Abstract Submission Is Now Closed

Abstract submission closed on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 12 midnight Eastern time for both podium presentations and posters. This deadline will not be extended in 2024.

Please check back for information about abstract submission for future conferences.

ABSTRACT SUBMITTERS! Special Collaborative Travel Grant for 2025!

The VOS President for the 2025 Conference is offering to pay your travel and one night’s accommodations for the 2025 VOS Conference at Breckenridge! (International travel reimbursement will be capped at $1,000.) This is being offered for surgeons in training only. This special grant is to foster collegiality and collaboration among members of the VOS. Two surgeons in training from two separate institutions are being asked to work together and submit an abstract for the 2025 conference at Breckenridge. The winning abstract will be selected from the pool of abstracts submitted for the conference and cannot be a Bloomberg Award winner. The winners will each receive their travel to the conference and one night’s accommodations reimbursed. Please contact Heidi DeCamp, VOS Secretary, at secretary@vosdvm.org with any questions.

Call for Abstracts

52nd Annual Veterinary Orthopedic Society Conference
February 8-15, 2025
Breckenridge, Colorado

We invite practitioners, students, interns, residents, academicians, and researchers interested in large animal, small animal, and exotic species, to submit abstracts of novel studies in practical and scientific topics related to veterinary orthopedics and traumatology, diversity in the veterinary surgical field, business and ethics topics relating to veterinary surgery, and environmental topics relating to veterinary surgery. Preference will be given to abstracts that have clinical relevance. Papers addressing results of controlled retrospective and prospective clinical studies are strongly encouraged. Clinician investigators should also consider submitting innovative surgical techniques, or case reports describing unusual or difficult cases as these will be reviewed separate from the scientific abstracts. Presentations will be limited to 10 minutes and followed by 5 minutes of questions/discussion. Posters must fit within the 4’ (height) x 4’ (width) area provided.

Call for papers closed on November 1, 2024 at 12 midnight Eastern time (no deadline extension for 2024), for both podium presentations and posters. The Abstract Submission website provides full details of abstract submission, formatting and regulations.

Submission categories will be: 

  • Clinical/Scientific Studies

  • Case reports: a maximum of three novel or interesting cases

The Mark S. Bloomberg Memorial Resident Research Award was established to recognize outstanding resident abstract submissions to the scientific program. At least one recipient and up to seven recipients per year will be awarded up to $2,000.00 towards expenses to attend and present their abstract at our annual meeting. Only individuals currently in a residency training program or within 2 years of completion of a formal residency program are eligible. The abstract submission may only be of studies conducted during the residency program.  All abstracts being submitted for consideration of this award must indicate so on the online submission form.

The Gretchen Flo Student/Intern Research Award was established to recognize outstanding student or intern abstract submissions to the scientific program. Up to six recipients will be awarded (depending on abstract quality) up to $2,000.00 towards expenses to attend and present their abstract at our annual meeting. Only individuals currently in a DVM or Intern training program or within 1 year of completion of a formal internship or DVM program are eligible. The work must be performed as a student or intern. All abstracts being submitted for consideration of this award must indicate so on the online submission form.

For more information, please contact:

Mike Karlin, VOS Scientific Program Chair
Email address: mike.karlin@tufts.edu

Elizabeth Collar, VOS Assistant Scientific Program Chair
Email address: collarvet@gmail.com

Want to see past conference abstracts? View our Abstract Archive.