April 1998 AAOS Report
James B. Steichen, MD,
has been awarded the St. Vincent Hospital's 1998 Distinguished
Physician Award . . . The American Association of Hip and Knee
Surgeons elected Richard H. Rothman, MD, president; James
A. Rand, MD, first vice president; Richard B. Welch, MD,
second vice president; John J. Callaghan, MD, third vice
president; Joseph C. McCarthy, MD, secretary; Clifford
W. Colwell Jr., MD, treasurer; Merrill A. Ritter, MD,
immediate past president; and James T. Caillouette, MD;
Harry E. Rubash, MD; Thomas P. Vail, MD; and William
J. Bryan, MD, members-at-large . . . New officers of the Knee
Society are James A. Rand, MD, president; Kenneth A.
Krackow, MD, first vice president; Thomas S. Thornhill,
MD, second vice president; Clifford W. Colwell Jr., MD,
third vice president; Gerard A. Engh, MD, treasurer; Russell
E. Windsor, MD, secretary; W. Norman Scott, MD, immediate
past president; and Giles R. Scuderi, MD, and Michael
A. Kelly, MD, members-at-large . . . The Ruth Jackson Othopaedic
Society elected Mary Lynn Newport, MD, president; Debra
A. Zillmer, MD, vice president; Dale E. Jarka, MD,
secretary; J. Sybil Biermann, MD, treasurer; Holly J.
Duck, MD, and Bess E. Brackett, MD, members-at-large;
and Mary Lloyd Ireland, MD, immediate past president.