Chairman John T. Gill, MD [email protected] 317 Massachusetts Ave, N.E. Washington, DC 20002

PAC ANNUAL 2017 REPORT

ORTHOPAEDIC PAC, THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS Table of Contents

Letter from the Chair...... 1 PAC Executive Committee...... 2 Financial Highlights...... 3 Criteria for Giving...... 6 Political Disbursements...... 7 Expanding the PAC’s Political Footprint...... 11 PAC Comparisons by State...... 14 Federal 2017 Legislative Accomplishments...... 23 Residents in Action...... 25

ACCESS. INFLUENCE. VICTORIES.

AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. Letter from Your Orthopaedic PAC Chair

DEAR COLLEAGUE,

Up, up and up! That is what we saw in 2017, increased receipts, increased access and increased reach. We had growth across the board. When compared to our last off-year, we had an 11% overall growth—nearly $200,000, which is unprecedented! We also saw a tremendous amount of growth in our engagement with lawmakers, with a 62% increase in events we attended in the Congressional District, 30% increase in events we attended in DC and a whopping 83% growth in events we hosted. This is because of your amazing support.

Whether you’re a solo practitioner, part of a group practice, or a clinician in academics, you know well the enormous power legislators can have on physicians and how we practice. It’s our job as your Orthopaedic PAC to protect all of our orthopaedists; your profession is our sole priority.

As we look to the 2018 midterm, we need to be sure we have the funds to help our champions and defeat our foes. As always, we’ll use every dollar you contribute—every single one—to protect our specialty, advocate for meaningful advancements to our health care system, protect in-office ancillary services, and fight for medical liability and antitrust reforms.

Special thanks to members of the Orthopaedic Executive Committee, named in this report, who work exceptionally hard at raising money and guiding our electoral strategy. We have broad representation and are proud to be the second largest physician PAC, by dollars raised and the number one provider PAC by dollars spent. We raise it. We invest it. We put your dollars to work.

Thank you to those that have supported. Every AAOS member, and our patients benefit from our efforts. To those that have not supported, please join the team. We want to continue on our upward path and need everyone at the table. Let’s make our voice heard this election and fight for our specialty and patients.

Sincerely,

John T. Gill, MD Chairman, Orthopaedic PAC Capitol Club Member

2017 ANNUAL REPORT 1 Orthopaedic PAC Executive Committee 2017

The Orthopaedic PAC is fortunate to have dedicated leaders throughout the AAOS who govern the direction of the PAC. We thank them for their ongoing support and leadership.

John T. Gill, MD Amy Ladd, MD Chairman Chair-Elect, Board of Specialty Societies Dallas, TX Redwood City, CA

Douglas Lundy, MD Adolph “Chick” Yates, MD Treasurer At-Large Member Atlanta, GA Pittsburgh, PA

Ronald Delanois, MD Christopher Kontogianis, MD Secretary Chair, State Legislative & Regulatory Baltimore, MD Issues Committee Kennewik, WA Lisa Cannada, MD Chair, Board of Specialties Frederic Liss, MD St. Louis, MO At-Large Member Philadelphia, PA Wilford Gibson, MD Chair, Council on Advocacy Jacob Calcei, MD Virginia Beach, VA Resident Fellow New York, NY Daniel Guy, MD Chair, Board of Councilors Tom Arend, JD, CAE Lagrange, GA Ex-Officio Member Rosemont, IL Basil Besh, MD Chair-Elect, Board of Councilors Stacie Monroe Fremont, CA Staff Liaison Washington, DC Kristy Weber, MD AAOS Second Vice President Philadelphia, PA

2 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. Financial Highlights While receipts are annual, elections are reported on a two year cycle. It is critical our members support on an annual basis. The Orthopaedic PAC closed 2017 with over $1.9M, an 11% growth from our last off year, the first year in the 2017–2018 election cycle. In comparison we saw receipts at $1.7M in 2015 and $1.8M in 2016, over $3.56 million for the 2015–2016 cycle.

The PAC Executive to what we can accomplish when we Committee recommended work together—and no annual apr ;). the launch of three new The Orthopaedic Black Membership Card programs at the NOLC, will also be tied to our state participation the Hall O Fame, the Black challenge. This year, we are working to Card campaign and the Rainmakers “black out the map”. States that hit 21% program. The Hall of Orthopaedic Fame, and above or $100,000 or greater in or the “Hall O’ Fame”, is a program geared receipts will be blacked out. Check out at recognizing individuals or groups that what the new map will look like at go above and beyond to make sure www.aaos.org/advocacy/pac/rainmakers. our Orthopaedic PAC is fully funded by initiating and developing awareness, A rainmaker is someone that generates education and participation campaigns. new or additional donations by using It is because of these individuals innovative methods to increase our and groups hard work that allows participation, sometimes by connecting Orthopaedic PAC to be the best provider with people that have never supported PAC in the nation. Recipients get their our PAC, and sometimes by prompting photo taken inside the “O” and displayed current members to donate more money. on our website and the Wall O Fame in A rainmaker is usually a key figure in our the Office of Government Relations. organization, not merely a salesperson, but a leader who is highly regarded within the Another very successful program our The Black Card Campaign officially AAOS. There are many untapped resources PAC initiated in 2016 is the Advisor’s launches in quarter one of 2018. The in our profession, rainmakers help increase Circle. The Advisor’s Circle offers group Orthopaedic Black Card is a membership the reach of our PAC. Special thanks to our practices or specialty societies enhanced card designed specifically for our Capitol inaugural 2017 class of rainmakers, the political opportunities through corporate Club members. It’s a sleek membership PAC Executive Committee, which piloted donations. The Advisor’s Circle is a card that doubles as an usb loaded with the program with great success. If you membership program that provides our great information on our PAC. It’s a nice would like to become a rainmaker, membership with the ability to enhance way to show our thanks to our most tools and staff await to assist you. their advocacy opportunities and have a generous donors, and in true black card Please email [email protected] to join the more active voice in our political activities. form, showcases that there is NO LIMIT elite list of leaders today! We have maintained a 100% membership retention rate and saw our membership grow to 9 practices and societies in 2017.

Priorities for the 2017–2018 cycle included increasing our soft dollars, increasing resident participation in the PAC, and increasing specialty participation, as well as further development of a peer-to-peer solicitation program.

We have just completed our first year of a two-year cycle. Our PAC is over $1.9 million in its first year, about $200,000 higher than where we typically are in off years. This increase is 11% higher than our previous off-election year, unprecedented growth for our PAC.

2017 ANNUAL REPORT 3 $75,000 Annual Corporate PAC Donation

Founding Member

The Ortho PAC Advisor’s $50,000 Annual Corporate PAC Donation Circle is the AAOS’ premier PAC Corporate Donor Program. The Orthopaedic PAC Advisor’s Circle is designed to provide AAOS Members’ group practices with a leadership role Annual Corporate PAC Donation within the Political Action Committee of $25,000 the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Orthopaedic PAC). A donation allows orthopaedic group practices to work together to maximize political opportunities on issues of importance to the orthopaedic community.*

Orthopaedic PAC Advisor’s Roundtable offers orthopaedic group practices affiliated $10,000 Annual Corporate PAC Donation with AAOS Members the ability to bring their particular expertise to the political process to help drive the advocacy agenda of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The PAC Advisor’s Roundtable advises the Orthopaedic PAC Executive Committee on initiatives that directly impact orthopaedic surgery.

The Orthopaedic PAC Advisor’s Roundtable will meet annually to bring forth action Welcome Aboard items to the PAC Executive Committee, collectively nominate one advisor to serve *Corporate donations from orthopaedic group practices will be deposited into our PAC general on the PAC Executive Committee, and weigh treasury account and used to offset the PAC’s administrative and fundraising expenses. There are no in on critical political issues. limitations on the amount of the donation made by an orthopaedic group practices.

Hard Dollars In Participation ORTHOPAEDIC PAC TOTAL RECEIPTS $4,000,000 2017 $1.26M 2,808 HARD $ 2016 $1.26M 2,842 SOFT $ 2015 $1.34M 2,782 $3,000,000 2014 $1.29M 2,860 2013 $1.21M 2,787 2012 $1.45M 2,830 $2,000,000

Soft $1,000,000 2017 $637,000 806 2016 $506,000 1,166 $0 2015 $391,000 788 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2014 $475,000 983 2013 $543,000 1,103 Election Cycle 2005–06 2007–08 2009–10 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16 2012 $483,000 1,031 Hard Receipts $1,915,730 $2,277,051 $2,951,105 $2,738,240 $2,508,864 $2,638,100

Soft Receipts $759,357 $1,016,087 $880,473 $951,049 $1,018,804 $898,000

Total $2,675,087 $3,293,138 $3,831,578 $3,689,289 $3,527,668 $3,536,100

4 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. ORTHOPAEDIC PAC POLITICAL DISBURSEMENTS $3,000,000 HARD $ DISBURSEMENTS $2,500,000

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Hard Receipts $1,915,000 $2,277,000 $2,951,100 $2,738,000 $2,508,000 $2,638,000 $1,266,000

Disbursements $1,778,100 $1,703,800 $2,025,500 $2,552,000 $2,879,300 $2,576,000 $1,201,000

Individuals can contribute up to $5,000 PAC DISBURSEMENTS: PAC Disbursements by Political Party to a PAC per calendar year. Corporate The Orthopaedic PAC supports contributions (soft receipts) include 2007–2017 members of Congress and candidates checks and credit cards processed The below chart represents total for federal office who understand the on a physician’s business account Orthopaedic PAC disbursements to issues orthopaedic surgeons face on including LLC, PC, or Inc. Personal federal candidate committees ranging a daily basis, and who will be sensitive contributions (hard receipts) are checks from the 2005–2006 election cycle to these concerns in office. The PAC is and credit cards from a physician’s through December 31, 2017. a nonpartisan entity that contributes personal account. All contributions to to Democrats, Republicans and party the Orthopaedic PAC—whether written committees who share and support the on a personal or business (corporate) views of the AAOS. check—are welcome and important. However, corporate contributions can only be used for PAC-related operational You can’t spell expenses. Only those contributions written on a personal check can be used ORTHOPAEDIC to support political candidates—and it is without an R, D or I! these contributions that help make the Orthopaedic PAC powerful.

DISBURSEMENTS POLITICAL DISBURSEMENTS BY PARTY In the 2017–2018 cycle, the PAC disbursed over $1.1M to Members of Congress 80% DEMOCRATS and candidates for office supportive of REPUBLICANS orthopaedic issues to 60% Republicans 70% and 40% Democrats.

Priorities for the 2017–2018 were based 60% on the PAC Executive Committee Criteria for giving, as noted below. These priorities 50% as discussed and reaffirmed annually by the PAC Executive Committee and are 40% weighted by committee type and issue relevance to the orthopaedic community. 30%

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2017 ANNUAL REPORT 5 PAC Criteria for Giving The Orthopaedic PAC carefully considers many factors before contributing to federal candidates and legislators. PAC decisions are based only on advocacy issues as directed by the AAOS Council on Advocacy committee which includes specialty society representation. The PAC Executive Committee is guided by a specific document edited each election cycle outlining criteria for making political contributions. Among these criteria are committee assignments, leadership positions, accessibility in Washington and in the state/district and most importantly, positions on orthopaedic issues.

andidates that fall outside of the established criteria are carefully reviewed by the PAC Executive Committee C ensuring PAC money is put where it will best represent the profession. As a PAC member, we value your input on these decisions. The insights and viewpoints of our contributors are always welcome and play a vital role in the decision to support a candidate or officeholder.

In addition to advancing legislative and regulatory priorities, the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) supports pro-surgeon candidates through the Orthopaedic Political Action Committee (PAC), the only PAC in Washington, D.C., dedicated to solely representing and fighting for orthopaedic surgeons on Capitol Hill.

The Orthopaedic PAC’s tiered structure for political giving ranks issues, leadership, committees with key health jurisdiction, and physician relationships. Every contribution is determined, with thoughtful consideration, by the AAOS office of government relations, PAC Chair, and the PAC Executive Committee. This election season, the Orthopaedic PAC invested more than $1.1 million toward candidates from both political parties who are important to the orthopaedic specialty, often on different issues. Although one of the largest health care PACs, the Orthopaedic PAC does not endorse or support presidential or vice presidential campaigns. Instead, Orthopaedic PAC funds are directed to House and Senate races, which provide more visibility and access. Every dollar we spend is an investment. While we disbursed the same amount as we did last election cycle we saw a 30% increase The Orthopaedic PAC supported over 500 incumbents and in events we attended. We saw an 83% increase in events we candidates, leadership PACs and party committees in the US hosted and we saw a 62% increase in events hosted or attended House and Senate. We also are members of both the Republican at home, in the Congressional Districts. and Governors Associations to increase Orthopaedic PAC’s reach and access in the states. We are the number one health care disburser amongst all PACs.

