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AAOS president calls for unity at opening ceremony
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SAN FRANCISCO — The opening ceremony of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2012 Annual Meeting included an address by the society’s president Daniel J. Berry, MD, an introduction of Japan as the meeting’s guest nation and presentation of awards.
 Daniel J. Berry |
In his presidential address, Berry noted the accomplishments of the society including work by David Llewellyn, MD, on an American joint replacement registry and the integration of new technologies into the Orthopaedic Learning Center. Berry also highlighted the partnership of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) with the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) to provide funds for educational programs, such as disaster response courses spurred by the earthquake in Haiti, and the work of the Orthopaedic Political Action Committee of the AAOS for Medicare reforms. Berry also spoke about continued collaborations with other organizations to educate the public, such as the STOP Sports Injuries and Decide to Drive campaigns.
“Unity remains the key to our success as an organization and, I daresay, as a profession,” Berry said. “There will always be […] voices trying to pull us apart. But let us remember the words of Benjamin Franklin, ‘We must all hang together, or surely, we shall hang separately.’”
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Image: Renee Blisard, Orthopedics Today |
During the ceremony, the President of the Japanese Orthopaedic Society Yukihide Iwamoto, MD, spoke of the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan and noted the aid that the United States provided to the country. He also expressed his organization’s desire to collaborate with American orthopedists on multi-center trials.
“We are pleased to be invited as guest nation at the 2012 AAOS Annual Meeting,” Iwamoto said.
AAOS CEO Karen L. Hackett, FACHE, CAE, announced the winners of several awards including Xudong Joshua Li, MD, for the Young Investigator Award, Kurt P. Spindler, MD, for the Ann Doner Vaughan Award, Jay R. Lieberman, MD, for the Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award and Thomas D. Brown, PhD, for the 2012 OREF Clinical Research Award.
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