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Steven Theiss, M.D., the John D. Sherrill Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery and the interim chair of the UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, has been elected to the membership committee of the American Orthopaedic Association for a five-year term. This position ascends to the Chair of the Committee and a position on the Executive Committee. The AOA is the oldest orthopaedic organization in the world focusing on leadership development as well as issues critical to academic orthopedics.