THANK YOU EVERYONE for your participation in the Annual Scientific Meeting of the
Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society,
July 22-23, 2011, in Chicago, IL.

   The meeting was energetic, progressive and very successful. We commenced the meeting with honor and remembrance of Professor Roberto Cattaneo, Lecco, Italy who has recently passed away. He was the “Patron of Western Instruction of the Ilizarov Method.”

   There were over 60 papers submitted and 48 presented at the annual meeting. All of outstanding quality and from which we chose the three best papers for the Specialty Day at the AAOS Annual Meeting 2012 in San Francisco.

   The special segment, “HOW I SEE IT NOW,” was outstanding and honored the Past Presidents of the LLRS in attendance.

Stuart Green
Deborah Stanitski
Jason Calhoun
Charles Price
Richard Davidson
Jim Binski
John Birch
James Hutson
David Lowenberg
George Cierny
John Sontich

   Cases were prepared by John Sontich (trauma), Jim McCarthy (pediatric deformity) and George Cierny (infection reconstruction). The “Round Table of Discussion” by the past presidents of the presented cases led to a lively discussion of each and their criticism valuable for the whole audience.

Again, we thank you for your attendance and look forward to seeing you next year!

Sincerely,

Doreen DiPasquale
Jim McCarthy