Meet the new members of the AAOS Board of Directors

G. Jake Jaquet

At the 2007 Annual Meeting in San Diego, five orthopaedic surgeons were introduced as new members of the AAOS Board of Directors. Although they come from different parts of the country and have a broad range of backgrounds, the new members share a strong commitment to the Academy.

Become an active AAOS member—Right now!

Alan S. Hilibrand, MD

In 2006, almost 2,200 AAOS fellows volunteered for the Academy through their work on committees, educational endeavors, and advocacy. They represented almost 15 percent of the 16,828 active fellows, and their participation illustrates how many opportunities exist within our Academy for individual contributions. The AAOS is a leader among medical specialty societies, primarily due to the direct participation of so many fellows.

Alvin H. Crawford, MD, receives Diversity Award

Peter Pollack

Growing up in the ghetto community of Orange Mound, near Memphis, Tenn., Alvin H. Crawford, MD, learned early that he wasn’t always considered equal to those around him. When Richard F. Kyle, MD, presented the 2007 AAOS Diversity Award to him during the Ceremonial Meeting at the AAOS Annual Meeting in San Diego, Dr. Crawford’s years of work encouraging diversity among those who practice orthopaedics were vindicated.

OREF William W. Tipton Jr., MD, Leadership award presented to Stuart A. Hirsch, MD

Jennie McKee

Playground build, mentoring are among Dr. Hirsch’s contributions to the orthopaedic community during his three-decade career Stuart A. Hirsch, MD, received the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation’ s (OREF) William W. Tipton Jr., MD Leadership Award during the 2007 AAOS Annual Meeting in San Diego. Richard Haynes, MD, the recipient of the inaugural Tipton Award, presented the award. The Award recognizes Dr.

AAOS focuses media attention on orthopaedic issues

Nicholas A. DiNubile, MD

Orthopaedics continues to garner a tremendous amount of media attention across a wide range of outlets—from broadcast and print to Internet blogs and Web sites. AAOS efforts have helped the media focus on several positive, important issues in orthopaedics. Extremity War Injuries Symposium A new Web portal, www.aaos.org/warinjuries, provides the latest information on how orthopaedic surgeons are making positive contributions in understanding and treating these catastrophic injuries.

Board of Councilors installs new officers

At its meeting in February, the AAOS Board of Councilors (BOC) selected new officers. Pictured (left to right) are Thomas C. Barber, MD, secretary; John T. Gill, MD, chair-elect; Matthew S. Shapiro, MD, chair, and Dwight W. Burney III, MD, past-chair. Not pictured are Brian S. Ziegler, MD, who was tapped to serve a two-year, member-at-large position on the executive committee, and Richard J. Barry, MD, who was elected to fill the remaining year of Dr.

AAOS makes $10,000 donation to fisher house foundation

Richard F. Kyle, MD, AAOS 2006-2007 president, presents a check for $10,000 to David Coker, president of the Fisher House Foundation. The Fisher House program provides temporary lodging for the families of military personnel in “comfort homes” built on the grounds of military and Veterans Administration medical centers. In 2003, more than 8,500 families were accommodated in the 32 Fisher Houses across the country.

Members raise P4P, reimbursement, other issues during Town Hall meeting

Jennie McKee

A spirited discussion centering on pay-for-performance (P4P), utilization review physicians, and reimbursement took place during the Town Hall session at the 2007 AAOS Annual Meeting. On hand to respond to members’ questions and concerns were AAOS President James H. Beaty, MD; Anthony Rankin, MD, first vice-president; Richard F. Kyle, MD, immediate past president; as well as council chairs and senior AAOS staff members. Robert H.

Hundreds turn out for fund raising fun run

Peter Pollack

On Friday, Feb. 16, a capacity crowd of 300 runners took part in the AAOS 2007 Annual Meeting Sunrise 5K Run along the edge of San Diego Bay, raising more than $7,000 for the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation. Richard F. Kyle, MD, and Maj. David Rozelle, who ran the race on a prosthetic foot, cross the finish line. Maj.

2007 Playground Build attracts volunteers, celebrities

Peter Pollack

On February 13, 2007, hundreds of volunteers from the AAOS, allied health fields, orthopaedic industry, the military, and the local neighborhood arrived at Eucalyptus Park in Chula Vista, Calif., to take part in the 2007 AAOS Playground Build. Sponsored each year by the AAOS in conjunction with the Annual Meeting, the playground is a tangible “thank you” to the host city—an empty lot or decrepit park transformed into a modern, safe, and accessible playground for children of all abilities.

