Academic Council (AcC)
The Academic Council lays down the AO Foundation’s basic medical and scientific goals. Elected by the Board of Trustees, it has 17 members and is supported by four specialized steering boards and other exofficio members. James Kellam, President of the AO Foundation René Mar ti, Past President of the AO Foundation Christiaan van der Werken, President-Elec t Max Aebi, AOSpine Brian Alper t, AO CMF Jörg Auer, AO Vet Norber t Haas, Chairman TK-System Beate Hanson, Direc tor AOCID David Helfet, Chairman AO Documentation & Publishing Board Jesse Jupiter, Chairman AO Education Board Lutz Nolte Antonio Pace, President AOA A** Cléber Paccola Markus Rauh, Chairman AOVA Pietro Regazzoni, Chairman AO Development Board Thomas Rüedi, President AOI Erich Schneider, Direc tor ARI Norber t Südkamp, Chairman AO Research Board Norber t Suhm, Head of ADI ** Peter Traf ton Michael Wagner Gregor Strasser, CEO of the AO Foundation* Urs Jann (Minutes)* *
non-voting members
** not present in pic ture
AO Executive Management (AOEM) Gregor Strasser, CEO of the AO Foundation Heike Grahlow, Head of Communications Beate Hanson, Direc tor AOCID Urs Jann, Direc tor Finance & Administration Michael Piccirillo, Direc tor AOSpine Thomas Rüedi, President AOI Erich Schneider, Direc tor ARI Philip Schreiterer, Head of TK-System Norber t Suhm, Head of ADI
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