Kevin Black, M.D. Elected Second President-Elect of AOA

The American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) has announced that Kevin P. Black, M.D. has been elected to the position of Second President-Elect. Dr. Black will become First President-Elect at the 2014 Combined Meeting of The American Orthopaedic Association and the Canadian Orthopaedic Association in Montreal, Canada, June 17-21, 2014, and will assume the role of AOA President in June 2015.

Dr. Black is the C. McCollister Evarts Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He came to Hershey in 1993 and in September 2001, became Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation¾a position he still currently holds. On July 1, 2013, he was also appointed to the role of Vice Dean for the Penn State University College of Medicine University Park Regional Medical Campus in State College, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Black has a special interest in orthopedic resident education and has been active with the AOA’s Academic Leadership Committee and Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors (CORD) program. He served as Co-Director of the AOA’s Effective Orthopaedic Educator Course, and chaired the 2010 Resident Leadership Forum, which provides PGY4 (post graduate year 4) residents with an introduction to orthopedic leadership concepts. His expertise as an orthopedic educator was acknowledged by Penn State Hershey Medical Center, where he was presented with the Distinguished Educator Award in 2011.

Hershey also recognized Dr. Black with the 2008 Steven Baron Leadership Award for his exceptional professional achievement and exemplification of cooperation and teamwork. Dr. Black is the recipient of two Traveling Fellowships: a European Traveling Fellowship from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) in 2000, and a Traveling Fellowship from the Clinical Orthopaedic Society in 1992. He carries his interest in Traveling Fellowships into his volunteer work with the AOA, having served on a number of the AOA’s Traveling Fellowship Committees.

Dr. Black will also serve as 2013 President of the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society. He is also a member and has served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), and the AOSSM.

His clinical interests and associated research interests include knee ligament injuries, osteochondritis dissecans, patella instability, and meniscal injuries. His research interests are in the areas of orthopedic resident education, medical student education, knee ligament instability, and articular cartilage injury.

Following his residency training at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine & Dentistry, Dr. Black held a Fellowship in Sports Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He began his career at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 1987, where he developed the Sports Medicine Program.

Dr. Black told OTW, “My initial efforts will focus on continuing to support the mission of the AOA and the needs of our members, helping them develop the requisite skills to provide the necessary leadership to our profession amidst the myriad of changes we are confronted within health care and education.”