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We are glad you are visiting the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America's (POSNA) website. Our non-profit professional organization was founded to advance orthopedic care for children and adolescents. With over 1100 members, we strive to advance the field through ongoing research and provide the most relevant information on pediatric musculoskeletal health related conditions. You will find pages and links for patients, families and professionals that we hope will meet your needs. Please let us know if there is anything else you would like to see on the POSNA website. Peter O. Newton, MD POSNA Mission Statement

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2013 POSNA Annual Meeting Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada May 1-4, 2013 2013 Award Winners

A Nation in Motion - One Patient at a Time Read patient success stories, learn about bone and joint health, and enter your orthopaedic stories

Pediatric Orthopedic Volunteer Opportunity in Port au Prince, Haiti Pediatric Orthopedic Volunteer Opportunity in Port au Prince, Haiti Pediatric orthopaedic teams invited to volunteer for missions to Adventist Hospital in Port au Prince.

Interested in COUR Related Volunteer Opportunities? The COUR (Children’s Orthopaedics in Underdeveloped Regions) committee would like to know your level of interest in various opportunities pertaining to pediatric orthopedic education in underdeveloped regions around the world.

Stop Sports Injuries The STOP Sports Injuries campaign was created by a coalition of organizations and corporations to help prevent athletic overuse and trauma injuries in kids.

Help Battle Childhood Obesity AAOS and AAP joined forces to help battle childhood obesity. The AAOS and AAP have added the POSNA logo to these posters/postcard and they are now available to download and print. 18 x 24 Poster 8 x 6 Postcard

Upcoming Meetings & Events

Member News and Alerts

• 20th Annual POSI Conference and 5th Annual POSI-POSNA Workshop (A COUR Sponsored Workshop)
  Chennai, Tamilnadu, India from January 10-13, 2014

• COUR sponsored POSI-POSNA workshop in Chennai, India
  We are planning to have the fifth combined POSI-POSNA workshop, around the POSI annual meeting at the Le Royal Méridien hotel in Chennai, India on January 10th-12th, 2014.

• HVO has a need for pediatric orthopaedic surgeons for program in Ghana
  This opportunity is year round with assignments of 2-4 weeks (4 weeks preferred)

• APOA 2013 - The 9th Combined Congress of the Spine and Paediatric Sections (APOA)
  August 29-31, 2013 ~ Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

• Obesity Linked to More Growth-Plate Fractures in Children
  Two studies of pediatric patients with fractures found that obese children are more likely to incur fractures that involve the growth plate, or physis, than nonobese children.

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Upcoming CME Courses

• AAOS/POSNA Pediatric Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine: From the ER to the OR-Essentials for the Practicing Orthopaedic Surgeon
  9/27/2013 - 9/28/2013
• Webinar: AAOS/POSNA A New Paradigm for Treatment of Life and Limb Threatening Pediatric Musculoskeletal Infections
  10/8/2013 - 10/8/2013
• 10th Annual International Pediatric Orthopaedic Symposium presented by POSNA and AAOS
  12/4/2013 - 12/7/2013
• Disaster Response Course, Developed by SOMOS, Co-Sponsored by AAOS, OTA and POSNA
  12/13/2013 - 12/14/2013

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