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- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons:
Provides education and practice management services for orthopaedic surgeons
and allied health professionals.
- American Academy of Podiatric Sports
Medicine:
Serves to advance the understanding, prevention and management of lower extremity
sports and fitness injuries.
- American Association for Hand
Surgery (AAHS):
The mission of the AAHS shall be to foster and to promote the highest
quality of hand care through the development and sponsorship of educational
programs related to the hand and the upper extremity, through communications
with health care professionals and the public, and through the endowment of
research.
- American College of Foot & Ankle
Orthopedics & Medicine:
ACFAOM's purpose is to support scientific study and research to enhance the
field of foot orthopedics and related matters in podiatric medicine.
- American College of Foot and Ankle
Surgeons:
A professional medical society of over 5,000 podiatric foot and ankle surgeons.
- American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle
Society:
Provides members and other orthopaedic surgeons with educational opportunities
designed to assist them in providing the highest quality foot and ankle care
to the American public.
- American Physical Therapy Association
:
A national professional organization representing more than 63,000 members.
Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research,
and education.
- American Society for Surgery of the
Hand:
The mission of the ASSH is to advance the science and practice of hand surgery
through education, research and advocacy on behalf of patients and practitioners.
- Arthritis Foundation:
The Arthritis Foundation is the only national not-for-profit organization
that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions
with advocacy, programs, services and research.
- Arthritis Society:
The Arthritis Society is Canada's only not-for-profit organization devoted
solely to funding and promoting arthritis research, programs and patient care.
- Foundation for Osteoporosis Research
and Education:
A non-profit resource center dedicated to eliminating osteoporosis through
our research, education and bone density testing programs.
- International Osteoporosis Foundation
(IOF):
IOF's mission is to advance the understanding of osteoporosis and to promote
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease worldwide.
- Knee Society (TKS):
The purpose of TKS is to advance the knowledge of the knee joint in health
and disease.
- National Osteonecrosis Foundation
(NONF):
The goal of NONF is to provide much needed funding for medical research and
education of patients, physicians, and other health professionals.
- National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF)
:
NOF is the nation's leading resource for people seeking up-to-date, medically
sound information on the causes, prevention, detection and treatment of osteoporosis.
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation
(OI):
The OI Foundation's mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals
affected by OI through research to find treatments and a cure, education,
awareness, and mutual support.
- Paget Foundation:
Includes information for patients and health professionals on the Paget's
disease of bone, primary hyperparathyroidism, fibrous dysplasia, osteopetrosis
(not osteoporosis) and the complications of some cancers to the bones.