MEETING MINUTES

I. Call to Order, 7:00am by President Dr. John Martin

Present: Members: Bamberger, Baylis, Bobb, Bowden, Cameron, Dalsimer, Dwight, Fried, Fritz, Grady, Halter, Heithoff, Howard, Kelly, Martin, Olsen, Southwick, Stephens, Tobias, Zachary. Guests Drs. Drabing, DePasquale, and Pickett.

The meeting began with a few comments from the Executive Director of the AOAO, Dr. Morton Morris. Dr. Morris provided a brief history of the CAQ process and progress. The Bureau of Osteopathic Specialist (BOS) is the branch of the AOA that gives us Board Certification and CAQ’s. The BOS has approved our CAQ, pending approval of the Training Requirements for Hand Surgery, which has been submitted to the Council on Osteopathic Postgraduate Training (another branch of the AOA). The COPT meets this November, and it is anticipated the process will then be complete and the CAQ certificates will be issued by the BOS.

II. Approval Minutes 10/4/99, Seattle Meeting: Approved

III. Secr. /Treas. Report

A. Finances, 1/1/00 – 9/22/00

1. Balance $7218.00

B. Membership Status

1. Roster 62 Members

2. Candidates 16

C. Resident Paper Awards

This year’s winners; SPONSOR: HAND BIOMECHANICS LAB, inc, manufacturer of the WRIST JACK

First Place $500.00

Robert J. Nowinski, D.O., Grandview Hospital

“Treatment of Comminuted Fracture Dislocation of the Elbow with AO Wrist Fusion Plate”

Second Place $300.00

Kenneth Rauschenbach, D.O.

“Use of the Ulson Device in Management of Unstable Fractures of the Distal Radius”

IV. Webmaster Report, Dr. Brent Bamberger WEB SITE: www.aoaohand.net

The website is up and running and all members are encouraged to refer to the site for information and communication with other members. The goal remains to develop a forum for case presentations for advice from other members.

V. Old Business

A. CAQ/ASSH Update

1. Certificate Delays; see Dr. Morris comments above.

B. Electronic Presentations on Disc

1. This year’s talks will be taped and audio will hopefully be merged with video.

2. A disc will be produced for each section member.

VI. New Business

A. Application Criteria

1. A general discussion was undertaken regarding the criteria for membership. Several years ago there was interest in requiring formal postgraduate fellowship to become a member of the hand section. This was never formalized and no changes were made to the By-Laws. At this time, the consensus of the members present is to leave the requirements as they are. No motion for change was made at this time, and the training requirement for membership remains 3 months during Residency on a formal hand rotation.

2. Dr. John Martin made a motion, seconded by Dr. Bamberger to require passing the CAQ to be an officer of the hand section beginning the fall of 2002. According to the By-Laws, this “amendment” will be sent to the membership prior to next year’s meeting and voted on at that time.

3. Regarding membership of general and plastic hand surgeons, Dr. Bowden stated the AOAO has established an Associate Membership that allows participation in the AOAO sections. Therefore, no By Law change is necessary for D.O. general and plastic hand surgeons to be members of the hand section

B. The financial status is such that dues have been decreased to $50.00/year.

C. Officer Election. Dr. Stefan Zachary was elected as third Vice President. He will be in charge of the 2003 meeting. Therefore, the current officers are:

President: Richard Howard, D.O., St. Louis, MO

1st VP: James Kelly, D.O., Buffalo, NY

2nd VP: Scott Fried, D.O., E. Norriton, PA

3^rd VP: Stefan Zachary, D.O., Madison, WI

Respectively Submitted,

Steven J. Heithoff, D.O.

Secr. /Treas. Hand Section, AOAO