Minutes
PIEDMONT ORTHOPEDIC FOUNDATION (2010)
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Chairman
Chairman (ex-officio) |
Gary M. Lourie
Glen A. Barden |
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Vice-Chairman |
Kenneth E. Wood |
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Secretary/Treasurer |
Charles V. Taft |
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Co-Secretary/Treasurer (ex-officio) |
Guy L. Rutledge, III |
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Co-Secretary/Treasurer(ex-offico) |
Thomas M. Loeb |
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Grant Review Committee |
Gary M. Lourie |
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Dean G. Sotereanos |
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Andrew E. Caputo |
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J. Mack Aldridge |
Minutes of the Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation meeting held at the 58th Annual Meeting, May 5-9, 2010, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
1. Continuation of present officers.
2. Gary Lourie reported on the Foundation.
3. Treasurer’s report by Charles Taft – summary of contributions made in 2009.
4. Grants listed below for 2009.
5. Letters and postcards of response from the Foundation to the contributors for IRS.
6. Anthony V. Seaber Student Fellowship Fund established.
7. Foundation sponsorship of Annual meeting educational expenses, (i.e. audiovisual, program printing, mailing, administrative expenses) not to exceed $15,000.
2009 Grants
1. Identification of the best natural lumbar lordosis for use with posterior lumbar spinal instrumentation and fusion, Christopher Brown, Keith Michael, $5,176.25.
2. Surgical site marking durability, Gregg Nicandri, Walter "Hal" Wray, Steve Olson, $3,000.
3. (1) Analysis of inflammatory cytokines, growth factors and tenocyte viability, in human rotator duff tendon explants; (2) Comparison of tenocyte viability in multiple repair techniques in porcine rotator cuff tendons, Claude T. Moorman, Farshid Guilak, $5,000.
4. Hip kinematics and load transmission after labral tear, Trevor Gaskill, Steve Olson, $5,000.
5. Development of a clinical prediction rule for diagnosis of cervical spine myelopathy, Keith Michael, Chris Brown, $1,500.
6. Predictive variables for spine surgery, Keith Michael, Chris Brown, $1,500.
7. Training femoral neck screw insertion skills to surgical trainees: computer-assisted surgery versus conventional fluoroscopic technique, Keith Michael, Will Eward, Robert Zura, $4,500.
8. Outcomes review of extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) with percutaneous pedicle screw fixation vs posterolateral fusion for degenerative spondylolisthesis, Keith Michael, Melissa Erickson; Chris Brown, $1,500.
