Data Trace Selected as Publisher of the Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association. Agreement Brings Together One of the Country's Largest Orthopaedic Associations and a Leading Medical Publisher to Publish One of Orthopaedics Most Respected Peer-Review Publications. BALTIMORE, MD–Nov 26, 2002 -- Data Trace Publishing Company, a leading Scientific, Medical and Legal publisher, recently announced a multi-year agreement with the Southern Orthopaedic Association to be the exclusive publisher of the Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association ("JSOA") for all of its members, subscribers, and affiliate entities, including: the Alabama Orthopaedic Society, the Florida Orthopaedic Society, the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association, the Mississippi Orthopaedic Society, the Missouri State Orthopaedic Association, the North Carolina Orthopaedic Association, the Tennessee Orthopaedic Society, the Clinical Orthopaedic Society, the Piedmont OrthopaedicSociety, and the Eastern Orthopaedic Association. JSOA is a quarterly medical Journal which includes only original manuscripts. Features include editorials, special emphasis papers, primary articles, feature articles, book reviews and case reports. Data Trace plans to redesign the print version, offer CME credits, and launch an Online version of the Journal. About Data Trace Publishing Company Data Trace is a full-service publishing, marketing, and information services company, with extensive experience in the legal, scientific and medical arenas. Products include books, journals, electronic and web-based media, programs in continuing education, risk management, and practice management, interactive training modules, professional seminars and other complementary products and services. About Southern Orthopaedic Association SOUTHERN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION (SOA) was established in 1983 to provide a forum for the exchange of original, practical, medical and surgical information. Southern Orthopaedic Association is an affiliate of Southern Medical Association. The purpose of SOA is solely to develop and foster scientific medicine in the specialty of orthopaedic surgery. The corporation operates exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. Over 2000 orthopaedic physicians are members of SOA. Active members reside in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia or in the District of Columbia. Contact: Contact: Brian Rohd, Director of Sales and Marketing Company: Data Trace Publishing Company Voice: 410-494-4994, ext.222 E-mail: b.rohd@datatrace.com Contact: L. Andrew Koman, MD, Editor-in-Chief Company: Southern Orthopaedic Association Voice: 336-716-2878 E-mail: lakoman@wfubmc.edu