AAAASF American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities

AACPDM American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine

AAETS American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress

AAFP American Academy of Family Physicians

AAHKS American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons

AAHS American Association for Hand Surgery

AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges

AAMF Annuaire des Associations Médicales de France

AANA Arthroscopy Association of North America

AAOFAS American Association of Orthopædic Foot and Ankle Surgeons

AAOP American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists

AAOS American Academy of Orthopædic Surgery

AAOT Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia y Traumatologia

AAPMR American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

AAPS American Association of Physician Specialists

AAPSM American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine

AAS Annuaire des Associations de Santé (FR)

AAST American Association for the Surgery of Trauma

AAWM American Academy of Wound Management

ABA Association Belge d'Arthroscopie - Belgian Arthroscopy Association

ABJS Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons

ABMS American Board of Medical Specialties

ABOS American Board of Orthopædic Surgery

ABS American Back Society

ABTA American Brain Tumour Association

ACA American Chiropractic Association

ACA Amputee Coalition of America

ACCME Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

ACDM Association for Clinical Data Management

ACPOC Association of Children's Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics

ACR American College of Rheumatology

ACRM American Congress on Rehabilitation Medicine

ACS American College of Surgeons

ACSAC Association Contre la Spondylarthrite Ankylosante et ses Conséquences (FR)

ACSM American College of Sports Medicine

ACSP Australian College of Sports Physicians

ACTG Aids Clinical Trials Group

ACTIF Association pour la Coordination des Techniques d'Information et de Formation des personnels sanitaires et sociaux

ADEHPA Association des Directeurs d'Établissements d'Hébergement de Personnes Agées

ADIM Association pour le Développement de l'Informatique Médicale

ADLF Association des Diététiciens de Langue Française

ADM Agence Du Médicament (FR)

ADMD Association pour le Droit à Mourir dans la Dignité

ADRIM Association pour le Développement et la Recherche en Informatique Médicale

AEA Asociación Española de Artroscopia / Spanish Arthroscopy Association

AEEM Agence Européenne pour l'Évaluation des Médicaments

AFC Association Française de Chiropratique

AFD Association Française des Diabétiques (FR)

AFG Association Française de Gestion de services et établissements pour personnes autistes

AFIB Association Française des Ingénieurs Biomédicaux

AFLAR Association Française de Lutte Anti-Rhumatismale

AFLM Association Française de Lutte contre la Mucoviscidose (FR)

AFNOR Association Française de Normalisation

AFSSAPS Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits de Santé

AGMF Association Générale des Médecins de France

AHA American Hospital Association

AHF Association Huntington France

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (USA)

AIMBE American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

AIOD Association Internationale pour l'Ostéosynthèse Dynamique

AIOSM American Institute of Orthopædic and Sports Medicine

AJAO American Juvenile Arthritis Organization

AKS American Knee Society

AMA American Medical Association

AMG Aide Médicale Gratuite

AMIA American Medical Informatics Association

AMM Association Médicale Mondiale

AMSSM American Medical Society for Sports Medicine

AMVI Alliance Mondiale pour les Vaccins et l'Immunisation

ANAES Agence Nationale d'Accréditation et d'Évaluation en Santé (FR)

ANATH Association Nationale des Adjoints Techniques Hospitaliers

ANDEM Agence Nationale pour le Développement de l'Évaluation Médicale (FR)

ANEMF Association Nationale des Étudiants en Médecine de France

ANHL Association Nationale des Hôpitaux Locaux

ANIHEB Association Nationale des Ingénieurs Hospitaliers et Biomédicaux

ANMPPT Association Nationale de Médecine Professionnelle des Personnels Territoriaux

ANPDE Association Nationale des Puéricultrices Diplômées et des Étudiantes

AO Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Osteosynthesefragen

AOA American Orthopædic Association (also: AAOS Related Organizations)

AOA American Osteopathic Association

AOA Asean Orthopædic Association

AOA Australian Orthopædic Association

AOFAS American Orthopædic Foot and Ankle Society

AOFAS Australian Orthopædic Foot and Ankle Society

AOLF Association des Orthopédistes de Langue Française

AOPA American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association

AOQ Association d'Orthopédie du Québec (CA)