Last cycle we saw an incredible 94 percent “win rate.” As we head in the 2018 midterm elections the Orthopaedic PAC will play a major role in open or closely contested seats, supporting these ACCESS. candidates early and helping connect and grow relationships with AAOS members back in their congressional districts. INFLUENCE. VICTORIES. 6 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. Political Disbursements SENATE ORTHOPAEDIC PAC CRITERIA FOR MAKING Party and POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS Name State Baldwin, Tammy D-WI Tier One Tier Two Tier Three Blackburn, Marsha R-TN Tier one includes Tier two includes Tier three includes Brown, Sherrod D-OH orthopaedists running incumbent members all other members for Congress and of Congress on other of Congress and Capito, Shelley R-WV incumbent members committees which PAC requests. Carper, Thomas D-DE of Congress on may handle important ◆◆ Special requests Casey, Bob D-PA key health care healthcare issues. from the Cassidy, William R-LA related committees. ◆◆ House Veterans orthopaedic ◆◆ Orthopaedic surgeons Affairs Committee community/PAC Collins, Susan R-ME running ◆◆ House Judiciary contributors Coons, Christopher D-DE for Congress Committee ◆◆ House Science Corker, Robert R-TN ◆◆ House and ◆◆ Senate Judiciary and Technology Senate leadership Cruz, Ted R-TX Committee Committee ◆◆ Key Healthcare ◆◆ House Education Ernst, Joni R-IA related committees: ◆◆ House Small and Workforce Business Committee Gardner, Cory R-CO ■■ House Ways and Committee Means Committee ◆◆ Senate Special Jenkins, Evan R-WV Committee on Aging ■■ House Energy Lankford, James R-OK ◆◆ Other Leadership and Commerce Lee, Mike R-UT PACs Committee McCaskill, Claire D-MO ◆◆ Independent ■■ House McConnell, Mitch R-KY Appropriations Expenditures Committee Nelson, Bill D-FL

■■ House Armed Olszewski, Albert R-MT Services Stabenow, Debbie D-MI ■■ Senate Finance Strange, Luther R-AL Committee Wicker, Roger R-MS ■■ Senate Health Education Labor Young, Todd R-IN and Pensions Committee ◆◆ Physician members of Congress ◆◆ Party Organizations ◆◆ Caucus PACs ◆◆ Leadership PACs for Key Legislative WE ARE THE Champions NUMBER ONE HEALTH CARE DISBURSER *Last revised by the PAC Executive Committee May 4, 2016 AMONGST ALL PACS.

2017 ANNUAL REPORT 7 Political Disbursements continued

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Party and Party and Party and Name State Name State Name State Abraham, Ralph R-LA Demings, Valdez D-FL Hurd, Will R-TX Allen, Richard R-GA Denham, Jeff R-CA Johnson, Bill R-OH Arrington, Jodey R-TX Dent, Charles R-PA Joyce, Dave R-OH Babin, Brian R-TX Dingell, Debbie D-MI Kaptur, Marcy D-OH Barr, Garland R-KY Doggett, Lloyd D-TX Katko, John R-VA Barton, Joe R-TX Doyle, Michael D-PA Keating, William D-MA Bera, Amerish D-CA Duncan, Jeff R-SC Kelly, George R-PA Beyer, Donald D-VA Dunn, Neal R-FL Kelly, Robin D-IL Bilirakis, Gus R-FL Emmer, Tom R-MN Kilmer, Derek D-WA Bishop, Mike R-MI Eshoo, Anna D-CA Kind, Ronald D-WI Bishop, Sanford D-GA Esty, Elizabeth D-CT Kinzinger, Adam R-IL Black, Diane R-TN Fareed, Justin R-CA Krishnamoorthi, Raja D-IL Blum, Rodney R-IA Ferguson, Anderson R-GA Kuster, Ann D-NH Blumenauer, Earl D-OR Ferrara, Steve R-AZ Kustoff, David R-TN Brown, Anthony D-MD Fitzpatrick, Brian R-PA Lahood, Darin R-IL Brownley, Julia D-CA Flores, Bill R-TX Lance, Leonard R-NJ Buchanan, Vernon R-FL Foxx, Virginia R-NC Larson, John D-CT Buck, Kenneth R-CO Frelinghuysen, Rodney R-NJ Latta, Bob R-OH Bucshon, Larry R-IN Gaetz, Matt R-FL Lawrence, Brenda D-MI Burgess, Michael C. R-TX Gallagher, Michael R-WI Lee, Sheila D-TX Bustos, Cheri D-DC Gallego, Ruben D-AZ Levin, Sandy D-MI Byrne, Bradley R-AL Gosar, Paul R-AZ Lewis, John D-GA Carter, Earl R-GA Granger, Kay R-TX Long, Billy R-MO Cartwright, Matt D-PA Graves, Garret R-LA Loudermilk, Barry R-GA Castor, Kathy D-FL Graves, Tom R-GA Lowenthal, Alan D-CA Chu, Judy D-CA Green, Gene D-TX Lowey, Nita D-NY Clark, Katherine D-MA Griffith, H Morgan R-VA Luetkemeyer, W. R-VA Clarke, Yvette D-NY Grothman, Glenn R-WI Lujan, Ben D-NM Clyburn, James D-SC Guthrie, S. Brett R-KY Marchant, Kenny R-TX Coffman, Mike R-CO Hammond, Scott R-NV Marshall, Roger R-KS Cole, Tom R-OK Handel, Karen R-GA Mast, Brian R-FL Collins, Christopher R-NY Harper, Gregg R-MS Matsui, Doris D-CA Comstock, Barbara R-VA Harris, Andrew R-MD McCarthy, Kevin R-CA Costello, Ryan R-PA Hensarling, Jeb R-TX McCaul, Michael R-TX Cramer, Kevin R-ND Higgins, Brian D-NY McHenry, Patrick R-NC Crist, Charles D-FL Higgins, Clay R-LA McSally, Martha R-AZ Crowley, Joseph D-NY Hill, Judson R-GA Meadows, Mark R-NC Curbelo, Carlos R-FL Holding, George R-NC Meehan, Patrick R-PA Davis, Danny D-IL Hollingsworth, Trey R-IN Mooney, Alexander R-WV DeGette, Diana D-CO Hoyer, Steny D-DC Moulton, Seth D-MA Delauro, Rosa D-CT Hudson, Richard R-NC Mullin, Markwayne R-OK DelBene, Suzan D-WA Hunter, Duncan R-CA Murphy, Christopher D-CT

8 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. Party and Party and Name State Name State Neal, Richard D-MA Sinema, Kyrsten D-AZ Newhouse, Dan R-WA Slaughter, Louise D-NY Norcross, Donald D-NJ Smith, Adrian R-NE Nunes, Devin R-CA Smith, Jason R-MO O’Halleran, Tom D-AZ Smith, Lamar R-TX Olson, Peter R-TX Smucker, Lloyd R-PA Pallone, Frank D-NJ Stefanik, Elise R-NY Pascrell, William D-NJ Stivers, Steve R-OH Paulsen, Erik R-MN Suozzi, Thomas D-NY Pelosi, Nancy D-DC Swalwell, Eric D-CA Peters, Scott D-CA Takano, Mark D-CA Pittenger, Robert R-NC Taylor, Scott R-VA Plaster, Mark R-MD Thompson, Mike D-CA Poliquin, Bruce R-ME Thornberry, Mac R-TX Reed, Thomas R-NY Tiberi, Pat R-OH Reichert, Dave R-WA Tipton, Scott R-CO Renacci, James R-OH Tonko, Paul D-NY Rice, Tom R-SC Upton, Frederick R-MI Richmond, Cedric D-LA Veasey, Marc D-TX Roby, Martha R-AL Visclosky, Peter D-IN Rochester Lisa, Blunt D-DE Wagner, Ann R-MO Rodgers Cathy, Walberg, Timothy R-MI R-WA McMorris Walden, Greg R-OR Rogers, Mike R-AL Walorski, Jackie R-IN Roskam, Peter R-IL Walters, Mimi R-CA Ross, Dennis R-FL Walz, Timothy D-MN Rouzer, David R-NC Webster, Daniel R-FL Ruiz, Raul D-CA Welch, Peter D-VT Ruppersberger, Wenstrup, Brad R-OH D-MD C.A. Dutch Westerman, Bruce R-AR Rush, Bobby D-IL Wilson, Joe R-SC Sanchez, Linda D-DC Wittman, Robert R-VA Scalise, Steve R-LA Woodall, Rob R-GA Schrader, Kurt D-OR Yoder, Kevin R-KS Schweikert, David R-VA Young, David R-IA Scott, David D-GA Young, Don R-AK Scott, James R-GA Zeldin, Lee R-NY Sessions, Pete R-TX Sewell, Terri D-AL Sherman, Brad D-CA Shimkus, John R-IL Simpson, Michael R-ID

2017 ANNUAL REPORT 9 Political Disbursements continued

LEADERSHIP AND PARTY COMMITTEES PAC Name Party PAC Name Party 21st Century Majority Fund R LEE PAC R 4MA PAC D LEGPAC D A New Direction PAC D Lone Star PAC D Adam Kinzinger Future 1st Committee R Lou Correa For Congress D Alamo PAC R Majority Committee PAC—MC PAC R America Works Committee R Making Business Excel PAC D AMI PAC D Making Investments Majority Insured (MIMI PAC) R BackPAC D Martin Heinrich For Senate D BHY Committee R McConnell for Majority Leader R Blue Dog PAC, The D McConnell Victory Committee R Bridge PAC D National Republican Congressional Comm. R Building America’s Republican Representation (BARR PAC) R National Republican Senatorial Committee R Bulldog Victory PAC R New Democrat Coalition PAC (NDC PAC) D Care America R New Pioneers PAC R Chesapeake PAC D Nutmeg PAC D Citizens for Prosperity in America Today CPAT R Palmer Victory Committee R CMR Political Action Committee R Patriots For Perry R

Common Sense Common Solution Political Patriots Leading a Majority R D Action Committee Perimeter PAC D Common Values PAC D PETE PAC R Conservative Roundtable R Pioneer PAC D Continuing America’s Strength and Security D Project West PAC R Democratic Congressional Campaign Commitee R RAC PAC R Democratic Governors Association D Rely On Your Beliefs Fund D Democratic National Committee D Renewing the American Dream PAC D Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee D Republican Governors Association R Doing Right—Results, Action, Unity, Leadership PAC D Republican Main Street Partnership R DUTCH PAC D Republican National Committee R Excelsior PAC R Sasse PAC R Eye of the Tiger PAC, The D Shore PAC D First in Freedom PAC R STAPAC (Stand Tall America) R Forward Together PAC D STEVE PAC R GENE PAC D Stivers Victory Committee R GRAPE PAC R Team McHenry R Guardian Fund, The R Team Ryan R Hatch Election Committee Inc R Texas Freedom Fund R Health First R Toomey Prosperity Fund R Healthcare Freedom Fund R Tuesday Group PAC R Heartland Values PAC D Victory in November Election PAC (VINE PAC) D Heller For Senate R Victory Now PAC D Hoosiers For Rokita, Inc. R VIEW PAC D House Conservatives Fund R Vote to Elect Republicans Now PAC (VERN PAC) R I Like Luke R Wells PAC D Kaine For Virginia D Who Dat PAC D Kansas Leadership PAC R Young Hoosier Victory Fund R

10 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. Expanding the PAC’s Political Footprint In 2017, the Orthopaedic PAC continued to host fundraising events for members of Congress who are dedicated to protecting access to specialty care and solving high priority issues. These events are held at the AAOS Office of Government Relations and near Capitol Hill in Washington, DC and invitations are extended to a variety of corporate and Association PACs. By holding these events and reaching a broad range of industry professionals, the PAC helps facilitate events that raise larger contribution amounts for AAOS’ advocacy champions while promoting orthopaedic issues beyond the medical industry.

hese events have helped the AAOS Dr. Gill also discussed the importance of raise over $500,000 for 60 key having physicians in government, and T members of Congress(s) throughout pointed to recently-confirmed U.S. Health the 2017 election cycle. and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, MD and Sen. John Barrasso, MD (R-WY) as examples—both are orthopaedic surgeons. TOTAL DC In fact, the Orthopaedic PAC hosts a FUNDRAISERS: 600+ workshop in Washington, DC that educates and helps elect orthopaedic surgeons and other specialty physicians to political office TOTAL LOCAL at all levels. The 8th annual workshop will FUNDRAISERS: 58 be held April 29–30 and registration is complementary for PAC donors. TOTAL HOSTED: 61 Dr. Heck, who served as the U.S. Representative for Nevada’s 3rd As a membership-driven PAC our goal winning an unprecedented 94 percent congressional district from 2011 to is to connect you with your Members of of those races. As Dr. Gill explained, this 2017, echoed Dr. Gill on the need for Congress and help grow and facilitate doctors to be active in politics. Political relationships. The Orthopaedic PAC allows AAOS to better know and have advocacy goes deeper than writing a sent local Orthopaedists to over 58 local relationships with members of Congress, check, Dr. Heck explained—advocacy events at home in the Congressional which in turn helps us be better advocates. requires engagement. Doctors are used District, up by over 60%. Additionally, Dr. Gill shared that the to responding when there is a crisis, but Dr. Heck insisted that doctors must stay 2017 PAC Thank You Lunch Orthopaedic PAC is strong, raising over $3.5 million dollars last election cycle, continually engaged in political advocacy San Diego, CA in order to avert the crisis. Being proactive but peer-to-peer education will be key Representative Joe Heck Speaks is important, especially with health care in retaining and recruiting members. at AAOS PAC Lunch reform being a “big issue” right now. While Congress is in the middle of a He encouraged those in the audience heated debate on how to repeal the to ask their colleagues about PAC “Government either does something for Affordable Care Act (ACA), former U.S. membership, and suggested sharing the you or it does something to you,” Dr. Heck Rep. Joseph Heck, DO (R-Nev.) addressed mobile donation option, which requires said. Government regulates, licenses, members of the Orthopaedic Political just a single text message and credit and reimburses in addition to prescribing Action Committee (PAC) at the annual PAC card information to donate. Orthopaedic practices. Just because you do not take an luncheon on Wednesday, March 15. surgeons can text AAOS to 41444 and interest in politics and government does follow the simple prompts to make a not mean government will not take an Before introducing Dr. Heck, Dr. Gill contribution. Resident involvement is interest in you. For that reason, he said, it provided members updates from the is important to return to your practices and important too, said Dr. Gill. He highlighted Orthopaedic PAC, which is the only get those who are not engaged to become the fact that over 330 residents have national political action committee in members of the Orthopaedic PAC. Washington, DC dedicated solely to joined the PAC in 2016 and noted the representing orthopaedic surgeons upcoming resident reception, which will Dr. Heck also discussed today’s political before Congress. In the 2016 election, the allow residents involved in advocacy to landscape and what might lie ahead Orthopaedic PAC participated in 32 U.S. get to know leadership, and for leadership for health care reform. The only piece Senate races and 231 U.S. House races, to get to know those residents. of legislation being considered is the

2017 ANNUAL REPORT 11 The Orthopaedic PAC House bill, called the American Health Care Act. In explaining what is in the Executive Committee legislation, Dr. Heck highlighted three cordially invites you to areas: repeal, keep, and add. According to Dr. Heck, the bill repeals the mandates, Clink. actuarial requirements, taxes, subsidies, A reception and eventually Medicaid expansion. celebrating the However, it keeps the ban on pre-existing exclusions, the dependent coverage Capitol Club to age 26, and no lifetime limits. It also “interestingly” keeps the Cadillac tax, he Join us for: said. Finally, the bill also adds expanded The Food. The Drinks. HSAs, age-related and income-limited The View. refundable tax credits, and Medicaid The company. The members of Congress. caps. Dr. Heck also explained that these The Cause. provisions are included specifically donor level, the Capitol Club, for their because they allow the bill to use the April 26, 2017 generous support, over 125 donors joined reconciliation procedure, which only takes 7:30 PM members of Congress and congressional The W Rooftop 51 votes in the Senate. Still, he noted that staff on the roof of the W Hotel in Point of View Lounge the Senate moves at a “glacial” pace and Washington, DC. Over 20 members 2017 Capitol Club contributors only it will be unlikely that the House bill can Text AAOS to 41444 to donate now of Congress attended, including Reps. pass the Senate in the same form. Michael Burgess, MD (R-TX), Pete Sessions “I agree with what Speaker Ryan said that (R-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Steve Stivers this is last greatest hope on earth to effect (R-OH), Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD), and Anthony Brown (D-MD). some kind of repeal and replace,” said Dr. Heck. “Whether or not the American Health “The Orthopaedic PAC has grown to Care Act is the best vehicle, I don’t know.” be one of the most recognizable and respected PACs in DC,” said Dr. Gill. “It Capitol Club Members Attend is great to see our fellows visiting with DC Reception some of our closest friends on the Hill and For the third year in a row, the National building new relationships. This is what Orthopaedic Leadership Conference the PAC is all about.” (NOLC) kicked off with the Orthopaedic Political Action Committee (PAC) To learn more about the PAC, including congressional reception. To thank how to become a Capitol Club member, members of the Orthopaedic PAC’s top visit www.aaos.org/pac.

