New York and Greenwich, CT
March 28, 2022

Kevin D. Plancher’s, MD, MPH, FAAOS attended the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2022 Annual Meeting in Chicago, March 22 – 26, 2022. Dr. Plancher is delighted to share that his team won Best Poster in the Sports Medicine classification for their poster titled, “Bioabsorbable Interference Screw Fixation for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Yields No Tunnel Widening with Excellent Outcomes”

Dr. Plancher also moderated the following presentations:
– Tuesday, March 22: “The Business of Medicine: Hospital-Based, Academic, Private Practice – Learning How to Succeed”

– Wednesday, March 23: “Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty Made Simple” and “The User’s Guide to Ancillary Income, Marketing, and Consulting”
– Thursday, March 24: “Time is Money: Efficiency and Effective Delegation”, “Isolated Lateral Joint Osteoarthritis: Survivorship and Patient Acceptable Symptom State at a Mean 10 Years following Lateral Fixed-Bearing Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty”, and “Functional Outcomes and Success Rate following Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Patients <30 Years Old: Autograft vs. Allograft”
– Saturday, March 26: “Paper 18: Treatment of Lateral Meniscus Tears Influences OA Rate following ACL Reconstruction at 9-year Follow-up”

While at the annual meeting, Dr. Plancher enjoyed his last week as the AAOS Chair for the Board of Specialty Surgeons. He is honored and looks forward to fulfilling the duties of his new role as Chair of the Instructional Course Committee for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAAOS, is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine. Dr. Plancher is a Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University in New York. Since 2001, he has been listed annually in the Castle Connolly directory as a “top doctor” in his field.

Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is a comprehensive orthopaedics and sports medicine practice with offices in New York City and Greenwich, CT. Leaders in orthopaedics, sports medicine, and acute emergency treatment of sports injuries and rehabilitation utilizing the latest techniques in orthopaedic care. plancherortho.com.