AORFA American Orthopædic Rugby Football Association

AOS Academic Orthopædic Society (USA)

AOS Alaska Orthopædic Society (USA)

AOS Arizona Orthopædic Society (USA)

AOSSM American Orthopædic Society for Sports Medicine (Journal)

APA American Paralysis Association

APF Association des Paralysés de France

APMA American Podiatric Medical Association

APTA American Physical Therapy Association

AQEPA Association du Québec pour Enfants avec des Problèmes Auditifs (CA)

ARCOL Comité français de coordination de recherches sur l'Athérosclérose et le Cholestérol

ARH Agence Régionale de l'Hospitalisation (FR)

ARHM Association du Rhône pour l'Hygiène Mentale

ASAMI Association for the Study and Application of the Ilizarov Method

ASB American Society of Biomechanics

ASBME Associated Students of Biomedical Engineering

ASBMR Austrian Society for Bone and Mineral Research

ASES American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons

ASHNR American Society of Head and Neck Radiology

ASIA American Spinal Injury Association

ASMI American Sports Medicine Institute

ASNAV Association Nationale pour l'Amélioration de la Vue

ASNR American Society of Neuroradiology

ASOPA American Society of Orthopædic Physician's Assistants

ASOS Australian Society of Orthopædic Surgeons

ASPNR American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology

ASPRS American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

ASSH American Society for Surgery of the Hand

ASSR American Society of Spine Radiology

AST Association of Surgical Technologists

ATS American Trauma Society

AURA Association pour l'Utilisation du Rein Artificiel (FR)

AVHC Association des Victimes de l'Hormone de Croissance

BAPO Belgian Association of Pediatric Orthopædics

BBC Belgian Bone Club

BEMS Bioelectromagnetics Society

BHG Belgian Hand Group

BHIA British Healthcare Internet Association

BMA British Medical Association

BMES Biomedical Engineering Society

BNLI British National Lymphoma Investigation

BOA British Orthopædic Association

BOS Bombay Orthopædic Association

BOTA Belgian Orthopædic Trauma Association

BSSH British Society for Surgery of the Hand

BVGHV Belgian Society of Medicine and Surgery of the Foot

BVOT Belgische Vereniging voor Orthopedie en Traumatologie

CAM Arbeitsgemeinschaft Cannabis und Medizin

CAPMR Canadian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

CAREPS Centre Rhône-Alpes d'Épidémiologie et de Prévention Sanitaire

CCLIN Centres de Coordination de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales

CDC Centers for Diseases Control and prevention (USA, Atlanta)

CEPH Centre d'Étude du Polymorphisme Humain

CERAH Centre d'Étude et de Recherche sur l'Appareillage des personnes Handicapées

CESSPE Comité d'Éducation Sanitaire et Sociale de la Pharmacie Française

CFCOT Collège Français des Chirurgiens Orthopédistes et Traumatologues

CFES Comité Français d'Education pour la Santé

CFR Code of Federal Regulations (USA)

CHU-Toulouse Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse

CIDR Center for Inherited Disease Research (USA)

CIP International Foot and Ankle Society

CLIN Comité de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales (FR)

CNFMC Conseil National de la Formation Médicale Continue

CNG Centre National de Génotypage (FR)

CNIL Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (FR)

CNOM Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins

CNPS Centre National des Professions de Santé (FR)

CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)

CNS Conseil National du Sida (FR)

CNTS Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine

COA California Orthopædic Association

COA Canadian Orthopædic Association

COMEDE Comité médical pour les exilés (Créé en 1979 par la Cimade, Amnesty international et le Groupe accueil solidarité pour promouvoir la santé des exilés en France.)

