Leading the Leaders

The AOA is led by:

President

Kyle J. Jeray, MD, FAOA
Prisma Health – Upstate

First President-Elect

Stephen L. Kates, MD, FAOA
Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Second President-Elect

Rex C. Haydon, MD, PhD, FAOA
The University of Chicago

Treasurer

April D. Armstrong, MD, FRCSC, FAOA
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Treasurer-Elect

Scott A. Hoffinger, MD, MsC, FAOA
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Secretary

Keith Kenter, MD, FAOA
Missouri Orthopaedic Institute, University of Missouri

First Past President

Alexander J. Ghanayem, MD, FAOA
Loyola University Medical Center

Second Past President

Ann E. Van Heest, MD, FAOA
University of Minnesota

Historian

Michael A. Simon, MD, FAOA
University of Chicago Medical Center

Executive Director

Kristin Olds Glavin, Esq.
American Orthopaedic Association

Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors/Academics Committee Chair

S. Trent Guthrie, MD, FAOA

Critical Issues/Educational Programming Committee Chair

Joshua C. Patt, MD, MPH, FAOA
Carolinas Medical Center – Atrium Health

Development/Donor Support Committee Chair

Vincent D. Pellegrini, Jr., MD, FAOA
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Leadership/Fellowships Committee Chair

Matthew R. Schmitz, MD, FAOA
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego

Membership Committee Chair

Mitchel B. Harris, MD, FAOA
Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School

Own the Bone Committee Chair

Kevin L. Kirk, DO, FAOA
Baptist Health – Mission Trail

Program Chair

Anna N. Miller, MD, FAOA
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Delegates-At-Large

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

Joseph J. Hoegler, MD, FAOA
Henry Ford Hospital

Emerging Leader Delegate

Jeffrey Stepan, MD
The University of Chicago, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine

Lay Delegate

Mark Peterson
P&G Alumni, Consultant