The mission of the International Society of Orthopaedic Centers (ISOC) is to facilitate the exchange of ideas and best practices among the premier specialty orthopaedic institutions in the world and to collaborate on patient care, education, and research-based programs to advance improvements in orthopaedic care on a global scale.
While
the main focus of ISOC will be the organization of an annual meeting in
a host member city, the group will commit each year to support flagship
programs in patient care, education, and research. Such programs may include:
• A cross-institutional study to analyze and compare patient pathways
• An international fellowship program for physicians to visit ISOC
centers
• Charity mission in host country and/or support for and partnership
with international health organizations
The
criteria for membership includes:
• Function as a specialty orthopaedic hospital or as a large orthopaedic
department within a hospital,
• Perform >5,000 total orthopaedic procedures each year,
• Have an orthopaedic staff of >20 surgeons who collectively
publish more than five annual articles in peer-reviewed publications,
• Conduct and exhibit a commitment to basic and clinical research,
and
• Function as or within an academic center (i.e., there must be
orthopaedic residents or fellows in training)
Member
Centers
• Belgium: University Hospitals (Leuven)
• Canada: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre(Toronto)
•
Chile: Clinica Alemana (Santiago)
• Germany: Helios Endo-Klinik (Hamburg)
• India: Ganga Hospital (Coimbatore)
• Italy: Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli (Bologna)
• Italy: I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi (Milan)
• Mexico: Instituto Nacional De Rehabilitacion (Mexico City)
• The Netherlands: Sint Maartenskliniek (Nijmegen)
• South Africa: University of Cape Town, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Sweden: Skåne University Hospital (Lund)
• Switzerland: Schulthess Klinik (Zurich)
• United Kingdom: Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Stanmore, Middlesex)
• USA: Campbell Clinic (Tennesee)
• USA: Hospital for Special Surgery (New York)
• USA: Mayo Clinic (Minnesota)
Consortium Members
• Austrailia Mater Hospital (Sydney)
• Australia University of New South Wales (Sydney)
The International Society of Orthopaedic Centers (ISOC) was featured in El Mercuno, a leading newspaper in Chile. The article is entitled "Global representatives in Traumatology and Orthopaedics meet at Clinica Alemana".
Download El Mercuno article here...
Read interview with Dr. Sculco in Orthopaedics This Week, (On and Off) the Record by RRY Publications here.
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