Michael P. Bolognesi, M.D. New President of AAHKS, Takes Office

Michael “Bolo” P. Bolognesi, M.D., professor of surgery, chief of the Adult Reconstruction Division, and director of the Adult Reconstruction Fellowship in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine, has taken office as the 29th President of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS).

“Dr. Bolognesi completed medical school and his residency at Duke, followed by a fellowship in Adult Reconstruction at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City,” according to the press release. He then returned to Duke and joined the academic faculty where he focuses on “…total hip and knee replacement, uni-compartmental arthroplasty, revision total hip and knee replacement and patient outcome optimization.”

“As a member of AAHKS since 2005, Dr. Bolognesi has served on the Publications, Membership and Program Committees. He also served as a Guest Editor for the Journal of Arthroplasty and on the AAHKS Board of Directors.”

Dr. Bolognesi commented to OTW, “My main priority is to keep AAHKS on the path that the founders and early leaders started it down. The Association continues to grow in membership, and the Annual Meeting in now hard to rival from an educational and clinical significance standpoint.”

“I am also really focused on our advocacy efforts to protect our codes and the way we are reimbursed going forward as well as to continue decreasing administrative burden related to the care we deliver. Our members are lucky to have exceptional physicians, consultants and AAHKS staff working tirelessly in this space. I think most of them would be surprised to know how much work is going on every day on these issues.”

“I want the members to know that I want to hear from them. I have always favored getting feedback and trying to use it to improve anything about what the association is doing. We need to know about and respond to all of the issues our members face as well as deliver what we have always intended for education and research.”

“It is easy to see how we have succeeded on the educational arm of our mission statement, but we are now also making great gains on research through the Foundation for Arthroplasty Research and Education (FARE) and the studies funded thus far. I also hope to expand on the efforts made thus far related to AAHKS being inclusive.”

“Our international membership keeps growing and we are very excited about the Young Arthroplasty Committee and Women in Arthroplasty Committee and the value they bring to our membership. We can do even more. Lastly, let me just say how truly honored I am to be in this role and thanks to the numerous mentors, friends and AAHKS staff members that helped me along the way.”