Register Now for the VOS 2025 Conference!

Registration is now open for VOS’s 52nd Annual Conference in Breckenridge, Colorado!

VOS 52nd Annual Conference
February 8-15, 2025
Breckenridge, Colorado

To register for the conference, click on the button below or use this direct link to our reservation portal:
https://ncsucvmce.eventsair.com/vos-2025/register

Conference Lodging
To make lodging reservations, please follow the link in the conference registration portal or use this direct link:
https://reservations.travelclick.com/97052?groupID=4358925.

Be sure to book your accommodations through the VOS link to take advantage of great rates and benefit VOS!

Please secure lodging as soon as possible as we often run out of available rooms in the VOS room block! It is recommended that abstract presenters secure lodging prior to being notified of abstract acceptance.

Lodging refund policy: Individual reservations that are cancelled 30 days prior to arrival are charged a $49 processing fee but are otherwise fully refunded.

Register for VOS 2025 Conference Labs and Workshop!

VOS is pleased to offer the following labs and workshop at the VOS 2025 Conference in Breckenridge, Colorado. Register now to reserve your seat!

Rita Leibinger Medical

Lab Name: Advancements in Orthopedics - Headless Compression Screw Applications & TPLO with Patella Luxation Spacers
Registration Link: https://us.veterinary.shop/products/vos-advancements-in-orthopedics-ce-course

Movora

Lab Name: Introduction to VetKISS Micro-Plating Workshop
Registration Link: https://education.movora.com/visitor_catalog_class/show/1628448/IMEX-Introduction-to-VetKISS-Micro-Plating-Workshop-at-VOS

Arthrex

Workshop – No CE credits available.
Registration Link: https://gems.arthrex.com/event/fd81fd59-4acf-4294-90af-fbf1b5d94e86/summary-offsite-

View the 2025 Conference Program!

The tentative VOS 2025 Conference Program is now available! Check out the schedule to see the scientific presentations and special activities happening at the conference. Click here to view the tentative VOS 2025 Conference Program (updated 1/16/25).

Check Out Dog Sledding, Sleigh Rides, and More in Breckenridge!

For those looking for wintery activities other than skiing, Breckenridge has a lot to offer — from dog sledding and sleigh rides to snowshoeing and fatbiking. Check out the many options below, and reserve now to save your space!

Good Time Adventures

https://goodtimesadventures.com/

Dog Sledding: 

  • The price for dog sledding after all the fees and taxes is $212.57 per person.

  • We do 3 tours per rotation; each tour can take up to 6 people. So, 18 people per time slot.

  • The website is a live platform and is a great way to check our availability.

 Snowmobiling:

  • Solo Driver – $248.00 (One Person Driving)

  • Driver & Passenger – $341.00 (Two People Riding Together)

  • Additional charges: Permit fee and damage insurance

The minimum age to drive our snowmobiles is 15, and you MUST be at least 18 to carry a passenger. Sorry, no exceptions – it’s the law. Due to the nature of this activity the minimum age for children is 5.

Sleigh Rides

https://coloradosleighrides.com/

Gold Run Nordic Center

https://www.breckenridgerecreation.com/rates/locations/gold-run-nordic-center

 Snowshoeing

  • Rental: $25

  • Daily guided tours (7+): Jessie Mill (1-3 pm; $60A/$40C), Full Moon/New Moon (5-7 pm, 2/14 and 2/15, $70/$50).

  • Otherwise, plenty of trails to explore on your own.

Fatbiking

  • Fat bikes rentals are limited!

  • $20 per hour (please book in person)

  • $15 per hour add-on with same day ski or snowshoe rental (please book in person)

  • $40 half day (9:00-11:30 am or 1:00-3:30 pm)

Scenic Sleigh Rides (https://breckstables.com/golf-course-sleigh-rides/)

  • $50 for adults (13 years and up)

  • $30 for kids (ages 4 to 12)

  • FREE for children 3 years and under

  • Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun at 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm, 5 pm & 6 pm

 Daily Trail Pass Rates

  • Adult (13-64): $30

  • Senior (65+): $25

  • Youth (12 & under): Free

 Added value: Day passes are valid at Gold Run and neighboring Breckenridge and Frisco Nordic Centers.


