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Ajsm is Now on Facebook
Do you want to know about the latest news and articles from AJSM? Join our Facebook community by becoming a Fan at www.facebook.com/American-Journal-of-Sports-Medicine.
New Aossm Web Site
Check out AOSSM's newly redesigned Web site, available at www.sportsmed.org. You can now more easily register for upcoming meetings, pay dues, order patient materials, and so much more!
Submit Suggestions Online for the Aossm 2012 Annual Meeting Instructional Courses
AOSSM is currently accepting instructional course proposals for the AOSSM 2012 Annual Meeting being held at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD, July 12-15, 2012. Please visit the AOSSM Web site at www.sportsmed.org to submit a proposal online. You will need to submit course title, course objectives, and faculty suggestions. Please be prepared to include a course description at the time of submission. Deadline is August 31, 2011.
Questions can be directed to Patricia Kovach,
Help Prevent Injuries—Get Involved in the Stop Sports Injuries Campaign
You can easily get involved in the STOP Sports Injuries campaign by becoming an official supporter. Simply fill out the form online under the Join Our Team tab and submit your sporting organization, hospital/institution, or practice bio and logo to campaign director Michael Konstant at
Opportunity to Participate in Aossm Feasibility Study
AOSSM is exploring the possibility of conducting a multicenter study that evaluates acute intervention strategies that could prevent or delay posttraumatic osteoarthritis following ACL injury. An important initial step before launching such a project is to establish the feasibility of obtaining sufficient numbers of patients who present to orthopaedic surgeons within the hypothesized window during which chondroprotective interventions are most likely to be effective (ie, within 1 week of injury). Participation in the feasibility study would involve recording very basic information (eg, date of injury, date of consultation, age, gender) for all cases seen for an initial ACL injury during 3 consecutive months. Data collection will begin in August 2011 but individuals can get involved any time before April 2012. If you are interested in participating in the feasibility study or would like additional information, please contact Bart Mann, AOSSM Director of Research, at
Got News We Could Use? Sports Medicine Update Wants to Hear From You!
Have you received a prestigious award recently? A new academic appointment? Been named a team physician? AOSSM wants to hear from you! Sports Medicine Update welcomes all members’ news items. Send information to Lisa Weisenberger, AOSSM Director of Communications, at
Upcoming Meetings
Chicago, IL
August 5-7, 2011
San Diego, CA
December 1-4, 2011
San Francisco, CA
February 11, 2012
Baltimore, MD
July 12-15, 2012
Toronto, Canada
August 24-26, 2012
Announcements
The NORTH AMERICAN SPINE SOCIETY will hold their annual meeting November 2 to 5, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. For more information, visit the Web site at www.nassannualmeeting.org or telephone 630-230-3659.
The first Open European Knee Associates (EKA) Meeting, entitled THE OSTEOARTHRITIC KNEE - BEST CURRENT PRACTICE IN EUROPE, will be held in collaboration with ICJR-Europe and will be held in Vienna, Austria, from November 24 to 26, 2011. The EKA was founded in 2010 as a section of ESSKA and represents a new European association of experts in the field of knee arthroplasty and osteotomy. With lectures, case challenges, crossfire discussions, and interaction with the audience, this meeting will provide you with clear guidelines for your current knee practice. To ensure high quality the scientific board will peer review the presentations. New developments will be presented and discussed with top European knee surgeons. Furthermore, workshops and side events will be held in cooperation with the industry. Main topics include key points to improve your primary knee results, tips and tricks in primary TKA - Video pearls, the economic and medical challenge, and the challenge with revision surgery. For further information please visit the congress Web site at www.eka-esska-2011.org or get in touch with the congress organizer via e-mail:
ICRS 2012 - 10th WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CARTILAGE REPAIR SOCIETY will be held May 12 to 15, 2012, in Montreal, Canada. Visit www.cartilage.org for full details.
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