האיגוד הישראלי לאורתופדיה

Israel Orthopedic Association

Annual Meeting and Specialty Day, December 17-19, 2008, Jerusalem

The Israeli Orthopaedic Association (IOA) is a non profitable organization. Prof Dan Atar ( Head of Orthopaedic Department at Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva) is the president of the IOA.
The IOA is run by the board , whose members are:

Dr Gabi Agar – secretary
Dr David Angel – Treasurer
Dr Moshe Pritch (Perri) - member
Dr Sevi Roger – Chairman of scientific committee
Prof Gershon Volpin – Chairman of scientific council
Ms Ora Naor – secretary

The scientific council members are:

Prof Gershon Volpin– Chairman
Prof Yigal Mirovsky
Prof. Moshe Salai
Dr Noam Bor
Prof Meir Nyska
Dr Eli Adar
Dr Steven Velkes
Dr Mati Noff
Dr Uri Givon

Several Societies are working in the field of Orthopedics, in order to update it’s members, encourage research and teach post graduate orthopedic residents.

Society	LINK	Commitee
Hip Society		Chairman – Avraham Garti avrahamg2@clalit.org.il Secretary – Arieh Kandel kandel@haddasah.org.il
Skeletal tumors	http://www.orthotumor.org	Chairman – Dr Erwin Sucher esucher@012.net.il
Spine		Chairman – Dr J Leitner
Knee and Arthroscopy		Chairman – Dr Yiftach Beer beery@post.tau.ac.il
Foot and Ankle	http://www.iofas.co.il/	Chairman – Prof. Meir Nyska nyska@internet-zahav.net Secretary - Dr Elisha Freund drfreund@inter.net.il
Shoulder and Elbow		Chairman- Dr Barchilon Vidal barchilonvidal@clalit.org.il Secretary- Dr Laufer Gil michalla@netvision.net.il
Pediatric Orthopaedic		Chairman- Dr David Angel drangel@netvision.net.il Secretary - Prof. Victor Bialik Member - Dr Noam Bor Coordinator - Dr Franklin Lokiec. flokiec@tasmc.health.gov.il
Trauma		Chairman – Dr Chaim Zinman. c_zinman@rambam.health.gov.il Secretary – Dr Nachshon Shazar Member – Dr Shaul Sagiv