{{Short description|Orthopedic organization}} {{primary sources|date=October 2011}} thumb|AAOS Building – Rosemont, IL{{Infobox organization | name = AAOS | formation = {{Start date and age|1933}} | full_name = American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | headquarters = AAOS Building<br>9400 West Higgins Road, Rosemont, Illinois, 60018-4976 | location = United States | website = {{URL|https://www.aaos.org}} }} The '''American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons''' ('''AAOS''') is an orthopedic organization. Founded at Northwestern University in 1933, as of 2015 AAOS had grown to include about 39,000 members.<ref name=about>AAOS [http://www.aaos.org/about/memchart.asp Members] Page accessed June 27, 2015</ref> The group provides education and practice management services for orthopedic surgeons and allied health professionals. It also lobbies and works on public education. It describes itself as "the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists."<ref name=backgrnd>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aaos.org/about/backgrnd.asp |title=AAOS Background |access-date=2009-02-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115202506/http://www.aaos.org/about/backgrnd.asp |archive-date=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is a provider of musculoskeletal education to orthopaedic surgeons and others. Its continuing medical education activities include an annual meeting, multiple CME courses held around the country and at the Orthopaedic Learning Center, and various medical and scientific publications and electronic media materials.
==AAOS Now== Monthly nonpeer-reviewed news magazine published by the AAOS.
==Notable people== *Philip D. Wilson Jr. – president, 1972 *Joseph A. Bosco III, MD, FAAOS - president, 2020
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==External links== *[http://www.aaos.org/ Official website]
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Category:Surgical organizations based in the United States Category:Orthopedic organizations Category:Organizations established in 1933 Category:Medical and health organizations based in Illinois