Welcome

Advancing Orthopedic Foundations: Considering Complexity of Care

I would personally like to invite everyone to the AOAO 2025 Annual Fall Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland - just 11 miles from Washington DC. This year the CME Committee Chair, Dr. Sarkis Bedikian, along with Vice Chair, Dr. Richard Crank, and the session Moderators have once again developed a spectacular engaging program for all. As the theme of this meeting, Advancing Orthopedic Foundations/Considering Complexity of Care implies, AOAO is always striving to accommodate a dynamic changing environment of orthopedic healthcare. This conference will surpass expectations to address this complexity in all specialty areas.

In addition to expert speakers in each surgical specialty, highlights of this meeting will be military medicine from fields to those who served, women’s health and resilience, financial planning and multiple lectures on incorporation of AI surgical first steps. Don’t miss this year’s Keynote Address From MRI to My AI: Why orthopedic practice demands personal intelligence? by John Sinnott MD. Finally, we hope you will attend to help us honor our 2025 Award of Fellow inductees and multiple other award recipients.

We continue to embrace our members, residents and students with the pillar of knowledge and skill sets to guide their choices for patient care. The foundation and mission of the AOAO is first and foremost, education. Our commitment to this mission is evident in our support of the student SAOAO section, the RAOAO and residents, as well as all AOAO members.

I look forward to seeing you this fall!

Charles Orth, DO, FAOAO
Honorary Program Chair