Reinhold Ganz, MD, received the inaugural Dominik C. Meyer Award at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, according to a press release.
The award, which honors the late Dominik C. Meyer, MD, acknowledges transformative discoveries, innovations and disruptive advancements in musculoskeletal medicine, according to the release.
Ganz, chair emeritus at the University of Bern in Switzerland, has pioneered research on safely dislocating the hip to allow for cartilage and bone repair during total hip replacement surgery. He has pioneered surgical techniques, including the