Peter Trafton (left) instructs during the Portland, Maine, AO/ASIF Residents Basic Course. On behalf of the AO North American membership, we would like to sincerely thank Peter Trafton for his outstanding dedication and hard work as head of the AONA organization over the past four years. Much has been accomplished and membership has increased to over 500 surgeons during Peter’s four years of leadership. We look forward to his continuing input and support as a key member of the AONA Executive Committee.
New North American Trustees Elected at October, 1996 AO Foundation Trustees Meeting in Scotland
The following new Trustees from North America were elected at the 1996 Annual Trustees meeting:
In addition, Paul Manson and Jim Kellam were elected to the Foundation’s Academic Council, and Jim Hughes and Ted Hansen became honorary members of the AO/ASIF Foundation. A complete listing of North American Trustees (who comprise the AONA Steering Committee) is included later in this issue.
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Steven Myers Awarded 1997 Allgöwer Trauma FellowshipThe selection committee for the Martin Allgöwer Trauma Fellowship has announced that the recipient of the 1997 fellowship is Steven Myers, M.D., F.A.C.S., of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The fellowship is granted annually and consists of a minimum 3-month and maximum 6-month stay at a European AO trauma center, with round-trip travel and living expenses provided for the recipient and his/her spouse. Application for 1998 are now being accepted. The completed application should include an application form (available from AO North America), two letters of reference, a curriculum vitae, and a statement from the applicant which outlines the reasons he/she wishes to participate in the fellowship, and preference of location. The deadline for 1998 applications is November 1, 1997.
HOW TO WIN PROJECT SUPPORT FROM AONA:Most of us have a pet project or two for which we would like AONA support. The Executive Committee and Steering Committee have frankly had difficulty responding favorably to requests for funds that provide equipment or personnel for an individual or institution without a clearly articulated, feasible goal. Applications likely to be viewed favorably specify a question that needs an answer, and propose an appropriate means of obtaining an answer. Other projects that seek to meet a specific instructional or goal are also appropriate for submission, but the Steering Committee is interested in their general applicability, and has not been willing to fund a project or purchase that benefits primarily a single individual or institution unless benefits are offered to the greater community. Multi-institutional projects tend to be favored.
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IN MEMORIAMDr. John Border Dr. John Border died November 11, 1996, of a sudden heart attack. John was well known to the AO family. He was past president of AO North America and taught numerous AO courses in North America and Europe since the mid 1970’s. John was Professor of Surgery and Orthopaedic Surgery at the State University of New York at Buffalo Medical School, Buffalo, NY. He joined the faculty in 1965 following his medical school at Harvard and residency in general surgery at Buffalo. John became Director of Trauma at the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo. The general surgeons were still managing half of the fractures at that time. John became aware of the AO philosophy in the early 1970’s and went to his first AO course in Davos in 1971. His research in the management of the multiple injured patient was instrumental in changing the timing of fracture stabilization to early total care. His book on Blunt Multiple Trauma, co-edited with Allgöwer, Rüedi and Hansen, is a superb text on all aspects of trauma care. John was a superb intellect who was decades ahead of his time. His writings, teaching and lecturing were inspirational to many general and orthopaedic trauma surgeons. His passing is certainly a loss and he will be missed by all of his many international friends.
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