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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 80:775-81 (1998)
© 1998 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Let's Keep Our Eye on the Sparrow*

JAMES D. HECKMAN, M.D.{dagger}, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

*First Vice-President's Address. Read at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 21, 1998.


   Introduction
 
President Jackson, fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, family, and friends:

I am honored beyond description to serve as the next President of this, the greatest professional society in the world, and I shall do everything in my power to uphold the confidence that you have vested in me.


   Shoulders
 
It was Sir Isaac Newton who said: "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Certainly, that is where I am standing today. Before I begin my formal remarks, I want to express my appreciation to all of those giants in orthopaedics who have preceded me in this office. I hope to emulate the standards set by them. I want to thank four in particular who have strongly influenced my career.

Dr. John Gartland: my teacher when I was a third-year medical student at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. I will never forget . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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