COMSS Council of Musculoskeletal Specialty Societies

COOMR Center for Orthopædic Oncology and Musculoskeletal Research

COPA Certified Orthotic and Prosthetic Advocates

COR Center for Orthopædic Research

CORF Carolina Orthopædic Research Foundation

COS Clinical Orthopædic Society

COS Colorado Orthopædic Society

CPCRA Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS

CPMA California Podiatric Medical Association

CPMP Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (EU)

CQCS Centre Québécois Contre le Sida (CA)

CRIPS Centre Régional d'Information et de Prévention du SIDA (FR)

CSB Canadian Society for Biomechanics (Société Canadienne de Biomécanique)

CSM Committee on Safety of Medicines (UK)

CSMSD Czech Society for Metabolic Skeletal Diseases (EFFO Member Society)

CSOS Chinese Speaking Orthopædic Society

CSOT Canadian Society of Orthopædic Technologists

CSRS Cervical Spine Research Society

CTIN Centre Technique National des Infections Nosocomiales

DEA Drug Enforcement Administration

DGS Direction Générale de la Santé (FR)

DHHS Department of Health and Human Services

DOH Dept of Health

DSHEA Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act

EAMDA Alliance Européenne pour les Maladies Neuromusculaires

EATG European AIDS Treatment Group (EU)

EBMT European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

ECGACE École de Chiens-Guides d'Aveugles du Centre Est (FR)

EDTA Association Européenne des Dialysés et Transplantés

EEXOT Hellenic Orthopædic Association

EFFAS European Foot and Ankle National Societies

EFFO European Foundation for Osteoporosis and Bone Disease

EFORT European Federation of National Associations of Orthopædics and Traumatology

EHS European Hip Society

EICESS European Intergroup Ewing's Sarcoma Study

EMRC European Medical Research Councils

ENMC European NeuroMuscular Centre / Centre européen pour les maladies neuromusculaires

EOA Eastern Orthopædic Association

EOA Egyptian Orthopædic Association

EORS European Orthopædics Research Society

EPOS European Pediatric Orthopædic Society

ESB European Society of Biomechanics

ESCAP European Society for Children and Adolescents Psychiatry / Société Européenne de psychiatrie pour enfants et adolescents

ESDS European Spinal Deformities Society

ESF European Science Foundation

ESFAS European Society of Foot and Ankle Surgeons

ESI European Surgical Institute

ESICM European Society of Intensive Care Medecine

ESS European Spine Society

ESSKA European Society for Sports Medicine, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy

FADB Fédération des Associations de Diabétiques de Bourgogne (FR)

FAOP Florida Association of Orthotists and Prosthetists

FASIG Foot and Ankle Special Interest Group

FBS Finnish Bone Society

FD Fire Department

FDA Food and Drug Administration (USA)

FEMS Fédération Européenne des Médecins Salariés

FESSH Federation of the European Societies for Surgery of the Hand

FHF Fédération Hospitalière de France

FIM Fédération française de l'Informatique Médicale

FIMS Fédération Internationale de Médecine Sportive / International Federation of Sports Medicine

FMF Fédération des Médecins de France

FMSI Federazione Medico Sportiva Italiana / Federation of Italian Sports Medicine

FNECGA Fédération Nationale des Écoles de Chiens-Guides d'Aveugles (FR)

FNOF Fédération Nationale des Omnipraticiens de France

FORE Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education

FOS Finnish Osteoporosis Society

FOSA Federation of Spine Associations

FPMA Florida Podiatric Medical Association

FSB Formosan Society of Biomechanics

GICD Groupe International Cotrel Dubousset

GSS Gruppo di Studio della Scoliosi e delle Patologie Vertebrali

HCFA Health Care Finance Administration (USA)

HCL Hospices Civils de Lyon

HEHS Health Education and Human Services (USA, GAO)

HIPSOC Hip Society

HKCOS Hong Kong College of Orthopædic Surgeons

HKOA Hong Kong Orthopædic Association

HMO Health Maintenance Organization

HON Health On the Net Foundation

HOS Hawaii Orthopædic Society

HPL Human Performance Laboratory

HSC Health and Safety Commission (UK)

HSE Health and Safety Executive (UK)

HSS Hospital for Special Surgery

HVO Health Volunteers Overseas

IACM International Association for Cannabis as Medicine / Association Internationale pour le Cannabis Médical / Asociación Internacional por el Cannabis como Medicamento / Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft Cannabis als Medizin

IAPM International Association of Medical Prosthesis Manufacturers

IAS Indian Arthroscopy Society

IBSE International Federated Body on Scoliosis Etiology

ICAAC Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemiotherapy

ICOE International Center for Orthopædic Education (USA)

