1) ST. JOHN'S MEETING REGISTRATION OPENS IN FEBRUARY
Online registration for the upcoming COA/CORS and CORA Annual Meeting in St. John's will open in February.  An e-mail notification will be sent to all members when registration goes live.  Why wait to book your flight, hotel and car rental?  Make your arrangements NOW and visit the "Travel and Hotel" tab in the left menu at www.coaannualmeeting.org for info! 

2) SEE YOU IN SAN DIEGO!
Members are reminded to attend the upcoming COA reception at AAOS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California.  The reception is being held on Thursday, February 17, 2011 from 6:30-9:30pm in the Indigo Ballroom E at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Boulevard.  Light refreshments will be served and a cash bar is available to purchase beverages.  We look forward to seeing you all there. 

3) ARTHROPLASTY SOCIETY TAKES SHAPE
A formative meeting of the new Canadian Orthopaedic Arthroplasty Society was recently held in Toronto on January 21. Members from across the country met to set out the organization's structure, purpose and priorities. Look for a formal announcement in the next COA Bulletin with complete details. 

4) CJRR - COMPARATIVE REPORTS RELEASED
CJRR has released its newest product, the Comparative Reports. The reports were developed with the CJRR Advisory Committee members as a pilot release in August 2010. The report is now being released, in a staged approach, to all actively participating surgeons who submit data to the CJRR. 

The CJRR Comparative Reports are individual reports, made available only to the surgeon who performed the joint replacement procedures and submitted the data to the CJRR. The objective of the CJRR Comparative Reports is to provide surgeons with comparable indicators to support performance measurement and quality improvement of joint replacement procedures. The Comparative Reports also provide surgeons with an overview of the data they have submitted to CJRR for the reporting period. 

The reports present indicators on hip and knee replacement procedures within four main dimensions: patient demographics, access, efficiency, and outcome. The indicators are presented at the individual surgeon level, as well as three aggregate levels for comparison: facility group, jurisdiction and the national level.

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5) CONFERENCES OF INTEREST
Clubfoot Management Using the Ponsetti Method - a hands-on course will be held in Halifax on May 9^th, 2011.  This full day course includes both lectures and practical instruction.  Contact Dr. Jason Howard for registration details: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 902 470-7245.  Click here  to view the preliminary program. 

The 2^nd International RSA Meeting will be held in Leiden, Netherlands from April 6-8, 2011.  Canadian faculty at this event includes Dr. Mike Dunbar (Halifax, NS).  For more information, visit http://www.rsaresearch.org or send your inquiry to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Click here  to view the course program.  

MEMBER IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Dr. Tracey Wentzell is a community surgeon who just recently started her orthopaedic practice in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador.  Specializing in sports injuries, Dr. Wentzell's clinical interests include shoulder arthroscopy and ACL reconstruction.  Born and raised in Portland Creek, Newfoundland and Labrador, she attended Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, a United World College, on full scholarship after her Grade XI year.  She then attended Mount Allison University where she was a CIAU Academic All Canadian Athlete for Women's Rugby; and she went on to obtain a joint MDCM/MBA degree from McGill University.  She was awarded the Dr. Joseph Shugar/Jewish General Hospital Prize in Orthopaedics at McGill.  

Dr. Wentzell completed her residency at Dalhousie University; and her fellowship in sports medicine in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia under the tutelage of Dr. Doug LeGay.  

The orthopaedic department in Corner Brook includes five orthopaedic surgeons and is at the heart of Western Newfoundland, a region known and loved by outdoor enthusiasts.  Dr. Wentzell's goal has always been to return to her home region and provide service to the people therein.  For her, the challenges of a rural practice are far outweighed by the rewards of being in the place and with the people that are near and dear to her heart.  

Dr. Wentzell is going to be married in the summer of 2011 to her partner of 11 years, Dwayne Parsons.  The ceremony will be on the beach in her hometown of Portland Creek.