Save the Date! 8th Annual Specialty Physician & Dentist Candidate Workshop 2017 Candidate Workshop The Orthopaedic PAC was pleased to co-host it’s Eighth Annual Specialty Physician and Dentist Candidate Workshop in April. This two-day workshop, co-hosted by eight specialty physician and dentist groups, trains doctors on how to run for—and win—elected office. This year’s Candidate Workshop was quite the success, with over 50 registered attendees, making it our largest workshop yet. Participants heard presentations from expert specialty physician and dentist PAC April 29-30, 2017 JW Marriott staff, including from Program Chair, Stacie Monroe, Senior Manager of Political Washington, DC Affairs for AAOS. We also brought in outside experts who are campaign, polling, Now, more than ever, American needs the expertise and leadership of physician leaders. and media gurus. Tom Oliverson, MD, Candidate Workshop veteran and current

Whatever your political goal, at the Specialty Physician member of the Texas State House of Representatives, also provided a fascinating Candidate Workshop, you’ll learn every aspect of running for and informative case study on what it was like to run for office as a physician. We office from political experts: building grassroots support, fundraising, media, and more are so pleased with the success of the 2017 Workshop and are excited to start

For more information, email Stacie Monroe at [email protected] planning for next year! litical goal, at the Specialty Physician Candidate Workshop, you’ll learn every aspect of running for office from political experts: building grassroots support, fundraising, media, and m

12 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. 2016 PAC Participation Awards Presented to Puerto Rico, Delaware and South Dakota The 2016 Stuart L. Weinstein, MD PAC Participation Awards were presented during the 2017 National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) held in Washington, DC to Puerto Rico, Delaware and South Dakota. The PAC Participation Awards were established in 2013 to honor the states with the highest PAC participation rate as well as the individual state that has demonstrated the greatest improvement in PAC participation from one year to the next. Congratulations to Puerto Rico and PAC Chairman John Gill, MD presents South Dakota with the Stuart L. Weinstein, MD PAC Delaware for tying with 60% participation Participation award for most improved PAC participation from 2015 to 2016. and achieving the highest participation rate in the Orthopaedic PAC! Meanwhile, congratulations to South Dakota for seeing the greatest improvement in their PAC participation, up from 30 percent in 2014 to 49 percent in 2016, we have NEVER seen a spike so high!

Orthopaedic PAC Chair, Dr. John Gill, presented the awards and praised their successful peer to peer efforts on encouraging their colleagues to get involved in the PAC. “Our PAC is the most important and powerful tool we have in arsenal to expand our influence in Washington. Growing our PAC and emphasizing the importance of participating in the PAC at the state PAC Chairman John Gill, MD presents Puerto Rico and Delaware with the Stuart L. level through education efforts and Weinstein, MD PAC Participation award for the highest overall PAC participation in 2016. personal outreach requires dedication, Puerto Rico has won the past three years in a row, and Delaware notable went from most commitment, and most importantly, improved in 2015 to highest overall in 2016. persistence.” noted Dr. Gill before award recipients took the stage.

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2017 ANNUAL REPORT 13 2017 PAC Comparisons By State # of PAC Total # of AAOS Total % of PAC State Contributors Members Contributions Contributors HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF Alabama 39 271 $21,575 14% Alaska 16 64 $8,795 25% PAC CONTRIBUTORS (2017) Arizona 51 329 $19,838 16% 1. Delaware—57% Arkansas 19 137 $11,426 14% California 333 2,070 $133,761 16% 2. Puerto Rico—53% Colorado 109 394 $37,140 28% 3. Georgia—36% Connecticut 86 312 $27,080 28% District of Columbia 22 64 $6,195 34% 4. District of Delaware 34 60 $11,817 57% Columbia—34% Florida 190 1,069 $93,184 18% Georgia 189 530 $107,606 36% 5. South Dakota—32% Hawaii 19 77 $8,115 25% Idaho 23 126 $14,150 18% Illinois 111 727 $59,526 15% Indiana 63 358 $44,980 18% MOST IMPROVED PAC Iowa 46 169 $25,833 27% Kansas 28 181 $13,450 15% PARTICIPATION (2016 Kentucky 47 213 $10,390 22% COMPARED TO 2017) Louisiana 59 282 $29,109 21% 1. Nevada—19% to 27% Maine 5 89 $1,550 6% Maryland 112 450 $41,697 25% (8% increase) Massachusetts 56 498 $22,214 11% Michigan 73 414 $29,155 18% 2. New Hampshire—23% Minnesota 60 382 $26,560 16% to 30% and Mississippi 33 128 $18,800 26% Tennessee—19% to 26% Missouri 42 320 $64,049 13% Montana 21 99 $15,413 21% (7% increase) Nebraska 35 137 $16,083 26% Nevada 37 138 $18,183 27% 3. District of New Hampshire 39 131 $15,180 30% Columbia—28% to 34% New Jersey 105 601 $55,745 17% New Mexico 16 93 $6,343 17% and Montana—15% to New York 294 1,103 $97,156 27% 21% (6% increase) North Carolina 75 596 $40,762 13% North Dakota 8 39 $3,000 21% 4. Georgia—31% to 36% Ohio 88 633 $39,888 14% (5% increase) Oklahoma 20 169 $9,750 12% Oregon 36 277 $17,658 13% 5. Connecticut—24% to Pennsylvania 144 776 $250,653 19% Puerto Rico 32 60 $6,151 53% 28% and New York—23% Rhode Island 18 85 $7,325 21% to 27% (4% increase) South Carolina 33 283 $16,212 12% South Dakota 23 71 $14,126 32% Tennessee 109 426 $39,839 26% Texas 187 1,218 $92,708 15% Utah 23 179 $7,100 13% Vermont 7 51 $2,585 14% Virgin Islands - 3 $0 -% Virginia 67 514 $121,792 13% Washington 74 465 $37,122 16% West Virginia 18 80 $5,550 23% Wisconsin 70 388 $33,682 18% Wyoming 7 56 $5,350 13%

14 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. THANK YOU TO ALL 2017 CAPITOL CLUB MEMBERS!

Orthopaedic PAC Capitol Club In 2014, the Orthopaedic PAC unveiled its new Capitol Club donor level honoring the PAC’s highest donors. The PAC established the Capitol Club to recognize AAOS members who contribute $1,000 or more on an annual basis to the Orthopaedic PAC. Since its inception over 2,700 members have joined or renewed their membership in the Capitol Club program.

In order to recognize these club members, the PAC is committed to offering and enhancing Capitol Club membership benefits which currently include the following: ◆◆ Invitations to special Capitol Club events for members and spouses or guests ◆◆ Opportunities to attend exclusive local fundraising events with candidates and officeholders ◆◆ Special “members-only” recognition event during the 2016 AAOS Annual Meeting ◆◆ Recognition in online and printed reports, including the AAOS website ◆◆ Member briefings on legislation and other issues

$5,000.00 $2,000.00 Joseph Abboud, MD Todd Albert, MD Steven Goldberg, MD J Mesko, MD John Callaghan, MD Charles Hope II, MD Kevin Black, MD Michael Gordon, MD Anthony Mollano, MD OrthoIndy Hospital William Carlson, MD Brett Grebing, MD Curtis Noel, MD Frederic Liss, MD Constantine Charoglu, MD Daniel Green, MD J Port, MD William Maloney, MD Jason Cohen, MD Daniel Harrah, MD Michael Rauh, MD Peter Mandell, MD Mark Colville, MD William Hennrikus Jr, MD Ricardo Rodriguez, MD Umasuthan Srikumaran, MD, MBA Proliance Surgeons, Inc Alan Dacre, MD Charles Hummer III, MD Perry Savage Jr, MD Marlene DeMaio, MD Paul Johnson, MD Michael Shuler, MD

$4,000.00 Lawrence Dorr, MD Travis Kemp, MD Walter Stanwood, MD

Joseph Alhadeff, MD William Enright, MD K Kumler, MD, MBA Orrin Swayze, MD John Early, MD Christopher Evanich, MD Thomas Lee, MD Jesse Templeton, MD

$3,000.00 Anthony Festa, MD Andrew Levy, MD Laura Tosi, MD Steven Mardjetko, MD Jonathan Garino, MD, MBA Stephen Malone, MD Jerry Van Meter, MD