AAOS 2007 Playground Sponsors

Diamond Sponsor Sanofi-Aventis Platinum Sponsors DePuy, a Johnson & Johnson Co./DePuy Mitek DJO Incorporated Kyphon, Inc. Stryker Plus Orthopedics Gold Sponsors GE Healthcare KCI Smith & Nephew Inc. - Reconstructive, Trauma & Clinical Therapies Zimmer, Inc. Silver Sponsors Medtronic Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Synvasive Technology, Inc.

AAOS issues call for abstracts

The AAOS 2008 Annual Meeting will be held March 5-9, 2008, in San Francisco. You can be a part of this important event, which will also honor the Academy’s 75th anniversary. Submit your abstracts online at www.aaos.org/abstractsub. The deadline for submitting applications for instructional courses, surgical skills courses, or symposia is May 1, 2007. The submission deadline for poster exhibits, podium presentations, and scientific exhibits is June 4, 2007.

Extreme travel: Surgeon drives cab to Annual Meeting—from Phoenix

Neither ice nor snow nor a sleepy cab driver could keep this fellow from his ICL Getting to the 2007 AAOS Annual Meeting was challenging for many participants. But few can match this story, told by Adolph V. Lombardi Jr., MD, of New Albany, Ohio. Dr. Lombardi, a faculty member for two instructional course lectures (ICL), originally planned to fly to San Diego from Columbus, Ohio, on a 5 p.m. flight. But an ice storm kept the plane grounded till nearly 11 p.m. “I’d been up since 5 a.m.

Surgeons learn rules of expert witness testimony

Peter Pollack

Being called to testify in a legal proceeding can be a source of consternation for anyone. For orthopaedic surgeons called as expert witnesses, the stakes are raised exponentially. A poor showing can damage reputations; failure to cooperate could result in the imposition of sanctions; improper actions could result in censure under the AAOS Standards of Professionalism. With that in mind, faculty members David D. Teuscher, MD; Charles Carroll IV, MD; Timothy G. Nickels, JD; and Paul F.

‘Bear’ of a patient making good recovery

Jennie McKee

AAOS fellows treat 600-lb polar bear for femur fracture It’s not often that orthopaedic surgeons make house calls to set femur fractures. But when the patient would cause a panic if she appeared in a clinic or emergency department setting, surgeons from the Campbell Clinic in Memphis, Tenn., were willing to make an exception. The patient, a five-year-old female polar bear at the Memphis Zoo named Cranbeary, broke the femur in her left hind leg on Feb. 7, 2007.

In memoriam

Peter Pollack

AAOS bids farewell to past president, son of founding member On January 27, 2007, the orthopaedic community lost one of its long-time leaders, with the passing of Edward D. Henderson, MD, of Rochester, Minn., who served as AAOS president in 1976. Born in New York, Dr. Henderson graduated from Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 1940. According to his son, Dr. Henderson was an accomplished musician, who had to choose between becoming a physician and seeking a career as a concert pianist.

AAOS, ORS recognize excellence in orthopaedic research

During the 2007 Annual Meeting, the AAOS recognized the research efforts of physicians, clinical scientists and educators in a variety of ways—from the presentation of the Kappa Delta and Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) awards to the naming of best posters, multimedia education materials and scientific exhibits.

International surgeon sharpens his axe—with orthopaedic skills

Jennie McKee

Christopher Amuwa, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon from Nigeria, hungered for knowledge when he visited the AAOS headquarters in June 2002. It was the first time he had ever left his home country, a nation where the ratio of orthopaedic surgeons to the general population was 1:1,000,000.

Ciao! AAOS to partner with Italian Arthroscopy Association

Lynn Dowling

For the past five years, the Italian Arthroscopy Association (Societa Italiana di Artroscopia or SIA) has sponsored instructional courses for knee and shoulder surgery at the Orthopaedic Learning Center (OLC) in Rosemont, Ill. But this year, for the first time ever, the AAOS will join the international society as a cosponsor of the course.

Interested in international orthopaedics? Consider joining SICOT

Matt Zuleg

The advances in orthopaedics are not limited to the United States. International studies and researchers offer both different perspectives and cutting-edge research. In orthopaedics—as in politics, economics, and many other fields—it pays to know what’s happening internationally as well as locally. AAOS members can get that international perspective as members of SICOT—the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology.

