Sunday, September 21, 2003

Hand Section, AOAO

Annual Breakfast Meeting

Chicago, Illinois

 

MEETING MINUTES

 

SPONSOR:  Tri-Med Fracture-Fragment-Specific Fixation System (Distal Radius Fractures)

 

I.  Call to Order—7:00 a.m. by President Dr. Scott Fried

     Present:  Drs. Ames, Bamberger, Barbosa, Bobb, Borman, Burke,

     Cameron, Fried, Fritz, Grady, Halter, Heithoff, Hill, Holen, Howard, 

     Kelly, Martin, Moretta, Smith, Vela

 

II.  Approval of Minutes 9/21/03—Orlando:  Approved

 

III.  Secretary-Treasurer Report

       A.  Finances 1/1/04        Balance $7050.00

B.      Membership Status

1.      Active members  62

2.      Candidate members 19

B.      Resident Paper Awards

              This year’s winners—Wright Medical Technology

                             First place  $500.00

                                       Randa Bascharon, D.O.

                                       St. James Hospital & Med Center—Olympia Fields

                                       Four-Corner Arthrodesis:  A Comparison of Two Fixation 

                                       Techniques

                            Second place $300.00

                                       Brian Chalkin, D.O.

                                       Tulsa Regional Medical Center

                                       Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Tendon Interposition—Results of a

                                       Simplified Technique

C.     ASSH Poster presentations were:

Poster #4  Brian Chalkin, D.O.—Tulsa, Oklahoma—“Thumb CMC Joint APL Tendon       Interposition Arthritis:  Results of  Simplified Technique”.

Poster #40  Laslo Harmat, D.O—Cleveland Clinic—“Treatment of Non-united Scaphoid Fractures Using Internal Fixation Alone”.

Poster #62—Steven Heithoff, D.O.—Port Huron, Michigan—“Distal Radius Fractures Treated with ORIF Using the Synthes Pi Plate”.

Poster #71—Gamal A. Elsaidi, D.O.—Winston-Salem--“Alterations in Gene Expression of Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes Following Botulinum Toxin A Injection in Juvenile Rats”.

Poster #89—Michael Powers, D.O.—Cleveland Clinic—“Radiocapitellar Synovitis 2 degrees to Recalcitant Lateral Epicondylitis”.

D.     AOAO Hand Section scientific paper award winners were:

First Place—Rory Dunham, D.O.—Oklahoma City—“Primary Semi-Constrained Arthroplasty for Unreduced Posterior Dislocations of the Elbow”

Second Place—Michael Bagley, D.O.—Mt. Clemens—“Tendon Injuries in the Industrial Setting”

Honorable Mention—Tony Liang-Ku Chien, D.O.—Bi-County Hospital—“Trans-Scaphoid Perilunate Fracture Dislocation Treated with Open Reduction and Internal Fixation with Internal Distraction Plate”

 

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

A.     New website contract with Bonnie Campbell, Port Huron, MI   

B.      Please e-mail HYPERLINK “mail to: bbamberger@wright.edu if you notice problems or  irregularities.

 

V.    Old Business

A.      CAQ/ASSH update

               Electronic presentations on disc--2002 presentations produced on CD and will be

               coordinated by Dr. Roger Cameron.

 

VI.  New Business

A.      Program Chairmen are reminded to keep a slot for the resident paper winner.

                  B.   Dr. Roger Cameron, speaking from an AOAO Board of Directors viewpoint,                    

                         reminded the section to make sure those who are elected as Vice-Presidents

                         have the interest and motivation to put together a quality program.

          C.  Officer Election:  Dr. Pat Williams was elected as third Vice-President

                        (pending his acceptance and commitment). He will be in charge of the 2006

                        meeting.  Dr. Brent Bamberger was elected as Secretary-Treasurer.   The

                        current officers are:

 

President:  Stefan Zachary, D.O.—Madison, WI

1st VP:  Mark Trzeciak, D.O.—Columbus, OH (2004 meeting)

2nd VP:  Nadir Paksima, D.O.—New York, NY (2005 meeting)

3rd VP:  Pat Williams, D.O.—Erie, PA (2006 meeting)

Secretary-Treasurer—H. Brent Bamberger, D.O.

                  D.   New members of ASSH are Gregory Hill, D.O. and Mark Trzeciak, D.O.

 

                 E.  Effective January 2005, all communication to members will be done

                       electronically.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

 

H. Brent Bamberger, D.O.

Secretary-Treasurer