Doctor John Bergfeld Receives the 2025 Jack C. Hughston Sports Physician Award.
Dr. Bergfeld was the recipient of the 2025 Jack C. Hughston Sports
Physician Award, given by the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy,
at the 2025 American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections
Meeting, in Houston, Texas, on February 13, 2025.
This award acknowledges a sports physician who has made a distinguished
contribution to the specialty of sports physical therapy. Fellow Warthog
members, Dr. Gary Calabrese gave the presentation of the award, with Dr.
Scott Euype also present at the award ceremony.
Dr. Bergfeld (center) is pictured with Dr. Scott Euype (right) and Dr. Gary Calabrese (left) from the the Cleveland Clinic.
Physician Award, given by the American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy,
at the 2025 American Physical Therapy Association Combined Sections
Meeting, in Houston, Texas, on February 13, 2025.
This award acknowledges a sports physician who has made a distinguished
contribution to the specialty of sports physical therapy. Fellow Warthog
members, Dr. Gary Calabrese gave the presentation of the award, with Dr.
Scott Euype also present at the award ceremony.
Dr. Bergfeld (center) is pictured with Dr. Scott Euype (right) and Dr. Gary Calabrese (left) from the the Cleveland Clinic.
Doctor Christopher Kaeding Accepts the Presidential Medallion at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Alongside Dr. Grant Jones, Warthog Dr. Lutul Farrow to serve as Dr. Kaeding's Program Chair for the 2025 AOSSM Annual Meeting.
Out-going AOSSM President Dr. Dean Taylor passed on the Presidential Medallion to Warthog Dr. Christopher Kaeding at the 2024 AOSSM Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Chris now begins his year as AOSSM President culminating with his Presidential Lecture at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Kaeding joins an illustrious group of former Cleveland Clinic Staff and Fellows who have served as President of AOSSM. This is a tremendous accomplishment for the Cleveland Clinic. Former AOSSM Presidents with Cleveland Clinic ties as either Professional Staff members and/or former Fellows include Dr. John Bergfeld, Dr. Kurt Spindler, Dr. Ken DeHaven and Dr. H. Royer Collins.
On his new role Dr. Kaeding remarks - “It has been my highest honor and I am quite humbled to assume the role of president of AOSSM, an organization whose mission, membership, and leadership I’ve always viewed with the utmost respect and admiration,” he goes on to say, “I will do all that I can to be the best steward of the Society’s resources, as well as enhance its leadership in the orthopaedic sports medicine arena through strategic alliances and exceptional educational programs.”
Dr. Lutul Farrow also began his term as Co-Program Chair for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. He will serve alongside Dr. Kaeding's long time colleague and partner, Dr. Grant Jones from The Ohio State University. The duo will also be responsible for putting together the 2025 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Specialty Day Program in San Diego, California. Lutul and Grant will be working with Dr. Eric Ferkel for this combined Specialty Day with the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society meeting. AOSSM-AOFAS will share the Specialty Day program on Friday of the AAOS Meeting.
Dr. Kaeding joins an illustrious group of former Cleveland Clinic Staff and Fellows who have served as President of AOSSM. This is a tremendous accomplishment for the Cleveland Clinic. Former AOSSM Presidents with Cleveland Clinic ties as either Professional Staff members and/or former Fellows include Dr. John Bergfeld, Dr. Kurt Spindler, Dr. Ken DeHaven and Dr. H. Royer Collins.
On his new role Dr. Kaeding remarks - “It has been my highest honor and I am quite humbled to assume the role of president of AOSSM, an organization whose mission, membership, and leadership I’ve always viewed with the utmost respect and admiration,” he goes on to say, “I will do all that I can to be the best steward of the Society’s resources, as well as enhance its leadership in the orthopaedic sports medicine arena through strategic alliances and exceptional educational programs.”
Dr. Lutul Farrow also began his term as Co-Program Chair for the 2025 Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. He will serve alongside Dr. Kaeding's long time colleague and partner, Dr. Grant Jones from The Ohio State University. The duo will also be responsible for putting together the 2025 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery Specialty Day Program in San Diego, California. Lutul and Grant will be working with Dr. Eric Ferkel for this combined Specialty Day with the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society meeting. AOSSM-AOFAS will share the Specialty Day program on Friday of the AAOS Meeting.
Doctor John Bergfeld Receives High Honor From the American Orthopaedic Association
Dr. John Bergfeld was recently honored as an American Orthopaedic Association Pillar of Orthopaedics. This honor is reserved for transformational leaders within Orthopaedic Surgery. Over the course of his career Dr. Bergfeld has not only helped to shape the face of Sports Medicine in the United States and beyond, he has also been a mentor to nearly 200 Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine Fellows over the years.
Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine and Warthogs Shine at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine 50th Anniversary
The sports medicine world recently gathered in Colorado Springs at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual meeting. AOSSM celebrated its 50th anniversary at the historic Broadmoor Resort with picturesque mountains as a backdrop. There was a strong showing from Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine at the meeting. Dr. Jim Rosneck contributed his vast expertise as faculty for an instructional course lecture on hip pain in the athlete. Dr. Mark Schickendantz joined several other world-renown experts as faculty on an ICL discussing management of ulnar collateral ligament injuries. Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine was on the podium presenting papers on symptoms of post-traumatic osteoarthritis 10 years after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (Drs. Morgan Jones and Kurt Spindler) and patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) 10 years after ACL reconstruction. AOSSM past President Dr. John Bergfeld joined other AOSSM past presidents for a special 50th anniversary panel during the “Game changer session”. Dr. Lutul Farrow was named as a moderator for the meniscus session and was an author for a poster highlighting a multicenter study evaluating the effects of medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction on patellar height. Dr. Farrow was also named as Program Co-chair for the 2025 AOSSM Annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee and also was elected to serve on the Medical Publishing Board of Trustees as a member-at-large. Dr. Farrow also led the taskforce that created the diversity, inclusion, respect and equity (DIRE) statement for the American Journal of Sports Medicine and presented this to the AJSM editorial board during the national meeting in Colorado Springs.
The highlight for Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine and the Warthog Society was Dr. Kurt Spindler’s presidential address and passing of the presidential medallion. Dr. Spindler had a tremendous year as AOSSM President and ushered in the next 50 years of the AOSSM with an amazing speech outlining the importance of teams. After Dr. Spindler was introduced to the large crowd in attendance it is customary for the AOSSM president to be escorted down the center aisle by all of the living AOSSM past presidents. This moment was especially special as Past President Dr. John Bergfeld walked side by side with his former fellow and current partner, Dr. Spindler.
The highlight for Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine and the Warthog Society was Dr. Kurt Spindler’s presidential address and passing of the presidential medallion. Dr. Spindler had a tremendous year as AOSSM President and ushered in the next 50 years of the AOSSM with an amazing speech outlining the importance of teams. After Dr. Spindler was introduced to the large crowd in attendance it is customary for the AOSSM president to be escorted down the center aisle by all of the living AOSSM past presidents. This moment was especially special as Past President Dr. John Bergfeld walked side by side with his former fellow and current partner, Dr. Spindler.
Warthogs at the AOSSM 50th Anniversary Meeting. From left to right. Drs, Mark Schickendantz, Jennifer Byrd, Paul Saluan, Aravind Athiviraham, Lutul Farrow, President Kurt Spindler, Bob Gray ATC, John Bergfeld, Chris Kaeding, Jake Solis, David McAllister, T. Sean Lynch, Robert Westermann, Jason Koh, Salvatore Frangiamore and Laurel Beverley.
Past President Dr. John Bergfeld escorting Dr. Kurt Spindler down the aisle followed by the living AOSSM past presidents prior to Dr. Spindler's presidential address.
Dr. Kurt Spindler Takes the Helm as President of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine
Warthog Dr. Kurt Spindler accepted the Presidential Medallion at the 2021 combined American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine-Arthroscopy Association of North America (AOSSM-AANA) National Meeting this July in Nashville, Tennessee. Kurt takes over as President of the Nation's largest society for Sports Medicine Surgeons. He succeeds Dr. Michael Ciccotti. With Dr. Amy Powell assuming the Presidency of the American Medical Society of Sports Medicine we now have Warthogs leading each sports medicine society, a feat that is unlikely to be replicated by any Fellowship program. This is a great credit to the the outstanding Sports Medicine Alumni that we have here at the Cleveland Clinic.
To see the official AOSSM press release click here.
To see the official AOSSM press release click here.
Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine Leading the Way at the 2021 Combined American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine-Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting
Nashville, Tennessee welcomed over 2000 attendees to the Music City Center for the first large-scale in-person Orthopaedic meeting since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Team Physicians and Sports Medicine specialists from all over the world were present to see Dr. Kurt Spindler assume the Presidency of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM). AOSSM will celebrate its 50th anniversary at the annual meeting in Colorado next summer. It is only fitting that a Warthog will be leading the way as we prepare for what will certainly be a wonderful celebration of the history of this great Sports Medicine organization.
Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine was well represented at the AOSSM-AANA Combined Annual Meeting. There were several appearances by our staff on the podium as presenters, panelists and moderators. Many other physicians from other institutions referenced several of our published works on elbow ulnar collateral anatomy, imaging and outcomes, medial patellofemoral ligament anatomy, trochlear dysplasia and elbow osteochondritis dissecans during their presentations. This is further evidence that the research we are doing here at the Cleveland Clinic is helping to push the science of Sports Medicine forward, allowing us to all to better care for the athletes and active individuals that we serve! Listed below are the specific contributions from our staff here in Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine.
Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine was well represented at the AOSSM-AANA Combined Annual Meeting. There were several appearances by our staff on the podium as presenters, panelists and moderators. Many other physicians from other institutions referenced several of our published works on elbow ulnar collateral anatomy, imaging and outcomes, medial patellofemoral ligament anatomy, trochlear dysplasia and elbow osteochondritis dissecans during their presentations. This is further evidence that the research we are doing here at the Cleveland Clinic is helping to push the science of Sports Medicine forward, allowing us to all to better care for the athletes and active individuals that we serve! Listed below are the specific contributions from our staff here in Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine.
- Podiums/Instructional Course Faculty/Panelists:
- 2021 American Orthopaedic Society Masters Competition (Red Jacket). (Lutul Farrow MD - JUDGE).
- Examination of the patellofemoral joint. (Lutul Farrow MD - PODIUM).
- Game Changer Session: Bigger, Faster, Stronger: The Ever-Changing Science of Sports in 2021. (Lutul Farrow MD - SESSION MODERATOR).
- Instructional Course Lecture (ICL): Management of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tears: Where Do We Stand in 2021? (Mark Schickendantz MD - ICL FACULTY)
- Surgical Technique Spotlight: Arthroscopic OCD Repair. (Mark Schickendantz MD - PANEL MEMBER)
- Sports Health Symposium. Unique Knee Injury Factors for Return to Play – ACL. ( Kurt Spindler MD - PODIUM)
- Introduced the 2020 Robert E. Leach Award Recipient. (Kurt Spindler MD - PODIUM)
- Posters:
- The impact of aspiration and corticosteroid injection after ACL injury on post-reconstruction infection rate. William Cantrell MD, Sercan Yalcin MD, Dane Swinehart MD, Carrie Johnson PhD, Greg Strnad MS, Nancy Obuchowski PhD, Charlie Cox MD, Kurt Spindler MD
- Articular cartilage and meniscus risk factors of patient-reported outcomes 10 years after ACL reconstruction: A multicenter cohort study. Moon Knee Group.
- The clinical, radiographic incidence of post-traumatic osteoarthritis 10 years after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: data from the moon nested cohort. Joshua Everhart MD, Morgan Jones MD, Sercan Yalcin MD, E Reinke, L Huston, Kurt Spindler MD
- How well does MRI predict chondral lesions in patients with femoroacetabular impingement? An analysis of 545 cases. William Hannay MD, Mia Smucny-Hagen, Quinn Saluan, T.Sean Lynch MD, Robert Westermann MD, James Rosneck MD
- An integrated educational and multimodal approach to achieve an opiod free postoperative course following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. CCF Florida
Dr. Amy Powell Becomes President for the American Society for Sports Medicine
Warthog Dr. Amy Powell recently became the President for the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine during the 2021 AMSSM annual meeting. She takes the baton from Tracy Ray, also a Warthog.
To view her presidential address, click here.
To view her presidential address, click here.
Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine is well represented at the 2021 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
The Medical Sports Medicine Physician (MSMP) group at the Cleveland Clinic had a great showing at the 2021 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Virtual Annual Meeting.
Our Staff, Residents and Fellows had numerous podium presentations. Here is a list of all of the presentations from our team here in Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine:
Our Staff, Residents and Fellows had numerous podium presentations. Here is a list of all of the presentations from our team here in Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine:
- Podiums
- Wichman L., Schaefer M., Singh T. A Complicated Recovery in an Athlete with COVID-19.
- Tomazic J., McDermott M. Bradley S., Stumph J., Schaefer M. Prevalence of Hypothyroidism in Acute Tendon Rupture. "Rising with the Research"
- Kenyon, L. Frequent Fracturing Frustrates Fledgling.
- Dakkak, M. Exertional Chest Pain in a Division I Basketball Athlete.
- Wichman L., Schaefer M., Singh T. A Complicated Recovery in an Athlete with COVID-19.
Strong Showing at 2019 American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
As a Sports Medicine Division, we had an extremely strong showing at the 2019 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Annual Meeting in Boston.
The highlight of the meeting was the announcement that our own Dr. Kurt Spindler has been named to the AOSSM Presidential Line. That means Kurt will receive the Presidential Medallion and officially take the AOSSM helm at the AOSSM Annual Meeting in Nashville in 2021. He will then preside over the 50th AOSSM anniversary meeting at the Broadmoor in Colorado in 2022. What an accomplishment. We are so proud of Kurt.
