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News from the California Orthopaedic Association
| Updated: 9-19-2024

Caliofornia Orthopaedic Association 2025 Annual Meeting banner, with photos of Universal City, showing high rise building, Universal Studios entrance, and palm trees by pool

 

Resident Paper Contest


Call for Resident Papers – COA’s 2025 Annual Meeting.
Hollywood Hills | May 1-4, 2025
  • More Resident Awards – 10+ Resident Papers will be winners.
  • A session just for residents
    • How to Win in Practice
    • How to Compare Private, Academic, and Employed Jobs in CA
    • How to adjust to life as Attending

 

When is this happening?
May 1-4, 2025 – Hilton Universal City, Los Angeles Area.
Papers will be presented on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

 

How Can You Participate?
Submit your paper to coa454@gmail.com no later than December 31, 2024. You can submit more than one paper.

Resident's awards will be:
  • Lloyd W. Taylor, MD Resident Award
  • Orthopaedic Institute for Children Resident Award
  • Clinical Awards
  • OREF Resident Award
  • J. Harold La Briola, MD Resident Award

 

Eligibility:
  • You must be a current Resident in a California Orthopaedic Program.
  • You must be a member of COA - just $25 - (the PAC is optional) https://coa.org/members/join-coa/
  • Papers submitted for consideration must be in CLINICAL RESEARCH only - no basic science papers will be accepted). You must submit the full paper and an abstract limited to 500 words.
  • The Clinical Research must have been performed during your residency and you must be the primary author.
  • Your paper can already have been presented or published.

 

Thank you for joining the competition!

James Chen, MD Program Co-Chair
Milton Little, MD Program Co-Chair
Raymond Raven, MD, MHCI MBA, COA President

 

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