ABOS Announces 2020-2021 Board of Directors

A slate of new talent has just been added to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) with the recent selection of its 2020-2021 Officers, a new Director-Elect and a new Public Member.

Serving as ABOS President for the next year is Michael S. Bednar, M.D., Chief of Hand Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.

For 2020-2021, John Flynn, M.D., the Richard M. Armstrong Jr. Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Chief of Orthopedics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, will serve as ABOS vice president. Previously, Dr. Flynn lent his talents to ABOS as Chair of the Maintenance of Certification Committee.

The President-Elect Gregory A. Mencio, M.D. is the Neil E. Green Professor of Orthopaedics and Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Vanderbilt University. In the past, Dr. Mencio has served as Chair of the ABOS Credentials and Research Committees.

The new ABOS Secretary Ann E. Van Heest, M.D. is Professor and Vice-Chair of Education, in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota. She has previously served ABOS as Chair of the ABOS Graduate Medical Education and Subspecialty Committees.

Frederick M. Azar, M.D., Chief of Staff of Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics and Professor at the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, has been re-elected as ABOS Treasurer for a one-year term. Dr. Azar also serves as Chair of the Oral Examinations Committee.

“These orthopaedic leaders—all practicing orthopaedic surgeons—will do a fantastic job leading the ABOS for the next year,” said David F. Martin, M.D., ABOS Executive Medical Director. “Like our Diplomates, these Officers represent a wide variety of specialties and bring special talents to the ABOS. Their unparalleled dedication will serve our Diplomates, our profession, and the public extremely well.”

Michael D. Daubs, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UNLV School of Medicine, and Gregory P. Guyton, M.D., Director of the Foot and Ankle Division in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, M.D., were selected as Director-Elects and Eric L. Conley, Executive Vice President at Froedtert Health and President, Froedtert Hospital, as the Public Member.

Dr. Bednar told OTW, “As President of the ABOS, I have several goals over the next year including improving the ABOS volunteer program, making sure we effectively reach all orthopaedic surgeons—from residents through Diplomates, and continuing to work with leadership of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. We are always looking for orthopaedic surgeons who want to volunteer with the ABOS and invite them to complete the volunteer form on the ABOS Diplomate Dashboard.”