The John Lachman Society 2005 Fall News Letter

Dear Member:

In order to avoid repetition, those organizational matters and activities of the John Lachman Society are available on the website www.johnlachmansociety.org.

ETHICS COMMITTEE: The Ethics Committee reports that the position paper on "Legislating Breach of Confidentiality in Medical Settings" has been reviewed by the Board of Trustees and submitted to the American Journal of Orthopedics for publication.

RESIDENTS DISSERTATIONS: The Temple University Residents Research Presentations sponsored by The John Lachman Society were held on May 14, 2005. The program is attached. Victor Hsu was the winner of the $500. first place award and plaque for his presentation of "Elastic Instability and Orthopedic Injury". Ammar Anbari was winner of the $300. second place award for his presentation on the "Subscapularis Footprint Anatomy". Ammar Anbari was also the winner of the $200. third place award for his presentation on "C5-C6 Foraminal Stenosis and the Burner Phenomena". For reasons to be explained, it was the opinion of all who attended, including Dr. Lachman that this was a sentinel event for the residency program.

THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ORTHOPEDIC JOURNAL: In view of the quality of the residents research presentations and their interest in becoming involved in clinical research Joe Thoder expressed his desire that these papers, as well as the academic activities of the department be committed to a print and/or a digital format. In response, The John Lachman Society utilizing the resources of The John Lachman Orthopedic Research Fund will sponsor this endeavor. Asif Ilyas and Kris Matullo will serve as Editors-in-Chief, Todd Wetzel and Joe Torg will serve as Managing Editors, Albie Weiss will be the Business Manager and Pekka Mooar and Saqib Rehman will chair the editorial review committee.

SYNTHES AWARD: Synthes has awarded the John Lachman Orthopedic Research Fund$25,000. to support the research and academic activities of the department.

JOHN LACHMAN LECTURE: John Bergfeld, M.D., Medical Director of the Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine Program will present the second annual John Lachman Lecture entitled "Should the Team Doctor Pay to Play?" at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society in Pittsburgh on November 18, 2005. The lecture format will be pro-con and John will be suitably provoked by Joe Torg. We believe that this is a timely topic with profound ethical implications. The Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society has made this lectureship a permanent part of their annual meeting itinerary.

JLS ANNUAL MEETING: The first annual meeting of The John Lachman Society will be held Saturday, November 19, 2005 at the Philadelphia Country Club. There will be a board meeting at 10AM, reception at 11AM with a cash bar, and a luncheon at 12PM @ $35. per person. Wives and guests are welcome. Kindly RSVP to alburger@temple.edu.

"LATCH IN HIS TEACHING MODE": Charlie Parsons' excellent drawing depicting "Latch in his teaching mode" has been adopted as the Society's logo. We are happy to inform that those who have accepted membership in the Society with a monetary commitment have received prints of Charlie's drawing autographed by Latch and suitable for framing.

RESIDENTS MENTORING PROGRAM: We are happy to report that the Society's resident mentoring program has played a significant role in five of our residents obtaining excellent fellowships. Manish Patel is currently with Buddy Savoie in Jackson, Mississippi. Ammar Anbari is at Rush Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago with Bernie Bach. Next year Matt Reish will go to Long Beach, California with Doug Jackson, Victor Hsu to the San Diego Spine Center with Behrooz Akbarnia, and Asif Ilyis to the Jefferson Hand Center with Lee Osterman and Randy Culp. All five are great fellowships.

RESIDENTS RESEARCH SUPPORT: A list of three of the residents' research projects being supported by the Society is attached.