I. Membership Criteria
- Board eligible by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Consejo Mexican de Orthopedia, or the American Osteopathic Association. Applicants must practice or reside in the continent of North America.
- This category of membership is not open to those who have previously applied for Active membership. Such applicants may be eligible to re-apply for Active Membership under the terms defined in the Bylaws.
II. Documents Needed
- Narrative/personal statement reflecting possible contributions to AANA
- CV
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)
or
1 Active member and 1 Chief of Surgery or Chief of Orthopaedics
or
1 Fellowship Director if the completion of the program is no more than two years or less from the date of application
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. Membership Obligations
- Pay any required dues and assessments
- Attend at least one AANA Annual Meeting, one AANA Fall Course, or one AANA Learning Center course within each three year period.
- adhere to all rules, regulations and criteria of Associate 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.
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