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Haiti Updates...
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The OTA 2010 Annual Meeting Program Committee is soliciting
scientific abstracts relating to the disaster response in Haiti.
Deadline was March 31, 2010.


The OTA 2010 Annual Meeting  Program Committee also invites you to participate in a Haiti symposium. Application is no longer available.
Deadline was March 31, 2010.


OTA International Membership
OTA International Membership Requirements
Benefits of Membership
On-Line Application will be available June 2010

The OTA 2010 Annual Meeting Program Committee is soliciting
scientific abstracts relating to the disaster response in Haiti.
Deadline is March 31, 2010 -
Abstract Online Application

The OTA 2010 Annual Meeting  Program Committee also invites you to participate in
a Haiti symposium.  Application to moderate can be faxed, emailed or mailed to the
OTA business office.
Deadline is March 31, 2010

External Fixators are Needed
Read important request from Dr. William D. De Long,
Chairman of the OTA International Relations Committee

OTA On-line Educational Resources

Educational Programs
2nd Annual OTA International Trauma Forum
October 13, 2010
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Call for Abstracts is closed.

Past Educational Programs
OTA/AAOT Orthopaedic Trauma - Open this link for course lectures
November 30th - December 3, 2009
Sponsored by AAOT (Asociacion Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatologia)
Salta, Argentina
Course Faculty: Jeffrey O. Anglen, MD, Michael J. Bosse, MD,
Alan L. Jones, MD, and Robert A. Probe, MD

International Trauma Care Forum 
Attendees of this activity can earn up to 5.75 AMA PRA Category I Credits.
October 7, 2009
San Diego, CA
Course Directors: William DeLong, MD, Andrew Schmidt, MD, Wade Smith, MD
Held in conjuntion with OTA 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting.

OTA/IMC (International Medical Corps) Orthopaedic Trauma CME Course
July 2 – 4, 2009
Amman, Jordan
Course Faculty: Steven J. Morgan, MD, Andrew N. Pollak, MD, David C. Templeman, MD,
and Abbott Kagan, II, MD
Read Dr. Templeman's Report on this Trauma Course ** New

American Orthopeadics Reaches Out to Afghanistan
Spring 2009

African Cooperative Education (ACE) program  
Trauma Education to Ghana
December 2008

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) International Activities: http://www.aaos.org/education/international/activities.asp

AAOS International Society Address Book: http://www3.aaos.org/education/international/address/society_sel.cfm

Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN):   
http://www.sign-post.org/

Doctors without Borders:
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/