POSNA Annual Meeting May 3 — May 6, 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Chair Person:John (Jack) M. Flynn, MD Precourse May 3, 2006 Theme:Complications in Pediatric Orthopaedics Chair Person:David Skaggs, MD 2006 Recognition Awards Distinguished Achievement Award Ignacio V. Ponseti, MD For his long-term work as an international orthopaedist. For his commitment to clinical and basic research in orthopaedics. For his tireless efforts to revolutionize the treatment of clubfoot in infants worldwide. Presidential Guest Speaker Michael Goldberg, MD 2006 Research Awards Best Clinical Paper Anthony A Stans, MD; Rudolph A Klassen, MD; Hamlet A Peterson, MD; William J Shaughnessy, MD Excision of Partial Physeal Arrest Followed to Skeletal Maturity; A Report of 100 Cases Best Scientific Paper Harry Kim, MD, MSc, FRCSC; Stephanie Morgan-Bagley; Paul Kostenuik, PhD RANKL Inhibition: A Novel Strategy to Decrease Femoral Head Deformity Following Ischemic Necrosis Best E-Poster Steven L Frick, MD; Nomaan Ashraf, MD; Martha Meyer; Ralph Meyer, PhD Overgrowth after Mid-Femoral Fracture: Altered mRNA Expression in the Rat Physis Best Poster Vishwas Talwalkar, MD; Chester Tylkowski, MD; JoAnne Resig, MS; David Pienkowski, PhD; Christin Minter, MA Three-Dimensional Shape Analysis in Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease