From head to toe, orthopaedic surgeons can handle many of your aches, breaks and pains in your bones and joints. From repairing skeletal birth defects to treating athletes of all ages to accident trauma to joint replacements, orthopaedic surgeons are important to every stage of your life. The American Association of Latino Orthopaedic Surgeons represents not only members of Latino descent, all orthopaedists who treat members of the Latino and Hispanic communities.