Association of Pediatric Orthopedics

The Association of Pediatric Orthopedics, today area of the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery, was established in 1987 in Stuttgart (see photograph). The long-standing endeavors of Klaus Parsch (Stuttgart) and Thomas Brinkmann (Hamburg), prompted the establishing of the German Society of Pediatric Orthopedics.

After an initially meeting in the spring of '87 at the South German Orthopedic Surgeons in Baden-Baden is 24 "Companions of Children Orthopedics" in Germany, Austria and Switzerland met in Olga Hospital in Stuttgart at its first session.

1989 Association of Pediatric Orthopedics was entered in the register of relationship in Hamburg at the register court. As of now in March 1988 was trailed by the second meeting in Heidelberg. From that point forward the kids orthopedist meet for their yearly exploratory meeting in the spring. Since 1988 in Saarbrücken Every year there are numerous open exploratory gatherings of the Association of Pediatric Orthopedics in harvest time at the DGOT Annual Meeting.

Right off the bat, the German companions in the European Society of Pediatric Orthopedics (EPOS) felt installed. Close collaboration and a vivacious trade grew consequently. In 1993, a cooperation with the North American Society for Pediatric Orthopedics (Pošná) was shut.

Since 1994 in Würzburg are welcome to an address as visitors of honor and granted the Medal of Honor for yearly congress of VKO known European youngsters orthopedist. A few individuals from the Association of Pediatric Orthopedics have been recompensed as of late with the Medal of Honor: Siegfried Stotz, Munich; Thomas Brinkmann, Hamburg; Dietrich Tönnis, Dortmund; Fritz Niethard, Lutz Jani, Mannheim; Frederick Large, Hannover; Ute Maronna, Frankfurt; Klaus Parsch, Stuttgart; Aachen; Fritz Hefti, Basel; Franz Grill, Vienna; Reinhard Graf, Stolzalpe, Ludwig Meiss, Hamburg;.

The Association of Pediatric Orthopedics since 1994 gives a Science Award (first: Sopur Prize) for the best investigative work around there.

Since 2002, at regular intervals travel allows likewise are guaranteed to advance the clinical and youthful researchers.

Since 2008, a four-day will be composed in November "Kompaktkurs pediatric orthopedics", the deformities in othopedic preparing effectively battled and appreciates incredible prominence.

In 2014 the primary Ausbildungsauschuss sorted out an eight-unit course framework for getting the "Declaration Pediatric Orthopedics" in different facilities.