ASSH 75 Years: An Update of Progress Over the Past 25 Years

Joshua M Abzug; John M Bednar; Marybeth Ezaki; Warren Hammert; Sonu A Jain; Scott H Kozin; Amy L Ladd; Daniel J Nagle

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2020.08.015

ASSH 75 Years: An Update of Progress Over the Past 25 Years

J Hand Surg Am. 2020 Nov;45(11):1070-1081. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2020.08.015.

Authors

Joshua M Abzug¹, John M Bednar², Marybeth Ezaki², Warren Hammert³, Sonu A Jain⁴, Scott H Kozin⁵, Amy L Ladd⁶, Daniel J Nagle⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: jabzug@som.umaryland.edu.
² These authors are retired.
³ Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
⁴ Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH.
⁵ Department of Hand and Upper Extremity, Shriner's Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia, PA.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA.
⁷ Department of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

PMID: 33153531
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2020.08.015

Abstract

This article chronicles some of the major advancements made by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand over the past 25 years since the publication of William Newmeyer III's monograph, American Society for Surgery of the Hand: The First Fifty Years, in 1995. What is intangible and impossible to articulate in this article are the countless stories of relationship building, education, and research advancement that the programming and activities the American Society for Surgery of the Hand has provided.

Keywords: 75 years; ASSH; history.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Societies, Medical*
United States