2009-2010 Council
Members of the 2009-2010 Council of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand want your input! These volunteer leaders represent all ASSH members and would like to hear from you regarding membership, continuing medical education programs and suggestions for continually improving the quality of service the Society provides.
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President
Robert M. Szabo, MD
University of California - Davis
Department of Orthopaedics
4860 Y Street, Suite 3800
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: (916) 734-3678
Fax: (916) 734-7904
Email: rmszabo@ucdavis.edu
Robert has been married to Mary for 30 years. He was born and raised in NYC and is still trying to adapt to the California lifestyle after 25 years. The wine, weather and skiing has eased his burden.
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President Elect
Thomas E. Trumble, MD
University of Washington Medical Center
Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
4245 NE Roosevelt Way, Box 354743
Seattle, WA 98105-4743
206-598-1879
206-598-9979
E-mail: trumble@u.washington.edu
Tom is responsible for the Hand Society’s very successful Hand Surgery Update 3. He keeps busy with all kinds of Society work, and keeping track of his three daughters, Stacey, Kelly and Kristen. Tom is a big Washington Huskies fan, and enjoys watching his former patients help the teams score.
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Vice-President
W.P. Andrew Lee, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Scaife Hall 690
3550 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: (412) 383-8080
Fax: (412) 383-9053
E-mail: leewpa@upmc.edu
Andy immigrated to the United States at 15, where he benefited from the finest American education and opportunities, and became a general surgeon, then plastic surgeon, and then hand surgeon. He spends his cherished spare time with his wife, Terri, and their three children, Jon, Jackie and Josh. Andy also enjoys opera, politics and Chinese food.
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Treasurer
Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, MD
University Orthopedics, Inc.
2 Dudley Street, Suite 200
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: (401) 457-1522
Fax: (401) 831-5874
Email: apcweiss@brown.edu
Peter is married to Yvonne (pediatrician) and they have 5 kids (Krista at Harvard, Schuyler at Colby, Petra at Brown, Anders & Barrett in High School). Peter collects ancient Greek coins, enjoys overseas travel, weightlifting, and sitting at the lake house in Sunapee, NH. He serves as a Trustee of RISD and the American Numismatic Society and is Dean of Admissions for the Alpert Medical School at Brown.
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Immediate Past President
L. Andrew Koman, MD
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Department of Orthopaedics
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1070
Phone: (336) 716-2878
Fax: (336) 716-6286
E-mail: lakoman@wfubmc.edu
Andy has been married to his wife Leigh for thirty-five years. They have an adult daughter, Amy, and an adult son, Alex. A native of the Southeast, Andy is a long-time resident of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Education Division Director
Edward Akelman, MD
University Orthopedics, Inc.
2 Dudley Street, Suite 200
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: (401) 457-1512
Fax: (401) 831-5874
Email: Edward_Akelman@Brown.edu
Ed lives with his wife of 28 years, Vickie, in Barrington, Rhode Island. Their sons, Chris and Matt, are both college students at Brown University. He loves skiing, striped bass and bluefish surfcasting and golf. In New England for the past 25 years, Ed takes heat for being a rabid New York Yankee fan.
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Practice Division Director
Daniel J. Nagle, MD
Bell, Stromberg, Harris, Nagle, Wiedrich, and Stogin, Ltd.
737 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (312) 337-6960
Fax: (312) 337-3601
Email: oogien@aol.com
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Research Division Director
James Chang, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
770 Welch Road, Suite 400
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 723-5824, phone
(650) 725-6605, fax
Email: jameschang@stanford.edu
Jim is married to Harriet Walker Roeder, a psychiatrist. They live on Stanford campus with their three daughters, Julia, Kathleen, and Cecilia. In his spare time, Jim enjoys traveling, running marathons, fly fishing, watching baseball, and coaching his daughters’ sports teams.
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Council Member-at-Large
Martin I. Boyer, MD
Washington University
School of Medicine
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
One Barnes Jewish Hospital Plaza
West Pavilion, Suite 11300
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314) 747-2813
Fax: (314) 747-2643
Email: boyerm@wudosis.wustl.edu
MIB has been married to his lovely wife Marci for eight years and has two beautiful children named Jonah and Ilana. He enjoys collecting and drinking the wines of Peidmont, the Napa Valley and Burgundy. He would not turn down a witty Beaujolais, if offered, though. MIB expresses his profound admiration and appreciation of his many teachers and mentors in the ASSH, on whose Council he is honoured to serve.
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Council Member-at-Large
A. Bobby Chhabra, MD
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Dept of Orthopaedics
400 Ray C. Hunt Drive, Suite 330 Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: (434) 243-0218
Fax: (434) 243-0290
Email: ac2h@virginia.edu
Bobby, a native Virginian, has been in Charlottesville for nearly 20 years. He loves live music and enjoys going to as many concerts he can with his lovely wife Sandhya. He is a fanatic Washington Redskins fan and frequently makes the 3 hour drive on Sundays to DC to watch his beloved Skins lose. Bobby and Sandhya, have 2 energetic children, Vijay and Vaya who keep them busy with soccer games and swim meets. Family time includes tailgating before Virginia Cavalier football games, movie night and hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
"I am honored and humbled by this opportunity to serve on the ASSH Council and wish to thank my mentors for their support and guidance"
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Council Member-at-Large
L. Scott Levin, MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System Orthopaedic
2 Silverstein
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 349-5803
Fax: (215) 349-5890
Email: Scott.levin@uphs.upenn.edu
Dr. Levin is a transplanted Northerner (born in Philadelphia) and has lived in Durham, North Carolina for 31 of the past 35 years. His Hand career has been molded by the teaching of J. Leonard Goldner, James Urbaniak, Harold Kleinert and Kenya Tsuge. His children, Celia and Ben, and wife Helga help keep him balanced. He enjoys Formula One auto racing and the world under the operating microscope.
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Council Member-at-Large
William H. Seitz, Jr., MD
Cleveland Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital at Lutheran
1730 West 25th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
Phone: (216) 363-2331
Fax: (216) 696-2992
Email: seitzw@ccf.org
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Council Member-at-Large
Scott H. Kozin, MD
Shriners Hospital for Children
3551 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Phone: (215) 428-4288
Fax: (215) 430-4079
E-mail: skozin@shrinenet.org
Scott takes great pride in his work at Shriners Hospital for Children where he specializes in pediatric upper extremity. Hobbies include travel (always with Louise), mountain biking, and food!
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Chief Executive Officer
Mark C. Anderson, CAE
ASSH Central Office
6300 North River Road, Suite 600
Rosemont, IL 60018-4256
Phone: (847) 384-8300
Fax: (847) 384-1435
E-mail: manderson@assh.org
Mark enjoys the outdoors – especially when it’s a typical freezing Chicago winter day. His passion is technology, whether it’s a new cell phone or a wireless computer. Mark also loves fiction and poetry, and solving complex detective stories.