ICPA International Chiropractic Pediatric Association

ICRS International Cartilage Repair Society

ICSF International College of Surgery of the Foot

IDF Immune Deficiency Foundation

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

IEMP Institut d'Éducation Médicale et de Prévention (FR)

IFMB International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering

IFOSA International Federation of Spine Associations

IFPOS International Federation of Pediatric Orthopædic Societies

IFSC International Federation of Surgical Colleges

IFSSH International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand

IHC Internet Healthcare Coalition

IHS International Hip Society

IITS International Intradiscal Therapy Society

IMF International Myeloma Foundation

IMLAS International Musculoskeletal Laser Society

IMS Institut Mondial de la Santé

INPES Institut National de Prévention et d'Éducation pour la Santé

INSERM Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (FR)

INSS International Neuroblastoma Staging System

InVS Institut de Veille Sanitaire

IOM Institute Of Medicine

IOA Indian Orthopædic Association

IOM Institute of Medicine

IPA Independent Physician Association

IPRAF International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Foundation

IPRAS International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

IPSM Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine

IRSSD International Research Society for Spinal Deformities

IRSST Institut de Recherche sur la Santé et la Sécurité au Travail (CA)

ISAK International Society for the Advancement of Kinathropometry

ISAKOS International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopædic Sports Medicine

ISB International Society of Biomechanics

ISBS International Society of Biomechanics in Sports

ISCAS International Society for Computer Aided Surgery

ISDRF International Spinal Development & Research Foundation

ISEP International Society of Educators in Physiotherapy

ISG International Shoulder Group

ISIS International Spinal Injection Society

ISMISS International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery

ISOST Internet Society of Orthopædic Surgery and Traumatology

ISPO International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics

JCOA Japanese Clinical Orthopedic Association

JOA Japanese Orthopædic Association

JSCAS Japan Society for Computer Aided Surgery

KI Karolinska Institut (Musculoskeletal Diseases)

KS Knee Society

LPE Laboratoire de Psychologie Expérimentale (CNRS, PARIS-V)

MAOT Missouri State Orthopædic Association (USA)

MARRTC Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (USA)

MDA Muscular Dystrophy Association (Australia)

MDAC Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada

MDA Muscular Dystrophy Association (USA)

MDM Médecins Du Monde (FR)

Médecins du Monde Association de solidarité internationale

MHP Médecin des Hôpitaux Publics Revue de l'UPHP Union Nationale des Praticiens des Hôpitaux Publics

MIPS Medical Image Perception Society

MODEMS Musculoskeletal Outcomes Data Evaluation and Management System

MRCAS Center for Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

MSF Médecins Sans Frontières (FR)

MSO Medical Service Organization

MSOA Missouri State Orthopædic Association

MSSE Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

MTS Musculoskeletal Tumor Society

MUSOC Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Society

NAAOP National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics & Prosthetics

NACI National Advisory Committee on Immunization (CA)

NAFSEP Nouvelle Association Française des Sclérosés en Plaques

NAOT National Association of Orthopædic Technologists

NAS National Academy of Sciences (USA)

NASPEM North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine

NASS North American Spine Society

NATA National Athletic Trainers Association

NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information (USA)

NEI National Eye Institute (USA)

NFRA National Fibromyalgia Research Association (USA)

NHGRI National Human Genome Research Institute (USA)

NHLBI National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (USA, NIH)

NIA National Institute on Aging (USA)

NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (USA, NIH department)

NIAMS National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (USA)

NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (USA)

NIDCD National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (USA)

NIDDK National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (USA)

NIDRR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research

NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (USA)

NIMH National Institute of Mental Health (USA)

NINDS National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (USA)

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA)

NISMAT Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma (USA)

NMDP National Marrow Donor Program

NMSS National Multiple Sclerosis Society

NOF National Osteoporosis Foundation

NOV Nederlandse Orthopaedisch Vereniging (Dutch Orthopædic Association)

NRC National Research Council (USA)

