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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)
6300 N River Rd.
Rosemont, IL 60018, USA
President: James H. Herndon, MD
Fax: + 1 (847) 823-8125
Web Site: www.aaos.org
American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)
704 Florence Dr.
Park Ridge, IL 60068, USA
President: Clifford W. Cowell, Jr, MD
Fax: +1 (847) 698-1200
Web Site: www.aahks.org
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
401 W. Michigan St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3233, USA
President: W. Larry Kenney, Ph.D., FACSM
Fax: +1 (317) 634-7817
Web Site: www.acsm.org
American Orthopaedic Association (AOA)
6300 N River Rd., Ste. 505
Rosemont, IL 60018, USA
President: Dan M. Spengler, MD
Fax: +1 (847) 318-7330
Web Site: www.aoassn.org
American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
6300 N River Rd.
Ste. 200
Rosemont, IL 60018, USA
President: Peter J. Fowler, MD, FRCS
Fax: +1 (847) 292-0495
Web Site: www.sportsmed.org
American Shoulder and Elbow Society (ASES)
6300 N River Rd., Ste. 727
Rosemont, IL 60018, USA
President: Tom R. Norris, MD
Web Site: www.ases-assn.org/
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
6300 N River Rd., Ste. 600
Rosemont, IL 60018, USA
President: Dennis Phelps, MD
Fax: +1 (847) 384-1435
Web Site: www.hand-surg.org
Argentine Arthroscopy Association
Montevido 1546
1Å Piso
Buenos Aires 1018, Argentina
President: Guillermo Arce, MD
Fax: +54-11-4811-2389
Web Site: www.artroscopia.com
Argentine Association of Sports Traumatology (AATD)
498 n 1712. Gonett.
codg 1897. Prov. Bs. As., Argentina
President: Vicente Paus, MD
Fax: +54-221-4-712222
Web Site: www.aatd.org.ar/home.html
Arthroscopy Association of German-Speaking Countries (AGA)
Director Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
University of Munich
32, Connolly Street
Munich 80809, Germany
President: Andreas B. Imhoff, MD
Fax: +49 89-28924484
Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA)
6300 N River Rd., Ste. 104
Rosemont, IL 60018, USA
President: Brian Day, MD
Fax: + 1 (847) 292-2262
Web Site: www.aana.org
Asian Federation of Sports Medicine (AFSM)
c/o The Chinese University of Hong Kong
c/o Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Room 74029, Clinical Sciences Building, Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin, N. T., HONG KONG
President: Prof. Nish Mallick
Fax: (852) 2646 3020
Web Site: www.afsm.org.hk
Asian Pacific Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (APOSSM)
14 Dunsfold Drive
Singapore 359376
President: Boon-Keng Tay, MD
Fax: +61-29-918-8192
Australian College of Sports Physicians
20 Albion Street
Harris Park, NSW 2150, Australia
President: Jeff Steinweg, MD
Fax: +61-2- 9633-1981
Web Site: www.acsp.com.au
Australian Knee Society
Brisbane Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre
259 Wickham Terrace
Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia
President: Dr. Peter Myers
Fax: +61-7-3834-6637
Austria Arthroscopy Society
Speisngerstra¤e 109
A-1130 Vienna, Austria
President: Christian Wurnig, Prof., Dr.
