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Penn professor to become American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ first female president
Kristy L. Weber, MD, will become the first female president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 2019.
Weber, chief of orthopedic oncology for University of Pennsylvania Health System and director of the sarcoma program at Abramson Cancer Center, will serve as second vice president for 2017-2018 and as first vice president for 2018-2019.
Weber — who also serves as professor and vice chair of faculty affairs in the department of orthopedic surgery, as well as Abramson family professor in sarcoma care excellence — specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of bone or soft tissue tumors, as well as in complex limb salvage techniques around the hip, knee, shoulder and pelvis.
“Having worked with Kristy for the last four years here at Penn, I have seen firsthand the unparalleled impact she has had, not only on the lives of her patients and their families but on Penn’s orthopedic oncology program and our department,” L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS, chair of orthopedic surgery and professor of plastic surgery at Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania, said in a press release. “It’s apparent based on Kristy’s passion for patient care, her commitment to educating fellow physicians and surgeons, and her clinical and research expertise in the area of sarcoma and limb salvage that she will continue to rise as a pre-eminent leader the field of orthopedic oncology.”