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Media Briefing
Thursday, March 11th
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Press Release
Off Label Use in Orthopaedics

Biographies

Moderator: 
Michael Yaszemski, MD, PhD

Panelists: 
Jeffrey Fischgrund, MD
B. Sonny Bal, MD
George Muschler, MD
A. Seth Greenwald, DPhil Oxon
Kathleen McDermott, JD


A. Seth Greenwald, D.Phil.(Oxon)


Dr. A. Seth Greenwald is the President of Orthopaedic Research Laboratories. He is an internationally recognized bio-academician, thought leader and educator with almost four decades of experience as a productive researcher in areas of joint biomechanics and artificial implants. He is the originator of the prestigious Current Concepts in Joint Replacement meetings. Dr. Greenwald received his doctorate in orthopaedic and engineering sciences from Oxford University, England in 1970 and holds advanced degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University.

Dr. Greenwald is an active member of many professional associations, including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Association, the Orthopaedic Research Society, the Girdlestone Society and both the Hip and Knee Societies. Throughout the span of his career, Dr. Greenwald has held numerous prominent appointments within leading organizations, in both the public and private sectors, including the Food and Drug Administration.

Dr. Greenwald has also received numerous prestigious honors and awards, notably, the Presidential Medal of the British Orthopaedic Association and The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Kappa Delta for recognition of outstanding orthopaedic basic science research. He is a National Science Foundation Science Faculty Fellow.

 

 

 
 
 
     
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