March 11, 2011
One Question
Only Three More Weeks to Register for the 2011 Self-Assessment
How Do You Market your Practice?
Bunnell Traveling Fellow Application is Now Available
Application for Education Division Director is Now Available
Deadline Extended: Don’t Miss Your Opportunity to Become an ASSH Volunteer
ASSH/AFSH Traveling Scholarship Applications Now Available
Apply to the AFSH-HVO Young Surgeon Traveling Fellowship
Last Chance for Poster Abstracts Submissions
Thank You to AFSH Donors
One Question
Did you know that the deadline to apply to join an ASSH Volunteer workgroup was extended to Monday, March 14th? The Hand Society boasts nearly 300 volunteers and this week we want to know if you have applied to join a volunteer workgroup, and if you haven’t, why not? Answer this week’s One Question.
Only Three More Weeks to Register for the 2011 Self-Assessment
Registration for the 2011 Self-Assessment Examination is coming to a close on April 1st, 2011. Make sure you don’t miss out on this easy opportunity to earn 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ ! For an affordable fee of just $155 for members, you can participate in the exam. To learn more about the exam, the minimum passing score requirement, the fee for nonmember participation etc., visit the Self Assessment pages on the ASSH website.
How Do You Market your Practice?
The ASSH Public Education Committee has created a cost-effective marketing tool that educates primary care physicians and encourages them to refer patients to your practice when appropriate. This new brochure, “Common Conditions of the Hand and Upper Extremity: A Primary Care Perspective,” illustrates several conditions regularly seen by primary care physicians with 17 full color images. The brochure has a space for you to affix your practice information, and it fits nicely in a standard #10 envelope, so you can send it to physicians in your area with an introductory letter, business card or let the brochure speak for itself. Visit our online store to learn more about this affordable and memorable new marketing tool available exclusively to ASSH members.
Application for the Bunnell Traveling Fellowship is Now Available
Applications are due June 1, 2011
The Bunnell Fellowship provides scholarship funding for a young Hand Surgeon to pursue an educational or academic goal that:
Requires national and international collaboration.
Fosters the principles of scholarship of the ASSH.
Has a clearly delineated theme in a specific area of clinical interest, a scientific pursuit, or an educational mission.
The Committee will select the Bunnell fellow based on the applicant’s scholarship, ASSH contributions, and the strength of the proposed collaborative project. Learn more about the application process on our Bunnell webpage. Please contact Alexzandra Wallace at awallace@assh.org with questions.
Application for Education Division Director is Now Available
In late 2009, the AAOS asked Edward Akelman, MD to serve as the Chair of the Council on Education for the Academy. Dr. Akelman accepted the position, and notified ASSH Council that he would resign as Education Director effective in Boston. Alexander Y. Shin, MD was elected to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Akelman, which ends at the Las Vegas Annual Meeting. Dr. Shin is eligible to apply for a full three-year term as Education Director.
On behalf of the Nominating Committee Chair, Robert M. Szabo, MD, MPH, we would like to invite qualified members to apply for service as Education Division Director to Council.
Visit us online to learn more about the position and complete the application. The deadline to apply is March 28, 2011.
Deadline Extended: Don’t Miss Your Opportunity to Become an ASSH Volunteer
The deadline to apply to an ASSH Volunteer Committees is has been extended! Applications are now due on Monday, March 14, 2011. Don't wait, complete the 2011 Committee Application today. Each year, the Hand Society calls for applications for members to join one of our many committees. It is those volunteers, giving of their talents and precious time, who truly are the driving force that keeps the Hand Society running.
Learn more about the wide breadth of volunteer opportunities. Here you will find more information about the volunteer committees and their charges. Please review the charges carefully. Members are expected to commit to the charges as listed. Appointment will begin at the 66th ASSH Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.
ASSH/AFSH Annual Meeting Scholarship Applications Now Available
Residents, Fellows and United States Armed Force Members are encouraged to submit an application for the ASSH/AFSH Annual Meeting Scholarships. Thanks to our corporate sponsors, Stryker, Acumed and OsteoMed, scholarship winners will receive funding to help defer the cost of the 29th Residents and Fellows Conference in Hand Surgery and the 66th Annual Meeting expenses such as registration fees, airfare and lodging. Apply online today! Deadline is May 2, 2011.
Apply to the AFSH-HVO Young Surgeon Traveling Fellowship
Applications for the 2011 American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand - Health Volunteers Overseas Young Surgeon Traveling Fellowship are being accepted. All eligible surgeons (R3, R4, R5, Fellows and Surgeons within three years of completing their fellowship) with an interest in spending 4 weeks at an appropriate HVO teaching site in a developing country are invited to apply. Visit us to learn more about the AFSH-HVO Young Surgeon Overseas Traveling Fellowship or email info@hvousa.org.
This fellowship is available due to a generous grant from the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand (AFSH).
Last Chance for Poster Abstracts Submissions
Deadline is approaching for E-Poster submissions. Submit your proposal by March 14, 2011. For more information, please read the Call for Poster Abstracts.
Thank You to AFSH Donors
Thanks to the partnership of hundreds of donors each year the American Foundation for Surgery of the hand continues to make a difference in patient care, research, and education. We especially thank these donors who made a contribution to the Foundation in the past week or through the OREF in February 2011. To learn more about the Foundation or to make a contribution today, visit www.afsh.org.
Paul J. Cutting, MD, FACS
Mark E. Einbecker, MD
Hugh J. Hagan, III, MD
Jon D. Hernandez, MD, PhD
Richard F. Howard, DO
Joseph E. Kutz, MD
Scott D. Lifchez, MD
James D. Matiko, MD
Brian A. Murphy, MD
Sanjiv H. Naidu, MD, PhD
James F. Nappi, MD
David R. Pichora, MD
Thomas R. Shepler, MD
Jay S. Talsania, MD
Joel D. Thompson, MD
Fredrick A. Valauri, MD
Christopher J. Walsh, MD