Tornetta introduced as AAOS president
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Key takeaways:
- Paul Tornetta III, MD, PhD, FAAOS, was introduced as new president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
- Tornetta serves as the director of orthopedic trauma at Boston Medical Center.
Paul Tornetta III, MD, PhD, FAAOS, has assumed the role of president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for the 2024 to 2025 term, according to a press release.
Tornetta is the director of orthopedic trauma at Boston Medical Center, as well as a professor and the chair of the department of orthopedic surgery at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine at Boston University.
Tornetta, who has served on the board of directors for AAOS for 3 years, was introduced as the new president at the AAOS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
“I am honored and humbled to serve as AAOS president. As orthopedic surgeons, we share a strong bond based in helping others,” he said in the release. “We have the tools to contribute to the greater good – to make a positive impact on the well-being of others that few people can,” he added.
Tornetta completed his medical degree, internship and residency at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn. He completed his fellowship at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan in Los Angeles. He served as director of orthopedic trauma at Kings County Hospital Center and the University Hospital of Brooklyn before joining Boston Medical Center.
“I am deeply grateful to the AAOS Board of Directors for entrusting me to take on this role and look forward to working alongside them and with the many volunteer and staff leaders in the organization to move our profession forward in the service of our patients,” Tornetta said. “We succeed only with each other, and I am optimistic about the future for our patients – and for us,” he concluded.
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