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Pat on the back…

• 2009-2010 board members for the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand: Peter J. Stern, MD, chairman; Andrew J. Weiland, MD, vice chairman; Frederick F. Fakharzadeh, MD, president; John M. Bednar, MD, secretary; Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, MD, treasurer; and trustees Robert M. Szabo, MD; Thomas E. Trumble, MD; L. Andrew Koman, MD; James Chang, MD; J. Mark Evans, MD; Fraser J. Leversedge, MD; William H. Seitz Jr., MD.

• 2009-2010 members of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) board of directors: Richard E. McCarthy, MD, president; Lawrence G. Lenke, MD, president elect; B. Stephens Richards III, MD, vice president; Steven M. Mardjetko, MD, treasurer; David W. Polly, Jr, MD, secretary; Hubert Labelle, MD, secretary-elect; Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, MD, past president I; George H. Thompson, MD, past president II; Behrooz A. Akbarnia, MD, past president III; Kamal N. Ibrahim, MD, Kenneth MC Cheung, MD, J. Abbott Byrd, MD, and Serena S. Hu, MD, directors.

• Marc A. Asher, MD, and David B. Levine, MD, winners of the SRS Lifetime Achievement Award.

• Behrooz A. Akbarnia, MD, winner of the Walter P. Blount Humanitarian Award.

• Additional SRS award winners: Justin Smith, MD, PhD; Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD; Steven D. Glassman, MD; Sigurd H. Berven, MD; Christopher L. Hamill, MD; William C. Horton III, MD; Stephen L. Ondra; Frank J. Schwab; Charles A. Sansur; Keith H. Bridwell, MD (Best Clinical Paper); Francis H. Shen, MD; Qing Zeng, Gary Balian (Best Basic Science Paper); Jean-Marc Mac-Thiong, MD; Stefan Parent, MD; Benoit Poitras, MD; Hubert Labelle, MD (Best Clinical Poster); Hong Zhang, MD, and Daniel J. Sucato, MD (Best Basic Science Poster).

• Mark W. Galland, MD, named to the Trentini Foundation board of directors; the foundation provides opportunities for students to pursue higher education and further develop personal and professional skills.

• A. Seth Greenwald, DPhil Oxon, recipient of the British Orthopaedic Association’s Presidential Medal for contributions to orthopaedic education and research.

• The AAOS 75th Anniversary Committee and the AAOS public relations department—in recognition of the communications program and Web site “Moving Stories” (www.aaos75th.org), celebrating the 75 years of orthopaedics, which received the inaugural 2009 “Council’s Choice Award” presented by the American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership.

AAOS Now
November 2009 Issue
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/nov09/youraaos6.asp

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