$1,000.00 Jeffrey Adams, MD Matthew Austin, MD Keith Baumgarten, MD Peter Bonutti, MD David Bullek, MD Kenneth Catallozzi, MD Kent Adamson, MD Henry Backe Jr, MD Brian Bear, MD Michael Boothby, MD Sean Burns, MD Susan Cero, MD John Adkison, MD Harry Bade III, MD Paul Beauvais, MD Joseph Bosco III, MD Stephen Burns, MD Michael Champine, MD Carl Adolph Jr, MD Champ Baker III, MD Carl Becker, MD Michael Bourne, MD David Burstein, MD David Chandler, MD Edward Akelman, MD Champ Baker Jr, MD Andrew Bender, MD Eric Boyden, MD Dori Cage, MD Jonathan Chang, MD Dirk Alander, MD James Balaschak, MD Eric Benz, MD Paul Braaton, MD Edward Cahill, MD Cary Chapman, MD Michael Albert, MD George Balfour, MD Gregg Berkowitz, MD Kristoffer Breien, MD John Callahan Jr, MD Jeffrey Charen, MD John Albrigo, MD Larry Bankston Jr, MD Basil Besh, MD Rodney Brenneman, MD Bert Callahan, MD Deepak Chavda, MD Charles Alexander, MD J Banwart, MD Richard Biama, MD George Brindley, MD David Camarata, MD Alan 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Collazo-Bonilla, MD Michael Aronow, MD Vincent Battista, MD Michael Bolognesi, MD John Buckner, MD James Carson, MD Bruce Comisar Jr, MD Ardavan Aslie, MD Jeffrey Baum, MD Eric Bonenberger, MD Jeffrey Budoff, MD Bourck Cashmore, MD Mark Conklin, MD 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 15 Michael Connair, MD John Featheringill, MD Daniel Guy, MD Robert Kelly, MD Paul Manner, MD Robert Orfaly, MD Marc Connell, MD James Ficke, MD Robert Haar, MD Corey Kendall, MD James Manning, MD Patrick Osgood, MD Edward Connolly, MD Fabio Fiore, MD Donald Hackbarth Jr, MD John Kenerly III, MD Joseph Mannino, MD Tye Ouzounian, MD Nicholas Connors, MD David Fisher, MD Phillip Hagan, MD Thomas Kennedy, MD Joseph Mannino, MD K Owen, MD Charles Cook, MD Frederick Flandry, MD Robert Hagen, MD E Kennedy, MD David Mansfield, MD Alexandra Page, MD Christopher Cooke, MD Evan Flatow, MD Justin Hall, MD Douglas Kiburz, MD Theodore Manson, MD Andrew Palafox, MD Scott Cooper, MD Thomas Fleeter, MD Lawrence Halperin, MD Todd Kim, MD 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MD Matthew Buchanan, MD Peter Chan, MD Joel Thompson, MD Brent Adcox, MD John Baldauf, MD William Billings Jr, MD Leonard Buck, MD Channappa Chandra, MD Gregory Tocks, DO Robert Adelaar, MD Keith Baldwin, MD Charles Billings, MD Judi Buckalew P Chandrasekaran, MD Pietro Tonino, MD Abidemi Adenikinju, MD B Balldin, MD Joseph Billings, DO Brandon Bucker, MD Edward Chang, MD Brian Torpey, MD Dale Adishian, MD John Balthrop, MD Stefano Bini, MD Joseph Buckwalter, MD Richard Chang, MD Daniel Torres, MD Zachary Adkins, MD Willie Banks Jr, MD Lawrence Bircoll, MD Matthew Bueche, MD Tom Chao, MD Peter Townsend, MD Anthony Adrignolo III, MD Mark Baratz, MD Michael Birman, MD William Bugbee, MD Michael Chapman, MD Steven Triantafyllou, MD Animesh Agarwal, MD Jarrad Barber, MD Paul Bizzigotti, MD Eric Bugna, MD Timothy Charlton, MD 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 17 Dennis Devito, MD Josef Eichinger, MD Timothy Fitzgibbons, MD Douglas Dew, MD, MBA Jesse Eisler, MD Michael Flaherty, MD Hargovind DeWal, MD Scott Ekroth, MD Adolph Flemister Jr, MD James DeWeerd Jr, MD Douglas Elenz, MD Thomas Florack, MD Sripad Dhawlikar, MD Hossein Elgafy, MD Waldo Floyd III, MD Sravan Dhulipala, MD Michael Elia, MD Mark Floyd, MD Matthew DiCaprio, MD David Elias, MD Derrick Fluhme, MD Jonathan Dickens, MD Claire Eliasberg, MD Mary Irene Flynn, MD Jon Dickinson, MD Patrick Ellender, MD Evander Fogle, MD Bassel Diebo, MD Donald Ellingsen, MD Andre Fontana, MD Mark Diehl, MD Thomas Ellis, MD Roger Fontes Jr, MD Glenn Diekmann, MD Michael Ellman, MD Jared Foran, MD Todd Dietrick, MD Bridget Ellsworth, MD Marcus Ford, MD Adam Dietz, MD Peter Elsissy, MD Rick Ford, MD James Dietz, MD Haissam Elzaim, MD Kim Foreman, MD Nick DiGiovine, MD Sanford Emery, MD, MBA Craig Foster, MD Michael Diminick, MD Jacquelin Emmanuel, MD John Foster III, MD Joshua Dines, MD George Emodi, MD Douglas Foulk, MD Michael Dinizo, MD Christina Endress, MD Matthew Fouse, MD John DiPreta, MD Mark Engasser, MD Donald Fowler III, MD Anthony DiStasio II, MD Francis Ennis Jr, MD David Fowler, MD Jeffrey Chase, MD Anne Colton, MD Jeffrey Cusmariu, MD Alison Dittmer, MD Robert Eppley, MD Daniel Fox, MD John Chase, MD James Colville, MD Cory Czajka, MD Jakub Dmochowski, MD Charles Epps Jr, MD Michael Fracchia, MD Mark Chase, MD Brian Conroy, MD John Czajka, MD Michael Doarn, MD Samuel Epstein, DO Michael Fraipont, MD Tahir Chaudhri, MD Matthew Conti, MD Gregory D’Angelo, MD Larry Dodge, MD Mary Erdman, MD Elizabeth Frale Anthony Checroun, MD Michael Conti Mica, MD Mark Dahl, MD Timothy Doerr, MD Craig Erekson, MD Eric Francke, MD Michael Cheek, MD Stephen Cook, MD William Dahl, MD Jeffrey Donahue, MD Robert Erickson II, MD Joshua Frank, MD Kristofer Chenard, MD Geoffrey Cook, MD Diane Dahm, MD Christopher Donaldson, MD Stephen Ernst, MD Eric Franks, MD Robert Cheney, MD C Cooke III, MD Steven Daines, MD Aram Donigian, MD Thomas Errico, MD Michael Fraser Jr, MD David Cheong, MD Vernon Cooley, MD Snehal Dalal, MD Chester Donnally III, MD Enrique Escobar-Medina, MD John Frazier, MD Jon J Cherney, MD Stephen Cope, MD Peter Dalldorf, MD John Dorris, MD Mark Eskander, MD Hugh Frederick, MD Felix Cheung, MD Randolph Copeland, MD Jason Dalling, MD Jesse Doty, MD Kelly Esposito, MD Douglas Freedberg, MD John Chiavetta, MD Alfred Coppola, MD Daniel Daluga, MD James Dowd, MD Perry Evangelista, MD Michael Freehill, MD John Chidester, MD Michael Corcoran, MD Dino Damalas Daniel Downey, MD John Evans, MD Steven Frey, MD Christopher Chihlas, MD Stephen Cord, MD Christopher Damsgaard, MD Raymond Dragann, DO Korboi Evans, MD Steven Frick, MD George Chimento, MD Fred Corley, MD Chris Dangles, MD John Drake, MD Bruce Evans, MD Steven Friedel, MD Yung Cho, MD Brig Gen Kory Cornum, MD Jonathan Danoff, MD Denis Drennan, MD Theodore Evans, MD Gary Friedlaender, MD Loretta Chou, MD Keith Corpus, MD Ayman Daouk, MD Otis Drew, MD Paul Fadale, MD Jamie Friedman, MD Edward Choung, DO, MS Christine Corradino, MD Bradley Dart, MD Michael Drewek, MD James Fahey Jr, MD Jeffrey Friedman, MD Steven Choung, MD John Corsetti, MD Shankar Das, MD Adam Driesman, MD Mark Fahey, MD Steven Friedman, MD James Chow, MD Andrew Cosgarea, MD Robert DaSilva, MD Richard Driessnack, MD Gregory Fahrenbach, MD Thomas Friermood, MD Kevin Christensen, MD H Coss, MD A Dass, MD Daniel Driscoll, MD Frederick Fakharzadeh, MD William Frisella Jr, MD David Christensen, MD James Costanzo, MD Roy Davidovitch, MD Holly Duck, MD Richard Fankhauser, MD William Fritz, MD Matthew Christian, MD Ralph Costanzo, MD Alan Davis, MD Todd Duellman, MD Donald Fareed, MD John Froelich, MD Jonathan Christy, MD John Costouros, MD Alexander Davis, MD Raymond Duffett, MD Wagdi Faris, MD Michael Fry, MD Benjamin Chu, MD Adam Cota FRCSC, MD Daniel Davis, MD Mark Duffield, DO Laith Farjo, MD Paul Fuchs, DO Anthony Cicoria, MD Paul Courtney, MD John Davis, MD Scott Duffin, MD Frances Farley, MD Marc Fuchs, MD William Cimino, MD Capt. Dana Covey, MD, Jason Davis, MD Alex Dukas MA, MD Ryan Farmer, MD Michael Fuller, DO Richard Cirillo, MD MSc, FACS Jeffrey Davis, MD Bradley Dunlap, MD Kevin Farmer, MD Leroy Fullerton Jr, MD Ciro Cirrincione, MD David Coward, MD Pamela Davis, MD Robin Dunn, MD William Farrell, MD Christopher Furey, MD William Ciszewski, MD David Cowin, MD Patrick Dawson, MD Albert Dunn, DO Elizabeth Fassbender Eric Furie, MD Andrew Clair, MD Charles Cox III, MD Jeremiah Dawson, MD Thomas Dunn, MD Bruce Faure, MD Edward Gabelman, MD Charles Clark, MD Christopher Cox, MD Brian De Muth, MD Roger Dunteman, MD Douglas Fauser, MD Bishoy Gad, MD Theodore Clarke, MD Ian Crabb, MD James Deal, MD John Dupaix, MD Jonathan Faux, MD Humberto Galleno, MD Eric Clarke, MD Timothy Craft, MD Chase Dean, MD Neil Duplantier, MD Oren Feder, MD James Gallentine, MD Charles Classen, MD David Craft, MD Shreyasi Deb Xavier Duralde, MD Keith Feder, MD John Galligan, MD David Clause, MD Matthew Craig, MD Amalia DeComas, MD Alfred Durham, MD John Feighan, MD Robert Gallo, MD Richard Claveria, MD Evan Crain, MD Richard Deerhake, MD John Durkan, MD Hal Feldman, MD Douglas Galuk, MD Kirk Cleland, MD Phillip Craven Jr, MD Mary Deering, MD Michael Durkee, MD Brent Felix, MD Eugene Galvin, MD John Cletcher Jr, MD Eileen Crawford, MD J Deese Jr, MD J Dustman, MD Adam Fenichel, MD Steven Gammon, MD David Clifford, MD Glen Crawford, MD Philip Deffer Jr, MD Oscar Duyos-Garcia, MD Eric Ferkel, MD David Gandy, MD Kirk Clifford, MD Andrew Crenshaw Jr, MD Marc DeHart, MD Corey Dwyer, MD Donald Ferlic, MD Theodore Ganley, MD Carlton Clinkscales, MD Alexander Crespo, MD Mark Deitch, MD Bradley Dyrstad, MD Thomas Ferlic, MD Michael Gannon, MD Robert Closkey, MD John Crockarell Jr, MD E DeJong, MD Jaroslaw Dzwinyk, MD Laviel Fernandez, MD John Garber, MD David Clymer, MD William Cross III, MD Randy Delcore, MD Kenneth Easterling, MD Rafael Fernandez, MD Peter Garcia, MD Edward Coale Jr, MD Bradley Crow, MD Anthony Delfico, MD Robert Eastlack, MD Samuel Fernandez-Perez, MD Ryan Garcia, MD Fraser Cobbe Robert Crowell, MD Eugene DellaMaggiore, MD Andrew Ebert, MD Stephen Fernicola, MD Mitchell Garden, MD Robert Coddington, MD Aristides Cruz Jr, MD Steven Dellose, MD Stephen Eckrich, MD Patrick Fernicola, MD William Gardner, MD Kieran Cody, MD Kenneth Cubelli, MD Demetris Delos, MD David Ede, MD Gregg Ferrero, MD Stuart Gardner, MD David Cohen, MD Brock Cummings, MD Peter DeLuca, MD S Edelstein, MD Amon Ferry, MD Sumeet Garg, MD Glenn Cohen, MD Craig Cummins, MD Anthony DeLuise Jr, MD Bradley Edgerton, MD Brooks Ficke, MD Robert Garroway, MD Jonathan Cohen, MD Torin Cunningham, MD William DeMuth, MD J Edmunds, MD, FACS Robert Fields, MD Greg Gaski, MD Jeffrey Colbert, MD Richard Curd, MD Thomas Dennis, MD Bryan Edwards, MD Blair Filler, MD Kurt Gasner, MD Charles Cole Jr, MD Patrick Curlee, MD Premjit Deol, DO Thomas Edwards, MD Robert Fink, MD Nicholas Gates, MD J Cole, MD Andrew Curran, DO Jeffrey Deren, MD John Edwards, MD John Finkenberg, MD Elizabeth Gausden, MD Alexander Coleman, MD Bradford Currier, MD Shivam Desai, MD Chad Efird, MD Anthony Finuoli, DO Thomas Gautsch, MD Geoffrey Collins, MD Brian Curtin, MD Bharat Desai, MD Nima Eftekhary, MD Maury Fisher, MD Matthew Gavin, MD Kevin Collins, MD Benjamin Curtis, MD Vincent Desiderio, MD Kenneth Egol, MD Stephen Fisher, MD Andre Gay, MD Thomas Ehmke, DO Robert Fisher, MD J. Gayton, MD Roberto Colon Miranada, MD Michael Cushner, MD David Detrisac, MD Matthew Eichenbaum, MD James FitzGibbons, MD James Gebhard, MD Scott Colquhoun, MD Robert Cusick, MD Allen Deutsch, MD 18 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. Mark Gebhardt, MD Jason Gray, MD Arun Hariharan, MD Kurt Hofmann, MD Evan James, MD Douglas Kasow, DO Benjamin Geddes, MD Benjamin Grear, MD James Harkess, MD Kathleen Hogan, MD Eric Jamrich, MD Victor Katz, MD Albert Gee, MD John Greco, MD Edwin Haronian, MD MaCalus Hogan, MD Michael Jaquith, MD Neil Katz, MD Douglas Geiger, MD John Green III, MD Kevin Harreld, MD Mark Hollmann, MD Nicholas Jarmon, MD Ralph Katz, MD William Geissler, MD Neil Green, MD Michael Harrer, MD G Holloway, MD William Jason, MD Thomas Kay, MD Robert Gelb, MD Edward Green III, MD Mitchell Harris, MD J Holobinko, MD Julio Jauregui, MD Robert Kaye, MD Howard Gelb, MD Nathan Greene, MD Jeffrey Harris, MD Marston Holt, MD Pooya Javidan, MD Kosmas Kayes, MD Richard Geline, MD Thomas Greene, MD Ryan Harris, DO Timothy Holt, MD Mahmood Jazayeri, MD Dietrich Kayser, MD Andrew Gelman, DO Robert Greene, MD Gregg Hartman, MD Kelly Homlar, MD Paul Jennings, MD Jeffrey Kazaglis, MD Terry Gemas, MD Craig Greene, MD Maury Harwood, MD David B Honari, MD Wade Jensen, MD David Keblish, MD David Gendelberg, MD Gerald Greenfield Jr, MD Jonathan Haskel, MD Jessica Hooper, MD Kyle Jeray, MD Roxanne Keene, MD Theodore Georgis Jr, MD Brett Greenky, MD Emily Hattwick, MD Jon Hop, MD Sean Jereb, MD Timothy Keenen, MD Mark Geppert, MD Jonathan Greenleaf, MD Thomas Haverbush, MD Gail Hopkins II, MD Adam Jester, MD Jonathan Keeve, MD Andrew Gerdeman, MD Thomas Greenwald, MD Richard Hayek, MD C Hopkins, MD Ramon Jimenez, MD John Kefalas, MD,SC Michael Gerhardt, MD Alan Greenwald, MD Christopher Hayes, MD, MS William Hopkinson, MD Jose Jimenez-Almonte, MD J Kelbel, MD Michael Gerling, MD Patrick Greenwell, MD Paul Haynes, MD Ryan Horazdovsky, MD William Jiranek, MD Inez Kelleher, MD COL. (ret) Tad Gerlinger, MD Paul Gregory, MD David Haynes, MD Bernard Horn, MD Christopher Jobe, MD Julie Keller, MD Larry Gersten, MD Thomas Greider, MD William Healy, MD Thomas Horn, MD Charles Jobin, MD Derek Kelly, MD David Gesensway, MD Justin Greisberg, MD Robert Heaps, MD J Horn, MD John Johansen, MD Edward Kelly, MD Matthew Geswell, MD Richard Greisman, MD Bernard Hearon, MD Paul Horn, MD Jeremiah Johnson, MD Dwight Kemp, DO Charles Getz, MD Eric Grenier, MD Thomas Hearty, MD Robert Horne, MD Donovan W Johnson, MD Julia Kenniston, MD Timothy Ghattas, MD Justin Griffin, MD Jeffrey Heavilon, MD Michael Horner, DO Philip Johnson, MD Daniel Kensinger, MD Ronny Ghazal, MD Letha Griffin, MD Christopher Hebert, MD Steven Horton, MD Todd Johnson, MD Allen Kent, MD Mark Gibbs, MD William Griffin, MD Robert Heck Jr, MD Raymond Horwood, MD Joseph Johnson, MD Paul Kenyon, MD Ramesh Gidumal, MD R Griffith Jr, MD Christopher Heck, MD Charles Hosemann III, MD James Johnson, MD Raymond Kessler, MD Thomas Giel III, MD Sean Griggs, MD Robert Hedderman, MD Paul Hospodar, MD Jeffrey Johnson, MD J Kessler, MD David Gilbert, MD Michael Grillot, MD James Heerwagen, MD Michael Hossack, MD Miers Johnson III, MD Benjamin Kester, MD James Gilbert, MD Jerry Grimes, MD John Hefferon, MD John Houde, MD Eric Johnson, MD Kunwar Khalsa, MD Paramjeet Gill, MD James Grimes, MD Kenneth Heida, MD John Houghtaling, MD Richard Johnston III, MD Aman Khan, MD Mark Gillespy, MD David Grimm, MD Robert Heidt Jr, MD Peter Howard, MD Todd Johnston, MD A Khanna, MD Peter Gilmer, MD Bennett Grimm, MD Steven Heil, MD Mark Howard, MD Roswell Johnston, DO Harpal Khanuja, MD Carl Gilmore, MD Matthew Grimm, MD Michael Hejna, MD Richard Howell, MD Jay Jolley II, MD Sariah Khormaee, MD, PhD David Girdany, MD Steven Grindel, MD Daniel Heller, MD James Howell, MD J Joly, MD Greg Khounganian, MD James Gladstone, MD Thomas Grogan, MD Scott Helmers, MD, FACS John Hruska, MD Glenn Jonas, MD Sonya Khurana, MD Andrew Glassman, MD Robert Grondel, MD Stephen Helper, MD Russel Huang, MD Steven Jones, MD Cameron Kia, MD Elizabeth Glazier, MD Elliot Gross, MD Walter Hembree, MD Russell Hudgens, MD Louis Jones, MD W Kibler, MD James Glenn, MD Nicholas Grosso, MD M Henley, MD, MBA, FACS Douglas Huene, MD Robert Jones, MD Howard Kiernan Jr, MD Alexander Glogau, MD Michael Gruber, MD David Henneghan, MD Lawrence Huff Jr, MD Virginia Jones, MD Carter Kiesau, MD James Glover, MD Jordan Gruskay, MD Robert Henrichsen, MD Laurie Hughes, MD E Jones III, MD John Killian, MD Nathan Glusenkamp Garland Gudger, MD Havalee Henry, MD Byron Humble, MD Frederick Jones, MD Isaac Kim, MD Jason Glynn, MD Roman Guerrero- Robert Hensinger, MD Steven Humphreys, MD Darron Jones, MD Paul Kim, MD Reuben Gobezie, MD Maestre, MD Jan Henstorf, MD Thomas Hunt, MD Dewey Jones IV, MD Kenneth Kim, MD David Godfried, MD Jason Guevara, MD Herbert Hermele, MD Kenneth Hunt, MD Greg Jones, MD Young Jo Kim, MD, PhD Mark Goebel, MD Kenneth Gundle, MD Julio Hernandez, MD Stephen Hunt, MD Craig Jones, MD Jay Kimmel, MD Steven Goebel, MD Robert Gurtler, MD Roberto Hernandez- Jason Hurbanek, MD David Jones Jr, MD John King Devon Goetz, MD Cary Guse, MD Irizarry, MD Jason Hurd, MD Pamela Jones, MD Andrew King, MD Colin Goggins, MD Kenneth Gustke, MD Saul Hernandez- Davis Hurley, MD Susan Jordan, MD Thomas King, MD Arnold Goldman, MD Christina Gutowski, MD Rodriguez, MD Stephen Hurst, MD Thomas Jordan, MD Jeffrey King, MD Ariel Goldman, MD Aaron Guyer, MD Larry Herron, MD Waqas Hussain, MD Louis Jordan, MD Elspeth R E Kinnucan, MD Christopher Goll, MD James Guyton, MD Philip Hershberger, MD Hank Hutchinson, MD Christopher Jordan, MD Wesley Kinzie, MD Stephen Goll, MD Daniel Haber, MD W Hess, MD Kirk Hutton, MD Anna Jorgensen, MD David Kirby, MD Gregory Golladay, MD David Hackley, MD John Hewitt, MD Vincent Iacono, MD George Joseph, MD Mark Kircher, MD Robert Gomez, MD Kevin Haddix, MD William Heyerman, MD Izuchukwu Ibe, MD Frank Joseph, MD Douglas Kirkpatrick, MD Joseph Gondusky, MD Zachary Hadley, MD Alan Hibberd, MD Elena Iguina-Gonzalez, MD Donald Joyce, MD Matthew Kirsch, MD Ricardo Gonzales, MD Mark Haffenreffer, MD Thomas Hickernell, MD Rivka Ihejirika, MD Paul Juliano, MD Mark Klaassen, MD Matthew Gonzalez, MD Steven Hagan, MD William Higginbotham III, MD Christopher Ihle, MD William Junglas, MD Christian Klare, MD Julio Gonzalez, MD Alexander Hahn, MD Laurence Higgins, MD Haariss Ilyas, MD Jesse Jupiter, MD Michael Klassen, MD Russell Goode, MD Mariam Hakim-Zargar, MD Michael Higgins, MD Dale Ingram, MD Brian Jurbala, MD Jeffrey Klein, MD Murray Goodman, MD Nicholas Halikis, MD Jason Higgins, MD Justin Iorio, MD Benjamin Justice, MD Michael Klein Jr, MD Steven Goodwiller, MD Harry Hall, MD Michael Highhouse, MD Richard Iorio, MD Christopher Kaeding, MD Bruce Klein, MD Rohan Gopinath, MD Robert Hall, MD Carlos Higuera Rueda, MD Andre Ishak, MD Cynthia Kahlenberg, MD Fredric Kleinbart, MD Dennis Gordon, MD Christian Hall, MD Randall Hildebrand, MD Susan Ishikawa, MD Michael Kain, MD James Knavel, MD Michael Gordon, MD William Haller III, MD Clint Hill, MD Kenneth Ishizue, MD Ashay Kale, MD Fred Knickerbocker, MD Robert Gorman, MD Joshua Hamann, MD James Hill, MD Richard Islinger, MD Ronald Kaler, MD Karen Knight, MD Matthew Gotlin, MD Masoud Hamidian, MD Regina Hillsman, MD John Itamura, MD Victor Kalman, DO John Knight, MD Charles Gottlob, MD Dustin Hamilton, MD Jerod Hines, MD, MS Byron Izuka, MD Michael Kalson, MD Robert Knowlan, MD Prasad Gourineni, MD William Hamilton, MD Elliott Hinkes, MD Juha Jaakkola, MD COL Benjamin Kam Jr, MD Elisa Knutsen, MD Joseph Gower, MD Mathew Hamula, MD Harlan Hiramoto, MD Todd Jackman, MD Atul Kamath, MD Thomas Knutson, MD James Grace, MD Jordan Handcox, MD Justin Hire, MD John Jackson, DO Paul Kammerlocher, MD Raymond Koch, MD Robert Graham, MD Patrick Hanley, MD David Hirsh, MD Jeffrey Jackson, MD Steven Kane, MD Scott Koenig, MD Eric Graham, MD Sigvard Hansen Jr, MD Jason Ho, MD Charity Jacobs, MD Steve Kang, MD Melissa Koenig, MD Barry Grames, MD Stephen Hansen, MD Sherwin Ho, MD Richard Jacobsen, MD Parminder Kang, MD Thomas Koenig, MD Jaymes Granata, MD Benjamin Hansen, MD Alexander Hoberman, MD Kurt Jacobson, MD Bertrand Kaper, MD Michael Kogan, MD William Granberry, MD Uel Hansen, MD Jason Hochfelder, MD Justin Jacobson, MD Daniel Kaplan, MD Steven Kokmeyer, MD Richard Grant, MD Patrick Hanson, MD David Hockman, MD Sidney Jacoby, MD Michael Kaplan, MD Jerome Kolavo, MD Michael Grant, MD Chad Hanson, MD W Hodge FACS, MD Randy Jaeger, MD F Kaplan, MD Edward Kolb, MD Jonathan Grantham, MD Eric Hanson, MD Christopher Hodgkins, MD Kourosh Jafarnia, MD Matthew Karam, MD Gregg Koldenhoven, MD Michael Gratch, MD Peter Hanson, MD Peter Hoepfner, MD Matthew Jaffe, MD Richard Karr, MD David Kolessar, MD Gregory Grau, MD Gary Harbin, MD Karl Hofammann III, MD Floyd Jaggears, MD Scott Karr, MD Jon Koman, MD Jonathan Grauer, MD Cynthia Harding, MD Gregor Hoffman, MD Nickul Jain, MD Teja Karukonda, MD Sanjit Konda, MD 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 19 Kurt Konkel, MD Daniel Lee, MD Gordon Lundy, MD Richard Mather III, MD Sean Meredith, MD Michael Moses, MD Philip Konkel, MD Kevin Leffers, MD Tyler Luthringer, MD Michael Mathers, MD Christopher Meriam, MD Emmett Mosley, MD Richard Konsens, MD Lawrence Lefkowitz, MD Frank Luzi Jr, MD Thomas Mathews, MD Clifford Merkel, MD Soheil Motamed, MD Jeffrey Korchek, MD Alexander LeGrand, MD Jeffrey Lyman, MD James Matiko, MD Christian Merrill, MD Christopher Mow, MD Stephen Koss, MD Andrew Lehman, MD Thomas Lynch, MD Paul Matson, MD Haley Merrill, MD John Mowbray, MD Shalen Kouk, MD Timothy Lehman, MD Patrick Lynch, MD Victoria Matt, MD John Mertz, MD Daniel Moynihan, MD David Kovacevic, MD Richard Lehman, MD Roger Lyon, MD Andre Matthews, MD Joseph Mesa, MD Brian Muffly, MD Mark Kowalski, MD William Lehman Jr, MD Thomas Lyons, MD David Matthews, MD David Mesna, MD Michael Mulligan, MD Michael Kozanek, MD Charles Leinberry, MD Ronald MacBeth Jr, MD Daniel Matthews, MD Charles Mess Jr, MD Brian Mulliken, MD Brian Kozar, MD Laura Lemke, MD James MacDougall, MD David Mattingly, MD Christopher Metz, MD Timothy Mullin, MD Warren Kramer III, MD Joseph Lemker, MD Theodore Macey, MD Benjamin Mauck, MD Richard Meyer, MD Joseph Mumford, MD Barry Kraushaar, MD Frederick Lemley, MD Michael Machen, MD Carter Maurer, MD Robert Meyer, MD Andres Muniz-Martinez, MD Kurt Krautmann, MD Mark Lemos, MD Philip Mack, MD James Maxey, MD Michael Miao, MD Roger Murken, MD Timothy Kremchek, MD Alexander Lenard, MD Wadih Macksoud, MD Sharon Mayberry, MD Rowan Michael, MD Joshua Murphy, MD Divakar Krishnareddy, MD Lawrence Lenderman, MD Benzel MacMaster, MD Ryan Mayer, MD Jefferey E Michaelson, MD Charles Murphy, MD Joseph Kroner, MD Jack Lennox, DO Michael Madsen, MD Ben Mayne, MD Jared Michalson, MD Michael Murphy, MD John Kroner, MD Andrew Leo, MD Michael Maggitti, MD Augustus Mazzocca, MD, MS Marc Michaud, MD Robert Murphy, MD Chad Krueger, MD William Leone, MD Brian Magovern, MD John McAuliffe, MD Lyle Micheli, MD Douglas Murphy, MD Kenneth Krumins, MD Peter Lepse, MD Richard Maguire, MD Robert McBride Jr, MD Timothy Mickel, MD Mark Murphy, MD Nicholas Kubik, MD Daniel Lerman, MD Conjeevaram G McBride, MD Nicholas Midis, MD Paul Murphy, MD Daniel Kuesis, MD Gregory Lervick, MD Maheshwer, MD Todd McCall, MD Sidney Migliori, MD Garnett Murphy, MD Jeffrey Kugler, MD Benjamin Lesin, MD John Mahon, MD Brian McCardel, MD William Mihalko, MD, PhD Daniel Murphy, MD Jeffrey Kuhlman, MD Gina Lesko, MD Frederick Maibauer Jr, MD Francis McCarthy, MD Marc Mihalko, MD Kevin Murphy, MD Michael Kuhn, MD David Lessing, MD Tony Majestro, MD Gary McClain, MD R Milam IV, MD Kevin Murray, MD Kevin Kulwicki, MD David Leu, MD Neil Maki, MD Shearwood McClelland, MD Robert Mileski, MD Thomas Murray Jr, MD Samuel Kunkel, MD, MS Arthur Leupold, MD Jacinthe Malalis, MD Walter McClelland Jr, MD Marc Milia, MD Douglas Murray, MD Herbert Kunkle, MD Eric Levicoff, MD Farbod Malek, MD Leland McCluskey, MD Anna Miller, MD George Muschler, MD Paul Kupcha, MD Scott Levin, MD Matthew Malerich, MD Gregory McComis, MD Matthew Miller, MD Douglas Musgrave, MD Vivek Kushwaha, MD Yelena Levina, MD Mark Maletsky, MD Joseph McCoy Jr, MD Arnold Miller, MD Mark Mysnyk, MD Alexander Kuzma, MD Jason Levine, MD Richard Malinick, MD Patrick McDaid, MD Christopher Miller, MD Peggy Naas, MD, MBA Ronald Kvitne, MD Randall Lewis, MD Paige Mallette, MD Edward McDevitt, MD Geoffrey