12^th International Sports Medicine Fellows Abstract Award

The International Sports Medicine Fellows Conference has added two abstract based awards to the program for the 2012 meeting. The awards were created with the intention to highlight past orthopaedic sports medicine fellows to contribute quality data and presentations to the International Sports Medicine Fellows Conference.

There are awards in the categories of Hip Arthroscopy and Articular Cartilage Repair. Each first place winner will be invited to give a presentation at the 12^th International Sports Medicine Conference. Submissions are limited to 1 abstract per person per award.

This award is for the best abstract submitted via the online award application process in the category of Hip Arthroscopy. Applicants must be previous Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows from 2009-2011 and be able to provide a 25 word summary of the abstract.

Abstracts and award applications must be submitted before December 1, 2011.

This award is for the best abstract submitted via the online award application process in the category of Articular Cartilage Repair. Applicants must be previous Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Fellows from 2009-2011 and be able to provide a 25 word summary of the abstract.

Abstracts and award applications must be submitted before December 1, 2011.

All applications submitted for both categories will be reviewed by faculty of the Sports Medicine Fellows Conference. One finalist per category will be chosen based upon the quality of the abstract and the data presented. The finalists will be invited to present at the 12^th International Sports Medicine Fellows Conference January 27-29, 2012 in Carlsbad, California.

The Finalist of each award will present during a special presentation at the 12^th International Sports Medicine Fellows Conference. In addition to the presentation, the finalists will receive a US $2,000 monetary award, as well as up to US $2,000 for travel expenses (Hotel, Airfare and Transportation).