President
Chin Youb Chung

Welcome to our website.

The Korean Orthopaedic Society (KPOS) was founded in 1985 as a national orgnization for orthopaedic surgeons especially devoted to pediatric orthopaedics.
The purposes of this society
are :
  1. to promote, support, develop and encourage investigative knowledge of pediatric orthopaedic surgery
  2. to promote communications of knowledge
  3. to develop and encourage by teaching and education of pediatric orthopaedic surgery by developing education materials
  4. to promote specialized training for medical personnel in pediatric orthopaedic surgery.
This society is a member of International Federation of Pediatric Orthopedic Societies (IFPOS) and one of alliance societies of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA).


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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 Seongsanno (134 Sinchon-dong),
Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea  Phone: +82-2-2228-2180 FAX: +82-2-363-1139