AOAO News

The Orthopod

The Official Publication of the
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics

December 2018

RAOAO Update
By Ross Burge, DO
Orthopedic Surgery Resident
Community Memorial Health System
RAOAO President

Academy and AOAO Foundation Benefits for Residents While attending the Annual Fall Meeting in Atlanta, several benefits that the AOAO Foundation and the Academy provide were brought to my attention. I have listed these below to encourage residents to utilize these, or at least be aware of existing opportunities. For those who don’t know, the AOAO Foundation provides financial s … [Read more...] about RAOAO Update

Global Outreach

Health Volunteers Overseas© Recent Initiative In the summer, HVO published a peer-reviewed eBook in partnership with Frontiers in Public Health and, in the announcement below, you’ll see we are launching an e-volunteering initiative to foster new ways of providing training and education to our colleagues abroad. All of this is in addition to our core programming efforts of o … [Read more...] about Global Outreach

The Funky Three-Legged Stool and the Holy Trinity of the Osteopathic Profession
By Edward G. Loniewski, DO, FACOS, FAOAO

Remembering Edward A. Loniewski, DO, FACOS, FAOAO - 1/13/1932- 1/23/2018 I was given the honor to write a short obituary of my father by Steven Heithoff, DO, FAOAO. At first this seemed to be daunting task since he dedicated his entire professional career towards the advancement of this organization as well as other osteopathic organizations. Yet maybe this was a true blessing … [Read more...] about The Funky Three-Legged Stool and the Holy Trinity of the Osteopathic Profession

The Role of In-Office Diagnostic Needle Arthroscopy for Intra-Articular Knee Symptoms With a Normal MRI: A case report for ACL Insufficiency

Sean Mc Millan, DO1, FAOAO; Elizabeth Ford, BA2; Jim Stenson, DO3 Authors’ Disclosure Statement: Dr. Mc Millan reports that he receives equity, patents, and is an advisory board member for Trice Medical.  Student Doctor Ford reports that she is has equity in Trice Medical.  Dr. Stenson has no conflicts to report. 1Dr. Mc Millan is the Chief of Orthopedics and Vice Cha … [Read more...] about The Role of In-Office Diagnostic Needle Arthroscopy for Intra-Articular Knee Symptoms With a Normal MRI: A case report for ACL Insufficiency