AAOS names inaugural Dominik C. Meyer Award recipient at annual meeting
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Reinhold Ganz, MD, received the inaugural Dominik C. Meyer Award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, according to a press release.
The award, which honors the late Dominik C. Meyer, MD, acknowledges transformative discoveries, innovations and disruptive advancements in musculoskeletal medicine, according to the release.
Ganz, chair emeritus at the University of Bern in Switzerland, has pioneered research on safely dislocating the hip to allow for cartilage and bone repair during total hip replacement surgery. He has pioneered surgical techniques, including the Bernese periacetabular osteotomy, and his research on osteoarthritis led to the identification of femoroacetabular impingement, according to the release.
“It is an honor to receive this award,” Ganz said in the release. “Throughout my career, I have been driven to overcome the shortcomings of the available treatments of hip conditions. The opportunity to help find improvements that can increase surgical success makes my research worthwhile. The focus has always been to help to achieve better results and higher quality of care for our patients,” he said.
“Professor Ganz’ work inspires others in our profession to consider new and novel treatments based on careful, well-designed research,” Daniel K. Guy, MD, FAAOS, outgoing president of the AAOS, said in the release. “He was selected for the Meyer Award because he exceeded every criteria required, and because the concepts and techniques he developed resulted in life-changing hip surgeries for patients. His discoveries give patients the ability to preserve the hip joint and reverse the progression of bone and musculoskeletal disorders,” Guy added.
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