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
Western Regional
Fracture Summit
September 12-14, 2008 - Vail, Colorado
Craniomaxillofacial
Challenges and Advancements in the Management of Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and
Reconstruction - Focus: Orthognathic Surgery
September 5-6, 2008 - Quebec City, Quebec
Veterinary
No Courses At This Time
Podiatry
Basic Podiatric Course
October 23-26, 2008 - Dallas, TX
Spine
and
Current Practices
and Emerging Technologies in Spine Surgery
November 1-2, 2008 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Operating Room Personnel
Advanced
Multispecialty Course for Operating Room Personnel (Craniomaxillofacial,
Orthopaedics and Spine)
September 27-28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado
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