Specialty societies issue calls for abstracts

Cervical Spine Research Society Research grant opportunities—The Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS) invites research grant letters of intent for the 2007 grant funding cycle. Submit a two-page request, identifying a grant category (21st Century, Seed/Starter, or Resident/Fellow) and providing a research hypothesis, study proposal, and budget. Grant funding in 2007 ranges from $15,000 to $75,000. After reviewing the letters of intent, the committee will request up to 10 complete manuscripts.

Tools and Technology Updates

New Joint Restoration Foundation announced AlloSource (Centennial, Col.), a nonprofit provider of bone and soft-tissue allografts, as well as allograft skin for burn applications, and Community Tissue Services™ (CTS), a nonprofit provider of tissue allografts and skin grafts to surgeons for severe burn patients, have announced the formation of the Joint Restoration Foundation (JRF).

2007 Member Needs Assessment coming this month

Heidi Schmalz

How is your Academy doing when it comes to meeting your needs? How satisfied are you with Academy products and services? What is the AAOS doing well? Where can we improve? You’ll have the opportunity to judge the current member services and products and to express your ideas for the future later this month when you receive the 2007 Member’s Needs Assessment survey. It’s been three years since the AAOS last took the “pulse” of the membership, and it’s time to see how things have changed.

A pat on the back to:

The 10 AAOS Fellows awarded the “President’s Call to Service Award” from Health Volunteers Overseas: Lewis Zirkle, MD; David Spiegel, MD; W.W. Schaefer, MD; Kirk Lewis, MD; David Denzel, MD; Salvatore LaPilusa, MD; Richard Fisher, MD; Jay Cox, MD; Richard Kemme, MD; and Robert Stein, MD. New officers for the Cervical Spine Research Society: Ronald I. Apfelbaum, MD, president; Vincent C. Traynelis, MD, past-president; Thomas A.

Setting Now straight

S. Terry Canale, MD

Editor-in-chief, AAOS Now Thank you for your overwhelming support and compliments on our first issue. Of course, we also heard from a few naysayers who weren’t as enthusiastic about the change, but we expected that as well. We just hope that our continued hard work and our efforts to bring you a full range of orthopaedic news stories will eventually win over those naysayers. I was frequently asked one question: “What kind of publication is AAOS Now?

Readers respond to inaugural AAOS Now

I like it [AAOS Now]. More accessible, less boring, more likely to be read. Desmond Brown, MD Sherborn, Mass. I really like the new publication—AAOS Now—and found lively content, attractive format, good reading. However, my team and I feel there is a conflict of interest in publishing a picture of Dr.

‘One AAOS surgeon can change the world’

Carolyn Rogers

AAOS honors Lewis G. Zirkle Jr., MD—an ‘ultimate humanitarian’—with the 2007 Humanitarian Award On Feb. 15, the Academy bestowed its 2007 Humanitarian Award on Lewis G. Zirkle Jr., MD, in recognition of his lifetime of commitment to alleviating musculoskeletal suffering worldwide. Accompanying the award was a $5,000 donation to the Surgical Implant Generation Network (SIGN)—a humanitarian organization founded by Dr.

Wilhoit named new lay Board member

Zachary Wilhoit, an entrepreneur and CEO of ETECH LLC (Ethnic Technologies), has been named the new lay member of the AAOS Board of Directors. Mr. Wilhoit has a masters degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is also a Harvard MBA. He is a recognized expert in the field of multicultural initiatives and global diversity.

Altick awarded honorary membership

During the 2007 Annual Meeting, Leslie Altick, the first lay member of the AAOS Board of Directors, was presented with the highest honor the Academy can bestow on a nonmember: She was made an Honorary Member of the AAOS. Leslie Altick, an executive vice president at Wells Fargo Bank, had served on the AAOS Board of Directors since 2002. Ms. Altick, an executive vice president at Wells Fargo Bank, had served on the AAOS Board of Directors since 2002.

Upcoming Orthopaedic Meetings of Interest

Listed below are upcoming meetings through July 2007 that may be of interest to orthopaedic surgeons. For more information, contact the source listed. April 11-14 Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics Atlanta Web site: www.acpoc.org April 11-15 Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Lexington, Ky. Web site: www.abjs.