The Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) is a non-profit scientific organization.[1] The mission of OARSI is to promote and advance research for the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis.
OARSI publishes an international fully peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. Many specialists, practitioners and researchers use this journal as a forum for idea dissemination related to diseases of cartilage and joints.
Each year OARSI hosts a world congress on osteoarthritis.
| Year | Congress | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Toronto, Canada | |
| 2018 | 23rd World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Liverpool, United Kingdom | |
| 2017 | 22nd World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Las Vegas, United States | |
| 2016 | 21st World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| 2015 | 20th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Seattle, United States | |
| 2014 | 19th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Paris, France | |
| 2013 | 18th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Philadelphia, United States | |
| 2012 | 17th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Barcelona, Spain | |
| 2011 | 16th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | San Diego, United States | |
| 2010 | 15th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Brussels, Belgium | |
| 2009 | 14th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Montreal, Canada | |
| 2008 | 13th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Rome, Italy | |
| 2007 | 12th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Fort Lauderdale, United States | |
| 2006 | 11th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Prague, Czech Republic | |
| 2005 | 10th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Boston, United States | |
| 2004 | 9th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Chicago, United States | |
| 2003 | 8th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Berlin, Germany | |
| 2002 | 7th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Sydney, Australia | |
| 2001 | 6th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Washington, DC, United States | |
| 2000 | 5th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Barcelona, Spain | |
| 1999 | 4th World Congress on Osteoarthritis | Vienna, Austria | |
| 1997 | 3rd International Osteoarthritis Research Society Congress | Singapore, Singapore | |
| 1994 | 2nd International Osteoarthritis Research Society Congress | Orlando, United States | |
| 1992 | 1st International Congress of the Osteoarthritis Research Society | Paris, France |