Steven Arnoczky, D.V.M., Bruce Reider, M.D., Timothy Taft, M.D. Inducted AOSSM Hall of Fame

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) has welcomed three new members to its ranks: Steven P. Arnoczky, D.V.M., Bruce Reider, M.D., Timothy N. Taft, M.D. All three were inducted at the AOSSM Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, on Friday, July 11.

Dr. Arnoczky, a sports medicine researcher from Michigan State University (MSU), is currently the Director of the Laboratory for Comparative Orthopaedic Research at MSU and the Wade O. Brinker Endowed Professor of Veterinary Surgery in the College of Veterinary Medicine. He also holds appointments in the College of Human Medicine and the College of Osteopathic Medicine at MSU.

Dr. Arnoczky has received numerous awards, including the Neer Award from the American Shoulder and Elbow Society and the Kappa Delta Award for Outstanding Orthopaedic Research from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

Dr. Arnoczky told OTW, “Being selected to the AOSSM Hall of Fame is undoubtedly one of the greatest honors of my professional career. As a non-physician, I have always felt extremely fortunate to be associated with the AOSSM, its membership, and its research and education missions. To be among those individuals who have been deemed worthy for inclusion into the AOSSM Hall of Fame is, indeed, a humbling experience. I am very appreciative of this special honor.”

Bruce Reider, M.D. is a sports medicine orthopedic surgeon and University of Chicago (UC) team physician. He arrived at the University of Chicago in 1981, where he continues to serve as head team physician for the athletic programs. At UC, he founded the sports medicine fellowship program and was director of sports medicine for more than three decades. In 2013, in recognition of his long-time devoted care of the varsity athletes of the University of Chicago, he was awarded the Starkey Duncan Service Award. In addition to his duties at UC, he has served as team physician for several other colleges and high schools in the Chicago-land area and provided team coverage for wrestling and soccer at the national and professional levels.

Since 2002, Dr. Reider has been editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Sports Medicine and, since 2009, executive editor of the Medical Publishing Group for the AOSSM. He also serves as Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine editor-in-chief.

Dr. Reider commented to OTW, “The individuals whose portraits hang in the AOSSM Hall of Fame have made exceptional contributions to Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and to the AOSSM. To be considered in the same context as these outstanding people is a wonderful honor.”

Timothy N. Taft, M.D. is the Max Novich Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedics and director of sports medicine at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (UNC). In addition to being the team physician and orthopedic surgeon for UNC, Dr. Taft has been the team, head physician or medical director for more than 40 U.S. teams at international competitions including the U.S. Swimming (1983-2004) Teams and the1980 USA Olympics Teams.

Dr. Taft told OTW, “I was honored to learn that I was being considered for the AOSSM Hall of Fame and humbled at being chosen by my peers as being someone who has made a distinctive contribution to Sports Medicine.”