RT Journal
A1 Bigliani, Louis U.
T1 Stand Up and Be Counted 2008*
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD June 1
VO 91
IS 6
SP 1531
OP 1533
DO 10.2106/JBJS.H.00461
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.H.00461
AB 
The New York Orthopaedic Hospital and Dispensary was founded in 1866, and there have been nine directors1. The Hospital sold its building in 1950 and became part of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and now New York Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University. Of the nine directors, three have been presidents of the AOA: Newton M. Shaffer, Harold M. Dick, and myself. Newton M. Shaffer, our second director, was one of the founders of the AOA. As nicely outlined in Dr. Urbaniak's A History of the American Orthopaedic Association, a preliminary meeting to discuss the formation of the AOA was held in Shaffer's New York apartment2. The AOA was formed in 1887 as the first orthopaedic association of its kind, and Newton Shaffer was the second president in 1888, following Virgil Gibney.