Dr Lauren Redler receives the AANA/PFF Patellofemoral Surgical Anatomy Excellence Award at the AANA annual meeting in Boston April 14, 2016 from Drs Fulkerson and Tokish.

From left to right: Eric Jania, Eric Dahlinger, John Fulkerson MD, Elizabeth Arendt MD, Bill Post MD, Jason Koh MD, Andy Cosgarea MD
From left to right: PFF Board member Dr. Joao Espreguiera , Award recipient Elizabeth Arendt, and PFF Board member Philippe Neyret.	Patellofemoral Foundation Board member Dr Jason Koh with Dr Arendt.

Dr Elizabeth Arendt receives the Patellofemoral Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual PFF luncheon which was attended by 35 guests. In addition to the Board of Directors, corporate benefactors John Mahoney of Smith and Nephew, Michael McBrayer of DJOrtho, Vineet Sarin of Kinamed, and orthopedic leadership Allan Anderson (President of AOSSM), Philippe Neyret (President of ISAKOS), Matteo Denti (President of ESSKA), Joao Espreguiera (past president of ESSKA) and past presidents Nick Sgaglione and William Beach of AANA attended.

The following study received the 2015 Patellofemoral Research Excellence Award of ISAKOS and the Patellofemoral Foundation at the Biennial ISAKOS Congress in Lyon, France: "Femoral antetorsion is related to the morphology of the femoral trochlea"

Liebensteiner M, Ressler J, Seitlinger G, Djurdjevic T, El-Attal R, Ferlic P

Dr. Liebensteiner and his team concluded that the morphology of the trochlea is significantly related to femoral antetorsion. Increased antetorsion is associated with a flatter, more dysplastic trochlea.