2019-20 Board of Directors and Committee Membership
OTA Board of Directors
President: Michael D. McKee, MD
President-Elect: Heather A. Vallier, MD
2nd President Elect: Michael Archdeacon, MD
Secretary: Thomas F. Higgins, MD
Chief Financial Officer: Douglas W. Lundy, MD
Immediate Past President: David Teague, MD
2nd Past President: William Ricci, MD
Member at Large: Chad P. Coles, MD
Member at Large: Philip Wolinksy, MD, FACS
Member at Large: Joseph Hsu, MD
Annual Meeting Program Chair: Stephen Kottmeier, MD
Appointed Committees
Annual Program Committee
Stephen Kottmeier, MD, Chair
Gerard Slobogean, MD, Co-Chair
Andrew Choo, MD
Brett Crist, MD
Gregory Della Rocca, MD
David Hak, MD
Nirmal Tejwani, MD
Harmeeth Uppal, MD
Ed Harvey, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Aaron Nauth, MD, BSFF Chair
Basic Science Sub-Committee
Aaron Nauth, MD, Chair
Andrew Evans, MD
Justin Haller, MD
John Wixted, MD
Michael Hast, MD
Christopher Lee, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Daniel Cunningham, MD, Resident Member
Andrew Trenholm, MD, Research Committee Chair
Emil Schemitsch, MD, Presidential Consultant
Bylaws & Hearings Committee
Thomas De Coster, MD, Chair
Eric Meinberg, MD
Robert Reddix, Jr., MD
Education Committee
Samir Mehta, MD, Chair
Eben Carroll, MD
David Weiss, MD
Theodore Toan Le, MD
Utku Kandemir, MD
Hassan Mir, MD
Brian Mullis, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Thomas DeCoster, MD, OKO
Daniel Horwitz, MD, AAOS Trauma Content Committee Chair
Scott Pascal, MD, Resident Member
Edward Southard, MD, Resident Member
Ryan Wilson, MD, PA/NP Course Chair
Michael Leslie, DO, Fall Resident Comprehensive Course Chair
Seth Yarboro, MD, Fall Resident Comprehensive Course Co-Chair
Frank Liporace, MD, Spring Resident Comprehensive Course Chair
Thuan Ly, MD, Spring Resident Comprehensive Course Co-Chair
Cory Collinge, MD, Resident Advanced Trauma Techniques Course Chair
Eben Carroll, MD, Resident Advanced Trauma Techniques Course Co-Chair
Paul Tornetta, MD, AAOS/OTA Course Co-Director
J. Tracy Watson, MD, AAOS/OTA Course Co-Director
Lisa Cannada, MD, Core Curriculum Phase 3 Project Director
Kyle Jeray, MD, Core Curriculum Phase 3 Project Director
Roy Sanders, MD, JOT Editor
Finance and Audit Committee
Douglas Lundy, MD, CFO/Chair
Alan Jones, MD
Brendan Patterson, Immediate Past CFO
Publications Committee
Michael Gardner, MD, Chair
Roy Sanders, MD; JOT Editor-in-Chief
Emil Schemitsch, MD; OTA International Editor-in-Chief
Ken Egol, MD; OTA Video Library Editor
Bob Ostrum, MD; OTA Rockwood and Green Editor (1 rep)
Cory Collinge, MD; Rock and Green Living Textbook Editor
Steve Olson, MD; Governance Council Chair
Ex-Officio Members:
Douglas Lundy, MD, OTA CFO
Stephen Kottmeier, MD, Annual Program Chair
Aaron Nauth, MD, Basic Science Focus Forum Chair
Peter Mittwede, MD, Resident Member
Vindra Dass, WK representative JOT
Brian Brown, WK representative R&G
Research Committee
Andrew Trenholm, MD, Chair
Laurence Kempton, MD
Patrick Bergin, MD
Philipp Leucht, MD
Victor De Ridder, MD
Anna Miller, MD, FACS
Reza Firoozabadi, MD
Kelly Lefaivre, MD
Mara Schenker, MD
Frank Avilucea, MD
Emil Schemitsch, MD
Dave Wellman, MD
Strategic Research Initiative
Saam Morshed, MD, PhD, Chair
Mohit Bhandari, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Mitch Harris, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Andrew Trenholm, MD, Research Chair
Steve Olson, MD, Governance Council Chair
Ed Harvey, MD, Basic Science Focus Forum Chair
Dan Horwitz, MD, Fund Development Chair
Video Library
Ken Egol, MD, Chair
Zach Working, MD
Jason Strezlow, MD
Joseph Hoegler, MD
Harneeth Uppal, MD, MS, FACS
Anna Miller, MD, FACS
Rafael Neiman, MD
Matthew Herring, MD
Kyle Jeray, MD
Mark Hake, MD
Matthew Avery, MD
OTA Board Appointed Committees
Classification & Outcomes Committee
Matt Karam, MD, Chair
Jarrod Dumpe, MD
Mai Nguyen, MD
Geoffrey Marecek, MD
John Scolaro, MD
Meir Marmor, MD
Gillian Soles, MD
Stephen Sims, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Julie Agel, MD; Presidential Consultant
Jim Kellam, MD; Presidential Consultant
MAJ Daniel Stinner, MD; Presidential Consultant
Eric Meinberg, Ex-Officio Classification Compendium Rep
Disaster Management Preparedness Committee
Roman Hayda, MD, Chair
Eric Meinberg, MD
Kory Cornum, MD
Usha Mani, MD
Ken Nelson, MD
Daniel Stinner, MD
John Hagedorn, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Jim Ficke, MD, FACS, COT Representative
Erlena Josifi, MD, Resident Member
