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- P. Maxwell Courtney, MD, Chair of AAHKS Advocacy Committee Division Chief of Adult Reconstruction at Rothman Orthopedics Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
- Stephen Engstrom, MD, MBA, AAHKS Advocacy Committee Member Orthopedic Surgeon, Vanderbilt Orthopaedics Assistant Professor, Division of Adult Reconstruction, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Bronwyn Spira PT, MPT, Founder & CEO, Force Therapeutics
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