Breckenridge Nordic Center

https://www.breckenridgenordic.com/

Cross Country Skiing (w/ lessons)

Snowshoeing (self-guided)

  • Snowshoe rental = $20-30

Snowcat Adventures

  • $800-900/8 people

  • High Point Tour ($900/8 people): Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 10:30 am, 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm December through mid April.  

  • Private Tour ($800/8 people): Daily at 2 pm and 4 pm.

  • This item books up fast.  Add your name to the wait list if spots are not available.

Order Lift Tickets, Lessons, Equipment Rentals, and On-Mountain Dining at Breckenridge!

For discounted lift tickets, lessons, rentals, and on-mountain dining, visit https://groups.vailresorts.com/breckenridge/lodging-offers/promocode and use the promo code VOSPROMO.

Book Your Airport Shuttle Reservations

For airport shuttle reservations, please visit: https://www.epicmountainexpress.com/group_redirect?code=VOSC2025.

Please be sure to choose Breckenridge / Beaver Run as your destination.

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 see the Abstract Submission page for details of abstract submission, formatting and regulations.

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.

Interested in Becoming a Sponsor or Exhibitor for the VOS 2025 Conference?

VOS invites companies and organizations engaged in veterinary orthopedics to view its Sponsor & Exhibitor Prospectus for the VOS 2025 Conference, to be held February 8-15, 2025, in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Sponsor and exhibitor space is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis.

To register as a sponsor or exhibitor, go to: https://go.ncsu.edu/vos-sponsorship.

VOS Research Grant Applications Are Closed

Research grant applications are closed for the VOS Hohn-Johnson and Wade O. Brinker Research Awards. Please visit the Hohn-Johnson/Wade O. Brinker Research Awards page for more information about these awards.

Introducing Our 2025 Jacques Jenny Lecturer

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 Jacques Jenny lecturer will be Prof. Dr. med. Yves Harder, Head and Full Professor, Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Université de Lausanne (UNIL), CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Prof. Yves Harder graduated from the Medical School of Basel in Switzerland in 1994, where he completed his training in General Surgery (FMH) and Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon (FMH). Thereafter, he spent almost two years at the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Research at the University of Saarland in Homburg/Saar, Germany. During this research fellowship, he investigated various non-invasive strategies to prevent critically ischemic musculo-cutaneous tissue from necrosis. Subsequently, he went to Johannesburg, South Africa for a clinical fellowship in Reconstructive Surgery. From 2005, he worked as a consultant surgeon in the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the Geneva University Hospitals, where he completed his postdoctoral lecture qualification entitled “Non-surgical preventive strategies aiming at avoiding critical ischemia in musculocutaneous flap tissue” in 2008. 

From 2010, Prof. Harder has been working as a Senior Consultant in the Department of Plastic Surgery and Handsurgery at the Klinikum rechts der Isar and as an Associate Professor at the Medical Faculty of the Technische Universität München in Munich, Germany, combining clinical work, teaching and research. In 2014, he was commissioned to build up from scratch the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery in Lugano, Switzerland, where he has been working since then and collaborating with many other clinical specialties and the students from the newly founded faculty of biomedical sciences at the Università della Svizzera Italiana. 

His main interests lie in reconstructive micro-surgery, particularly in the field of the breast and the lower extremities (lymphatic and orthoplastic surgery included) and aesthetic surgery of the breast. Prof. Harder is still active in basic research and teaching of pre- and graduated students and residents in training respectively. He is an author of more than 180 publications and book chapters, of which more than 130 are peer-reviewed. Furthermore, he is the co-editor of two textbooks entitled “Manual of Soft-Tissue Management in Orthopaedic Trauma” and “Modern Surgical Management of Chronic Lymphedema."

Use Our New Slide and Graphic to Promote VOS 2025!

Are you presenting a talk at an upcoming conference or meeting? VOS has created a PowerPoint slide that you can insert into your presentation to promote the 52nd Annual VOS Conference, coming up February 8-15, 2025 in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Download the slide (PowerPoint)
Download the slide (PDF)

After you have downloaded the slide, insert it into your presentation, and encourage your colleagues to join you at VOS 2025!