Miller, MD James Nace, DO, PT Phillip Kwong, MD David Lewis, MD William Mallon, MD John McDonald Jr, MD Ryan Miller, MD Matthew Nadaud, MD Coles L’Hommedieu, MD Eric Lewis, MD Jeffrey Malumed, MD Lucas McDonald, MD, MPH G Miller, MD Sameer Nagda, MD John L’Insalata, MD Gregory Lewish, MD Thomas Malvitz, MD Dena Mcdonough Rodney Miller, MD Daniel Nagle, MD James Lafleur, MD Gabriel Lewullis, MD Steven Manalan, MD Thomas McElligott, MD Robert Miller III, MD Mitchell Nahra, MD Sean Lager, MD William Lichtenfeld, MD Richard Mandel, MD Thomas McEnnerney, MD Lawrence Miller, MD Jeffrey Nakano, MD Vince Lai, MD Jay Lieberman, MD Danny Mangual, MD James McFadden, MD Michael Miller, MD Roland Nakata, MD Michael Laird, MD Paul Liebert, MD Stephen Manifold, MD Sean McFadden, DO Mark Mills, MD Michael Nancollas, MD Jason Lake, MD Joseph Lifrak, MD Mollie Manley, MD Edward McFarland, MD Michael Milone, MD Robert Nantais, MD Keith Lamberson, MD Kenneth Light, MD Matthew Mann, MD Timothy McGarry, MD Eugene Mindell, MD David Napoli, MD Francis Lamberta, MD James Lilley, MD Ronald Mann, MD John McGarry, MD Craig Mines, MD Fred Naraghi, MD Peter Lammens, MD Philip Lim BS, MD Roger Mann, MD James McGrory, MD Shobhit Minhas, MD Eduardo Natal-Albelo, MD John Lammli, MD Robert Limoni, MD Eric Manoff, MD Michael McGuire, MD Barbara Minkowitz, MD Ronald Navarro, MD Lisa Lamoreaux, MD Paul Lin, MD Arthur Manoli II, MD Robert McGuire Jr, MD Glenn Minster, MD S Neale, MD J Lancaster, MD Charles Lind, MD Kevin Mansmann, MD Daniel McGuire, MD Craig Mintzer, MD David Nedeff, MD Joshua Landau, MD David Lindgren, MD Kent Marangi, MD Michael McHenry Hassan Mir, MD, MBA, FACS Robert Neff, MD Lewis Lane, MD Richard Linn, MD Bryant Marchant, MD Scott McKay, MD Adam Mirarchi, MD John Neilson, MD Glenn Lane, MD Niels Linschoten, MD Joseph Marchese, MD Richard McKay, MD Alexander Miric, MD Kate Nellans, MD Joseph Lane, MD Paul Lipscomb Jr, MD Michael Marchetti, MD Matthew McKenna, MD Franklin Mirrer, MD Matthew Nelsen, MD Scott Langford, MD Glenn Lipton, MD Leonard Marchinski, MD Mark McKenzie, MD Patrick Mixa, MD Bradley Nelson, MD D Lanzo, MD Jordan Lisella, MD David Marcu, MD Matthew McKenzie, MD Chris Mochizuki, MD Thomas Nelson, MD Robert LaPrade, MD, PhD Edward Littlejohn, MD Randall Marcus, MD Brian McKeon, MD Jeffrey Mogerman, MD Daniel Nelson, MD Justin LaReau, MD James Liu, MD Anthony Marino, MD James McKinney, MD Assad Moheimani, MD Joseph Nemanich, MD Connor LaRose, MD Raymond Liu, MD Andrew Markiewitz, MD Kevin McLeod, MD Amir Moinfar, MD Brian Neri, MD Daniel Larose, MD Norman Livermore III, MD Alan Markman, MD William McMaster, MD James Moitoza, MD Kristin Nesbitt, MD A. Noelle Larson, MD Harry Lockstadt, MD Richard Marks, MD Jeffery McMath, MD Domingo Molina IV, MD Anuj Netto, MD James Larson III, MD Sameer Lodha, MD Dante Marra, MD Patrick McNair, MD Joseph Monaco, MD John Nettrour, MD Earl Latimer III, MD Bryan Loeffler, MD Pablo Marrero, MD William McNamara, MD Stacie Monroe Steven Neufeld, MD Christopher Lau, MD James Loging, MD Pablo Marrero-Barrera, MD Michael McNulty IV, MD Gregory Montalbano, MD David Neuman, MD Samuel Laurencin, MD, PhD Stephanie Logterman, MD Silas Marshall, MD Patrick McNulty, MD Ismael Montane, MD Randall Neumann, MD David LaVelle, MD Frederick Lohr, MD Amanda Marshall, MD Jessica McQuerry, MD Scott Montgomery, MD Russell Nevins, MD Stephane Lavoie, MD Grant Lohse, MD Ernest Marsolais, MD Gordon Mead, MD Stuart Montgomery, MD Mark Newman, MD James Lawrence MBA, MD David Long, MD Cody Martin, MD Gilbert Meadows, MD Chance Moore, MD P Newman, MD Joshua Lawrenz, MD Stanton Longenecker, MD Christopher Martin, MD John Meaney, MD Kenneth Moore, MD Peter Newton, MD Sang Le, MD Baron Lonner, MD David Martin, MD Anthony Mechrefe, MD James Moore, MD Vuong Nguyen, MD Theodore Le, MD David Lopez, MD Kenneth Martin, MD Robert Medoff, MD Slade Moore, MD Reid Nichols, MD Michael Leathers, MD Matthew Lorei, MD Robert Martin, DO Syed Mehdi, MD Douglas Moran, MD Christopher Nicholson, MD Amir Lebaschi, MD Kevin Louie, MD Anthony Mascioli, MD Ashley Mehl, MD Brian Morgan, MD Ferris Nickel, MD Mark Leber, MD Steven Louis, MD Mathias Masem, MD Robert Mehrle, MD Daniel Morgan Jr, MD Joseph Noah, MD Robert LeBlanc Jr, MD Lonnie Loutzenhiser, MD Steven Maser, MD Samir Mehta, MD Jeffrey Morgan, MD, MBA John Noble Jr, MD Lance LeClere, MD Jeffrey Lovallo, MD J Mason, MD Mark Meier, MD Edward Morgan, MD Mayo Noerdlinger, MD Evan Lederman, MD John Lovejoy, MD Richard Mason, MD Philip Meinhardt, MD Steven Morgan, MD Robert Nolan, MD, PhD Andrew Lee, MD Walter Lowe, MD Gregg Massanelli, MD Hector Mejia, MD Robert Moriarty, MD Thomas Noonan, MD Yong Lee Jeffrey Lozman, MD Robert Mastey, MD Alfonso Mejia, MD, MPH Sean Moroze, MD J Noonan, MD Robert Lee, MD John Lubicky, MD Edward Mastromonaco, DO Hooman Melamed, MD Bernard Morrey, MD Peter Noordsij, MD Steve Lee, MD Stephen Lucey, MD Brian Mata, MD Steven Meletiou, MD Brandon Morris, MD Russell Nord, MD Arthur Lee, MD Michael Luchini, MD Joseph Matan, MD J Melhorn, MD C Morris, MD Thomas Nordstrom, MD Christopher Lee, MD R Lucie, MD Matthew Matava, MD John Mendes, MD Andrew Morse, MD John Nordt III, MD Matthew Lee, MD Mark Luker, MD Travis Matheney, MD Hannah Mendez, MD Jessica Morton, MD Steven Norris, MD Michael Lee, MD Zachary Lum, DO Steven Mather, MD Kirk Mendez, MD Rosemarie Morwessel, MD Mark Northfield, MD 20 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. 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Robert Norton, MD William Paton, MD Joseph Pullekines, MD Mitchel Robinson, MD Cesar Saenz, MD Nolan Segal, MD Stephen Norwood, MD Joshua Patt, MD Steven Puopolo, MD Walter Robinson Jr, MD Gary Sager, MD Michael Seidenstein, MD Peter Novak, MD John Patterson, MD Derek Purcell, MD Janet Robison, MD Henry Sagi, MD Brandon Seifert, MD Joseph Novotny, MD Richard Patterson, MD Gurdev Purewal, MD Matthew Robon, MD Augustine Saiz, MD Abbass Sekhavat, MD Frank Noyes, MD Christ Pavlatos, MD, MBA Thomas Puschak, MD Martin Roche, MD Kooros Sajadi, MD Roger Setzler, MD Ryan Nunley, MD E Paxton, MD Michael Pushkarewicz, Stephen Rockower, MD Kaveh Sajadi, MD Stephen Sexson, MD Gordon Nutik, MD S Payne, MD MD, FACS Santiago Rodriguez, MD Hesham Saleh, MD Scott Seymour, MD Richard Nutt, MD Thomas Paynter, MD Nicholas Quercetti, DO Omar Rodriguez, MD William Salyer, MD Hythem Shadid, MD Airell Nygaard, MD William Peace, MD John Quigley, MD Jorge Rodriguez, MD Andrew Sama, MD James Shafer, MD Ifeanyi Nzegwu, MD Stephen Pearce, MD Robert Quinn, MD Jose Rodriguez, MD Babak Samimi, MD Suken Shah, MD Daniel O’Brien, MD Gregory Peare, MD Daniel Quinn, MD Manuel Rodriguez-Perez, MD Yigal Samocha, MD Lawrence Shall, MD Michael O’Brien, MD William Pekman, MD David Quinn, MD Jorge Rodriguez-Wilson, MD Julie Samora, MD Lawrence Shank, MD Daryl O’Connor, MD Richard Pell IV, MD Jacob Rabinovich, MD Gregory Roehrig, MD Anthony Sanchez II, MD Timothy Shannon, MD William O’Connor, MD Albert Pendleton, MD John Racanelli, MD Douglas Roger, MD Albert Sanders, MD Eric Shapiro, MD Evan O’Donnell, MD Keith Penney, MD Andrew Rah, MD Mark Rogers, MD Larry Sanders, MD James Shapiro, MD Terrence O’Donovan, MD Johan Penninck, MD Richard Rainey, MD Leland Rogge, MD Steven Sanders, MD Brian Shaw, MD Christopher O’Grady, MD Jack Pennington, MD Leo Raisis, MD Zachary Rogozinski, MD Gursewak Sandhu, MD Scott Shawen, MD James O’Hara, MD Andrew Pennock, MD Sivaram Rajan, MD Abraham Rogozinski, MD Robert Sandmeier, MD Kevin Shea, MD Robert O’Hollaren, MD Daniel Pereles, MD Rajiv Rajani, MD Chaim Rogozinski, MD Wudbhav Sankar, MD Benjamin Sheffer, MD Martin O’Malley, MD Edward Perez, MD Michelle Ramirez, MD, MPH Garrison Rolle, MD Jose Santiago-Figueroa, MD Mitchell Sheinkop, MD Michael O’Malley, MD Jose Perez Lopez, MD Manuel Ramirez Lindsey Rolston, MD Erick Santos, MD, PhD Daniel Sheldon, MD Michael O’Neil, MD Thomas Perlewitz, MD Gonzalez, MD Ronald Romanelli, MD Barry Saperia, MD Nikhil Shelke, MD Owen O’Neill, MD Paul Perlik, MD Alim Ramji, MD Anthony Romero, MD Matthew Sardelli, MD Kartik Shenoy, MD Michael O’Sullivan, MD Archie Perry Jr, MD Anil Ranawat, MD Mark Romness, MD Alan Sarokhan, MD Nicholas Shepard, MD Ward Oakley Jr, MD Richard Perry, MD E Rankin, MD Kurt Rongstad, MD John Sarwark, MD Kyle Shepperson, MD David Oberste, MD C Persons, MD Glenn Rankin, MD Craig Roodbeen, MD Akhilesh Sastry, MD Donald Sheridan, MD J Ochsner Jr, MD Charles Pesson, MD Santi Rao, MD Michael Rooks, MD Yvonne Satterwhite, MD Jerrold Sherman, MD J Oglesby, MD Christopher Peters, MD Alexander Rascoe, MD Orestes Rosabal, MD Andreas Sauerbrey, MD William Shield, MD Todd Oliver, MD Steve Petersen, MD Rola Rashid, MD Edwin Rosado-Hernandez, MD Perry Savage, MD Naomi Shields, MD Soren Olson, MD David Peterson, MD Linda Rasmussen, MD Donald Rose, MD Jeffrey Sawyer, MD Peter Shields, MD Dana Olszewski, MD Robert Peterson, MD Steven Ratcliffe, MD Nicholas Rose, MD James Scales, MD Michael Shifflett, MD Mariya Opanova, MD Davis Peterson, MD Ryan Rauck, MD Craig Rosen, MD Adam Schaaf, MD Steve Shin, MD William Oppenheim, MD Clifton Peterson, MD John Rawlings, MD Andrew Rosenbaum, MD Richard Schaefer, MD Steven Shin, MD Daniel Orcutt, MD Darryl Peterson, MD Juan Realyvasquez, MD Donald Rosenbaum, DO Gregg Schellack, DO Ademola Shofoluwe, MD Gregory Orson, MD Charles Petit, MD Alan Rechter, MD Larry Rosenberg, MD Scott Schemmel, MD Jeffrey Shovers, MD Paul Ort, MD Timothy Petsche, MD Glenn Rechtine II, MD Samuel Rosenfeld, MD Donald Schengel, MD Todd Shrader, MD Dionisio Ortiz, MD Damon Petty, MD Nithin Reddy, MD Byron Rosenstein, MD David Scher, MD Kevin Shrock, MD Gerald Ortiz, MD Randall Peyton, MD R Reeves, MD Alexander Rosenstein, MD Paul Scherer, MD Brandon Shulman, MD Jose Ortiz Jr, MD Daniel Phelan, MD Jerome Reichmister, MD Melvin Rosenwasser, MD Jonathan Scherl, MD Vladimir Shur, MD Nathan Orvets, MD Barry Phillips, MD Mitchell Reiter, MD Abraham Rosenzweig, MD Kenneth Schiffman, MD Kanwaldeep Sidhu, MD Vic Osborne, MD Brad Picha, MD Joel Renbaum, MD Scott Rosenzweig, MD Thomas Schildwachter, MD Michael Sidor, MD J Osgood, MD Daniel Pierce, MD, MS John Repicci, MD Seth Rosenzweig, MD Theodore Schlegel, MD Steven Siegal, MD Olamide Oshikoya, MD Troy Pierce, MD Bryan Reuss, MD John Ross, MD Brian Schmidtberg, MD Jack Siegel, MD Lois Osier, MD Michael Pinzur, MD Fletcher Reynolds, MD Thomas Ross, MD Miguel Schmitz, MD James Sieradzki, MD Omar Osmani, MD Jerome Piontek, MD Kirk Reynolds, MD Steven Ross, MD Michael Schmitz, MD Jeff Silber, MD John Osterkamp, MD Duane Pitt, MD Alan Reznik, MD, MBA Alan Roth, MD David Schneider, MD Lance Silverman, MD Randall Otto, MD Peter Pizzarello Jr, MD Robert Rhoad, MD Yolanda Roth, MD James Schneider, MD Michael Silverstein, MD Anthony Pachelli, MD Peter Pizzutillo, MD Charles Rhoades, MD Corey Rothrock, MD Scott Schneider, MD Richard Simon, MD James Paci, MD Kenneth Pohl, MD Dennis Rhyne, MD Aron Rovner, MD Gary Schniegenberg, MD Gary Simon, MD Paul Pagano, MD Nicholas Polifroni, MD Eric Ricchetti, MD Edmund Rowland Jr, MD Clifford Schob, MD Robert Simon, MD Lawrence Page, DO Joel Politi, MD William Ricci, MD Jacob Rozbruch, MD Nicholas Schoch, DO Peter Simonian, MD Michael Pagnotto, MD Jay Pond, MD Robert Richards Jr, MD S Rozbruch, MD Lew Schon, MD William Singer, MD Douglas Pahl, MD Uwe Pontius, MD Andrew Richardson, MD James Rubano, MD Tim Schrader, MD Daniel Singer, MD Young Paik, MD Anca Popa, MD David Richardson, MD David Rubenstein, MD Matthew Schramski, DO Hardeep Singh, MD Carl Painter III, MD Neven Popovic, MD Thad Riddle, MD Benjamin Rubin, MD Philip Schrank, MD Vineet Singh, MD Mark Pallis, DO Edwin Portalatin-Perez, MD Robert Riederman, MD Paul Rud, MD Michael Schuck, MD Vladimir Sinkov, MD Douglas Palma, MD David Porter, MD J Riggan, MD Michael Ruddy, MD Otto Schueckler, MD Gregory Sirounian, MD Robert Palmer, MD Scott Porter MBA, MD Scott Riley, MD Matthew Rudloff, MD Jeff Schulman, MD Domenick Sisto, MD Ana Palmieri, MD Gregory Portland, MD Todd Rimington, MD J Rudzki, MD Richard Schultz, MD David Sitler, MD Khaim Panday, MD Gary Porubsky, MD Peter Rink, DO John-Paul Rue, MD Ross Schumer, MD Thomas Skalley, MD Andrew Pao, MD Benjamin Potter, MD Daniel Ripa, MD Mark Ruoff, MD John Schutte, MD Zachary Skipper, MD Anastasios Thomas Powell, MD David Rispler, MD Charles Ruotolo, MD Jeffrey Schwab, MD John Skubic, MD Papadonikolakis, MD John Prather, MD Emanuel Rivera-Rosado, MD Gus Rush III, MD John Schwappach, MD Gregory Slappey, MD Spiro Papas, MD Michael Prayson, MD Dennis Rivero, MD Jeremy Russell, DO Adam Schwartz, MD Joseph Slappey Jr, MD Paul Papierski, MD Cyrus Press, MD William Rix, MD George Russell Jr, MD Robert Schwartz, MD Robert Slater Jr, MD James Pappas, MD Michele Prevost, MD Wagdy Rizk, MD Vincent Russo, MD Randy Schwartzberg, MD James Slover, MD Giovanni Paraliticci- Miguel Prietto, MD Charles Rizzo, MD Robert Ruth, MD Richard Schwend, MD Michael Slutzker, MD Marquez, MD Michael Principe, DO Steven Rizzolo, MD Joseph Ruzbarsky, MD Mark Scioli, MD Thomas Smedberg, MD, MS Thomas Parent, MD Maya Pring, MD Ryan Roach, MD Devon Ryan, MD John Scolaro, MD Brandon Smetana, MD Andrew Park, MD Christopher Proctor, MD Steven Robbins, MD Paul Ryan, MD Fremont Scott III, DO Judd Smith, MD Kevin Park, MD John Prodoehl, MD Rowland Roberson, MD David Ryan, MD Peter Sculco, MD Jeffrey Smith Jr, MD SangDo Park, MD Paul Protomastro, MD James Roberson, MD John Ryan, MD Scott Scutchfield, MD Eric Smith, MD Thomas Park, MD Scott Protzman, MD Jared Roberts, MD Michael Ryan, MD John Seaberg, MD Mark Smith, MD Richard Parker, MD Matthew Provencher, MD Donald Roberts, MD Scott Ryan, MD Randall Seago, MD Ronald Smith, MD Brian Parsley, MD MC USNR Karl Roberts, MD Paul Saadi, MD Christine Seaworth, MD Patrick Smith, MD Ira Parsons, MD Vincent Prusick, MD Murray Robertson, MD Matthew Sabatino, MD Wayne Sebastianelli, MD Scott Smith, MD Mark Pascale, MD George Prutzman Jr, MD Daniel Robertson, MD Kenneth Sabbag, MD Perry Secor, MD Gary Smith, MD Karan Patel, MD David Prybyla, MD Anthony Robins Vani Sabesan, MD Robert Sedaros, MD Michael Smith, MD Nimesh Patel, MD Christine Pui, MD Lawrence Robinson, MD, FACS Jeffrey Sabloff, MD William Seeds, MD Chadwick Smith, MD William Paterson, MD David Pula, MD Samuel Robinson, MD Thomas Sabourin, MD Mitchell Seemann, MD John Smith, MD 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 21 Alan Valadie, MD Craig Weinstein, MD Megan Wolf, MD Arthur Valadie III, MD Michael Weinstein, MD Brian Wolf, MD Daniel Valdez, MD James Weiss, MD Joel Wolfe, MD Garry Vallier, MD Nicholas Weiss, MD Theodore Wolfson, MD Thomas Van Gorder, MD Molly Weiss, MD Mark Wolgin, MD Christopher Van Pelt, MD David Weissberg, MD Preston Wolin, MD Geoffrey Van Thiel, MD, MBA Joseph Weistroffer, MD John Wollaeger, MD Travis VanDyke, MD Richard Welch, MD Bruce Wolock, MD C Vangsness Jr, MD Colvin Wellborn, MD Michael Womack, MD John Vani, MD Matthew Wells, MD David Wong, MD, MSc Hector Vargas-Soto, MD Matthew Welsch, MD Kirk Wong, MD Peter Varriale, MD John Weltmer Jr, MD Douglas Wong, MD Veronica Vasicek, MD Michael Wenkstern, MD Andrew Wong, MD Barry Vaughn, MD Glenn Wera, MD Daniel Woods, MD Andrew Veitch, MD Matthew Weresh, MD Daniel Worrel, MD Robert Veith, MD Jordan Werner, MD William Smulyan, MD James Stiehl, MD Peter Theut, MD Douglas Wright, MD Vincent Vena, MD Mark Werner, MD James Snead, MD Andrew Stoeckl, MD Michael Thieken, MD Patrick Wright, MD Michael Vener, MD Peter Wernicki, MD Matthew Snider Ralph Stoetzel III, MD Bradley Thomas, MD Craig Wright, MD Michael Vercillo, MD Gregory West, MD Peter Snitovsky, MD Edward Stokel, MD John Thomas, MD Geoffrey Wright, MD Norman Verhoog, MD Robert Westermann, MD Lawrence Snow, MD David Stokes, MD Robert Thomas, MD Kevin Wright, MD Doug Vermillion, MD Greg Westmoreland, MD Stephen Snow, MD George Stollsteimer, MD Robert Thompson, MD Joshua Wright-chisem, MD James Verner, MD Geoffrey Westrich, MD Peter Sofia, MD Ross Stone, MD Jason Thompson, MD Eric Wroten, MD Carole Vetter, MD Andrew Whaley, MD David Solacoff, MD Kevin Stone, MD Bruce Thompson, MD Corey Wulf, MD Thomas Viehe, MD William Whang, MD Richard Wulff, MD John Solari, MD Alan Stotts, MD George Thompson, MD Robert Viere, MD Richard Whipple, MD Brian Solberg, MD Michael Stowell, MD CAPT (ret) Michael Thomas Wuller, MD Mandeep Virk, MD Terry Whipple, MD Walker Wynkoop, MD Harrison Solomon, MD Douglas Straehley, MD Thompson, MD Mark Vitale, MD, MPH John Whitaker, MD Gerald Yacobucci, MD Charles Sommer, MD Stefan Strapko, MD Norfleet Thompson, MD David Vittetoe, MD Mark Whitaker, MD Aris Yannopoulos, MD Suzette Song, MD Eric Strauss, MD Michael Thompson, MD Jordan Vivian Peter Whitfield, MD Robert Yarbrough, MD Michael Soojian, MD Marlen Strefling, MD William Thompson, MD Peter Vizzi, MD Paul Whiting, MD Meira Yeger-McKeever, MD W Sothoron, MD Jonathon Struemph, MD David Thordarson, MD Phuc Vo, MD Frank Whitney, MD Edward Yerger, MD David Sowa, MD Kyle Stuart, MD Robert Thornberry, MD Kurt Voellmicke, MD A Whittle, MD Nury Yim, MD Ken Sowards MBA Justin Stull, MD Michael Thorpe, MD Tobias Von Bergen, MD J Wiater, MD Henaku Yirenkyi, MD Leo Spector, MD Joseph Styron, MD, PhD James Thriffiley IV, MD George Vorys, MD Mark Wichman, MD Nicholas Yohe, MD Upshur Spencer, MD Thomas Sullivan, MD Thomas Throckmorton, MD Jason Vourazeris, MD Benjamin Widmer, MD Jeffrey Yormak, MD Hillel Sperling, MD Yuhang Sun, MD Peter Thrush, MD Mark Wagner, MD John Wilber, MD Ryu Yoshida, MD Steven Speth, MD Jonathan Surdam, MD David Thut, MD Timothy Wagner, MD Rex Wilcox, MD Andrea Young, MD Christopher Spieles, MD David Surdyka, MD James Tibone, MD Russell Wagner, MD John Wild Jr, MD Jeffrey Young, MD Anthony Spinella, MD Jesse Susi, MD Jonathan Ticker, MD Trevor Wait, MD John Wild III, MD Melissa Young Szalay, MD Jeffrey Spivak, MD Allan Sutker, MD Russell Tigges, MD Preston Waldrop, MD Daniel Wilen, MD Serena Young-Nguyen, MD Charles Spivey, MD Norman Sveilich, DO Jorge Tijmes, MD Matthew Walker, MD Taylor Wiley, MD Scot Youngblood, MD Paul Sponseller, MD Patrick Sweeney, MD Craig Tingey, MD Rafael Walker-Santiago, MD William Wiley, MD Stephen Yu, MD Mark Sprague, MD Edward Sweetser, MD Robert Titelman, MD Roxanne Wallace, MD Joseph Wilkes, MD Errol Springer, MD Todd Swenning, MD Richard Tobin, MD Jeffrey Wallentine, MD James Wilkes, MD David Yucha, MD Craig Springmeyer, MD Stephanie Swensen, MD Joe Todd, MD Joseph Walls, MD Michael Willey, MD Pavel Yufit, MD Shafic Sraj, MD F Swenson, MD Baruch Toledano, MD Eric Walsh, MD Sharrona Williams, MD Jean Yun, MD Patrick St Pierre, MD Peter Symbas, MD Jared Toman, MD, MBA Christopher Walsh, MD Julia Williams Michael Yusaf, MD Richard Stader, MD Bartlomiej Szczech, MD John Tompkins II, MD Charles Wang, MD Riley Williams, MD Manuel Yvars, MD John Staeheli, MD Robert Tait, MD William Tontz, MD Keith Wapner, MD Susan Williams, MD Anthony Zacharias, MD Anthony Stans, MD Charlie Talbert, MD Steven Tooze, MD James Warmbrod Jr, MD Keith Williams, MD Paul Zak, MD Robert Stanton, MD Timothy Talbert, MD Mark Topolski, MD William Warner Jr, MD Emilie Williamson, MD Ira Zaltz, MD David Stapor, MD Reginald Tall, MD Steven Topper, MD Amy Wasterlain, MD Samuel Willimon, MD Mohammad Zamani, MD Andrew Star, MD M Talley, MD Richard Topping, MD Richard Wathne, MD Benjamin Wilson, MD George Zanaros, MD Mikael Starecki, MD Junichi Tamai, MD Paul Tornetta III, MD Frederick Watson, MD Joseph Wilson, MD Richard Zapanta, MD Lis Stark, MD Jason Tank, MD Laura Torres-Barre, MD Troy Watson, MD Ralph Wilson, MD Gary Zartman, MD Erik Stark, MD John Tanksley, MD Jon Toussaint, MD Mitchell Wattles, MD Arnold Wilson, MD Mark Zawadsky, MD John Starynski, MD Edward Tanner, MD Robert Tracey, MD Antonio Webb, MD Mark Wilson, MD Michael Zeide, MD Peter Stasikelis, MD Chadi Tannoury, MD Sean Tracy, MD Gavin Webb, MD Tracy Wimbush Emad Zeitouneh, MD Jeremy Statton, MD David Taormina, MD Joseph Trader, MD Annie Weber, MD William Wind, MD David Zeman, MD Martin Stauber, MD Jarid Tareen, MD Steven Tradonsky, MD Ian C Weber, MD Richard Winder, MD Craig Zeman, MD Harry Stearns III, MD James Tasto, MD Roy Trawick, MD Alexander Weber, MD Jay Winn, MD Dean Ziegler, MD Jack Steel, MD Michael Taunton, MD Scott Trenhaile, MD Mark Weber, MD John Winter, MD Debra Zillmer, MD Eric Stehly, MD Oscar Taunton Jr, MD Andrew Trontis, MD Stephen Weber, MD Thomas Winters Jr, MD Christopher Zingas, MD Daniel Stein, MD Dean Taylor, MD Tsu-Min Tsai, MD Steven Weber, DO David Witham, MD Anthony Zissimos, MD Craig Steiner, MD Mehul Taylor, MD Jennifer Tucker, MD Charles Weeks, MD Edmund Witkowski, MD Colleen Zittel, MD Robert Steiner, MD Michal Taylor, MD Jacob Tulipan, MD Derek Weichel, MD Daniel Wittersheim, MD Jon Zoltan, MD Michael Steinhaus, MD Thomas Taylor, MD Thomas Turnbaugh, MD Carl Weinert Jr, MD Edward Wittgen, MD Donald Zoltan, MD John Steinmann, DO David Teague, MD Michael Turner, MD Steven Weinfeld, MD James Wittig, MD Gordon Zuerndorfer, MD Scott Steinmann, MD Jeffrey Tedder, MD William Turner, MD John Weinlein, MD Marcella Woiczik, MD Mikhail Zusmanovich, MD Jeffrey Stepan, MD, MSc Armin Tehrany Hans Tuten, MD William Stephens, MD Nirmal Tejwani, MD Timothy Tymon, MD John Stephenson, MD Mark Tenholder, MD Jared Tyson, MD Please accept the grateful thanks of the PAC Executive John Steubs, MD Joachim Tenuta, MD Michael Ugino, MD Committee and AAOS leadership for your generous support Michael Stevens, MD Gil Tepper, MD Richard Uhl, MD of the Orthopaedic PAC. Fortunately, thousands of our Nicole Stevens, MD Richard Terek, MD Todd Ulmer, MD orthopaedic colleagues have learned that contributing to Christopher Stevens, MD John Ternes, MD Erica Umpierrez, MD the PAC is an investment in our professional future and in Donald Stevenson, MD Cooper Terry, MD Richard Unger, MD Matthew Stewart, MD Kenneth Teter, MD Joshua Urban, MD assuring that our patients will have access to the orthopaedic John Stewart, MD Luc Teurlings, MD Paul Urbanek, MD care they deserve. Thank you for your support of the PAC. Richard Stewart Sunil Thacker, MD Victor Ursua, MD 22 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. 2017 in Review: Federal Legislative Accomplishments The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Office of Government Relations monitors a wide variety of issues related to advancing the highest quality musculoskeletal health. Each year, the Council on Advocacy reviews and updates its Unified Advocacy and Regulatory Agendas, which guide the Office of Government Relations’ work in the legislative and regulatory arenas. With the primary objectives of enhancing access to and quality of orthopaedic care for our patients, major legislative and regulatory initiatives include Medicare reimbursement reform, addressing health information technology, increasing research funding, protecting in-office ancillary services, and increasing congressional awareness of the large and growing prevalence of musculoskeletal diseases.

