A pat on the back to…

Alvin Crawford, MD, who was recently inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame for his exceptional accomplishments in the field of medicine.
Frederick G. Dalzell, MD; William G. DeLong Jr., MD; Eric L. Hume, MD; Lawrence S. Miller, MD; Robert F. Ostrum, MD; Alexander A. Sapega, MD, and Michael L. Sidor, MD, named “Top Physicians in Orthopaedic Surgery 2007” according to South Jersey Magazine.
Charles B. Gillespie, MD, initiator of the Georgia state emergency services program and author of the “official” emergency medical technicians’ oath; the new emergency responders training center at the Albany (Georgia) Technical College will be named in his honor.
William H. Harris, MD, and his wife Nan, who are being recognized for their deep appreciation of and commitment to objective, unbiased reporting on national and international issues; the production studios of “The World,” a National Public Radio (WGBH-Boston) program, are being named in their honor.
William L. Healy, MD, honored with the Arthritis Foundation (Massachusetts Chapter) Physician Achievement Award.
James D. Michelson, MD, who—along with co-authors Yatin M. Kirane, MBBS, MS, and Neil A. Sharkey, PhD—received the J. Leonard Goldner Award for Outstanding Basic Science Paper from the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society.
William M. Strassberg, MD, new president of the Maine Medical Association.
David B. Thordarson, MD, named new editor-in-chief of Foot & Ankle International.
The 2007-2008 members of the governing council for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), inducted at the recent ASSH annual meeting: Steven Z. Glickel, MD, president; L. Andrew Koman, MD, president-elect; Robert M. Szabo, MD, MPH, vice-president; Richard H. Gelberman, MD, past president; David M. Lichtman, MD, penultimate past president; Thomas Trumble, MD, treasurer; Arnold-Peter Weiss, MD, treasurer-elect; W.P. Andrew Lee, MD, secretary; James Chang, MD, research director; Edward Akelman, MD, education director; Daniel J. Nagle, MD, practice management director; Ghazi M. Rayan, MD, Michael R. Hausman, MD, Kevin C. Chung, MD, Alexander Y. Shin, MD, and William H. Seitz Jr., MD, members at large.