Leading Academic Leaders

Chair

Tessa Balach, MD, FAOA
The University of Chicago Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehab Medicine

Vice Chair

S. Trent Guthrie, MD, FAOA
Henry Ford Hospital

Member-At-Large and 2025 CORD Program Co-Chair

Timothy S. Ackerman, DO, FAOA
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals

Member-At-Large

Raffi S. Avedian, MD, FAOA
Stanford University

AAMC-ORR Liaison

David Bernstein, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard

Member-At-Large

Henry M. Broekhuyse, MD, FAOA
University of British Columbia

AAMC-CFAS Liaison

Charles S. Day, MD, FAOA
Henry Ford Hospital

AAMC-CFAS Liaison

Paul J. Dougherty, MD, FAOA
University of Florida Health Jacksonville

AAMC-ORR Liaison

Danielle Greig, MD
UCLA Health

2023 CORD Program Chair

Melvyn A. Harrington Jr., MD, FAOA
Baylor College of Medicine

CMSS-OPDA Liaison

Brandi Hartley, MD, FAOA
University of Louisville

2024 CORD Program Chair

Matthew D. Karam, MD, FAOA
University of Iowa Hospital Clinics

Fellowship Education Liaison

Ericka Lawler, MD, FAOA
University of Iowa Hospital Clinics

AMA-HOD Liaison

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, FAOA
Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Med., PLLC

COERG/Research Lead

Brent Ponce, MD, FAOA
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital Orthopaedic Residency

Accreditation & Compliance/ACGME Lead

Afshin E. Razi, MD, FAOA
Maimonides Medical Center

Committee Member

Brian P. Scannell, MD, FAOA
Carolinas Medical Center – Atrium Health

2025 CORD Program Co-Chair

Nicole Schroeder, MD, FAOA
University of California, San Francisco

CORD Education Sub-Committee Chair

M. Daniel Wongworawat, MD, FAOA
Loma Linda University

Corporate Liaison

J. Milo Sewards, MD, FAOA
Temple University Hospital

CORD Education Subcommittee

Chair

M. Daniel Wongworawat, MD, FAOA
Loma Linda University

Subcommittee Members
(Some CORD/Academics Committee (CAC) members are also on the Subcommittee. This list comprises only members who are not also on the CAC)

Stephen K. Aoki, MD, FAOA
University of Utah

Matthew D. Beal, MD, FAOA
Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics

George Dyer, MD, MHA, FAOA
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard

Monica Kogan, MD, FAOA
Rush University Medical Center

Scott E. Porter, MD, MBA, FACS, FAOA
Prisma Health Orthopaedics

Rajiv Rajani, MD, FAOA
William Beaumont Army Medical Center/Texas Tech University (El Paso)

Kimberly Reising
ARCOS Interim President
University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Joseph K. Weistroffer, MD, FAOA
McLaren Northern Michigan