the National Orthopaedic Leadership the bill does not yet have a Senate THE YEAR IN REVIEW Conference in Washington, D.C., in April. companion, the AAOS OGR is working Although 2017 was an impassioned Currently, there is no Senate companion, hard to ensure passage in the Senate. and oftentimes highly partisan year for but the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Congress and the Trump Administration, Office estimates the legislation would More recently, the House of the AAOS Office of Government save the government approximately $1.5 Representatives passed legislation Relations (OGR) kept legislative billion, an important first step in passing in November that would repeal the and regulatory topics important to legislation into law. Independent Payment Advisory Board orthopaedics front and center. The (IPAB). The IPAB is charged with “AAOS applauds the House of following is a review of 2017 healthcare developing a proposal each year that legislation, regulation, and other issues Representatives for passing vital medical would reduce Medicare spending by a that affect orthopaedic surgeons. liability reforms,” stated AAOS President specific amount. If this board fails to William J. Maloney, MD. “H.R. 1215 will successfully submit a proposal—or fails 2017 Legislative Wins protect patients in need while addressing to meet altogether—the secretary of In January, the Sports Medicine Licensure some of the challenges of the current the Department of Health and Human Clarity Act, designed to ensure team medical liability system and maintaining providers are properly covered by their the traditional role of the states. These Services (HHS) is forced to submit a professional liability insurance when reforms will not only ensure negligently proposal on their behalf. AAOS has long traveling with athletic teams in another injured patients are compensated advocated for the repeal of the IPAB, state, was passed by voice vote in the promptly and equitably, they will— noting that it is deeply concerned about House of Representatives. A Senate importantly—improve our overall the specific impact that IPAB-directed cuts companion bill was introduced in April healthcare system even before the filing would have on patient access to quality and has 22 cosponsors. of a lawsuit, by lowering healthcare costs, musculoskeletal care. improving patient safety, and preserving Important progress was also made this the patient-physician relationship. We The Senate companion bill, which has year toward lifting the moratorium on thank members of Congress for their 36 cosponsors, is expected to pass, after new or expanded physician-owned support of this legislation and we urge which the president is expected to sign hospitals. The House bill, sponsored by the Senate to consider H.R. 1215 as soon this measure into law. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas), has received as possible.” 64 cosponsors, more than double what Need For Additional it received in past years. Moreover, for On July 12, 2017, the House of Flexibilities Recognized Representatives passed the Medical the first time, the legislation has a Senate Throughout the year, the HHS has companion, which was introduced by Sen. Controlled Substances Transportation issued several requests for information, James Lankford (R-Okla). Act of 2017. The bill would update proposed rules, and other documents that the Drug Enforcement Administration In June, the House of Representatives registration process for mobile medical indicate their commitment to reducing passed the Protecting Access to Care Act. practitioners and team physicians to many of the day-to-day burdens that This legislation—which contains important ensure they can administer controlled orthopaedic surgeons face. Most recently, reforms such as a cap on noneconomic substances at locations other than The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid damages, limits on attorney fees, and their principal place of business Services (CMS) announced a new initiative a 3-year statute of limitation—was one while complying with new limitations the agency hopes will reduce regulatory of the issues discussed by nearly 400 on timing of transport and related burdens on physicians so they can spend orthopaedic surgeons who attended recordkeeping requirements. Although more time with patients.

