Past Presidential Addresses

Year

President

Link to Presidential Address

Title

1982-1983 John McGinty https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(87)80127-5/fulltext Arthroscopy: A Technique or a Specialty?
1983-1984 James Guhl N/A  
1984-1985 Robert Metcalf https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(85)80087-6/fulltext A Decade of Arthroscopic Surgery: AANA Presidential Address
1985-1986 Lawrence Crane https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(86)80019-6/fulltext Another Year of Progress
1986-1987 Kenneth DeHaven https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(87)80068-3/fulltext  
1987-1988 George Schnoholtz https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(88)80032-X/fulltext Arthroscopic Surgery - Past, Present, and Future
1988-1989 Howard Sweeney N/A  
1989-1990 Robert Jackson https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/0749-8063(90)90083-P/fulltext Our changing needs and conditions: Presidential address to the arthroscopy association of North America, 1990
1990-1991 Richard Caspari https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/0749-8063(91)90011-L/fulltext Arthroscopy - An Orthopaedic Surgical Subspecialty or a Technique?
1991-1992 Douglas Jackson https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/0749-8063(92)90076-N/fulltext The Arthroscopy Association: The Second Decade
1992-1993  Whit Ewing https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(05)80326-3/fulltext On the Threshold
1993-1994 Dilworth Cannon https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(05)80018-0/fulltext The Specialist and Health Care Reform: What's Going On?
1996-1996 Jerome Jennings https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/0749-8063(95)90147-7/fulltext Arthroscopy: The Surgeon, the Science, and the Association
1995-1996 Neal Small https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(96)90055-9/fulltext Maintaining Control of Your Orthopaedic Practice
1996-1997 Joe Tippett https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(97)90139-0/fulltext The Price to Pay for Education
1997-1998 John Meyers N/A  
1998-1999 Les Matthews https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(99)00140-1/fulltext Leadership, Vision, and Risk Taking
1999-2000 James Tasto https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(00)28393-X/fulltext Giving Back
2000-2001 James Esch N/A  
2001-2002 Mike Malek https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(02)00226-8/fulltext A Long Journey
2002-2003 Steve Burkhart https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(03)00618-2/fulltext The Arthroscopic Surgeon: Cowboy and Scientist
2003-2004 Brian Day https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(04)00586-9/fulltext What Is the Purpose or Goal of a Presidential Address?
2004-2005 Don Johnson https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(05)00781-4/fulltext Showing the Way
2005-2006 James Chow https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(06)00743-2/fulltext Our 25th Anniversary - a Milestone
2006-2007 Walter Shelton https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(07)00508-7/fulltext Dreams of the Future, Remembering the Past
2007-2008 David McGuire https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(08)00355-1/fulltext AANA: Guided by Vision, Merit, and Inclusiveness
2008-2009 Jack Bert https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(09)00432-0/fulltext Can the Private Practice of Orthopaedic Surgery Survive the 21st Century?
2009-2010 Rick Ryu https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(10)00541-4/fulltext Why My Results Are Better
2010-2011 Felix Savoie https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(11)00414-2/fulltext Innovation: Back to Our Roots
2011-2012 Richard Angelo https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(12)01411-9/fulltext A Lady, an Explorer, and the Golden Orb
2012-2013 Nick Sgaglione https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(13)00473-8/fulltext Leadership in the Face of Adversity
2013-2014 Thomas Byrd https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(14)00540-4/fulltext Legacies
2014-2015 William Beach https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(15)00436-3/fulltext The Winning Team
2015-2016 Jeff Abrams https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(17)30694-1/fulltext Arthroscopy Association of North America: Past, Present, and Future—2016 Presidential Address
2016-2017 John Richmond https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(17)30704-1/fulltext Educating Surgeons - AANA's Role: Past, Present, and Future
2017-2018 Rob Hunter N/A  
2018-2019 Louis McIntyre https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(19)30433-5/fulltext Of AANA and Excellence
2019-2020 Larry Field https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(20)30443-6/fulltext AANA: Education, Innovation, and the Power of Volunteerism
2020-2021 Brian Cole https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(21)00739-8/fulltext Building Our Home: Lessons Learned Along the Way
2021-2022 Mark Getelman https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(22)00473-X/fulltext Presidential Address: Beyond Our Masks
2022-2023 James Stone https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(23)00453-X/fulltext Presidential Address: From the Tee Box to the Green
2023-2024 John Tokish https://www.arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-8063(24)00403-1/fulltext AANAlogies in Leadership and Life Lessons
2024-2025 Alan Curtis    
2025-2026 John Kelly    
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