AAOS Now, February 2008
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Brought to their knees: Improving ACL reconstruction
An OREF-funded study is changing the paradigm for success Nearly 275,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructions are performed in the United States each year. Hoping to improve patient outcomes, Kurt P. Spindler, MD, is leading a clinical follow-up study, initially funded by the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF), to assess what makes some reconstructed ACLs last longer than others. Kurt P.
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ORS holds first official Women’s Leadership Forum events
The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF) will hold its first official dinner meeting on Sunday, March 2, 2008, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Parc 55 Hotel in San Francisco. The group is also presenting a workshop on Osteoarthritis (Osteoarthritis: The Impact of Sexual Dimorphism) on Sunday, March 2, 2008, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in Room 2005-11 of the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. ORS past presidents Adele L. Boskey, PhD, and Linda J.
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Study section candidates needed
The AAOS Research Development Committee has been asked to provide a list of potential candidates to serve on study sections at the various National Institutes of Health (NIH) that fund musculoskeletal research. Adequate representation by active musculoskeletal clinicians and researchers is critical in study sections.
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AAOS delegation meets with NIH director
Discuss research agendas, funding, cooperative opportunities Members of the AAOS Research Development Committee (RDC) recently met with Elias A. Zerhouni, MD, and other prominent leaders from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to discuss research agendas, funding, and cooperative opportunities. The Committee had previously met with Dr. Zerhouni in 2005. At that time, Dr.
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HRST Training: The next step in patient safety?
Team dynamics contribute to the highly reliable surgical team Team dynamics should be part of the training for all operating room (OR) crew members, especially those who, like orthopaedic surgeons, have the responsibility to assume a leadership role. Last fall, the AAOS leadership discussed the concept of training surgeons in techniques that would enable them to better manage surgical teams to reliably achieve safety and excellence.