2017 ANNUAL REPORT 23 orthopaedic societies have advocated for policies that ensure all health insurance companies provide adequate access to in-network physicians, including physicians who practice in hospitals, and that insurance companies provide coverage as promised when a patient goes out-of-network.

Responding to a 2013 study on bracing for scoliosis, the Texas Legislature passed HB 1076, a bill heavily lobbied for by the Texas Orthopaedic Association (TOA), physician groups, and nursing groups. The bill will update the state’s scoliosis screening standards in schools to match the latest science, which determined that bracing is effective when scoliosis is found early. With recent proposed classification changes at the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on scoliosis screening standards, AAOS will adopt lessons learned from the TOA to The 2018 Quality Payment Program orthopaedic surgeons related to these create a nationwide campaign urging proposed rule, released in June, took mandatory payment models,” AAOS the requirement of early childhood significant steps to respond to AAOS’ President William J. Maloney, MD, stated spinal screenings. concerns for needed flexibility and at the time. “As we have said before, simplification, as well as protection for AAOS strongly supports the efforts of all Governors in Nevada, Georgia, Tennessee, small, solo, and rural practices. The final stakeholders to develop payment models Missouri, and Maine recently signed laws rule, issued in November, considered that incentivize care coordination and allowing visiting sports team physicians stakeholder feedback and kept needed address rising healthcare costs. However, to practice in a state where they are flexibility and incentives for participation. imposing mandatory models on surgeons not licensed so long as the physicians and facilities that lack the familiarity, maintain licensure in another state. The “AAOS is pleased CMS has listened to experience, or infrastructure required model legislation and campaign was physician feedback, and we commend has serious unintended consequences. developed through a partnership between the agency for incorporating changes that Reducing the geographic area for CJR AAOS and the American Orthopaedic will address a number of our concerns,” while still leaving a voluntary option Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) said Wilford K. Gibson, MD, chair of the significantly remedies this issue. We thank and implemented by state orthopaedic AAOS Council on Advocacy. “The Quality CMS for their work on this proposed rule societies and AOSSM members. Texas, Payment Program remains overly complex and will be commenting officially with a Idaho, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Maine, and there are continued issues regarding more detailed response.” Oklahoma, Kansas, and New York are access to data and Advanced Alternative currently working on recognizing visiting Payment Model (APM) qualification Finally, after AAOS communicated its sports team physicians. for specialists, but we are extremely serious concerns to CMS, the agency withdrew a proposed rule that would encouraged by proposals that improve Orthopaedic PAC the program for providers and ensure have added substantially more onerous 2017 was an exciting year for the quality care for Medicare beneficiaries.” qualifications needed for practitioners Orthopaedic Political Action Committee to furnish and fabricate prosthetics (PAC). In addition to the growth of the In August, CMS announced it would be and custom-fabricated orthotics than Advisors’ Circle and record-breaking significantly reducing the number of current law requires. AAOS applauded geographic areas that must implement the decision to withdraw it and avoid resident involvement, the Orthopaedic the Comprehensive Joint Replacement adding burdensome and unwarranted PAC had unprecedented access and (CJR) bundle; CMS will also eliminate requirements related to prosthetics representation at more than 600 the participation requirement for small and orthotics. political events, an increase of more practices. In addition, CMS announced it than 30 percent from last election cycle. would completely cancel the Surgical Hip State Affairs The strength of the PAC has allowed and Femur Fracture Treatment model. AAOS, in conjunction with individual state orthopaedists to have a seat at the table AAOS has expressed serious concerns societies, worked hard in 2017 to ensure and educate members of Congress about over both these programs since their that problematic bills that address out-of- the importance of musculoskeletal care. inception and is very encouraged by network or “surprise” bills are not signed this development. into law. Thank you to all the generous PAC members—your contributions have “AAOS applauds [HHS] Secretary Price, To best address the root causes of the enabled participation in the many Administrator Seema Verma, and others problem and protect patients from these healthcare policy discussions taking place at CMS for clearly hearing concerns of unanticipated out-of-pocket costs, state in Washington, D.C.

