The Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America has named Jeffrey Sawyer, MD, as the next president of the society, stepping into the role in 2023.
Dr. Sawyer is a pediatric spine surgeon with Germantown, Tenn.-based Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics, the practice said in a May 26 news release. He will be the third surgeon from the group to serve as president of the society after Terry Canale, MD, who is retired, and James Beaty, MD.
He has been a POSNA traveling fellow and won the society's special achievement award for his work on the pediatric orthopedic workforce. He has written more than 125 peer-reviewed publications and serves as an editor for the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, the American Journal of Orthopaedics and the Orthopaedic Clinics of North America.