Asia Pacific Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine

Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society (APKASS) is a non-profit, international scientific society open to all individuals involved in knee surgery, arthroscopy and sports medicine.

APKASS - Evolving from APOSSM

APKASS is an evolution of Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine(APOSSM) in response to the growing trend both regionally and globally of combining arthroscopy, knee surgery and orthopaedic sport medicine into a coherent group. APOSSM along with the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS) was established in 1995 in Hong Kong. In 2008, APOSSM established its Head Office in Hong Kong SAR. APOSSM is a strong supporter of ISAKOS. Collaborating with European Society of Sports Traumatology Keen Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA), American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) & Latin American Society of Knee Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine (SLARD). APOSSM has been well recognized as the regional leader in sports medicine field. The first APOSSM Congress was held in 1995 at Hong Kong. Taipei, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Japan have hosted the Congress in 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006, 2008 and 2010 respectively. 2012 marked a significant year of change for APOSSM. In response to the growing trend both regionally and globally of combining arthroscopy, knee surgery and orthopaedic sport medicine into a coherent group, APOSSM began its evolution into the new society of Asia-Pacific Knee, Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine Society (APKASS).The Congress of Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine (CASM) is a combined meeting of 3 sister fraternities - IAS, Asia Arthroscopy Congress (AAC) and Asia Pacific Orthopedic & Sports Medicine (APOSSM). The official announcement of APKASS was delivered at CASM to an international crowd of experts and leaders in the orthopaedic realm. 

Objectives of forming APKASS

To stay aware of the worldwide pattern and to meet the expert and social interest, To take up the authority part in the Asia-Pacific locale, To sustain the future era and to assemble another stage, To empower examination, training and the trading of clinical and logical data among the different Asia-pacific nations in the fields of knee surgery, arthroscopy and games pharmaceutical, the general public unites specialists work in the previously mentioned fields.  To advance knee surgery, arthroscopy and games prescription through arranging courses and meetings and related exploratory and instructive exercises to improve the interest of authorities in the field.