AO North America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of patient care, in orthopaedic, craniomaxillofacial and veterinary surgery. Spine information is available by clicking here.
The Organization's mission is to improve the care of patients with musculo-skeletal injuries and their sequelae in North America, through education and research in the principles, practice and results of treatment.
In The Spotlight
The Henry Hanff Fellowship
Application now available!
Orthopaedic Specialty
AO Foot and Ankle Course
October 15-18, 2009 in Las Vegas, NV
Craniomaxillofacial
Challenges: Microsurgery
March 12-14, 2009 in Baltimore, MD
Podiatry
Podiatric Advanced Course
May 14-17, 2009 in Denver, CO
Veterinary
Veterinary Courses
September 17-20, 2009 in La Jolla, CA
Orthopaedic
Caribbean Trauma
Update:
Tips and Tricks for Orthopaedic Surgeons
February 4-7, 2010 - Cancun, Mexico
Craniomaxillofacial
Challenges and
Advances: Navigation (Computer Assisted Surgery)
March 13-14, 2010 - Rosemont, Illinois
Veterinary
Veterinary Courses (Small Animal Principles and
Advanced Courses, Equine Principles Course)
April 22-25, 2010 - Columbus, Ohio
Podiatry
Podiatric Basic and
Advanced Courses
March 11-14, 2010 - Orlando, Florida
Spine
Advanced
Techniques in Complex Pediatric Spine Surgery: A Hands-on Cadaveric
Course
March 26-27, 2010 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Operating Room Personnel
Principles and
Advanced Courses of Fracture Management for Operating Room Personnel
March 26-27, 2010 - Atlanta, Georgia
The AO Surgery Reference is a huge online library where you can find answers to clinical questions.
Some of the things it includes:
- Hundreds of surgical procedures and approaches described in text and images
- Surgical decision making made easy with literature evaluated and prepared for quick reference
- Access to course videos
- Access to hundreds of pages of previously published AO material
