSM's bimonthly newsletter on all the latest Society and orthopaedic sports medicine news. An electronic version can be delivered directly to your e-mail address. To sign up for this newsletter, contact the Society office at
Announcements
REFIXATION UPDATE 2005, the 5th International Practical Shoulder Course in Arthroscopy and Shoulder Surgery will be held March 17 to 19, 2005, in Muenster, Germany. The program is hosted by the Shoulder and Sportsmedicine Practice-Clinic Muenster, Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital Muenster, with Chairmen Joern Steinbeck, MD, and Kai-Axel Witt, MD. For information, contact Kai-Axel Witt, MD, Von-Vincke-Str. 14, 48143 Münster; phone: 49 251 5395960; fax: 49 251 5395969; e-mail:
The INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE ACCELERATED REHABILITATION OF THE INJURED ATHLETES will be held April 9 and 10, 2005, at the Congress Palace, Bologna Trade Fair District, Bologna, Italy. This conference has been promoted by Isokinetic Education & Research Department to focus on accelerated rehabilitation and clarify its possibilities and limitations. The conference will be organized with plenary sessions in which major experts of the sector will present their experiences in their everyday routines. There will also be lectures and free oral and poster presentation sessions, in which physicians and therapists can present experiences and research about accelerated rehabilitation. For details, contact the Organising Secretariat Mr. Francesco Cervellati; phone: +39-051-6112568; fax: +39-051-6112567; e-mail:
The IV INTERNATIONAL COURSE IN ARTHROPLASTIES will be held April 12 to 15, 2005, in Barcelona, Spain. The course is directed by Antonio Navarro Quilis, professor (chief director of the Hospital Traumtalogia Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain). For further information, contact the organizing secretariat at Rda. Gral. Mitre 17, Entlo. 4a, 08017 Barcelona, Spain; phone: +34 93 205 09 71; fax: +34 93 205 38 52; e-mail:
The AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ACADEMY OF SPORTS MEDICINE will be holding its 20th annual clinical conference at the Adams Mark Hotel in St Louis, Missouri, April 27 to 30, 2005. Topics include the latest on professional sports medicine coverage, special populations, neuromusculoskeletal medicine, evidence-based exercise as medicine, the medicine of sports, hands-on workshops every day, OMT, anatomy, radiology, injections, and more. For information, please contact AOASM at 608-831-4400 or visit the Web site at http://www.aoasm.org; e-mail:
The 1st WORLD CONGRESS ON SPORTS INJURY PRE-VENTION will be held June 23 to 25, 2005, at the famous Holmenkollen Park Hotel in Oslo, Norway. The congress will present evidence-based information on sports injury prevention methods with a multidisciplinary perspective, including sports injury epidemiology, risk factors, and injury mechanisms. Panel discussion will conclude symposia in key areas to provide recommendations on how to address prevention issues in relation to particular injuries and specific sports. For further information, contact Oslo Sports Trauma Research Centre & Department of Sports Medicine, University of Sport and Physical Education, Sognsveien 220, 0806 Oslo; e-mail:
Deadlines for Announcements: We are happy to print notices of noncommercial seminars, courses, continuing education courses, and the like. The sooner you get your information to us, the more often we will print it. Please send course announcements to Donna Tilton at