Web Site: www.arthroskopie.at
Belgian Arthroscopy Association (ABA)
AZ VUB Orthopedie
Laarbeeklaan, 101
1090 Brussel Belgium
President: Frank Handelberg
Fax.:+32 2 477 65 05
Web Site: http://www.orthoweb.be/aba/
Brazilian Society of Arthroscopy
R. Leonardo Bezerra Cavalcanti
n-59 Apto 401
Parnamirim-Receife, Brazil CEP 52060-030
President: Romeu Goncalves Krause, MD
Fax: +55-81-231-0225
Brazilian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Alameda Lorena, nÅ 427, 14Å andar - Jardim Paulista
Cep: 01424-000 - SÜo Paulo - SP - Brazil
President: José Sérgio Franco
Fax.: +55-11-3887-4855
Web Site: www.sbot.org.br
Brazilian Society of Surgery of the Knee
Ortopedia Traumatologoa
Medicina DO Esporte
Cirurgia DO Joelho R. Adma Jafet, 50 Cj. 144
Sao Paulo SP, Brazil
President: Arnaldo Jose Hernandez, MD
Fax: 55-11-259-1973
British Association for Surgery of the Knee
c/o British Orthopaedic Association
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PN, United Kingdom
President: Neil P. Thomas, FRCS
Web Site: www.boa.ac.uk/BASK/
British Elbow & Shoulder Society
c/o Royal College of Surgeons
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PN, United Kingdom
President: W.A. Wallace
Fax: +44-171-831-2676
Web Site: www.bess.org.uk
British Orthopaedic Sports Trauma Association
c/o British Orthopaedic Association
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PN, United Kingdom
President: Mr. John Fairclough
Fax: +44-1782-41-22-36
Web Site: www.bosta.ac.uk/
Chilean Society of Knee & Arthroscopic Surgery
Lo Fontecilla 441
Piso 4, Consultas 2
Las Condes
Santiago, Chile
President: Fernando Radice, MD
Fax: +56 2 2104445
Chilean Society of Shoulder and Elbow
Evaristo Villo 78
Of. 81
Santiago RM, Chile
President: Sergio Montenegro, MD
Fax: +56 2 299 0359
Chilean Society of Sports Traumatology
Isabel La Catolica 3740
Las Condes
Santiago, CHILE
President: Francisco J. Vergara, MD
Fax: +56-2-206-3108
Chilean Sports Medicine Association
Av. Las Condes 9792
Oficina 206
Santiago, CHILE
President: Dr. Francisco Javier Vergara Gonzalez
Fax: +56 3713923
Web Site: www.sochmedep.cl
Colombia Society of Orthopaedic Surgery
Arthroscopy Chapter
Cra. 43 A #27 A-Sur 44
Medellin, Colombia
President: Carlos Prada Winkler, MD
Colombia Society of Orthopaedic Surgery
Knee and Hip Chapter
Calle 134 No 13-83 Pisco 2
Santa Fe de Bogoat DC
AA 91298 Z Postal 10, Colombia
President: Jaime Medina, MD
Columbian Arthroscopy Chapter
c/o Dr. Celso Pedraza, Secretariat
Carrera 40 - 46-64 Apto 201
Santander
Bucaramanga, COLOMBIA
President: Carlos Prada Winkler, MD
Fax: +976-430-583
Danish Association of Sports Medicine
c/o Sekretaer Louice Krandorf
Ortopaedkirurgisk Ambulatorium
Amager Hospital
Italiensvej 1
2300 Kbenhavn S, Denmark
President: Klaus Bak
Fax: +32 34 39 64
Web Site: www.sportsmedicin.dk
Dutch Arthroscopy Association
NOV (Dutch Orthopaedic Association)
St. Maartenskliniek
P.O. Box 9011
6500 GS Nijmegen, Netherlands
President: Prof. C.N. van Dijk, MD, PhD
Fax: +31 24-365-9261
European College of Sport Science (ECSS)
c/o Gerard King, Managing Dir.
ECSS
Carl-Diem-Weg 6
50933 Cologne, Germany
President: Prof. Paolo Parisi
Fax: +49 221 4982 765
Web Site: www.ecss.de
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EFORT)
Hacettepe University, School of Medicine
Dept. of Orthop. Surgery & Traumatology
Head of the Dept.of Sports Medicine
6100 Sihhiye ANKARA
President: Mahmut Nedim Doral, MD
Fax: +90 312 490 5133
European Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS)
President: Norber Bachl, MD
Fax: +43 1 4277 48879
Web Site: www.efsma.org
European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow (ESSSE)
President: Christian Gerber, MD
Fax: +41-1-386-3009
French Arthroscopy Society (SFA)
c/o Corine Bensimon
Hopital Bichat
46 Rue Henri Huchard
75018 Paris, France
President: Professeur Jean-Francois Kempf
Web Site: www.sofarthro.com
French Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SOFCOT)
c/o Le Secretariat de la SOFCOT
56 rue Boissonade
75014 Paris, France
President: Daniel Goutallier
Fax: +33-1-43-22-46-70
