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1) WOMEN IN ORTHOPAEDICS - JUNE 19
COA members are invited to attend this year's Women in Orthopaedics luncheon being held during the upcoming Annual Meeting in Edmonton. Join us on Saturday, June 19 from 12:30 - 13:30 in room 12 on the Meeting Level of the Shaw Conference Centre for lunch and a lecture by Dr. Suzan Verdegaal from Holland. Dr. Verdegaal will speak about how she became an orthopod, what role the time she spent in Toronto played in this, the training scheme in Holland, and will present various statistics on women in the profession in The Netherlands. Please confirm your attendance by e-mail to:
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. Thank you to DePuy Canada for helping to make this event possible
2) IMMEDIATE NEED FOR ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has an immediate need for orthopaedic surgeons with clinical skills in: internal, external fixation, spine surgery, plastic surgery, joint surgery, infected post trauma surgery and trauma surgery. Bilingualism is an asset with a minimum availability of four weeks (ideally 6-8 weeks). The current locations in need of service are: Haiti, Sri Lanka, Jordan/Ammanry. Surgeons interested in volunteering for the positions listed above can find information on the MSF Canada web site at http://www.msf.ca/recruitment/ or by calling 1-800-982-7903.
3) A FLEXIBLE APPROACH TO DATA SUBMISSION
The CJRR Web-based Data Submission and Reporting Tool is now available for new and currently participating surgeons, enabling participants to submit and update data directly to the CJRR through a secure online platform. Surgeons now have access to features such as:
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Several Surgeon Default Settings for commonly used procedures, making data submission even faster.
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Real-time surgeon-specific reports, including data quality, statistical and summary reports.
CJRR also continues to offer electronic file data submissions and paper-based data collection forms. To get involved, contact
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4) CONFERENCES OF INTEREST
Registration is open for the Eighth Symposium on Joint Preserving and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Hip. Chaired by Dr. Paul Beaule (University of Ottawa), this course will be held in Ottawa from June 10-12, 2010. The program is dedicated to a scientific and practice-oriented discussion on current topics and controversies in treating the young adult with hip pain. Topics discussed will be: hip arthroscopy; Femoro Acetabular Impingement (FAI)/Dysplasia; hip resurfacing and less invasive hip replacement surgery. Visit http://www.med.uottawa.ca/cme for program information, registration and conference details, or call 613-798-5555 ext. 16646 / e-mail
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Calling All Rugby Fans! The Australian and New Zealand and Orthopaedic Societies are holding a combined paediatric conference in Tauranga, New Zealand from October 7-8, 2011. The theme of this event is Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine in the Adolescent and the Rugby World Cup will be held in New Zealand at the same time. Visit www.posnz2011.co.nz or contact: Convention Management New Zealand Limited at
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.  Click here to view the course flyer.
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Member in the Spotlight
Dr. Andrew Furey (St. Johns, NL) will be the Chair of the COA's Program Committee as of mid-June. Working with representatives of each of the orthopaedic subspecialties, Dr. Furey will coordinate the various scientific sessions that will make up the program of the 2011 COA Annual Meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland. He told us this about his plans for the program: "In addition to the spectacular scenic setting of the host city, the scientific component will be equally compelling. In these changing economic and political times, potential symposium topics will include the establishment and utility of benchmarks, and the importance of the influence of surgeons within government."
Born and raised in St. John's, Dr. Furey is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Memorial University where he completed his BSc, MD, and Masters of Clinical Epidemiology. He completed a fellowship in orthopaedic trauma at R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, MD before returning to St. John's with his wife Allison, and two daughters, Maggie and Rachael. The St. John's meeting will be held from July 7-9, 2011. By next summer, it will be well over 10 years that the COA visited the 'Rock' and we encourage all of our members to mark their calendars for this exciting event.
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The COA gratefully thanks Boehringer Ingelheim for their unrestricted educational grant to help offset the costs of the Dispatch
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