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 Co-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
2024 CORD Program Co-Chair
Marc Trzeciak, DO, FAOA
Valley Consortium for Medical Education
CORD Education Sub-Committee Chair
M. Daniel Wongworawat, MD, FAOA
Loma Linda University
Corporate Liaison
J. Milo Sewards, MD, FAOA
Temple University Hospital
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