The French Society of Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery (SOFCOT) emanated from the French Orthopedic Society (1918) and then from the French Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (1938) is 45 years old;

Initially a learned society, it became professional by federating four structures essential to its functioning and its representativity: the Academy of Orthopedics and Traumatology (AOT), the French College of Orthopedic Surgeons and Traumatologists (CFCOT), the national union of orthopedic surgeons and traumatologists (SNCO), Orthorisq, by coordinating the own activity of “subspecialty” companies such as the 8 associated companies: SOFROT, SOFEC, SFHG, AFCP, SFCR, SOFOP, CAOS, GETRAUM and by establishing privileged relations with companies such as the three partner companies: SFA, SFCM and SOO.

AOT is the scientific organ.

The CFCOT is the academic training body in connection with the National Council of Universities and Professional.

The SNCO is the defense body of professional practice.

Orthorisq is the accreditation body for risk management.

This structure, created eight years ago, was innovative because it foreshadowed the National Occupational Council (CNP) for orthopedic and traumatological surgery, which, in keeping with its governance, must establish a public-private parity this year. This NPC will be the origin of a continuing professional development organization (CPOA) with different governance, whose function will be to establish by June 2013 a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program with the current structures of SOFCOT.

The SOFCOT under its SOFCOT-CNP configuration will remain in its field “orthopedic and traumatological surgery” the privileged interlocutor of the tutelles: DGS, HAS, ANSM, CEPS, CNEDMITS, Ministries … and its members.

The SOFCOT created last year under the aegis of the Fondation de France a foundation (FICOT) whose purpose is to promote through the distribution of scholarships innovation in orthopedic and traumatological surgery.

The SOFCOT association governed by the law of 1901 is currently governed by a Directory of twelve orthopedic surgeons integrating the representatives of the four aforementioned essential structures and the CNU which makes proposals to an expanded office of twenty-five orthopedic surgeons who decides.

The Executive Board is advised in the elaboration of its proposals by the coordinators of the committees, which report annually on their work. Thus were created taking into account the functions of their participants and dimensioned to be efficient nine commissions: The scientific council, the commission of ethics, the commission of materiovigilance and the registers, the commission of the nomenclature, the commission of outpatient surgery, the ortho-geriatrics commission, the e-learning commission and websites: congress and association, the scholarship commission and the communication commission. Finally have been designated to promote the aura of SOFCOT abroad representatives to SICOT, EFORT and AOLF.

Any French surgeon with a degree in surgery and orthopedic competence or a qualification in orthopedic and traumatological surgery or a qualification in infant surgery and practicing an almost exclusive activity in orthopedic surgery may apply.

Any international orthopedic surgeon justifying his membership in his national society may apply.

Membership of the SOFCOT in addition to the advantage of representativeness of another dimension brings significant benefits including the preferential rate of registration to the congress …

In addition, any member of SOFCOT is a member of SICOT and EFORT.

The membership of the SOFCOT is necessary but insufficient to become a member of the AOT. A prerequisite is required: five years as a member of the SOFCOT, an exclusive exercise in orthopedic and traumatological surgery for adults and / or children, a communication to the SOFCOT congress during the last five years or the publication an article in RCOT / OTSR in the first three authors or as the last author, two godfathers members of the AOT. The quality of AOT member is lost in case of absence at three consecutive conferences.

SOFCOT is the professional society for all orthopedic and trauma surgeons.

Its headquarters at 56 rue Boissonade 75014 is the “house of orthopedics”.