Apr 7, 2023 | Awards, Humanitarian Award, Humanitarian Organizations
Nominate a colleague for the 2023 Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, Humanitarian Award! Founded in honor of legendary Operation Walk founder Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, the Humanitarian Award recognizes AAHKS members who have distinguished themselves by providing humanitarian medical...
Nov 3, 2022 | Annual Meeting, Humanitarian Organizations, International
2022 AAHKS Annual Meeting events kicked off at the Gaylord Texan Resort today. The AAHKS Board of Directors, led by AAHKS President Bryan D. Springer, MD, welcomed leaders to Grapevine. The Board heard reports from committee chairs including updates on membership,...
Apr 8, 2022 | Humanitarian Organizations, International, Patient Outcomes
AAHKS member and Past President Brian S. Parsley, MD recently traveled to Antigua, Guatemala to celebrate the grand reopening of the new operating rooms and expanded ward capacity at the Obras Sociales del Santo Hermano Pedro Hospital. This renovation will expand...
May 14, 2021 | Humanitarian Organizations, International, Membership
AAHKS Past President and current Humanitarian Committee Member Brian S. Parsley, MD, shared his recent experience returning to medical mission work after the COVID-19 global pandemic. This trip, organized by the humanitarian organization Faith in Practice that is...
Nov 12, 2020 | Annual Meeting, Humanitarian Award, Humanitarian Organizations
At the 2020 Annual Meeting last week, the 2020 AAHKS Humanitarian Award was presented to Michael J. Christie, MD, MPH. A practicing orthopaedic surgeon at the Southern Joint Replacement Institute in Nashville and a long-time AAHKS member, Dr. Christie has been...
Dec 12, 2019 | Humanitarian Organizations
The AAHKS Board of Directors has approved the establishment of a foundation to handle centralized functions on behalf of the international Operation Walk medical missions and other humanitarian ventures. This will include accepting and redistributing charitable...
