Present, Future & Past PFF News
On Friday Sept 23, 2016, the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine collaborated with the Patellofemoral Foundation to sponsor an all-day consensus meeting to establish guidelines for Patellofemoral instability surgery. Experts in the field from Europe and North America participated.
The Patellofemoral Foundation is pleased to announce that it has received a financial donation from ZipLine Medical, a California-based manufacturer of advanced, non-invasive skin closure devices. John Fulkerson, MD, president of the PFF indicated that "we are very pleased to have the support of an innovative company like ZipLine Medical." Eric Storne, Vice President of Marketing for ZipLine Medical stated, " We recognize the organizations's many accomplishments and support the efforts of the Patellofemoral Foundation as it is focused on education and research to benefit surgeons with appropriate knowledge and options to help patients." ZipLine Medical offers a very unique and patented adhesive-based skin closure device that is available in four different sizes and is applicable to any size incision. The company has been producing and marketing the Zip devices for over three years in the US and worldwide. Several clinical studies have been published recently that show a reduction of complications or improvement in patient satisfaction with their device over standard skin closure options. ZipLine Medical received recognition at the recent AOSSM meeting in Colorado Springs [...]
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.
The Board of Directors of the Patellofemoral Foundation expresses great appreciation to Smith and Nephew, DJOrtho, and Kinamed for their generous support of the Patellofemoral Foundation and its educational activities in 2015.
Dr. John Fulkerson offers highlights from patellofemoral joint session from ISAKOS in Lyon, France.
The Board of Directors of the Patellofemoral Foundation has voted to offer the position of Executive Director to Mr. Eric Dahlinger. Mr. Dahlinger was a founding board member when the organization was started in 2002 and has served the organization with distinction and a high level of energy during that time. He has served as the Secretary for much of his tenure as a board member. Mr. Dahlinger will step down as a board member, but will retain the title of Board Member Emeritus. His responsibility as the Executive Director began on May 1. His responsibilities will include the completion and subsequent maintenance of the recently updated website for the foundation as well as ongoing efforts to continue and enhance fundraising as well as outreach to the community relevant to the organization's goals. The board president, Dr. John Fulkerson stated that "Eric has been a valuable partner to our success over the past 13 years and we look forward to his important and ongoing role as the Executive Director for the Patellofemoral Foundation. His success in business, his creativity, [...]
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The Patellofemoral Foundation is jointly sponsoring a hands on patellofemoral surgery course in collaboration with the Arthroscopy Association of North America Feb 28-March 1, 2014. More information is available through the Arthroscopy Association of North America.
The Patellofemoral Board of Directors extends a grateful thank you to 2012 Major Corporate Benefactors Smith and Nephew Endoscopy, Conmed Linvatec, Kinamed, and DJO Global.
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce election of past PFF fellow Jason Koh to the Board of Directors.
Striving to improve the quality of life for individuals of all ages affected by anterior knee problems.
Eric F Dahlinger
Executive Director
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