{{Short description|Nonprofit medical organization}} The '''Osteoarthritis Research Society International''' ('''OARSI''') is a non-profit scientific organization.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mobasheri |first1=Ali |last2=Im |first2=Gun-il |last3=Katz |first3=Jeffrey N. |last4=Loughlin |first4=John |last5=Kraus |first5=Virginia B. |last6=Sandell |first6=Linda J. |last7=Berenbaum |first7=Francis |last8=Abramson |first8=Steve |last9=Lotz |first9=Martin |last10=Hochberg |first10=Marc |last11=Pelletier |first11=Jean-Pierre |last12=Madry |first12=Henning |last13=Block |first13=Joel A. |last14=Lohmander |first14=L. Stefan |last15=Altman |first15=Roy D. |date=2021-06-01 |title=Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI): Past, present and future |journal=Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open |volume=3 |issue=2 |article-number=100146 |doi=10.1016/j.ocarto.2021.100146 |doi-access=free|pmid=36474983 |pmc=9718339 |issn=2665-9131}}</ref><ref>[http://www.oarsi.org OARSI.org]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dryden |first=Jim |date=2016-05-06 |title=Sandell honored by Osteoarthritis Research Society |url=https://medicine.washu.edu/news/sandell-honored-osteoarthritis-research-society/ |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=WashU Medicine |language=en}}</ref> The mission of OARSI is to promote and advance research for the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Max-Delbrück-Centrum |first=Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung-Charité und |date=2024-09-20 |title=ATiO Foundation partners with OARSI to fight osteoarthritis - News - BIH at Charité |url=https://www.bihealth.org/en/notices/atio-foundation-partners-with-oarsi-to-fight-osteoarthritis |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung - Charité und Max-Delbrück-Centrum |language=en}}</ref>
OARSI publishes an international fully peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal, ''Osteoarthritis and Cartilage''. Many specialists, practitioners and researchers use this journal as a forum for idea dissemination related to diseases of cartilage and joints.
==World Congress on Osteoarthritis==
Each year OARSI hosts a world congress on osteoarthritis.
{| class=wikitable ! Year !! Congress !! Location |- | 2019 || 24th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Toronto, Canada |- | 2018 || 23rd World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Liverpool, United Kingdom |- | 2017 || 22nd World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Las Vegas, United States |- | 2016 || 21st World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Amsterdam, Netherlands |- | 2015 || 20th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Seattle, United States |- | 2014 || 19th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Paris, France |- | 2013 || 18th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Philadelphia, United States |- | 2012 || 17th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Barcelona, Spain |- | 2011 || 16th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || San Diego, United States |- | 2010 || 15th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Brussels, Belgium |- | 2009 || 14th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Montreal, Canada |- | 2008 || 13th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Rome, Italy |- | 2007 || 12th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Fort Lauderdale, United States |- | 2006 || 11th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Prague, Czech Republic |- | 2005 || 10th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Boston, United States |- | 2004 || 9th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Chicago, United States |- | 2003 || 8th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Berlin, Germany |- | 2002 || 7th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Sydney, Australia |- | 2001 || 6th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Washington, DC, United States |- | 2000 || 5th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Barcelona, Spain |- | 1999 || 4th World Congress on Osteoarthritis || Vienna, Austria |- | 1997 || 3rd International Osteoarthritis Research Society Congress || Singapore, Singapore |- | 1994 || 2nd International Osteoarthritis Research Society Congress || Orlando, United States |- | 1992 || 1st International Congress of the Osteoarthritis Research Society || Paris, France |}
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==External links== * [https://oarsi.org/ Osteoarthritis Research Society International]
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Category:Arthritis organizations Category:International medical and health organizations Category:International organizations based in the United States
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