36th Annual James Buchanan Memorial Lecture

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The Buchanan Lecture was established in 1990 to honor the memory of James Robert Buchanan, MD (Buck). Buck had achieved the rank of associate professor in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery and became an internationally respected investigator in calcium endocrinology and metabolic bone disease by the time his short career ended.

Dr. Buchanan was a graduate of Swarthmore College and The College of Medicine of the University of Maryland. After completing his orthopaedic residency here at Penn State, he joined the orthopaedic faculty.

His active clinical practice combined general orthopaedics and hand surgery. In the laboratory, he applied interest in vitamin D metabolism to the problem of postmenopausal osteoporosis. His pioneering work in this field earned him several research grants and invited lectureships throughout this country and abroad.

Buck was a true renaissance man. Interest in any subject seemed to lead inevitably to expertise. He was simultaneously a clinician, a teacher, an authority on the world’s finest restaurants, a wine connoisseur, a professional-level pianist, a brilliant wit, and to those who knew him, a valued husband, father, and friend.

This program is designed for physicians, PhDs, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, residents and fellows inside the Penn State Health system.

• Describe professionalism in orthopaedic surgery.
• Discuss the literature regarding professionalism in orthopaedic surgery.
• Identify the best practices and strategies for improving professionalism in the practice of orthopaedic surgery.

Frederick Azar, MD
Chief of Staff, Campbell Clinic
Professor, University of Tennessee
Sports Medicine Fellowship Director
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering
Memphis, TN

Frederick Azar, MD

Dr. Azar attended the University of Notre Dame for his undergraduate degree. After earning his medical degree from Tulane University of Medicine, Dr. Azar completed his residency at the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering and a fellowship in sports medicine at the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. He was also an American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Traveling Fellow and a graduate of the inaugural class of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Leadership Fellows Program.

For the past three decades, Dr. Azar has been a volunteer in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), where he served as President, Treasurer, Board Member at-Large and presently a mentor for the AAOS Leadership Institute. He is currently a Senior Director for the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ABOS), in addition to maintaining an active role in several other national and international professional societies.

Dr. Azar previously served as the team physician for the Memphis Grizzlies for 22 seasons and was selected as a Team Physician of the Year. He is a former President of the NBA Physicians Association and a current consultant to the NBA. He also serves a team physician for the University of Memphis, the UFL Memphis Showboats, USL Memphis 901 FC, AAA Memphis Redbirds, Christian Brothers University, Lemoyne Owen College and Christian Brothers High School.

Dr. Azar has authored and edited numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and other publications. He is co-editor of Campbell’s Operative Orthopaedics and Campbell’s Core Orthopaedic Procedures. He is editor-in-chief of Orthopaedic Clinics, Campbell’s Orthopaedic Journal, Illustrated Tips and Tricks in Sports Medicine surgery, the AAOS Orthopaedic Knowledge Update – Sports Medicine, 6th Edition and serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sports Medicine. He has also been honored as a visiting professor at numerous academic programs.

An active participant in a number of community philanthropic organizations, Dr. Azar currently serves as Co-Chair of the ALSAC/St. Jude Board of Directors and Governors.

• 7:30 a.m. | Registration/Breakfast provided
• 7:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks
  April Armstrong, BSc(PT), MSc, MD, FRCSC, FAOA
• 8 a.m. | Professionalism in Orthopaedic Surgery: Living by the Golden Rule of Medicine
  Frederick Azar, MD
• 9 a.m. | Fellows, Residents and Medical Students Case Presentations
• 10:18 a.m. | Break
• 10:33 a.m. | Fellows, Residents and Medical Students Case Presentations
• 11:51 a.m. | Lunch provided
• 12:30 p.m. | Fellows, Residents and Medical Students Case Presentations
• 1:48 p.m. | Program Evaluation and Adjournment

Fellows, Residents and Medical Students Case Presentations
Michael Anderson, MD
Curtis Barnes, DO
Christian Benedict
Morgan Chambers, MD
Lincoln Dutcher, MD
Shawn Hines, MD
Andrew Meister, MD
Raymond Kim, MD
Greg Kirchner, MD
Michaela Pitcher
Sreeram Ravi, MD
Nigel Ravida
Micah Richardson, MD
Katie Saloky, MD
Daniel Solomon, MD
Christopher Stauch, MD
Rachel Thomas, MD
Emily Tufford

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