Leading the Leaders

The AOA is led by:

President

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

First President-Elect

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

Second President-Elect

Stephen Kates, MD, FAOA
VCU

Treasurer

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

Secretary

Keith Kenter, MD, FAOA
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine

Secretary-Elect

 

First Past President

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

Second Past President

Wayne J. Sebastianelli, MD, FAOA
Penn State University

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

Membership Committee Chair

Lee R. Leddy, MD, FAOA

Own the Bone Committee Chair

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

Program Chair

Dane Salazar, MD, FAOA

Delegates-At-Large

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

Hassan Mir, MD, FAOA, FACS, MPH
University of South Florida Morsani, Florida Orthopaedic Institute

Emerging Leader Delegate

Jeffrey Stepan, MD

Lay Delegate

Mark Peterson
P&G Alumni, Consultant