Nov 21, 2014 | Promotions
Mark I. Froimson, MD, Chair of the AAHKS Health Policy Committee, has been appointed to executive vice president, Chief Clinical Officer at Trinity Health in Livonia, Michigan. As CCO, Froimson will lead Trinity Health’s Unified Clinical Organization and all of...
Nov 21, 2014 | Promotions
Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA has accepted the position as the Inaugural Chair of Surgery and Perioperative Care at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Bozic will be involved in developing the first Medical School and Academic Health System to...
Nov 14, 2014 | AAHKS Business, Annual Meeting, Committees and Task Forces
AAHKS Delegate, Courtland Lewis, MD and Alternate Delegate Christopher Dangles, MD, attended the AMA Interim Meeting November 8-11 in Dallas. Dr. Lewis and Dr. Dangles report that there were several policy issues addressed that were relevant to arthroplasty surgeons:...
Nov 14, 2014 | Annual Meeting, Committees and Task Forces
The AAHKS Finance Committee presented this report at the AAHKS Annual Meeting. Most significant activities or developments: With current assets totaling over $7 million, AAHKS continues to remain fiscally strong. Over $5.5 million are in reserves; being held in an...
Nov 14, 2014 | Annual Meeting
Founding members of the Indian Society of Hip & Knee Surgeons (ISHKS), Javahir A. Pachore, MD of Ahmedabad and H.P.C. Khincha, MD, FRCS of Bangalore, attended the AAHKS Annual Meeting for the first time. Dr. Pachore is the original founder and past-president of...