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- 2009 AAOS Humanitarian Award
Call for Entries
The Humanitarian Award recognizes Fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons who have distinguished themselves through outstanding musculoskeletal-related humanitarian activities in the USA or abroad.
- 2008 Public Service Announcements
- 2008 Media Briefing
The Academy’s 75th Annual Meeting is being held March 5-9, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. It is the world's largest meeting of orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals. Click the link above to view our media briefing schedule.
- Media registration for the AAOS 2008 Annual Meeting is currently open
The world's largest meeting of orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals with the latest information on orthopaedic treatments, advances and research, as well as socioecomomic issues and trends in orthopaedics will be held from March 5 – 9, 2008 in San Francisco.
- Playground Build 2008
Volunteer to Help Build a Playground – or Build One in Your Community. You can visibly support playground safety by helping to build a safe, accessible playground on the day before the Annual Meeting. Join your colleagues for a day of fun, food, music and work and give back to the community that hosts our meeting.

- Sign-up and Become an AAOS Media Spokesperson
If you would like to speak on behalf of the Academy and answer media inquiries as an expert on a particular topic, please take a few minutes to answer some questions and review the following information.