LETTER
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear ARCO members:
Since the first ARCO meeting in 1973, ARCO has been the only international society to continuously bring together basic scientists and clinicians to discuss bone circulation and osteonecrosis. The ARCO histological criteria for diagnosis and staging system of osteonecrosis are used world-widely.
The spirit of ARCO is to improve the health of Human. The mission of ARCO is to advance the knowledge in the pathophysiology of bone circulatory diseases and to develop specific treatment through the open discussion and collaboration between members from different institutions in the world.
As the president, I will do my best to succeed the spirit and mission of ARCO.
I would like announce that ARCO will publish a second edition of the textbook of osteonecrosis and the next ARCO meeting will be held in Philadelphia in 2013.
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Kyung-Hoi Koo, MD, PhD
President of ARCO |
