Awards

James A. Hill, MD, FAAOS, receives American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Diversity Award

ROSEMONT, Ill. (March 30, 2020)—The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) presented its 2020 Diversity Award to James A. Hill, MD, FAAOS. The Diversity Award recognizes members of the Academy who have distinguished themselves through their outstanding commitment to making orthopaedics more representative of, and accessible to, diverse patient populations.…

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Steven J. Meyer, MD, FAAOS, receives American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Humanitarian Award

ROSEMONT, Ill. (March 30, 2020)—The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons  (AAOS) presented its 2020 Humanitarian Award to Steven J. Meyer, MD, FAAOS, of Dakota Dunes, S.D.

The Humanitarian Award honors members of the Academy who have distinguished themselves through outstanding musculoskeletal-related humanitarian activities in the United States or abroad.…

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Scott Beecher Scutchfield, MD, FAAOS, receives American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ highest leadership honor

ROSEMONT, Ill. (March 30, 2020)—The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) presented its 2020 William W. Tipton Jr., MD, Leadership Award to Scott Beecher Scutchfield, MD, FAAOS.

The Tipton Leadership Award recognizes AAOS members who have demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities that have benefitted the orthopaedic community, patients, and/or the American public.…

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Carl Deirmengian, MD, FAAOS, receives Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award for the first FDA-Authorized diagnostic test for use in orthopaedics

ROSEMONT, Ill. (February 5, 2020)—Carl Deirmengian, MD, FAAOS, received the Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award. His body of work includes 15 years of synovial fluid research, eventually leading to the Alpha-defensin Lateral Flow Test, the first Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared diagnostic test in the field of orthopaedic surgery, as an adjunct aid in the evaluation and detection of Periprosthetic Joint Infection (PJI).…

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Marc Swiontkowski, MD, FAAOS, named Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award recipient for research in hip fractures

ROSEMONT, Ill. (February 5, 2020)—The 2020 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award was presented to Marc Swiontkowski, MD, FAAOS, for his research in the operative management of hip fractures, which identified the optimal surgical approach, helping to improve patients’ lives. The Kappa Delta Awards recognize research in musculoskeletal disease or injury with great potential to advance patient care.…

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Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award presented to Alice Huang, PhD, for exciting research in tendon development, healing and regeneration

ROSEMONT, Ill. (February 5, 2020)—Alice Huang, PhD, is this year’s recipient of the Kappa Delta Young Investigator Award, which recognizes outstanding clinical research related to musculoskeletal disease or injury by investigators under 40 years old. Dr. Huang, along with co-authors Ronen Schweitzer, PhD and Leesa Galatz, MD, studied the basic biology of tendon development and scar formation to ultimately improve healing through regeneration.…

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Braden C. Fleming, PhD, recognized by the AAOS and the OREF for research into the long-term outcomes of ACL reconstruction with a focus on post-traumatic osteoarthritis

ROSEMONT, Ill. (February 5, 2020)—Braden C. Fleming, PhD, received the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) Clinical Research Award. The award recognizes outstanding clinical research related to musculoskeletal disease or injury.

As lead researcher, Dr. Fleming, along with co-authors Gary Badger, MS, Paul D.…

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