Greg Dummer, CAE, is the new Chief Executive Officer of The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). Dummer replaces Irv Bomberger who will retire at the end of July. For the past 16 years, Dummer was CEO of the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS), a multi-disciplinary scientific society for academic, government and industry researchers.
Greg Dummer New CEO of AOSSM
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“Greg’s 25 years of non-profit society management experience and wealth of expertise in strategic planning, membership development, international collaboration and publishing will help grow our Society and meet our future opportunities and challenges, ” said AOSSM President Allen Anderson, M.D. in the April 15, 2015 news release.
As indicated in the news release, “During his time at SLAS, Greg led the Board leadership through the successful merger of two international science societies, helped launch in-person and online educational programming, established a $1 million educational fund to annually award $100, 000 research grants and facilitated author workshops at universities and conferences throughout Europe and Asia. In addition, his previous experience included serving as a manager/supervisor/director for Smith, Bucklin & Associates (SBA), the world’s largest association management firm, where he oversaw marketing and communications programs for 25+ association clients. Greg is a Certified Association Executive [CAE] through the American Society of Association Executives and was named one of the Top 25 Non-Profit CEOs in the United States by CEO Update magazine in 2009. He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin.”
“I am pleased to be able to turn over my executive responsibilities to Greg. He has a stellar reputation in the association management field, and I believe his professional strengths and personal qualities are a unique fit for the Society that will provide for its continued growth. AOSSM is a special organization, and I am sure Greg will serve the profession well, ” said Bomberger.
“I am excited to be joining the AOSSM team and look forward to cultivating, learning from and leading staff, members and the orthopaedic sports medicine community to future growth and excellence, ” said Dummer.
Dummer told OTW, “With a start date of July 1, I am already engaged in a comprehensive three-month transition process with retiring Executive Director Irv Bomberger learning about key relationships, and studying everything from the Society’s strategic priorities and alliances, to operational and overall organizational dynamics.”
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This is a fascinating development. In my practice we've seen similar outcomes with the revised protocol. The key differentiator seems to be patient selection criteria. Has anyone else noticed the correlation with BMI thresholds?
Great point. I'd push back slightly on the conclusion, the sample size in the cited study is too small to draw population-level inferences. That said, the directional signal is compelling and worth a larger RCT.
We implemented a similar approach last year. Early results are promising but we're still gathering 12-month follow-up data. Happy to share our protocol if anyone is interested.
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