Online 2006 Orthopaedic Basic Science Self-Assessment Examination

Produced by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Orthopaedic Basic Science Evaluation Subcommittee of the Evaluation Committee

Acknowledgements

Scott D. Boden, MD, Chairman

Director, The Emory Orthopaedics and Spine Center; Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Mathias P. G. Bostrom, MD

Associate Professor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Rex Haydon, MD

Assistant Professor, Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Andrew C. Hecht, MD

Chief, Spine Surgery, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine, New York, NY

John S. Kirkpatrick, MD

Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Francis Y. Lee, MD

Associate Professor, Chief of Tumor Service, Director of Center for Orthopaedic Research, Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY

Arabella I. Leet, MD

Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

William N. Levine, MD

Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Vice Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Harry A. McKellop, PhD

Vice President, Research, Orthopaedic Hospital; Professor, Orthopaedic Hospital University of California Los Angeles, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA

Theodore A. Miclau, MD

Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Fred R. T. Nelson, MD

Director, Education and Research, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; Adjunct Associate Professor, Uniform University Health Science, Bethesda, MD

Javad Parvizi, MD

Associate Professor, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University; Director, Clinical Research, Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Pamela J. Sherman, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon, Private Practice, Lynchburg, VA

Timothy M. Wright, PhD

Senior Scientist, Hospital for Special Surgery; Professor of Applied Biomechanics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY

Disclosure

1. I (or a member of my immediate family) have received something of value* from or own stock (or stock options) in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of my presentation.

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   	[C]		Royalties have been received.
   	[D]		Stock or stock options have been received.
   	[E]		Consultant or employee.

2. I (or a member of my immediate family) have not received anything of value* from or own stock (or stock options) in a commercial company or institution related directly or indirectly to the subject of my presentation.

*Any item, payment, or service valued in excess of $500.

The Academy does not intend this identification to decrease the value of their questions or to imply bias. It is intended solely for information.

Orthopaedic Basic Science Evaluation Subcommittee
Scott D. Boden, MD [A] Medtronic, Osteotech; [E] Medtronic, Osteotech, Zimmer
Mathias P. G. Bostrom, MD [2]
Rex Haydon, MD [2]
Andrew C. Hecht, MD [2]
John S. Kirkpatrick, MD [D] Johnson & Johnson, Zimmer, Pfizer, Schering-Plough Corp
Francis Y. Lee, MD [2]
Arabella I. Leet, MD [A] NIH
William N. Levine, MD [2]
Harry A. McKellop, PhD [2]
Theodore A. Miclau, MD [2]
Fred R. T. Nelson, MD [2]
Javad Parvizi, MD [2]
Pamela J. Sherman, MD [2]
Timothy M. Wright, PhD [2]

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