Newswise — Glenn Pfeffer, M.D., director of the Foot and Ankle Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, has been elected president of the California Orthopaedic Association, an organization representing more than 2,000 orthopaedists in California. Pfeffer, who is also co-director of the Cedars-Sinai/USC Dance Medicine Center, will serve as the organization’s leader for a one-year term beginning in June 2010.
As president, Pfeffer will help steer the medical, legislative and professional agenda for the organization during a time of transition in the nation’s healthcare system.
Pfeffer, whose primary clinical and research interests involve reconstruction and sports injuries of the foot and ankle, is past president of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society and the American Association of Foot and Ankle surgeons. He is a past member of the board of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and chairman of their Council of Musculospecialty Specialty Societies. He is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, a diplomate of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Pfeffer is also the author of dozens of articles published in peer-reviewed scientific publications and has edited seven textbooks on the foot and ankle. He is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Orthopaedics.
“Glenn Pfeffer is a nationally recognized and respected orthopaedic surgeon,” said Diane Przepiorski, executive director of the California Orthopaedic Association. “His dynamic leadership abilities will serve him well in his new role of president of our organization.”
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