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Orthopaedics chair appointed to national board

Dr. Kevin P. Black, chair of the Department of Orthopaedics, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, was appointed to the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons at the organization’s 2010 annual meeting in New Orleans.

Black earned his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, N.Y., and completed his internship at the New York University Medical Center. He returned to the University of Rochester for his orthopaedic residency training and then completed a sports medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Active in several professional societies, Black serves on the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Society and is a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. Additionally, he has authored 186 scientific papers, book chapters and presentations.

Black is the team physician for the Hershey Bears hockey team and has educated future orthopaedic surgeons for more than 20 years.

Last Updated January 9, 2015

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