Mission Statement

The COFAS is a group of orthopaedic surgeons who aim to promote excellence in clinical foot and ankle care in Canada by:

• Serving as the primary organization dedicated to foot and ankle clinical care, education and research in Canada.
• Functioning as the leading resource for education of the Canadian public, orthopaedic surgeons, the general medical community, government, and industry on foot and ankle care.
• Promoting research in foot and ankle care.
• Serving the members as a forum for discussion of problems unique to foot and ankle care in Canada.
• Developing resources that will help Canadian orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeons in addressing local practice-related issues such as quality improvement, coding, reimbursement, legislation, cost of care and access to care.