Amit Momaya, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, has been appointed to the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Committee.

AOSSM is a 501c3 medical professional society that cultivates evidence-based knowledge, provides extensive educational programming, and promotes emerging research that advances the science and practice of sports medicine. AOSSM’s mission is to be the premier global, sports medicine organization representing the interests of orthopaedic surgeons and other professionals who provide comprehensive health services for the care of athletes and active people of all ages and abilities.

Since 1972, AOSSM has been an elite society of individuals dedicated to the sports medicine community providing comprehensive care for preventing and treating sports injuries among athletes and active people of all ages and abilities. Today, it continues to be a trusted source among the profession for knowledge, skills, and continuing education and aims to enhance value in sports medicine through the development, promotion, and encouragement of cutting-edge research that improves patient care through grant opportunities focused on biologics, osteoarthritis, return to sport/play, outcomes, youth sports injuries/early sports specialization, sports medicine long-term follow-up/effects, hip arthroscopy, tendinopathy, cartilage, and trending.

Momaya will serve a three-year term on the AOSSM Research Committee, effective August 1, 2023.