Invited guest Speakers

J Chris Coetzee, MD
Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle specialist Minnesota Sports Medicine and Twin Cities Orthopaedics

Chris Coetzee, M.D., earned his medical degree from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in 1984 and completed his residency at the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa in 1993. His advanced medical training includes completion of two Fellowships: a Trauma Fellowship in Davos, Switzerland, and a Foot and Ankle Fellowship at the University of Washington, in Seattle.

Dr. Coetzee is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota, and is also the Chief of Foot and Ankle surgery at Minnesota Sports Medicine and Twin Cities Orthopedics.
 

Prof Joseph J Dias

Medical School: Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India MD, FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (England), MB; BS MD thesis on Scaphoid Fractures: University of Leicester Professor of Hand and Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Leicester Consultant Hand and Orthopaedic Surgeon, University Hospitals of Leicester British Society for Surgery of the Hand


INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES

These will be given by the following Special Interest Groups of the Association:
  • AO Foundation Instructional Course 2008 - Instructional course on Trauma
  • Elbow and Shoulder Instructional course
  • Foot and Ankle Instructional course
These societies will address topics that will be of interest and great value to the general Orthopaedic Surgeons. More details of the Instructional Course will be provided in the next Congress announcement