Here are 16 orthopedic surgeons who were promoted or received industry honors within the last month.
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho, N.M., named orthopedic surgeon Paul G. Echols, MD, CMO.
The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association awarded Peter J. Daley, MD, the Dr. Thomas A. Dooley award.
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth (Mass.) named R. Scott Oliver, MD, chief of surgery.
Sonya Ahmed, MD, was selected as CMO for Team USA at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games.
The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons named William Levine, MD, the new editor-in-chief.
The Eastern Athletic Trainers' Association granted Robert Franks, DO, the 2016 Dr. David G. Moyer – Physician Award.
The American Joint Replacement Registry added Douglas E. Padgett, MD, and Yvonne Bokelman, MD, to its 2016 board of directors.
The American Shoulder and Elbow Society named the following members of its 2015 to 2016 executive committee:
• President: Jesse B. Jupiter, MD
• President-elect: Felix H. Savoie, III, MD
• Vice-president: Anthony A. Romeo, MD
• Secretary/treasurer: C. Craig Satterlee, MD
• Immediate past-president: William J. Mallon, MD
• Past-president: Robert H. Bell, MD
• Members-at-large: John E. Kuhn, MD, and Joseph A. Abboud, MD