The AOA is led by:
Leading the Leaders
President
Theodore W. Parsons, III, MD, FACS, FAOA
Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Henry Ford Health System
First President-Elect
Serena S. Hu, MD, FAOA
Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine
Second President-Elect
Wayne J. Sebastianelli, MD, FAOA
Professor, Program Director, and Fellowship Director
The Penn State Orthopaedics & Center for Sports Medicine
Secretary
Ann E. Van Heest, MD, FAOA
Professor and Program Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Minnesota
Treasurer
Kyle J. Jeray, MD, FAOA
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Prisma Health – Upstate
First Past President
Christopher D. Harner, MD, FAOA
Professor, Vice Chair, Fellowship Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center
Second Past President
Rick W. Wright, MD, FAOA
Dan Spengler Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Historian
Michael W. Chapman, MD, FAOA
Professor Emeritus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of California Davis School of Medicine
Executive Director
Kristin Olds Glavin, Esq.
Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors/Academics Committee Chair
Joshua C. Patt, MD, MPH, FAOA
Vice Chair, Education, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Carolinas Medical Center / Atrium Health
Critical Issues/Educational Programming Committee Chair
Keith Kenter, MD, FAOA
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine
Development/Donor Support Committee Chair
C. McCollister Evarts, MD, FAOA
Penn State College of Medicine
Leadership/Fellowships Committee Chair
Jeffrey C. Wang, MD, FAOA
Professor
USC Spine Center
Membership Committee Chair
Lisa A. Taitsman, MD, MPH, FAOA
Professor, Orthopaedic Clinic Director, and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Associate Program Director
Harborview Medical Center
Own the Bone Committee Chair
Stephen L. Kates, MD, FAOA
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
Program Chair
Vasilios Moutzouros, MD, FAOA
Chief, Division of Sports Medicine
Henry Ford Hospital
Delegates-At-Large
George Dyer, MD, FAOA
Program Director, Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Melvyn A. Harrington, Jr., MD, FAOA
Residency Program Director
Baylor College of Medicine
Emerging Leader Delegate
Megan Conti Mica, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Chicago
Lay Delegate
Daniel J. Post, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix