Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD, chair of orthopedics at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., has been elected president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America.

Larry D. Field, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a special interest in shoulder and elbow surgery, was elected to the Arthroscopy Association of North America's board of directors, according to a Madison County Journal report.

J. Richard Steadman, MD, founder and managing partner of The Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colo., and founder and chairman of the board for The Steadman Philippon Research Institute, was honored at the recent Arthroscopy Association of North America annual meeting.

The Arthroscopy Association of North America is conducting a six-month long study on complications associated with arthroscopy aimed to collect data similar to those found on joint registries, according to a report in AAOS Now.