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[[File:AAOS Logo.jpg|250px400px|thumb|right|''"Bones. We Like Bones."'']]
The '''American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons''' (or '''AAOS''') is a professional organization founded in 1933 for the medical education of orthopods. Continuing medical education activities focus on fixing, counting, throwing, juggling, or burying bones.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/09/bones/ Bones: An Orthopedic Surgeon’s Perspective]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/femur-stethoscope/ Orthopod Caught Listening to Femur with Stethoscope]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/stethoscope-external-fixator/ Ortho Stabilizes Stethoscope with External Fixator]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/12/orthopod-drum-kit-femurs/ Orthopod Uses Patient’s Femurs to Play the Drums]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/11/ortho-broken-wishbone/ Ortho Consulted to Repair Broken Wishbone]</ref> Ripping phone books in half is also a favorite pastime.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/03/orthopedic-applicant/ Orthopedic Applicant Tears Phonebook in Half to Seal Interview]</ref>
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Please be kind and help your fellow orthopod next time you spot them stuck in a hot van or in a snowbank.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/06/hot-van/ Unattended Orthopedic Surgeon Left in Hot Van]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/orthopedic-surgeon-snowbank/ Oh No! Orthopedic Surgeon Got Plowed into a Snowbank]</ref> Do not confuse them with arthropods.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/02/the-difference-between-an-arthropod-and-an-orthopod/ The Difference Between Arthropods & Orthopods]</ref> If you see an orthopod that is [[SOB]], that is by definition [[Orthopnea|orthopnea]]. And don't forget to say thank you by buying them some pina coladas.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/01/pina-coladas/ Ortho Likes Pina Coladas, Getting Caught in the Rain]</ref>
'''Related Reading'''
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- [[Ancef (Cefazolin)]]
- [[Biceps]]
- [[Brock Hammersley]]
- [[Developmental Milestones for a Baby Orthopod]]
- [[Ex Fix]]
- [[Intramedullary Nail]]
- [[Thor Hammersley]]
- [[Tiny Arms Tim]]
- [[Tom Price]]