Profession
Sports medicine society names new president
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Aug. 9, 2004
Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD, is the new president of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. He is an attending surgeon and chief of the sports medicine and shoulder service at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, N.Y.
Dr. Wickiewicz, of Franklin Lakes, N.J., is a professor of clinical orthopaedic surgery at Cornell University's Weill Medical College. He served seven years as assistant team physician for the New York Giants and is currently team physician for his alma mater, Saint Peter's College in New Jersey.
Dr. Wickiewicz has served the AOSSM on numerous committees, including its credentialing and education committees. He also is a member of the Eastern Orthopaedic Assn., the Orthopaedic Research Society and the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/08/09/prbf0809.htm.
