American Association for Hand Surgery 500 Cummings Center Ste 4400 Beverly, MA 01915 978 927 8330 | handsurgery.org TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWARD ................................................................................................................................................... v PREFACE ...................................................................................................................................................... vii DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................................. ix CHAPTER I: The Founding of AAHS ............................................................................................................. 11 CHAPTER II: AAHS, 1995-2020 .................................................................................................................... 13 CHAPTER III: Affiliate Membership ............................................................................................................. 67 CHAPTER IV: Hand Surgery Endowment ..................................................................................................... 69 CHAPTER V: HAND Journal .......................................................................................................................... 71 CHAPTER VI: Hand Association News ......................................................................................................... 75 CHAPTER VII: Central Office ........................................................................................................................ 77 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................................ 79 I. Current Constitution and By-Laws ....................................................................................................... 79 II. List of Presidents ................................................................................................................................. 91 III. Meetings ............................................................................................................................................ 93 a. List of Annual Meeting Locations and Dates ................................................................................... 93 b. Invited Lectures and Keynote Speakers .......................................................................................... 95 c. Danyo Presidential Invited Lecturers .............................................................................................. 99 IV. Awards ............................................................................................................................................. 103 a. Clinician/Teacher of the Year Award ............................................................................................ 103 b. HAND Journal Award..................................................................................................................... 104 c. Humanitarian Award ..................................................................................................................... 105 d. International Reverse Surgery Fellowship Award ......................................................................... 106 e. Lean & Green Award ..................................................................................................................... 107 f. Resident Essay Award .................................................................................................................... 108 g. Research Grants ............................................................................................................................ 110 h. Vargas International Hand Therapy Teaching Award ................................................................... 115 V. Membership ...................................................................................................................................... 119 a. Current Member Roster ................................................................................................................ 119 Active Members ............................................................................................................................ 119 Affiliate Members ......................................................................................................................... 129 Candidate Members...................................................................................................................... 131 International Members ................................................................................................................. 134 Emeritus Members ........................................................................................................................ 135 Retired Members .......................................................................................................................... 136 iii Honorary Members ....................................................................................................................... 138 b. In Memoriam .................................................................................................................................... 139 iv FOREWARD The year 2020 marks the 50 year anniversary of the American Association for Hand Surgery. The organization was founded in 1970 by a small group of hand surgeons in Detroit, Michigan, and has now grown to over 1,500 members. The Founding Fathers of the Hand Association envisioned an inclusive society open to all physicians and surgeons caring for patients with hand injuries or acquired conditions. Over the last quarter of a century, inclusion of all specialties caring for these patients – plastic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, general surgeons, physical therapists, occupational therapists, hand therapists, and now physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners – has been a hallmark of the AAHS’s mission and values, and has made the Hand Association a successful, welcoming community of professionals for 50 years. AAHS has come of age far beyond what was envisioned in 1970. The Association now has a journal, HAND, published six times a year, in print and digital format. The Association’s Annual Meeting, held each January, has grown and expanded significantly since 1971, but still maintains its welcoming tenor for families with protected time for leisure and socializing. Activities and the award and grant programs outside of the Annual Meeting have expanded and provide educational opportunities to members throughout the year. These activities are conducted through the Association’s active committees and the Hand Surgery Endowment. The AAHS also helps fund physician and therapist teaching and service missions to underserved areas of the world. Hand therapy has long been recognized as an integral and important component of achieving optimal upper extremity function before and/or after hand surgical procedures. Inclusion of therapists in all AAHS activities, including at the Board level, reflects the importance of therapy in patient care and the inclusive nature the Hand Association. Therapist support and participation has been an invaluable asset to the organization and more importantly has greatly improved patient outcomes. Most of the functional results obtained today following hand surgery procedures could not be achieved without hand therapy. Over the last twenty-five years, a number of the AAHS Past Presidents have been responsible for developing many of the innovations, techniques, and treatment protocols now used by hand surgeons around the world. Dr. Susan Mackinnon conceived and developed the concept of nerve transfers to reinnervate muscles denervated by injury at a higher level. She was also the driving force for the initiation of the Association’s journal, HAND. Dr. Wyndell Merritt, in addition to being a world authority on regional pain syndromes, pioneered the concept of relative motion splinting now used by most hand therapists to improve motion after tendon repair. Dr. Donald Lalonde introduced us to hand surgery procedures performed using wide awake local anesthesia and its potential to reduce cost and the amount of materials used per case. Dr. Allen Van Beek and Dr. Michael Neumeister pioneered the use of Botox injections to treat patients with digital ischemia. Dr. Brian Adams pioneered and helped develop total wrist arthroplasty implants and procedures. Dr. Scott Kozin has been instrumental in developing long term relationships on mission trips to foster worldwide hand health in underdeveloped areas around the globe. Dr. Andy Lee is a true pioneer in hand transplantation. His basic science and clinical experience have resulted in new strategies for immunosuppression in vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA). AAHS members are world authorities on wrist injury and repair, brachial plexus reconstruction, microsurgical free tissue transfers, and treatment of children with congenital hand deformities. One can only image the discoveries, innovations and treatment advancements we will see over the next twenty-five years. v AAHS membership, as envisioned by the Founders in 1970, continues to provide an educational platform, inclusive to all medical professionals providing care to patients with congenital or acquired upper extremity conditions. Hopefully, their vision will continue for many years to come. vi PREFACE In