AOSSM 2022 Annual Meeting Recordings - no CME-Robert E. Leach Awad

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The video transcript introduces the recipient of the Robert E. Leach Sports Medicine Leadership Award as William Elwood Garrett Jr. It highlights his life characterized by leadership, scholarship, love, and mischievousness. Born in 1949 in North Carolina, he was an athlete, a scholar, and a spiritual person. He joined the Duke Orthopedic Faculty in Sports Medicine, working with Frank Bassett. He also served as a team physician for USA Soccer and was the chairman of orthopedics at the University of North Carolina. Billy's contributions to sports medicine and orthopedics were recognized with multiple awards, including induction into the AOSSM Hall of Fame in 2019. He had a passion for teaching, a love for the outdoors, and a deep love for his family. Billy passed away in 2019, leaving behind a lasting legacy. His wife Janice, son David, and daughter-in-law Carrie accepted the award on behalf of their family. David expressed his pride in his father's dedication and passion for orthopedics.

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Dean Taylor, MD

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Robert E. Leach Sports Medicine Leadership Award

William Elwood Garrett Jr.

leadership

scholarship

love