April 1999 AAOS Report
Names in the news
Bernard R. Bach Jr., MD, was named to the Board of Trustees of the
Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation . . . Daniel J. Nagel, MD, has been
elected president of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery . . .
Steven Arnoczky, DVM, received the Distinguished Faculty Award for outstanding service
at Michigan State University . . . The American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons
elected James A. Rand, MD, president; Richard B. Welch, MD, first vice president;
John J. Callaghan, MD, second vice president; Douglas A. Dennis, MD, third
vice president; Joseph C. McCarthy, MD, secretary; Clifford W. Colwell Jr., MD,
treasurer; Richard H. Rothman, MD, immediate past president; Richard F. Santore, MD,
educational committee chairman; and Richard L. Worland, MD, membership committee
chairman. Elected as members-at-large are William J. Bryan, MD; Thomas P. Vail, MD;
James P. Crutcher, MD; and Michael D. Ries, MD. . . New officers of
the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society are Debra A. Zillmer, MD, president;
Dale E. Jarka, MD, vice president; Holly J. Duck, MD, secretary;
J. Sybil Biermann, MD, treasurer; Jo A. Hannafin, MD, membership chair;
and Daneca M. Dipaolo, MD, mentoring chair. Named as members-at-large are
Bess E. Brackett, MD, and Judith J. Levine, MD. Immediate past presidents
are Mary Lynn Newport, MD, and Mary Lloyd Ireland, MD.