Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a very special Symposium to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, May 19th and 20th 2012. The Symposium will be held in conjunction with the 13th Annual Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (CCJR) Spring Meeting allowing participants the opportunity to participate in both meetings.

Bearing Surface Options in Total Joint Replacement:
The Experts Provide the Evidence.

The key objectives of the Symposium are to provide a conduit to bring together the latest research, as well as, the most up-to-date clinical results in the field of modern bearings for Total Joint Replacement, and to make available all of the information shared in the conference to the orthopaedic community all over the world. The Symposium will bring together globally renowned clinical and scientific faculty and will feature symposia and case presentations. It will also feature several discussion periods in order to address questions and issues related to modern bearing surfaces. The single venue for the Bearing Surface Options in Total Joint Replacement: The Experts Provide the Evidence and the CCJR Spring Meeting will allow participating orthopaedic surgeons to gain a more complete learning experience on clinically relevant issues.

The two events are a perfect match. At the CCJR Meeting orthopaedic surgeons and healthcare professionals will be exposed to a complete update clinically relevant topics particular to hip, knee and shoulder reconstruction. By arriving just one day earlier one also acquires a deep insight into the key subject of the bearing surface options in TJR. The 2011 CCJR Spring Meeting recently held in Las Vegas attracted more than 1,000 orthopaedic surgeon attendees from 46 different countries.

The active involvement from you and your colleagues in educational venues such as this has been an important supporting element to the excellent clinical results enjoyed globally by the patients that have had TJR surgery. It is our intent to continue to build upon the clinical benefits of advanced bearings for years to come.

All clinical and scientific experts involved in the field of joint replacement are welcome not just to attend the Symposium but also to submit abstracts to the scientific committee no later than the 15th October 2011.

We hope that you will join us in Las Vegas for what we know will be an excellent learning experience.

Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS
President, Advanced Bearings Symposium
 

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the Thomas Jefferson University Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A. Seth Greenwald, DPhil (Oxon)
Chairman of the Scientific Committee, Advanced Bearings Symposium

Course Director, CCJR
Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Cleveland, Ohio