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As a participant of the Emerging Leaders Program, you are invited to submit an abstract for the 119^th Annual Meeting of the American Orthopaedic Association to be held June 21-24, 2006, in San Antonio, Texas.

Only AOA members and Emerging Leaders have the unique opportunity to showcase their research at the AOA Annual Meeting. As a benefit of the ELP, the AOA encourages you to embrace this opportunity to present your work to an audience of established AOA members and orthopaedic leaders. This is your chance to join the leaders in the field - submit your abstract to identify and confront critical issues and impact the specialty.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity and make your voice heard at the 119^th AOA Annual Meeting!

Please remember that the form must be completed in its entirety to be considered.

A feature of your program includes access to an AOA member-guide. If you currently have a member-guide but have not had contact with them, have misplaced the guide’s contact information, or you have not yet been assigned a member-guide and would like to be matched, please contact Veronica Galvan at galvan@aoassn.org or at 847.318.7535.

· C. Howard Hatcher Pathology Fellowship – 2006; Application Deadline is December 10, 2005

· American, British and Canadian (ABC) Exchange Traveling Fellowship – 2007; Application Deadline is December 15, 2005

As you embark into the crucial phases of your orthopaedic career, it is important to acquire the skills necessary to become a successful orthopaedic leader. The AOA~Kellogg Leadership Series is designed to help you do exactly this.

The AOA~Kellogg Leadership Series modules are designed to empower and amplify the skills of orthopaedic surgeons by providing the tools and resources needed to lead more effectively. The engaging, dynamic and interactive modules provide the context for leadership in the lives of orthopaedists, regardless of career status.

Module One provides a baseline for effective leadership. Participants learn how to formulate and implement strategy, develop an organization’s mission, vision, and values statements and how to catalyze others to act. Leaders study decision making processes and are educated to understand decision making dynamics and how to persuade and influence others. Case studies based on General Electric, NASA programs, and high performance racing car teams put theory into action in this interactive leadership primer.

Module Two offers training in human resources and negotiations. Participants are provided with a framework for building high performance cultures by using organizational development, effective personnel selection, development and maintenance of high performance personnel, and by appraising and rewarding through fairness and justice. Negotiation is a highlight of this course, challenging leaders to “expand the pie” to create win-win results, while understanding their best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA). Case studies on salary adjustments, water conservation, and contract negotiation make for strong, lasting illustrations.

Module Three discusses trends in governance and the evolution of boards of directors. Participants gain a better understanding of fiduciary obligations and how even non-profit boards are tightening processes to avoid litigation. Leaders are given methods to convert crisis into opportunity by understanding personal competencies, improving deficiencies and leveraging strengths in a variety of environments. Harnessing and applying power in organizations is demonstrated with interactive case studies that show how to effectively take a program from an unsupported idea or initiative to a valuable organizational offering.

As your career takes off, you may be chosen for a role that you are capable of fulfilling, however your role could be even better served if as a physician leader, you better understood the context for leadership and how to make business decisions.

The AOA~Kellogg Leadership Series is a unique opportunity to submerge yourself in timely, critical discussions with established orthopaedic leaders in both lecture and team settings. Modules are taught by highly skilled faculty from the #1 business school in the U.S. Course evaluations have confirmed the value of the Modules off-set the cost and weekend spent away from home.

Stay ahead of the game and take advantage of this leadership series during the early stages of your career! For more information or to register today, visit http://www.aoassn.org/LeadershipAcademicKelloggTop.asp or call AOA Headquarters at 847.318.7330.

Upcoming AOA~Kellogg Leadership Session Dates:

Module One - November 18-20, 2005 – Only 1 seat remains!
Module Two - January 27-29, 2006 – Already 40% full!
Module Three - May 19-21, 2006 - Already 22% full!
Module One - November 10-12, 2006 – Final offering of Module One! Already 10% full!

*Modules need not be taken in order. *Historically, modules fill to capacity.

First Class of AOA~Kellogg Leadership Series Graduates:

Dirk H. Alander, MD
D. Gordon Allan, MD
R. Dale Blasier, MD
Edward Y. Cheng, MD
Peter A. Cole, MD
R. Jay Cummings, MD
Daniel T. Davis, MD
Scott F. Duncan, MD, MPH
Keith R. Gabriel, MD
Frank A.B. Gottschalk, MD, FRCS
James J. Hamilton, MD
Edward N. Hanley, Jr., MD
Shepard R. Hurwitz, MD
Kyle J. Jeray, MD
Thomas R. Kiefhaber, MD
Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD
Lawrence M. Lubbers, MD
Daniel P. Mass, MD
David R. Mauerhan, MD
David A. McQueen, MD
Theodore Miclau, III, MD
Fred R. Nelson, MD
Richard W. Nicholas, MD
E. Anne Ouellette, MD, MBA
Terrance D. Peabody, MD
Vincent D. Pellegrini, Jr., MD
Frederick C. Sherman, MD
Dan M. Spengler, MD
Peter F. Sturm, MD
Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD
Chester M. Tylkowski, MD
Heather A. Vallier, MD
Alan W. Yasko, MD
Michele M. Zembo, MD