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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American) 83:946-950 (2001)
© 2001 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

The Orthopaedic forum

The Academy on the Edge: Taking Charge of Our Future*

Richard H. Gelberman, MD

Richard H. Gelberman, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine, One Barnes Hospital Plaza, Suite 11300, St. Louis, MO 63110

*First Vice-President’s Address. Read at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, March 2, 2001.

The author did not receive grants or outside funding in support of his research or preparation of this manuscript. He did not receive payments or other benefits or a commitment or agreement to provide such benefits from a commercial entity. No commercial entity paid or directed, or agreed to pay or direct, any benefits to any research fund, foundation, educational institution, or other charitable or nonprofit organization with which the author is affiliated or associated.

*First Vice-President’s Address. Read at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, San Francisco, California, March 2, 2001.

It’s an enormous honor for me to be standing before you this morning as your incoming President at a time of remarkable change, the magnitude of which was emphasized in the very critical Institute of Medicine report featured on the front page of this morning’s issue of USA Today1.

In preparing this talk, I’ve been reflecting on the changes that have affected my career since I attended my first Academy meeting back in 1975. That meeting was also here in San Francisco. It was my first year in practice; I had a two-year-old daughter. Now I have three children; they’re all grown, they’re all through college, and they’re all contributing to society in very positive ways.

I remember the meeting in 1975 clearly. I remember being impressed by the depth and breadth of the science and being very proud to be a member of the Academy.

Not long ago, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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