[1] On 10 November 2021 at the conclusion of AOA's 81st Annual General Meeting, Annette Holian was made the association's first female president in its 85-year history.

One current focus of the efforts of the administration (represented by CEO Adrian Cosenza) and leadership (represented by AOA President Annette Holian) is a deep commitment to "encouraging ethical practices and driving cultural change" with regard to interactions between surgical professionals and medical industry bodies, as recognised by their invitation to attend consecutive Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summits.

[3] AOA provides orthopaedic surgeons and trainees with specialist education, training and continuing professional development (CPD).

When investigations by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) results in regulatory action, surgeons who use the implants in question are notified of outcomes.

[10][11] AOA has strong ties with, and provides significant support to, Orthopaedic Outreach, a charitable organisation through which Australian orthopaedic surgeons travel to poor regions of the Asia Pacific to provide free operations and care to impoverished members of societies in which appropriate surgical care is either unattainable or non-existent.