1989 Harold E. Kleinert, MD 1990 Arthur C. Rettig, MD 1991 Paul W. Brand, MD 1993 Ronald L. Linschied, MD 1995 Guy Foucher, MD 1996 Michael R. Harrison, MD 1997 Dallas D. Raines 1998 John Texter, MD 1999 Vincent R. Hentz, MD 2000 Nancy Dickey, MD 2001 Michael Wood, MD 2002 Francisco Rosas 2003 Arnold-Peter Weiss, MD 2004 Susan Mackinnon, MD 2004 Elvin Zook, MD		2005 Gavin Menzies 2006 Peter Amadio, MD 2007 Robert Beckenbaugh, MD 2008 Allen Van Beek, MD 2009 Louis L. Carter, Jr. MD 2010 Richard Berger, MD 2011 Stephen Sullivan, MD 2012 James Chang, MD 2013 Diego L. Fernandez, MD 2014 William P. Magee, Jr., DDS, MD 2015 Michael Hayton, MD 2016 W.P. Andrew Lee, MD 2017 Alexander S. Parker, PhD 2018 James R. Urbaniak, MD 2019 Daniel Nagle, MD

1978 William L. White, MD 1979 John W. Madden, MD 1980 Harold E. Kleinert, MD 1981 J. William Littler, MD 1982 Clifford C. Snyder, MD 1983 Robert A. Chase, MD 1984 Richard J. Smith, MD 1985 James M. Hunter, MD 1986 Bernard McC. O’Brien, MD 1988 Erle E. Peacock, Jr., MD 1989 Michael Jabelay, MD 1990 Robert M. McFarlane, MD 1991 James H. Dobyns, MD 1992 Adrian E. Flatt, MD 1993 John B. Carlson, PhD 1995 Pat Clyne 1996 David M. Evans, FRCS 1997 Eugene Nelson, MD 1998 Fritz Klein 1999 Janet L.Babb		2000 Frank E. Jones, MD 2001 Joseph Buckwalter, MD 2002 Linda Cendales, MD 2003 Arnold-Peter Weiss, MD 2005 Terry L. Whipple, MD 2006 Jeff Lictman, MD, PhD 2007 Richard Kogan, MD 2008 Ramez Naam 2009 Daniel Gottlieb, PhD 2010 Stephen Sullivan, MD Evan Lyons, MD 2011 Michael Hayton, BSc 2012 Terry R. Light, MD 2013 James W. May, Jr., MD, FACS 2014 Elisabet Hagert, MD, PhD 2015 Scott Kozin, MD 2016 Robert C. Russell, MD 2017 Stuart L. Weinstein, MD 2018 Admiral John D. Butler, CBE 2019 Tyler Hamilton

1995: Forest Brown, MD
1996: Robert Beckenbaugh, MD
1997: James Hoehn, MD
1998: Alan Freeland, MD
1999: Wyndell Merritt, MD
2000: Peter Amadio, MD
2002: Anthony DeSantolo, MD
2002: Michael Jabaley, MD
2002: Maureen Hardy, PT, MS, CHT
2002: Sterling Mutz, MD
2003: Sue Michlovitz, PT, PhD, CHT
2003: Richard E. Brown, MD
2004: Nash Naam, MD
2007: Miguel Saldana, MD

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Joe Danyo, MD, was the driving force leading to the formation of the American Association for Hand Surgery. A nucleus of hand surgeons trained at Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, by Dr. Joseph Posch, was joined by other hand surgeons across the country to initiate this venture. Dr. Danyo was our first President and chaired the first meeting of this organization in Montreal, Canada, on October 7, 1971. In his inaugural address, Dr. Danyo stressed the importance of modern progressive care of the hand and a forum to disseminate new knowledge. He also voiced the guiding principle of the American Association for Hand Surgery as an inclusive organization for ALL surgeons and therapists with background and training in Hand Surgery.

Since its inception and first meeting in 1971 AAHS has grown substantially and has invigorated the Association’s membership and the profession. Dr. Danyo has remained dynamically involved AAHS’s progress and development. It is only fitting that AAHS should acknowledge Dr. Danyo’s important contributions by naming its most prestigious lecture after him.

2007	Robert D. Beckenbaugh, MD "Is it Fun Anymore?"
2008	Allen Van Beek, MD "Handing Back Options"
2009	Louis L. Carter, Jr. MD, FACS "Caring for the Disabled and Deformed in the Emerging World – What a Privilege!"
2010	Richard Berger, MD "Transformation of Medical Education and Transformation of Health Care – A Critical Link"
2011	Michael Hayton, BSc, MBChB, FRCS Medicine is Too Serious to Take Seriously
2012	Terry R. Light, MD "Digital Education - Where Have All the Books Gone?"
2013	James W. May, Jr. MD, FACS "Gain Without Pain, The Dawn of Elective Surgery"
2014	Elisabet Hagert, MD, PhD "The Sensate Hand in Motion"
2015	Scott Kozin, MD "Volunteerism - A Way to Shape the Global Community"
2016	Robert C. Russell, MD "2051"
2017	Stuart L. Weinstein, MD "Healthcare Reform: The Promise and the Reality"
2018	David P. Green, MD "On the Shoulders of Mortals"
2019	Andrew K. Palmer, MD "Balance Revisited"