Registration is now open for the 2024 AOA Annual Leadership Meeting
Register for the AOA’s premier event in St. Louis, June 18-22, 2024
2024 AOA Annual Leadership Meeting
AOA | USC APEX Leadership Conference: Achieving Peak Performance
AOA’s signature blend of leadership development, with direct relevance to orthopaedics and issues confronting medicine, allows individuals at any stage of their career to expand their knowledge and leadership skills.
Symposia and Important Sessions
AOA thought-leaders present on critical issues in orthopaedics.
Virtual Own the Bone Symposium
Explore bone health topics and participate in discussions with experts.
Top Content
2024 AOA | USC APEX Leadership Conference: Achieving Peak Performance
The AOA is again partnering with the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, Executive Education to bring you the next generation of the popular APEX Leadership Program. Debuting in 2024, the AOA|USC APEX Leadership Conference: Achieving Peak Performance will shift to a one-and-a-half-day session to address essential leadership skills required of surgeons today. AOA’s signature blend of leadership development, with direct relevance to orthopaedics and issues confronting medicine, allows individuals at any stage of their career to expand their knowledge and leadership skills.
JBJS Critical Issues
In the new AOA Critical Issues in Education Channel of JBJS Open Access, the American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) and The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Inc., partner to bring readers content focused on major issues in the education of orthopaedic medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty.
AOA Annual Leadership Meeting E-Posters
AOA posters address a range of critical issues, clinical categories, and education topics. CORD Conference posters feature resident/fellow education and training-focused topics.
Through the alumni and experiences of the ABC fellowship we have learned the true meaning of the tour, namely leadership, inspiration and collaboration. –2015 ABC Traveling Fellow
Scott D. Boden Emerging Leaders Forum
The Scott D. Boden Emerging Leaders Forum is the key meeting of the Emerging Leaders Program and offers members of the Emerging Leaders Program one-and-a-half days of leadership-focused sessions.
Residents Leadership Forum
C. McCollister Evarts Resident Leadership Forum participants interact with peers from across the US and Canada, gaining new perspectives and making vital connections with one another and AOA’s leaders.
CORD Conference
The AOA’s Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors provides a forum for academic orthopaedic leaders to exchange ideas, discuss solutions and find ways to effectively teach residents in orthopaedic programs.
The AOA’s Traveling Fellowships recognizes young leaders for their early contributions to orthopaedics, identifying and promoting their leadership skills to the broader orthopaedic community.
The AOA’s APEX Leadership Certificate Program provides premium education for the orthopaedic leaders to sharpen tools, deepen skills, and achieve pinnacle performance.
