This week, as part of an Employee Appreciation Day, DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. hosted "Moving Stories: The Traveling Exhibit."
This unique exhibit commemorates the historical inno-vations and successes in the last 75 years of orthopaedics. It illustrates the notable challenges and successes of American orthopaedics since the founding of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in 1933.
DePuy has been a major contributor to the AAOS.
"DePuy is our Diamond Sponsor," said Sandra Gordon, AAOS public relations director. "As a result of DePuy's sponsorship, the exhibit will be traveling all over the country."
During the Academy's history, tuberculosis, polio, war wounds, automotive trauma, and an aging population that desires a more active lifestyle have all influenced and focused the growing specialty. In 1933, there were probably fewer than 1,000 surgeons who called themselves "orthopaedic" physicians in the Americas; today there are more than 18,000 orthopaedic surgeons in the United States alone.
In the intervening years, orthopaedic surgeons have evolved from "brace and buckle" doctors to today's finely skilled surgeons responsible for head-to-toe musculoskeletal care.
