15 orthopedic surgeon honors & promotions

Here are 15 orthopedic surgeons who recently received honors and promotions.

Todd O'Brien, MD, was named orthopedics department chair at Salem, Mass.-based North Shore Medical Center.

The American Orthopaedic Association named J. Lawrence Marsh, MD, president and Kevin P. Black, MD, as first president-elect.

USA Gymnastics asked David Kruse, MD, to serve as the athletic care coordinator for the Medical Task Force.

Dallas Medical Center's Richard Buch, MD, performed the first total humerus replacement in the United States using implantcast's MUTARS.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons presented the O'Donoghue Sports Injury Research Award for their work on anterior cruciate ligament surgery to five researchers, including Rick W. Wright, MD, and Kurt P. Spindler, MD.

The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery named William Levine, MD, and Rick W. Wright, MD, directors-elect.

Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia appointed James S. Raphael, MD, chairman of the department of orthopedics.

AOSSM named Robert A. Arciero, MD, as the 43rd president of the society.

Children's Advocacy Center of Hamilton awarded orthopedic surgeon Julie A. Zielinski, MD, with the One with Courage Award for Healing.

Washington University School of Medicine named Regis O'Keefe, MD, PhD, head of the department of orthopedic surgery.

James Andrews, MD, received the 2014 Robert E. Leach Mr. Sports Medicine Award from AOSSM.

The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons names Charles Saltzman, MD, president.

Practicing orthopedic surgeon and Texas state senator Charles Schwertner, MD, became head of the state Senate Health and Human Services Committee.

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