Evidence Based Value & Quality Committee
Jaimo Ahn, MD, Chair
Clay Spitler, MD
Peter Krause, MD
Michael Leslie, MD
Gudrun Mirick, MD
William Reisman, MD
Jason Strelzow, MD
Ryan Harrison, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Anna Miller, MD, FACS, COT Chair
Fellowship & Career Choices Committee
Madhav Karunakar, MD, Chair
William Obremskey, MD
Michael Weaver, MD
Animesh Agarwal, MD
Paul Perdue, MD
Yelena Bodgan, MD
David Templeman, MD
Brad Yoo, MD
David Zamorano, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Mikhail Bekarev, Fellow
Fellowship Match Compliance Sub-Committee
Jason Roberts, MD, Chair
Michael LeCroy, MD
Robert Probe, MD
Dan Schlatter, MD
Paul Lafferty, MD
Fund Development Committee
Dan Horwitz, MD, Chair
Ross Leighton, MD
Brad Henley, MD
Joseph Hoegler, MD
Brendan Patterson, MD
Toney Russell, MD
Lisa Cannada, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Mary Kate Erdman, MD, Resident Member
Douglas Lundy, MD, OTA CFO
Andrew Trenholm, MD, Research Committee Chair
Health Policy & Planning Committee
Todd Swenning, Chair
Gerald Lang, MD
Lisa Cannada, MD
Chris McAndrew, MD
Ashraf El Naga, MD
Dan Schlatterer, MD
Niloofar Dehghan, MD
Brad Dart, MD
John Campbell, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Jesse Putman, MD, Resident Member
Jaimo Ahn, MD, EBQVS Liaison
Arvind Nano, MD, EBQVS Liaison
Anna Miller, MD, COT Chair
Bruce Browner, MD, Presidential Consultant
Humanitarian Committee
Richard Coughlin, MD, Chair
Todd Mailly, MD
Rachel Reilly, MD
Emily Benson, MD
Peter Trafton, MD
Paul Whiting, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Chad Ishmal, MD, Resident Member
Roman Hayda, MD, Disaster Management Chair
Lewis Zirkle, MD, Presidential Consultant
International Relations Committee
Hans-Christoph Pape, MD, Chair
Ney Amaral, MD
Fernando DeLaHuerta, MD
Theodore Toan Le, MD
Robert Zura, MD
Anjan Shah, MD
VIctor de Ridder, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
J Brock Walker, MD, Resident Member
Emil Schemitsch, OTA International Editor
Toney Russell, MD, Presidential Consultant
Ted Miclau, MD, IOTA Steering Committee Chair
Military Committee
Lt. Col. Christopher LeBrun, MD, Chair (USAF)
Lt. Col. Wade Gordon, MD (USAF)
MAJ James Blair, MD (USA)
Christiaan Mamczak, DO
Lt. Michelle Gosselin, BS, MD (USN)
Max Talbot, MD (Canadian Armed Services)
MAJ Eric Verwiebe, MD (USA)
Ex-Officio Members:
John Richards, MD, Resident Member
MAJ Daniel Stinner, Presidential Consultant
Public Relations Committee
Mark Lee, MD, Chair
Theodoros Tosounidis, MD
Milan Sen, MD
Jason Lowe, MD
Jason Sansone, MD
Lori Reed, MD
Miguel Daccarett, MD
Craig Bartlett, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Jonathon Schneider, MD, Resident Member
Mike Githens, MD, OrthoInfo Project Team Co-Chair
Jason Lowe, MD, OrthoInfo Project Team Co-Chair
Josh Gary, MD, Newsletter Editor
Arvin Von Keudell, MD, Resident Member
Practice Management Committee
Frank Liporace, MD, Chair
Robert Reddix, MD
Michael Beltran, MD
Adam Kaufman, MD
John Tidwell, MD
Michael Milshteyn, MD
John Iaquinto, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Brian Page, MD, Resident Member
Brad Henley, MD, Presidential Consultant
William Creevy, MD, Presidential Consultant
Elected Committees
Membership Committee
Milan Sen, MD, Chair
Peter Althausen, MD
Emily Benson, MD
Conor Kleweno, MD
Gilbert Ortega, MD
Ex-Officio Members:
Dennis Gregory, PA-C
Nominating Committee
William Ricci, MD, Chair
Cory A. Collinge; MD
Hassan R. Mir, MD, MBA, FACS
Andrew N. Pollak, MD
Roy Sanders, MD
Orthopaedic Organizational Liaisons
AAOS BOS
William Ricci, MD; Presidential Line Rep
Lisa Taitsman, MD; BOS Match Oversight
Hasaan Mir, MD; Member Rep (also BOS rep to AAOS Health Care Systems Committee)
Kathleen Caswell, CAE; Executive Director Rep
ACS COT (American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma)
Anna Miller, MD, Chair
James R. Ficke, MD
A. Alex Jahangir, MD
Clifford B. Jones, MD
James C. Krieg, MD
Mark P. McAndrew, MD
H. Claude Sagi, MD
Bruce Ziran, MD
USBJI BMUS Chapter Authors
Jaimo Ahn, MD (lead author)
Arvind Nana
Gudrun Mirck
Anna Miller
Christopher Renninger, MD
Lt. Michelle Gosselin, MD
Other Orthopaedic Liaison Positions
Bruce Browner, MD; Member-at-Large USBJI
Andy Schmidt, MD; Civilian Rep, EWI
James Ficke, MD; Board Member, National Trauma Institute
Patient Education Project Team
Philip Wolinsky, MD, Chair
Roy Sanders, MD
Mark Lee, MD
Chris Domes, MD
Paige Whittle, MD
Michael WIlley, MD
Saqib Rehman, MD
Babar Shafiq, MD
Paul Perdue, MD