24 AAOS ORTHOPAEDIC PAC | Access. Influence. Victories. Residents In Action

2017 Residency Program Challenge ◆◆ Each individual’s name will be listed Help us Get Your Program to 100%!! in the PAC annual report, on the PAC Resident involvement is crucial in website and at the PAC booth at the strengthening the stature and influence of annual meeting. reach our the AAOS and the Orthopaedic PAC in our ◆◆ Residents are eligible for inclusion into nation’s capital. the Futures Capitol Club by meeting any 2018 goal of the following criteria: Over 220 residents, up by over 20% from ◆◆ $100 donation in one calendar year our last off year, across 59 residency of $2M! ◆◆ $250 in total contributions during programs, supported our PAC in 2017. residency Congratulations to the five following ◆◆ Donation of any amount to the PAC for residency programs that have reached the four years in a row during residency Gold 100% participation level this year: ◆◆ A donation of $25 and a ‘grand rounds’ Atlanta Medical Center talk to your residency about advocacy Renew Your New York University ◆◆ Coordinating the donations of at least 10 other residents from your PAC Membership on University of Connecticut program to the PAC (please contact University of Kentucky us to set this up using our program- Your Cell Phone Today Universidad of Puerto Rico specific mobile donation platform) For more information on resident PAC involvement and tools you can use to TEXT AAOS TO 41444 20% INCREASE increase education efforts, please visit IN SUPPORT OF the Orthopaedic PAC Resident Toolkit at www.aaos.org/pac. IT’S THAT EASY! OUR PAC BY RESIDENTS Thank you to all 2017 Congratulations to the Residents Or renew online Resident Supporters! that joined the Futures Capitol Club in 2017: www.aaos.org/pac THE FUTURES CAPITOL CLUB Jason Andersen, MD (log-in required) George Balazs, MD FOR RESIDENTS Nicholas Bonazza, MD The Orthopaedic PAC Capitol Club was Sean Brugman, MD established as a way for the AAOS PAC Jeremy Burnham, MD to recognize those individuals who have Jacob Calcei, MD shown a strong commitment to advocacy. Davin Cordell, MD The Capitol Club has grown yearly since Kevin Cronin, MD its inception but it has largely been unattainable for residents secondary to James Davies, MD their monetary constraints. Ryan Eggers, MD, MA Nicholas Foeger, MD, PhD In an effort to help recognize those Bishoy Gad, MD residents who have also shown a strong David Hamilton, MD commitment to the PAC, the AAOS PAC Jared Harwood, MD Executive Committee recently approved Christen Hoedt, MD the Futures Capitol Club. This club is Peter Howard, MD exclusively for residents and will provide Andrew Jensen, MD them with the same benefits bestowed Dana Lycans, MD upon members of the Capitol Club. Some Patrick Marinello, MD of these benefits include: Daniel Mesko, DO ◆◆ Complimentary entry and drink tickets Daniel Moon, MD to the resident reception that will be held at the annual meeting in 2018; Robert Parisien, MD Kushal Patel, MD ◆◆ A ribbon signifying Future Capitol Club participation at the annual meeting Christian Pean, MD (and NOLC) in 2018; Prem Ramkumar, MD, MBA ◆◆ Invitation to Capitol Club events such Peter Shaughnessy, MD as the reception at NOLC and similar Megan Wolf, MD events throughout the year; Sarah Yannascoli, MD

2017 ANNUAL REPORT 25 Stacie Monroe, Senior Manager, Orthopaedic PAC, [email protected] Meredith Allison, Political Affairs Assistant, Orthopaedic PAC, [email protected] ACCESS. INFLUENCE. VICTORIES.