American Hip Society AHS

THE GOAL AND MISSION OF THE HIP SOCIETY SHALL BE:

1. To advance knowledge of the hip joint in health and in distress.
2. To provide a forum to stimulate the exchange of knowledge concerning education, research, and treatment of disorders of the hip.
3. The Hip Society has an open meeting that has wide geographic distribution. It is open to orthopaedic surgeons and engineers who have an interest in hip surgery. The ratio is 96% orthopaedic surgeons who attend the meeting. There are orthopaedists from many countries who attend the annual meeting.
4. The Hip Society presents a full-day program which is divided into symposia and a session of award papers. The Summer Meeting consists of papers that are presented from a local community to the membership of The Hip Society. There are a total of two meetings per year.

2010 AHS American Hip Society, Summer Scientific Meeting, New York, NY USA Sep 23 - 25 2010