AAOS Now, December 2020
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Reminiscing on Six Great Years with AAOS Now
This is my last editor’s message for AAOS Now. It has been a signal honor to serve AAOS Now as the editor-in-chief designee since 2014.
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AJRR Annual Report Details a Year of Highlights
The Annual Report of the Academy’s American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), just released at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Knee and Hip Surgeons (AAHKS), tells the story of a year marked by a multitude of successes and growth for AJRR.
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AAOS Releases Position Statement on Innovation and Novel Technologies in Orthopaedic Surgery
Members should be cognizant of the scientific basis for the different treatment options offered to their patients, including the benefits and risks of an operation, device, biologic, or pharmacologic intervention.
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AAOS Releases Position Statement on the Use of Emerging Biologic Therapies
The increasing use of biologics to try to improve outcomes for orthopaedic patients presents new questions of safety and effectiveness for those products.
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AAOS Makes Progress on U.S. DoD Research Grant
In 2016, AAOS was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to develop six Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) and six Appropriate Use Criteria (AUCs) cooperatively with the Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium (METRC).
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Inaugural Resident Rumble Is in the Books
The AAOS 2020 Virtual Resident Rumble was a no-holds-barred, orthopaedic and pop culture online trivia competition that pitted residency programs from across the country against one another.
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AAOS Named a 2020 Chicago Top Workplace
AAOS has been honored as one of the area’s Top Workplaces 2020 by the Chicago Tribune.
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In Memoriam 2020
The AAOS announces the passing of the following members in 2020