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10 Reasons to Join AAHS

Today's health care professional is being pulled in many directions by a variety of external forces and organizations. Should you commit your valuable time and money to becoming a member of AAHS? We believe the answer is "yes"! Here's why...

1. Subscription to the association’s peer reviewed journal, Hand.
2. Subscription to the association’s newsletter, Hand Surgery Quarterly
3. Access to the highest quality education programs at reduced member registration rates.
4. Access to research grant funds.
5. Access to reduced fees for all Association-sponsored activities, products, and services.
6. Access to the prestige that accompanies membership in a professional organization.
7. Opportunities to exchange ideas and interact with the most well-respected professionals in hand surgery and hand therapy.
8. Opportunities to serve in leadership positions within the organization through the Board of Directors and committees.
9. Opportunities to help envision and influence the future of the profession.
10. Opportunities to see and hear about the latest products, ideas, innovations, and research facilities related to hand surgery.
11. Opportunities to receive recognition for professional accomplishments and for service to AAHS.
12. Opportunities for you and your family to attend AAHS at memorable locations across the United States and abroad.

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Membership Benefits

AAHS awards research grants each year up to $10,000 for members to pursue research in basic science and/or clinical areas pertinent to hand surgery education. AAHS holds regular high-quality educational symposia each year offering in-depth instruction by noted experts in hand surgery. Every third year, AAHS conducts a week-long conference following the meeting of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand usually in an adjacent country. This meeting fosters improved communication between hand surgeons, therapists, and scientists from around the world. Members enjoy a reduced registration fee for all educational activities and receive Continuing Medical Education Credits.  Back

AAHS holds a four-day annual meeting every year in January/February. The meeting offers abstracted paper presentations, instructional courses, invited lectures, panels, hands-on workshops, poster presentations, and commercial exhibits. The meeting is held in a resort location with a variety of events for socializing and meeting professional colleagues and their spouses. Members enjoy a reduced registration fee for this event and receive Continuing Medical Education Credits.  Back

Issued quarterly to all members free of charge, the AAHS newsletter is the Association's primary communication vehicle. It provides information on socioeconomic issues, Association activities, continuing education opportunities, members' activities and achievements, ideas and innovations in hand surgery/hand therapy, and CAQSH and Fellowship updates.  Back

Available online through the Members Only section, it offers at-your-fingertip access to the names, contact information and areas of expertise of Association members. This is a valuable resource.  Back

Membership Categories

Active membership is limited to those surgeons who are board certified by the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, the American Board of Plastic Surgery, or their Canadian equivalents. Candidates for membership may possess a DO. For more Active Membership information, click here.
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Affiliate membership is available to individuals of the medical profession, basic science or allied services whose interests and contributions are related to the advancement of hand surgery and hand therapy. For more Affiliate Membership information, click here.
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Candidate membership is available surgeons or other individuals of the medical profession, basic sciences or allied services who are either in training or within three (3) years of completion of training in an accredited training program in the United States or Canada and whose interests and contributions are related to the advancement of Hand Surgery. For more Candidate Membership information, click here.
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International membership may be conferred by the Board of Directors on hand surgeons who reside and practice in countries other than the United States and Canada, who have achieved distinction in surgery in their own country, and who are members in good standing of their national surgical organization(s). For more International Membership information, click here.
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Membership Applications