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AMA head has unfinished business
Dr Rosanna Capolingua has said she is "seriously considering" standing for another term as AMA leader. She would face an election battle in May against current AMA vice-president Dr Gary Speck, who announced last week he was intending to run for the presidency. ... (20 Jan 2009)
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Orthopaedic Surgeons Warn Against Health Fund Managed Care
Attempts to force patients to demand cheaper prostheses
by price discrimination of some implant products could be counter productive to good clinical care. (1.06.07)
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Cutting Of Bone & Tendon Should Be Done By
Doctors With Special Training
"The Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
maintains that anyone licensed to cut bone and tendon
should have successfully completed a medical degree,"
President of the Australian Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle
Society, Dr Kim Slater said today. (9.12.05)
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Orthopaedic Surgeons Offer To Double Joint
Replacements In Nsw Public Hospitals
If the NSW government considers that there is a shortage
of orthopaedic surgeons, we will double the number of
joint replacements being currently performed if funding can
be obtained. We believe that other states are in a similar
position. (19.11.05)
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Orthopaedic surgeons slashed at Sydney and
Sutherland Hospitals
The decision to reduce the number of orthopaedic
surgeons from 6 to 3 (+ 1 trainee) at Sydney Hospital
and not to re-appoint 2 experienced orthopaedic
surgeons at Sutherland Hospital was short-sighted and
bad for patients who work, visit or live in the inner city
and Sutherland Shire, NSW Chairman of ASOS Dr Jim
Sullivan, said in Sydney today. (30.9.05)
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COAG National Registration Unmasked
NSW Medical Board raises concerns over COAG National Registration. "The concern of the NSW Medical Board, as the largest medical board in the most complex jurisdiction, is that in an attempt to cater for smaller jurisdictions and smaller boards in a one-size-fits-all approach, some of the sophistication and innovation that has been developed by the Board may be diluted or lost". (Board News December 2008)
Pain, no gain in Roxon's secret plan
ADF Submission: No Compelling Case for COAG/IGA model of National Registration & Accreditation
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| What is ASOS? |
The Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons was founded in 1997 with the following objectives:
 The advancement of orthopaedic surgery.
To promote and maintain the highest standard of orthopaedic patient care in the community.
To promote and maintain the highest standard of professional conduct by orthopaedic surgeons.
To promote mutual understanding and fellowship between orthopaedic surgeons.
To promote good relations between orthopaedic surgeons and others engaged in the practise of medicine and between orthopaedic surgeons and the community.
To promote and safeguard the professional interests and the conditions of practice of orthopaedic surgeons.
To promote and safeguard the freedom of choice of individual members of the community to seek and obtain the services of orthopaedic surgeons and others practising in both the private and public sectors of medicine.
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What you have to do to become a member
Download the Application for Membership form
which includes the Terms and Conditions of
Membership on the back page.
Fill out the Form and mail it with your payment to:
Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons
PO Box 12, ARNCLIFFE NSW 2205
Make sure that your Nominator and Seconder are
financial members of ASOS. Contact ASOS if you
have any questions.Download the Application for Membership
Eulogy: Kevin Fuller
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Patients Denied Access to Doctors???
Reports that patients have been left without medical attention by a system designed by NSW hospital bureaucrats have stunned orthopaedic surgeons. The SMH (10.1.09) claims that a new system known as NART (Nurse Ambulance Release Team) was set up and not dismantled until the deaths of 2 patients.
The Deaf and Doctors: A Shepherd's Two Flocks
During the time that I have occupied myself with the world of the deaf and the independence of the profession, I have managed to maintain a busy orthopaedic practice and, I believe, a good standard in my specialty. I became responsible for the non- compulsory continuing education of orthopaedic surgeons throughout Australia for 3 years and later became president of the Australian Orthopaedic Association, in 1987. I am a little sad- dened by the fact that I was unable to publish the results of much of my own work because of other commitments; perhaps I was just not motivated enough.
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