Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS, installed as 33rd president of AAHKS
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Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS, took office as the 33rd president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons on March 8, according to an association press release.
Parvizi is the James Edward Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine and Rothman Orthopaedic Institute and has been a member of AAHKS since 2004, according to the release.
Parvizi, an Orthopedics Today Editorial Board Member, has also served as president of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society and the Eastern Orthopedic Association. He is founder and CEO of Parvizi Surgical Innovation LLC.
“I am humbled and honored to be a servant leader of the most respected and admired arthroplasty organization in the world,” Parvizi said in the release.