I. Membership Criteria

1. Board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, Consejo Mexicana de Orthopedia, or the American Osteopathic Association. Applicants must practice or reside in the continent of North America.
2. Perform a minimum of 50 arthroscopic procedures within a 12 month period; 25 procedures are the minimum for hand and foot surgeons.
3. Attend an AANA meeting within two years prior to joining

II. Documents Needed

1. Narrative/personal statement reflecting possible contributions to AANA
2. CV
3. 20 consecutive arthroscopic operative reports (see example) If your reports do not reflect the information in the example, submit the material in a separate sheet with each report.
4. Proof of certification by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, Consejo Mexicana de Orthopedia, or the American Osteopathic Association.

III. Application Fee
$100.00 application fee. American Express not accepted.

IV. Sponsors Needed   Search for sponsors
You will need your sponsors e-mail address to send them the form.

2 Active members (Associate members are not eligible to serve as sponsors. Only one sponsor may be from your own practice group.)
or
1 Active member and 1 Chief of Surgery or Chief of Orthopaedics

Your application will not be complete until both of your sponsor forms have arrived at the AANA office. Please check the Application Status page periodically to see what sponsors have arrived.

V. Application Deadline December 1
Final membership elections will be held at the Annual Meeting. You will be notified of the results as soon as possible after the Annual Meeting.

VI. Membership Obligations

1. Pay any required dues and assessments
2. Attend at least one AANA Annual Meeting, one AANA Fall Course, or one AANA Learning Center course within each three year period.
3. adhere to all rules, regulations and criteria of Active Membership as outlined in AANA’s Bylaws
    

The system will allow you to start the application and finish it later if you don’t have all of your documents readily available. If you click the FINISH LATER button, you will be given an application number. Please retain that number. When you enter the system again to finish the application, you will be asked to supply the application number and the e-mail address you input on the application in the office information section to continue.

Start Active Application