Dr. Tongue has served on the AAOS board of directors and been chair of the AAOS Board of Councilors. During his career, he has earned the AAOS Humanitarian Award, National Highway Traffic Safety Association Public Service Award and Oregon Medical Association’s Doctor-Citizen of the Year.
He pioneered the AAOS Communication Skills Monitoring Program in 2000 to improve the communication between surgeons and patients, which will continue to be a top priority during his term as president. He will also focus on quality initiatives and socioeconomic value of orthopedic interventions, according to the report.
Dr. Tongue earned his medical degree at St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri and completed the San Francisco Orthopaedic Residency Training Program. His additional training includes a sports medicine fellowship at the Orthopaedic Fracture Clinic in Eugene, Ore., and a hand surgery fellowship at the University of California.
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