The AOA is led by:
Leading the Leaders
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