British Orthopaedic Association
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{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
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| formation = {{start date and age|1918}}
| founder = Harry Platt
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| location = 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
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| membership = 4,000
| membership_year = 2013
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| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Simon Hodkinson
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The British Orthopaedic Association is a professional association in Britain for doctors who specialize in orthopaedic surgery.
History
The British Orthopaedic Association was founded in 1918.{{cite web |url=http://www.boa.ac.uk/About/Pages/Home.aspx |title=About BOA |work=boa.ac.uk |year=2013 |access-date=5 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216114731/http://boa.ac.uk/About/Pages/Home.aspx |archive-date=16 February 2014 |url-status=dead}} One of the founders was Harry Platt, who went on to serve as its president in 1934-1935.{{cite ODNB |first=R. B. |last=Duthie |chapter=Platt, Sir Harry, first baronet (1886–1986) |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |orig-year=2004 |edition=Online |date=September 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/40077 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40077 |access-date=20 July 2013}}
As of 2013 the organisation reports having 4,000 members with most based in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The BOA represents 40% of the total surgical workforce in Britain.
In 1919 the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery became the official journal of the British Orthopaedic Association in addition to the American Orthopedic Association.{{cite journal |last=Cowell |first=Henry R. |title=A Brief History of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |journal=Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research |publisher=Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) | volume=374 | year=2000 | issn=0009-921X | doi=10.1097/00003086-200005000-00012 | pages=136–144}}
Projects
In 2012 Royal College of Surgeons of England and the British Orthopaedic Association called for increased regulation of implants to prevent implant failure.{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9631974/Faulty-medical-implants-investigation-Patients-failed-by-poor-implant-regulation-say-surgeons.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121025092558/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9631974/Faulty-medical-implants-investigation-Patients-failed-by-poor-implant-regulation-say-surgeons.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 25 October 2012 |title=Faulty medical implants investigation: Patients failed by poor implant regulation, say surgeons - Telegraph |first1=Holly |last1=Watt |first2=Claire |last2=Newell |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=24 October 2012 |location=London |issn=0307-1235 |oclc=49632006}}
In association with the BGS, the BOA set up the National hip fracture database for England and Wales.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.boa.ac.uk|BOA Official Website}}
- [https://www.orthopedie.nl/ Orthopedic Resources]
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Category:Orthopedic organizations
Category:1918 establishments in England
Category:Health in the City of Westminster
Category:Organisations based in the City of Westminster
Category:Professional associations based in the United Kingdom