Awards & Research Grants

AAHS members have access to the following Association Awards and Grants:

• Annual Research Grant
• Vargas International Hand Therapist Teaching Award
• HSE/AAHS/PSF Combined Pilot Research Grant

Annual Scientific Session

AAHS holds a four-day annual meeting every year in January/February. The meeting offers abstracted paper presentations, instructional courses, invited lectures, panels, hands-on workshops, poster presentations, and commercial exhibits. The meeting is held in a resort location with a variety of events for socializing and meeting professional colleagues and their spouses. Members enjoy a reduced registration fee for this event and receive Continuing Medical Education Credits.

HAND

HAND is the official journal of the American Association for Hand Surgery and a subscription to the journal is included with AAHS membership. The purpose of HAND is to provide an international peer reviewed journal which combines multidisciplinary expertise from surgical, medical, hand therapy and other health care professional specialties to advance the quality of care and health of patients with hand and upper extremity pathologies.

HAND is a quarterly multidisciplinary peer reviewed journal which publishes original clinical and basic science articles, comprehensive critical reviews and unique case reports related to the management of pathologies in the hand and upper extremity. Studies which are published in Hand and involve human subjects must adhere to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki, have approval by an institutional ethics review board, and have appropriate patient informed consent. Studies which involve animal models must adhere to the animal care and use guidelines of the National Institutes of Health and/or the appropriate institutional review board.

Hand Surgery Quarterly Newsletter

Issued quarterly to all members free of charge, the AAHS newsletter is the Association's primary communication vehicle. It provides information on socioeconomic issues, Association activities, continuing education opportunities, members' activities and achievements, ideas and innovations in hand surgery/hand therapy, and CAQSH and Fellowship updates.

Roster/Affiliate Resource Network

Available online through the Members Only section, it offers at-your-fingertip access to the names, contact information and areas of expertise of Association members. This is a valuable resource.