In addition, the Cleveland Clinic had an extremely strong showing at the meeting, both our Residents and our Staff. The academic involvement is listed below. In addition many of our staff are very involved in committees and other endeavors at the national level. This list does not even include involvement from our Sports Health (Warthog Society) alumni!
Strong work! What a credit to some of the great things we are doing here.
Here is a list of our presentations:
The highlight of the meeting was the announcement that our own Dr. Kurt Spindler has been named to the AOSSM Presidential Line. That means Kurt will receive the Presidential Medallion and officially take the AOSSM helm at the AOSSM Annual Meeting in Nashville in 2021. He will then preside over the 50th AOSSM anniversary meeting at the Broadmoor in Colorado in 2022. What an accomplishment. We are so proud of Kurt.
In addition, the Cleveland Clinic had an extremely strong showing at the meeting, both our Residents and our Staff. The academic involvement is listed below. In addition many of our staff are very involved in committees and other endeavors at the national level. This list does not even include involvement from our Sports Health (Warthog Society) alumni!
Strong work! What a credit to some of the great things we are doing here.
Here is a list of our presentations:
- Podiums:
- Paper 20: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) in Femoracetabular Impingement (FAI): Anas Minkara, Jim Rosneck, et al
- Paper 21: The Influence of Patient Baseline Data and Mental Health in Predicting Outcomes after Hip Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: A Prospective Cohort Analysis: Charles Cossel, Greg Strnad, Morgan Jones, Kurt Spindler, Jim Rosneck, Alex Zajichek, Isabel Pignolet, Michael Kattan, et al
- Paper 36: ACL Reconstruction in High School- and College-Aged Athletes: Does Autograft Choice Affect Recurrent ACL Revision Rate?: Kurt Spindler, Alex Zajichek, MOON
- Concurrent Session B: The Patellofemoral Joint - Not a Mystery Anymore: Lutul Farrow, co-moderator for session (John Fulkerson)
- How to Reconstruct the UCL - My Lessons: Mark Schickendantz
- Paper 68: Clinical Utility of an MRI-based Classification for Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of UCL Tears: 2-year Follow-up: Prem Ramkumar, Lutul Farrow, Mark Schickendantz, et al
- Paper 73: Best Practice Guidelines for Hip Arthroscopy in Femoroacetabular Impingement: Results of the Delphi Process: Jim Rosneck, et al
- Paper 95: Return to Play After Concussion in American versus European Professional Soccer Players: A Comparative Short-term Analysis of Performance and Longevity: Prem Ramkumar, Lutul Farrow, Mark Schickendantz, et al
- Concurrent Session B: Outcome Scores in 2019 - What Have We Learned and How to Easily Integrate into your Practice: Kurt Spindler, session moderator
- Paper 103: Predictors of Radiographic Osteoarthritis 2-3 Years after ACL Reconstruction: Data from the MOON Onsite Nested Cohort: Morgan Jones, Sameer Oak, Jack Andrish, Richard Parker, Alexander Zajichek, Kurt Spindler
- Question-and-Answer-and-Panel Discussion: Kurt Spindler
- Instructional Course Lectures
- ICL 309: Comprehensive Management of ULNAR Collateral Ligament Injuries of the Elbow: Mark Schickendantz
- Posters
- Poster 201: Superior 2-year Functional Outcomes Among Young Female Athletes after ACL Reconstruction in Just 10 Post-operative Return-to-Sport Training Sessions: Kurt Spindler, et al
- Poster 202: ACL Graft Signal Characteristics Measured by Quantitative MRI are Significantly Correlated with Patient-reported Outcomes Two Years after Hamstring Autograft ACL Reconstruction: Xiaojuan Li, et al
- Poster 209: Mensical Repair with Concurrent ACL Reconstruction: Is ACL Graft Choice Predictive of Meniscal Repair Success?: Alex Zajichek, Kurt Spindler, et al, MOON Knee Group
- Poster 257: Performance-based Outcomes Following Symptomatic Pars Injuries in American Professional Baseball Players: Jason Savage, Mark Schickendantz, Thomas Mroz, Emily Hu, et al
- Poster 266: Predicting the Need for Surgical Intervention Prior to First Encounter for Individuals with Knee Complaints: A Novel Approach: Jose Vega, James Bena, Greg Strnad, Kurt Spindler
- Poster 291: The Impact of Prior Musculoskeletal Injury and Orthopaedic Surgery on Draft Position, Availability and Performance in Major League Baseball: A Summary Analysis of 1890 Predraft Players: Prem Ramkumar, Mark Schickendantz, et al