Web Site: www.sofcot.com.fr
French Society of Sports Medicine (SFMS)
c/o Bruno Sesboue
CHU de la Cote de Nacre
14033 CAEN cedex, France
President: Andre Monroche
Fax: +33-2-31-06-45-35
Web Site: www.sfms.asso.fr
(German) Society for Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Sports Medicine (GOTS)
GOTS Geschaftsstelle
Otto-Fleck-Schneise 12
60528 Frankfurt, Germany
President: Martin Engelhardt, MD
Web Site: www.gots.org
Greek Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
c/o Christos D. Papgeorgiou, Treasurer
Dept. of Orthopaedics
University of Ioannina
Ioannina 45110 Greece
President: Panagiotis Vallianatos, MD
Fax: +30-26510 64980
Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine & Sports Science
c/o Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Queen Mary Hospital
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
President: Mr. Raymond So
Fax: +858-2855-4257
Web Site: www.fmshk.com.hk/hkasmss/home.htm
Indian Arthroscopy Society
c/o Dr P. Sripathi Rao, Honorary Secretary Indian Arthroscopy Society
Kasturba Hospital
Manipal-576 119, India
President: Dr. David V. Rajan
Fax: +91-22-493-6366
Web Site: www.indiaorth.org/assoc/ias.htm
Indonesia Orthopaedic Association
c/o Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Ciptomangunkusumo
Jl. Diponegoro 71
Jakarta 10430, Indonesia
President: Idrus Paturusi, MD
Fax: +62-21-391-7378
International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS)
ICRS Executive Office
Seestrasse 53
Zollikon/Zurich CH-8702, Switzerland
President: Shawn O'Driscoll, MD, PhD
Fax: +41-1 390 1841
Web Site: www.cartilage.org
International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
2678 Bishop Drive, Suite 250
San Ramon, CA 94583-2338, USA
President: Per A. Renstrom, MD, PhD
Fax: +1 (925) 807-1199
Web Site: www.isakos.com
Israel Society of Knee Surgery & Arthroscopy
c/o Head of Arthroscopy Unit. Ortho. Dept.
Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
Zerifin 70300, Israel
President: Gabriel Agar, MD
Fax: +972-3- 503-9454
Israel Society of Sports Medicine
7 Hacarmel St.
Hod Hasharon, 45221, ISRAEL
President: Dr. Ron Arbel
Fax: +972 9 741 4267
Israel Society of Foot & Ankle Surgery
Dept. of Orthopaedics
Meir Hospital
Kfar Saba, ISRAEL
President: Prof. Meir Nyska
www.isakos.com/meetings
Italian Society of Arthroscopy (SIA)
President: Renata Viola
Fax: +39-51-380748
Web Site: www.siaonline.it
Italian Society of the Knee (SICG)
President: Roberto D'Anchise
c/o Vincenzo GalluzziI, Secretariat
Ospedale Cardarelli - Via Cardarelli
9 - 80100 Napoli Italy
Fax: +39-081-787-5253
Web Site: www.sicg.org
Japanese Arthroscopy Association
c/o Dept. Of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chiba University School of Medicine
1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba 260-8677, Japan
President: Hideshige Moriya, MD
Fax: +81 43 226-2369/2116
Web Site: www.jaaa.gr.jp
Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA)
2-40-8 Hongo
Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-8418, Japan
President: Hiroshi Yamamoto, MD
Fax: +81-3-3818-2337
Web Site: www.joa.or.jp
Japanese Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine (JOSSM)
c/o Tokushima University School of Medicine
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Kuramoto-Cho
Tokushima 770, Japan
President: Takaaki Ikata, MD
www.isakos.com/meetings
Knee Society
704 Florence Drive
Park Ridge, IL 60068-2104, USA
President: Cecil H. Rorabeck, MD
Fax: +1 (847) 825-9294
Web Site: www.kneesociety.org
Korean Arthroscopy Society
c/o Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine
Ajou University San 5
Wonchon-dong, Paldal-gu Suwon 422-721, Korea
President: Young Kyng Woo
Fax:+ 82 2 785 0629
Korean Knee Society
c/o Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
St. Paul's Hospital
The Catholic University College of Medicine
Catholic Korea 620-56, Korea
President: Byung-III Lee, MD
Fax: +82-2-794-9414
Web Site: www.koreaknee.org
Korean Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
c/o Dept. of Ortho. Surg., Schl. Of Med.
