Stay a vital step ahead in your continuing education, peer networking and professional affiliation while enjoying exclusive membership access to essential resources, programs and other amenities of joining the AOFAS. Join a growing membership now totaling more than 1,900 orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeons.
Membership Information:
Lois Bierman
Director of Membership & Marketing
847-384-4382
LBierman@aofas.org
Who are AOFAS Members?
AOFAS members are orthopaedic surgeons (MD) and doctors of osteopathy (DO) with a special interest in the foot and ankle. Members of the Society have completed medical school, up to five years of orthopaedic residency and continue to update their education in foot and ankle surgery. AOFAS members hold membership in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and are certified by or eligible for certification by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons or the American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery. You are invited to join a Society whose members are dedicated to providing the highest quality foot and ankle care to the public.
Member Benefits
By joining the AOFAS you will be able to further your knowledge in foot and ankle care through the Society's excellent continuing education programs, receive a print subscription to Foot & Ankle International, the Society’s internationally recognized peer-reviewed scientific journal, and enjoy many other benefits of membership.
Top Ten Member Benefits
- Continuing medical education opportunities including Specialty Day, the Annual Meeting, the Advanced Foot and Ankle Course, the Surgical Complications in Foot and Ankle Surgery Course (sold out in 2007, 2009 and 201), and more.
- Print subscription to the Foot & Ankle International scientific journal and the AOFAS newsletter, In~Stride.
- Reduced member registration fees for AOFAS courses, meetings and products.
- Referral listing for the public on the AOFAS website with link to your home page.
- Access to the Society's Research Grants Program and Traveling Fellowship Program, as well as the awards for best clinical and research papers and the best technique tips at the Annual Summer Meeting.
- Access to the Members-Only information available at www.aofas.org.
- Reduced member pricing to post a job opening on the online Career Center, which offers free access to job seekers.
- The opportunity to use your voice to guide the Society by serving on an AOFAS committee.
- Access to the AOFAS health policy and public education program working to promote orthopaedists' interest in foot and ankle care.
- Professionalism and an opportunity to share experiences with colleagues.
