Pakistan Orthopaedic Association (POA)

Vision & Mission
Vision is to be a coordinated and supportive team of respected orthopaedic leaders focused on teaching, learning and exchanging innovative ideas to provide and improve value-driven, ethical, patient-centered care.

Founded in 1964, our mission is to bring relief to people suffering from injury or musculoskeletal disorder by advancing the science, art and practice of Orthopaedic surgery.

The Department of Orthopaedics is dedicated to relieving pain, improving function, and restoring quality of life to individuals who suffer from musculoskeletal injury or disease. POA accomplishes these goals by providing the most advanced clinical and surgical orthopaedic patient care, offering superior orthopaedic education and training, and conducting innovative research.

Aims and objectives
• To bring together all professional workers interested in the field of Orthopaedics and to encourage goodwill and co-operation between them.
• To stimulate interest in the study and advancement of the science and practice of Orthopaedics in all possible ways including propaganda, education and research.
• To establish and run accident & trauma service centers and hospitals to promote the objectives of the Association
• To organize and help in the organization of Rehabilitation centers and crippled children clinics.
• To arrange lectures, clinical meetings, conferences and exhibitions for the study and discussion of all the problems of orthopedics.
• To co-operate or to enter into arrangement with other Association, Bodies and authorities (national & International) in all matters which are likely to promote the objectives of the Association.