ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Members,

It is a great honor and privilege for me to announce you to participate in the annual meeting of ARCO 2009 (Association Research Circulation Osseous, The 15th International Symposium on Bone Circulation) being held on November 17- 19, 2009 in Shinyokohama, Japan.

The aims of ARCO are to encourage, coordinate and undertake clinical and basic research in the field of bone circulation and its disorders, especially in osteonecrosis.

An outstanding meeting coordinated by Professor David S. Hungerford was held 2007, Baltimore, USA. The special supplemental issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery selected paper form ARCO 2005 (the 13th International Symposium on Bone Circulation) which was held in London, United Kingdom, was published 2006. ARCO is the scientific society dedicated to the idea of providing a valuable environment for orthopaedic surgeons, scientists, and to get together and share their work.

Recently, there has been a significant achievement in the field of the pathogenesis and treatment of osteonecrosis, pathophysiology of bone circulation.  

ARCO 2009 will give the splendid opportunity for orthopaedic surgeons, scientists
for discussing the field of osteonecrosis, bone circulation, exchange of ideas, and to making the world wide communication.　The meeting will be held in combination with 37th annual meeting of Japanese Society for Joint Disease in part.

I am look forward to welcoming you to ARCO 2009 in Shinyokohama, Japan.
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Best regards,

Takashi Atsumi, M.D.
President ARCO
Chair of the meeting of ARCO 2009, 15th International Symposium on Bone Circulation