The Scoliosis Research Society named the 2014 to 2015 board of director members, according to an AAOS Now report.
The new members are:
1. President — John P. Dormans, MD, former chief of division of orthopedics at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
2. President-elect — David W. Polly Jr., MD, chief of spine surgery at the University of Minnesota
3. Vice president — Kenneth M.C. Cheung, MD, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital
4. Treasurer — Paul D. Sponseller, MD, chief of the division of pediatric orthopedics at Johns Hopkins Children's Center
5. Secretary — Mark Weidenbaum, MD, Columbia Orthopaedics
6. Treasurer-elect — J. Abbott Byrd, MD, Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists
7. Past president I — Steven D. Glassman, MD, Norton Spine Care
8. Past president II — Kamal N. Ibrahim, MD, Advocat Good Samaritan
The directors at large are:
• Ahmet Alanay, MD
• Laurel C. Blakemore, MD
• Manish C. Gupta, MD
• Baron S. Lonner, MD
• Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD
• Stefan Parent, MD, PhD
Additional leaders are:
1. Frank J. Schwab, MD — Research council chair
2. Daniel J. Sucato, MD — Education council chair
3. John R. Dimar II, MD — Education council chair-elect