AOA-North American Traveling Fellowship (NATF)

The AOA-North American Traveling Fellowship was suggested in 1968 at an AOA Executive Committee meeting. As a result, an ‘ad hoc’ committee consisting of A.H. Crenshaw, MD, B.H. Curtis, MD, J.N. Garber, MD, J.S. Miles, MD, and Don O’Donoghue, MD, was appointed to further study exchange fellowships throughout the world and to determine the feasibility of increasing exchange fellowships with foreign countries. In 1969, the committee’s proposal of orthopaedic surgeons traveling to orthopaedic centers around the US and Canada was accepted. The Tour promotes significant clinical and scientific exchange and fellowship and has developed into an intense introduction to the diverse ways that leaders address the challenges that face orthopaedics today.

Congratulations to the 2007 North American Traveling Fellows!

                    
George S. Athwal, MD                  Bang Hoang, MD              Samir Mehta, MD               Brett Owens, MD                      Jennifer M. Wolf, MD

The 2007 North American Traveling Fellows traveled to the following orthopaedic centers on the East Coast and eastern Canada, September 30 - November 2, 2007.

You can read all about their travels on the on-line tour diary:

2007 NATF Tour Diary

A sincere thank you to all AOA members who hosted the North American Traveling Fellows!

Alumni Information:

• Alumni Listing
• 2007 NATF Tour Diary

Support the North American Traveling Fellowship

• NATF Endowment Fund Donation Form
• List of Contributors

                                          
  The AOA acknowledges Synthes for its support of theNATF Traveling Fellowship.