NSCIA National Spinal Cord Injury Association

NSFA Nouvelle Société Française d'Athérosclérose

NSMI National Sports Medicine Institute of the United Kingdom

NWOTA North West Orthopædic Trainees Association

OARG Osteoporosis and Arthritis Research Group

OARS Osteoarthritis Research Society

OATA Ohio Athletic Trainers Association

OFFA Orthopædic Foundation for Animals

OIF Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation

OLSNA Orthopædic Laser Society of North America

OMS Organisation Mondiale de la Santé

OOPD Office of Orphan Products Development (USA, FDA)

OPO Organ Procurement Organization

OPRI Office de Protection contre les Rayonnements Ionisants (FR)

OPTN Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

ORA Orthopædic Rehabilitation Association

ORBD-NR Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center

OREF Orthopædic Research and Education Foundation

ORS Orthopædic Research Society

ORS-ROC Orthopedic Research Society - Republic of China

ORV Orthopædic Research of Virginia

OSTOP Osteoporosis Society of British Columbia

OTA Orthopædic Trauma Association (Newsletter)

OWL Orthopædic Web Links

PAHO Pan American Health Organization

PASTEUR Institut (FR)

PBOSRF Palm Beach Orthopædic and Spinal Research Foundation

PFOLA Prescription Foot Orthotic Laboratory Association

PHO Physician Health Organization

POS Piedmont Orthopædic Society

POSI Paediatric Orthopædic Society of India

POSNA Pediatric Orthopædic Society of North America (AAOS Specialty Societies)

PSEF Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation

PTP Professional Team Physicians

RACS Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

RCSED Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (UK)

RCSENG Royal College of Surgeons of England

RCPSC Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

RCSI Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

RESNA Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North American

RJOS Ruth Jackson Orthopædic Society

RRC Residency Review Committee (ABEM)

RSNA Radiological Society of North America

SATO Sociedad Andaluza de Traumatología y Ortopedia / Andalusian Society of Traumatology & Orthopædics

SBCP Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica / Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery

SBOT Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia / Brazilian Association of Orthopædics and Traumatology

SCCOT Colombian Society for Orthopædics and Traumatology

SCOI Southern California Orthopædic Institute

SCS Spinal Cord Society

SECOT Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología

SICOT International Society of Orthopædic Surgery and Traumatology

SIM Society of the Internet in Medicine

SIOT Società Italiana di Ortopedia e Traumatologia / Italian Society of Orthopædics and Traumatology

SIROT Société Internationale de Recherche Orthopédique et Traumatologie

SITOP Società Italiana di Ortopedia e Traumatologia Pediatrica

SMA Sport Medicine Australia

SMMOF Syndicat de Médecine Manuelle-Ostéopathie de France

SMO Sociedad Mexicana de Ortopedia

SOA Southern Orthopædic Association

SOBCOT Société Belge de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie

SOCITRAS Società Italiana di Traumatologia della Strada (Italian Society of Road Traumatology)

SOFCOT Société Française de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique / French Society of Orthopædics and Trauma Surgery

SOMOS Society of Military Orthopædic Surgeons (AAOS)

SOTOCAV Sociedad de Ortopedia y Traumatología de la Comunidad Autónoma Valenciana

SOTRS Sociedade de Ortopedia e Traumatologia do Rio Grande do Sul (only Portuguese)

SRAI Services Régionaux d'Aide et d'Information (FR, AFM)

SSA Social Security Administration (USA)

SSM Southern Sports Medicine

STS Society of Thoracic Surgeons

TAANOS The American Academy of Neurological and Orthopædic Surgeons

TAC Trauma Association of Canada

TOA Texas Orthopædic Association (USA)

UASA United Amputee Services Association

UCP United Cerebral Palsy

UNAFAM Union Nationale des Amis et Familles de Malades Mentaux (FR)

UNAFORMEC Union Nationale des Associations de Formation Médicale Continue

UNAM Union Nationale pour l'Avenir de la Médecine

UNEC Union Nationale des Établissements de Convalescence

UNOS United Network for Organ Sharing

VA Veterans Administration (USA)

Vaincre la mucoviscidose Association française de lutte contre la mucoviscidose

VDRL Venereal Disease Research Laboratories

VHA Veterans Health Administration (USA)

WOA Western Orthopædic Association

WOC World Orthopædic Concern

WONKA World Organization of Family Doctors

WPOA Western Pacific Orthopædic Association (Australian Chapter)

WSCA Washington State Chiropractic Association