January 2021

Due to the global spread of COVID-19, we earlier posted our decision to postpone the 7th Combined Meeting of the Japanese and American Societies for Surgery of the Hand to be held in Hawaii until the end of March 2022 or the end of March 2023. We regret that the situation remains too severe and unpredictable to hold the meeting in March 2022, so the new date will be sometime around end of March 2023 or later.
It has become clear that the situation at hand may take considerable time before a return to normalcy. Even as hand surgeons, we have entered a new phase of life, practice, and research with COVID-19.
In these circumstances, we will need more time to consider the format and logistics of the 7th Combined Meeting of the Japanese and American Societies for Surgery of the Hand in further detail. We will issue an announcement as soon as we have made progress in determining the nature and timing of the event.