Chungnam National University
640 Daesa-Dong, Jung-Ku
Daegeon, 301-040, Korea
President: Kwang-Jin Rhee, MD
Web Site: www.sportsmed.or.kr
Latin American Society of Orthropaedics and Traumatology (SLARD)
El Litre 1389
Vitacura
Santiago, 6680098, CHILE
President: Eduardo Zamudio
Fax:+ 562-2083760
Malaysian Orthopaedic Association
Malaysian Orthopaedic Association
Academy House
19 Jalan Folly Barat
50480 Kuala Lumpur
President: Assoc. Prof. Zulmi Wan
Web Site: http://www.moa-home.com
Mexican Association of Joint Reconstructive Surgery and Arthroscopic Surgery (AMECRA)
San Juan de los Lagos # 2, piso 2
Vallarta Poniente
Guadalajara, Jalisco 44110 Mexico
President: Alberto Reyes, MD
Fax: +52 199 202522
Web Site: www.amecra.org.mx
Netherlands Association of Sports Medicine
c/o Sportgeneeskunde Nederland Postbus 52
3720 AB Bilthoven, Netherlands
President: Agnina J.C.F.M., MD
Fax: +31-30-225-2490
Web Site: www.sportgeneeskunde.com
New Zealand Knee and Sports Surgery Society
Marinoto Clinic
72 Newington Ave.
Dunedin, New Zealand
President: J. A. Matheson
Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS)
6300 N River Rd., Ste. 727
Rosemont, IL 60018, USA
President: Stephen B. Trippel, MD
Fax: +1 (319) 335-7530
Web Site: www.ors.org
Pan Arab Orthopaedic Association
c/o 6328 Locust Tree Lane
Alexandria, VA 22312, USA
President: Wahid Al-Kharusi, MD
Fax:+ 968-603-485
Peruvian Arthroscopy Association
c/o 256 Domingo Elias
Lima 18, Peru
President: Carlos A. Alvarado, MD
Fax: +51-12-415-147
Portuguese Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SPOT)
/o Cristina Martins Camilo, Secretariat
Rua dos Aventureiros
Lote 3.10.10 - Loia B
Parque das NaÝes 1990-024 Lisboa Portugal
President: Prof. Luis Almeida
Fax: +351-21-895-86-67
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
c/o Surgeons Gardens
Spring Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
President: Kingsley Faulkner
Fax: +61-3-9249-1200
Royal College of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Subspecialty Sports Medicine
4th Floor, The Royal Golden Jubilee Bldg., 2 Soi Soonvijai
New Petchburi Road, Bangkapi
Bangkok 10320, Thailand
President: Vatanchai Rojvanit, MD
Fax: +66-2-716-5436
South African Knee & Arthroscopy Society
c/o P.O. Box 1797
Parklands, 2196, South Africa
President: Mark Ferguson, MD
Fax: +27-11-788-5111
Spanish Arthroscopy Association (AEA)
Acción Médica, S.A.
c/ Fernández de la Hoz, 61 entlo.
28003 Madrid, Spain
President: Dr. Antonio Estevez Ruiz de Castaøeda
Fax: +34-91-536-0607
Web Site: www.servitel.es/aeartroscopia/
Sports Doctors Australia
c/o Sports Medicine Australia
PO Box 237
Dickson ACT 2602 Australia
President: Dr. William Straughan
Fax:+61-2- 6230-5908
Web Site: www.sportsdoctors.com.au/
Sports Medicine Australia
P.O. Box 897
Belconnen
ACT 2616, Australia
President: Shane Conway, MD
Fax: 61-2-6253-1489
Web Site: www.sma.org.au
Sports Medicine Association of Pakistan
Hill Park
General Hospital
Shaheed Millat Road Karachi, Pakistan
President: Unknown
Fax: +91-21-506-0343
Sports Medicine New Zealand
PO Box 6398
Dunedin, New Zealand
President: Unknown
Fax: +64-3-477-7882
Web Site: www.sportsmedicine.co.nz
Swedish Society of Sports Medicine
C/o Ann-Kristin Andersson, Secretariat-
Klockarvagen 104
S-151 61 Sodertalje, Sweden
President: Carl Johan Sundberg
Fax: +46 8 550 104 09
Web Site: www.svenskidrottsmedicin.org
Taiwan Arthroscopy and Knee Society
National Cheng Kung University Medical Centre
Dept. of Orthopaedics
138, Sheng-Li Road
Tainan 70428 Taiwan
President: Chyun-Yu Yang, MD
Turkish Society of Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy and Knee Surgery
1415 sok.4/A Kat:3 Kahramanlar
Izmir, Turkey
President: Prof. Dr. Mahmut Nedim Doral
Fax: + 90-232-425-0575
Web Site: www.asia-pacific-turkspor.org
Venezuelan Society of Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Arthroscopic Committee
Av. 103 N-159-71
Qta Fraja
Valencia, Carabobo 2002A, Venezuela
President: Francisco B. Martinez, MD
Fax: + 58 41242112
