About Us: Lebanese Orthopaedic Association


	THE LEBANESE ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION Letter from the president Dear Colleagues: The 2003 annual meeting of the Lebanese Orthopaedic Association will take place in the Order Of Physicians Center, in Beirut. I wish to welcome you all, on behalf of the Board of the LOA, the Scientific and Organizing Committees. This year’s meeting is honored to welcome opinion leaders in the fields of Knee, Pediatric, Spine and Upper Extremity surgery. Over twelve instructional course lectures will be given by Jean-Noel Argenson, George Pennecot, Jean-Charles Le Huec and Christophe Oberlin. Thirty free papers from Lebanon and abroad are presented at the meeting. Workshops and business meetings will be held during lunch breaks. The organizers will be happy to inform you in the kind. Make sure to visit the Exhibit Hall. New technologies and state of the art armamentarium (including Hands On) are presented by experts in the field of orthopaedics. A Welcome Dinner will take place on Friday 6, at the Phoenicia Hotel, around the pool. The Gala Dinner is at the Bristol Hotel on Saturday 7. It will be a great opportunity for all of us to share cares and joys. The Board of the Lebanese Orthopaedic Association made the deed to pay tribute to outstanding orthopaedic surgeons with outstanding career. This year tribute will take place on Friday 6 at 17h 20 at the auditorium. Your participation will make this tribute even greater. As from today, The Lebanese Orthopaedic Association will have its own web site. You will be able to visit us at “www.ortholeb.org” for members address, events, registration, newsletter, case study, various links etc... Since specialty groups are being created in our association, we would like our members to fill the questionnaire in that respect. Please remember you may become part of more than one group. I would like to thank the Scientific and the Organizing committees for their dedication in working on a diverse educational program for this meeting. This meeting would not have been possible without our sponsors’ support. We thank them warmly for their participation in this scientific event. Infomed did a great job helping us put together this meeting. We thank each member of their team for the relentless efforts they made. Dear members and friends this association is your flag. Let us experience together the flagship of orthopaedic education. Raja K. Chaftari President of the Lebanese Orthopaedic Association