AOFAS Annual Meeting & IFFAS 9th Biennial Meeting 2026— Welcome to Seattle

And, you know, we put this together because in a couple of months, we're going to be headed out to your neck of the woods, out to Seattle for the AOFAS and the EFAS meeting, the International Federation of Foot and Ankle Societies.

A meeting is going to be coming to Seattle here in September.

And we thought who better than to talk to us about what to do in Seattle than Dave Dahlstrom.

So thanks for taking my text and agreeing to come on.

Yeah, you're welcome.

I'm really glad we were able to get this going and get it worked out.

We're just really thrilled to be having the meeting come back to Seattle into our backyard.

It's a wonderful place to be.

It's a great place to get to.

For most people, it's easy to get to and to fly into.

And we couldn't be more excited to be bringing it back to Seattle this September.

It's going to be a great experience.

Is it 2017 or so that it was last year?

I think you're right.

It's been several years and we always really look forward to it because it's a great opportunity for us to get back together with everybody, catch up with friends, former fellows, people from our program, people from outside, people we know, and just really in our own backyard, be able to host all of our friends and colleagues from around the country and around the world for this meeting with the international meeting in tandem with it this year.

Yeah.

I mean, I think there's, you know, we think of foot and ankle.

I think Seattle really comes to the top of the list in terms of places that moved the society forward.

And I certainly think you've done that as well with just your education.

I've learned a lot just from your Instagram account, a lot of little tips and tricks that I think have become so valuable.

And then it's fun to be able to get together and then talk about fellowship and things that we get to do as a society.

And that's really what makes AOFAS unique.

And what is going to be so fun about coming to Seattle is Now we have a chance to check out your backyard, go to places you recommend, and do things maybe outside of some of the more formal education.

And, you know, we put this together because in a couple of months, we're going to be headed out to your neck of the woods, out to Seattle for the AOFAS and the EFAS meeting, the International Federation of Foot and Ankle Societies.

A meeting is going to be coming to Seattle here in September.

And we thought who better than to talk to us about what to do in Seattle than Dave Dahlstrom.

So thanks for taking my text and agreeing to come on.

Yeah, you're welcome.

I'm really glad we were able to get this going and get it worked out.

We're just really thrilled to be having the meeting come back to Seattle into our backyard.

It's a wonderful place to be.

It's a great place to get to.

For most people, it's easy to get to and to fly into.

And we couldn't be more excited to be bringing it back to Seattle this September.

It's going to be a great experience.

Is it 2017 or so that it was last year?

I think you're right.

It's been several years and we always really look forward to it because it's a great opportunity for us to get back together with everybody, catch up with friends, former fellows, people from our program, people from outside, people we know, and just really in our own backyard, be able to host all of our friends and colleagues from around the country and around the world for this meeting with the international meeting in tandem with it this year.

Yeah.

I mean, I think there's, you know, we think of foot and ankle.

I think Seattle really comes to the top of the list in terms of places that moved the society forward.

And I certainly think you've done that as well with just your education.

I've learned a lot just from your Instagram account, a lot of little tips and tricks that I think have become so valuable.

And then it's fun to be able to get together and then talk about fellowship and things that we get to do as a society.

And that's really what makes AOFAS unique.

And what is going to be so fun about coming to Seattle is Now we have a chance to check out your backyard, go to places you recommend, and do things maybe outside of some of the more formal education.