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American Orthopaedic Society For Sports Medicine (AOSSM)
New Opportunity to Participate in AOSSM Young Pitchers Studies
As you may be aware, AOSSM members are collaborating in a national multicenter project involving youth baseball pitchers between the ages of 9 and 18 years old. Already, more than 800 young pitchers have been assessed, with a goal of enrolling 2000 participants. The studies recently received approval through a private central Institutional Review Board (Western IRB) that will provide IRB review for anyone who does not have their own review board. You can now rapidly join the group without administrative hassle. More information about the project can be found at www.sportsmed.org/Youth-Baseball-Studies. Please contact Director of Research Bart Mann (
New AOSSM/MTF Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Grant Available
The purpose of the new AOSSM/MTF Meniscal Allograft Transplantation grant is to foster research for clinically relevant biomechanical studies, basic science studies, and preclinical or clinical studies related to meniscal transplantation. A list of potential research priorities related to this field and identified by leaders in this field is listed at www.sportsmed.org/researchgrants. Proposed studies need to relate specifically to meniscal transplantation. Projects related solely to meniscus repair or preservation, meniscus regeneration, collagen implants, and other such topics will not be considered for this grant. Applications will be reviewed for the potential impact on the field of meniscal transplantation, but the quality of the study approach and the ability of the investigators and sites to conduct and complete the proposed research within the time frame noted will be strictly assessed.
This grant is specifically designed to give a 1-time grant of $300 000. Any investigative team pursuing this grant must include at least 1 member of AOSSM in good standing. No AOSSM board officer (president, vice president, treasurer, etc) may be a named investigator on the application.
Deadline for applications is April 1, 2012. For more information and to apply, visit www.sportsmed.org/research grants or contact Bart Mann, Director of Research, at
Order a Personalized Version of In Motion for Your Waiting Room
In Motion is now available to be personalized with your practice name and logo. For just $300, you will receive 4 personalized issues (spring, summer, fall, winter) and the high- and low-resolution PDFs to send to patient’s in-boxes, put on your website, or print out and place in your waiting room. For more information, contact Lisa Weisenberger, Director of Communications, at
Get Involved With the STOP Sports Injuries Campaign
Become an official supporter today by simply filling out the online form under the Join Our Team tab and submit your sporting organization, hospital/institution, or practice, bio, and logo to Campaign Director Michael Konstant at
Upcoming Meetings and Deadlines
July 12-15, 2012
Baltimore, MD
August 24-26, 2012
Toronto, Canada
April 1, 2012
National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA)
Youth Sports Safety Summit
NATA hosted the third annual Youth Sports Safety Summit on December 6, 2011, to provide additional medical insights, case histories, and a call to action to improve the safety and care of youth athletes. The event focused on preventing sudden death in youth sports and featured experts on catastrophic brain injuries, exertional heat stroke, exertional sickling, asthma, and sudden cardiac arrest. Sixty-five sports and health organizations supported the program as part of the Youth Sports Safety Alliance, with the collective effort of promoting increased education, research, and legislation. A new NATA position statement on preventing sudden death in sports was advance released at the summit and will be published in the February 2012 issue of the Journal of Athletic Training. This new position statement outlines 10 major health conditions and causes of sudden death among athletes—along with updated recommendations to ensure better prevention and treatment of sports injuries. It is the first time an association has provided this condensed information in one document to help medical professionals, coaches, parents, and others make more effective and efficient return-to-play and care decisions.
National Athletic Training Month
Athletic trainers will celebrate National Athletic Training Month in March 2012. This year’s theme is Athletic Trainers Save Lives.
American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
2012 Annual Meeting
The 21st Annual AMSSM Meeting will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 21-25, 2012. An impressive group of international sports medicine physicians, including Roald Bahr, Martin Schwellnus, Jon Patricios, Per Holmich, and Karim Khan, will be presenting. Mark Safran will give the AOSSM exchange lecture. Information regarding registration and the conference schedule can be found on the AMSSM website: http://www.amssm.org/Conferences.html.
ECG Summit
In collaboration with the European Society of Cardiology’s Sports Cardiology subsection, the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society, the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Center, and the British Journal of Sports Medicine, AMSSM is leading the development of an online training module on ECG interpretation. AMSSM hosted many of the world’s experts for a summit on ECG interpretation in athletes in Seattle, February 13-14. The goal is to develop a state of the art e-learning resource to establish interpretation standards and a common foundation in ECG training for physicians around the world.
AMSSM Sports Medicine CAQ Study Guide
This spring, AMSSM will be publishing a book of CAQ test questions written and edited by AMSSM members. The book will serve as a useful resource for fellowship graduates and for sports medicine physicians applying for recertification.