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.
Orthopaedic
Canadian Regional Fracture Summit
June 20-22, 2008 in Blue Mountain, ON
Craniomaxillofacial
Challenges and Advancements in Management of CMF Trauma and Reconstruction
April 26-27, 2008 in Rosemont, IL
Veterinary
Columbus Veterinary Course
May 15-18, 2008 in Columbus, OH
Podiatry
Basic Podiatric Course
October 23-26, 2008 in Dallas, TX
Orthopaedic
Management of the Geriatric Fracture Patient
August 15-16, 2008 - San Diego, California
Craniomaxillofacial
Challenges and Advancements in the Management of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and
Reconstruction - Focus: Aesthetic Skeletal Facial Surgery
July 24-27, 2008 - San Francisco, California
Veterinary
Principles of Small Animal Fracture Management
July 31- August 3, 2008 - La Jolla (San Diego Area), California
Podiatry
Basic Podiatric Course
October 23-26, 2008 in Dallas, TX
Spine
Advanced
Concepts in the Management of Spinal Disorders
August 7-10, 2008 in Monterey, California
Operating Room Personnel
Principles of
Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction for Operating Room
Personnel
August 16, 2008 in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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
