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President's Message

Dear Colleagues,

“Greetings from India!”

I thank all the council members of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association for giving India the opportunity to host the Golden Jubilee Congress of the Association in 2012. The President of the Association is elected from the host chapter, and I am fortunate to be elected to this August post. A number of luminaries from the Asia Pacific region have occupied this chair, and I am aware of the great responsibility I have to shoulder. The APOA is soon going to be fifty years old and there are a number of challenges before us in the new Millennium.

With half of the world’s population and Orthopaedic Surgeons in the Asia Pacific region, there is a great potential for growth. This region boasts of a lot of cultural, linguistic and developmental diversity. This may be our strength and we should endeavour to work to create “Unity in Diversity”, a slogan so often used to characterize India as a nation.

As the most widespread region of the world it should be our collective effort to endeavour to find our rightful place in Global Orthopaedics. Our influence can be immense, if we can only draw from our strengths. The sheer size of our population, the wide variety of orthopaedic problems that we encounter and the resultant experience we can share amongst us, gives us an unique opportunity to lead the world.

It is said: strength is in numbers. Unfortunately, our membership has not grown as it should . Through this message I appeal and invite all Orthopaedic Surgeons in the Asia Pacific region to become members of the APOA. You will find the interaction with your colleagues from other parts of this region professionally and socially enriching.

Together we can make a difference for our patients.

With warm regards,

H.K.T. RAZA
PRESIDENT ASIA PACIFIC ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION

Venue: Gifu Miyako Hotel, Gifu, Japan

Venue: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Venue: Hong Kong

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Venue: Gifu Miyako Hotel, Gifu, Japan

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Deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 10th February 2011

eCM XII & APOA Infection Section ASM 2011

Venue: Congress Centre, Davos, Switzerland

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Venue: Xian, China

• To advance the science, art and practice of orthopaedic surgery in the region particularly in those countries with
  chapters;
• To promote professional education, research, and other interest in orthopaedic surgery;
• To share knowledge of and solutions to medical problems;
• To assist countries of the region in all matters relating to orthopaedic surgery;
• To promote fellowship and understanding between orthopaedic surgeons of the region;
• To cooperate with global, international, national and regional orthopaedic associations, societies and specialty groups as
  in the opinion of the Association have objects similar to the Objects of the Association;
• To promote, encourage and assist in the education and training of orthopaedic surgeons in the region, particularly in those countries with Chapters.