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APOS NEWS

The Annual Instructional Course and Scientific Meeting of APOS concluded September 17 -- 20, 2009. The meeting included over 65 Orthopaedic Surgeons-in-training and a faculty of 15 in two days of Instruction in Paediatric Orthopaedics. It was followed by a well attended Scientific Meeting. Our Guest Speakers were Benjamin Joseph and Haemish Crawford, from New Zealand. We are proud to announce the induction of a new executive committee.

President: Gary Nattrass, Royal Childrens Hospital, Melbourne
Treasurer: Scott Mackie, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania
Secretary: Ivan Astori, Mater Childrens Hospital, Queensland

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Future events:

Date	Event	Location	Contact
April 7 - 10, 2010	European Pediatric Orthopaedic Society (EPOS)	Zagreb, Croatia
May 4 - 9, 2010	Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA)	Waikoloa, Hawaii
September 9-12, 2010	APOS course/meeting	Sheraton Noosa, Noosa Queensland	Course co-ordiantor: Mr. Michael Johnson
September 21 - 24, 2010	Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)	Kyoto, Japan
October 13 - 16, 2010	American Academy of Cerebral Palsy	Washington, D.C.

Fellowships:

Registrars are encouraged to have a special interest in Paediatric Orthopaedics. AOA Accredited Fellowships are available in Australia in Adelaide (Dr Peter Cundy), in Sydney (Dr David Little) and in Melbourne (Professor Kerr Graham). Details of these Fellowships are available on the AOA Website www.aoa.org.au with links on the Fellowships page.

Dr Gary Nattrass

President
Australian Paediatric Orthopaedic Society

Past events:

Date	Event	Location
2 – 5 April 2009	EPOS (European Paediatric Orthopaedic)	Lisboa, Portugal
30 April – 3 May 2009	POSNA	Boston,U.S.A.

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