The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2009;91:1-2.
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Introduction: The Science and the Surgery of Congenital Upper-Limb Malformations

Michelle A. James, MD1 and Peter F. Armstrong, MD, FRCSC2

1 Shriners Hospital for Children Northern California, 2425 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95817. E-mail address: mjames@shrinenet.org
2 Shriners Hospitals for Children International Headquarters, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607

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The 2008 Shriners Hospitals for Children (SHC) Symposium, "The Science and the Surgery of Congenital Upper-Limb Malformations," was the sixth triennial symposium in this series. The concept of a series of symposia on pediatric orthopaedic topics originated with Newton C. McCollough III, MD. As president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in 1989, Dr. McCollough worked together with Mr. Gene Bracewell, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of SHC, to arrange for the SHC board to grant $50,000 every three years to fund a workshop that would result in a publication on prevention, treatment, and future directions for an important pediatric orthopaedic condition.

The first four symposia were jointly sponsored by SHC and the AAOS. The fifth symposium, the topic of which was the immature spine, was a joint venture of SHC, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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