A Bit of OVSPS History
The Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons was established in Indianapolis in 1958. The original name of the organization, the Ohio Valley Plastic Surgery Society, was chosen at an organizational meeting on January 20, 1958, by 34 plastic surgeons congregating at the Indiana University Medical Center under the leadership of Thomas B. Bauer, M.D., president pro tem of the fledgling group. The host of that meeting, Harold M. Trusler, M.D., then Chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery, had for several years held clinical meetings which were attended by University of Indiana plastic surgery alumni and surgeons from other areas in the midwest. At a particularly well attended clinical meeting in 1954, Dr. Trusler and colleagues decided that an annual meeting would be of benefit to all. In 1958 there was enough interest in a professional association on a multistate level, so the Ohio Valley Society was created. The original geographic delineation for the group included Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia, all states bordering on the Ohio River.
In March 1958 S. Milton Dupertuis, M.D., head of the Plastic Surgery Department at the University of Pittsburgh, expressed interest in joining this new regional society along with his colleagues from Pittsburgh and surrounding cities in western Pennsylvania, another state with part of its border along the Ohio River. This action was taken at the first regular meeting of the society in Cleveland, Ohio in February 1959 with Clifford L.Kiehn, D.D.S., M.D., President (Cleveland), J.J. Longacre, M.D., Vice-President (Cincinnati) and John M. Tondra, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer (Indianapolis). Thus the Ohio Valley Plastic Surgery Society became a regional organization comprised of plastic surgeons from five states, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania and remains the fourth largest regional society in the U.S. It should be noted that Dr. John Tondra became the "unofficial" historian at the inception of the Society and largely through his dedicated efforts the archives of this organization were preserved and maintained throughout the first 25 years of its existence.
On 27 March, 1959, the Ohio Valley Plastic Surgery Society became certified as a not-for-profit corporation in the State of Ohio. In 1975, the Articles of Incorporation were amended, changing the name of the organization to the Ohio Valley Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, an appellation that had already been used since 1969. The present name, the Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons (OVSPS), was adopted in 2001 with the revision of the By-Laws. This was done to reflect an association with the national group, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) which had already changed its name from the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.
Ronald J. Taddeo, M.D.
Historian OVSPS
YEAR |
PRESIDENTS |
ANNUAL MEETING |
1958 |
Thomas B. Bauer, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
1959 |
Clifford L. Kiehn, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
1960 |
Jacob J. Longacre, M.D. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
1961 |
John C. Weeter, M.D. |
Louisville, Kentucky |
1962 |
Clyde Litton, M.D. |
Greenbrier, West Virginia |
1963 |
John C. Gaisford, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1964 |
John M. Tondra, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
1965 |
John C. Kelleher, M.D. |
Toledo, Ohio |
1966 |
John C. Trabue, M.D. |
Columbus, Ohio |
1967 |
Andrew M. Moore, M.D. |
Lexington, Kentucky |
1968 |
John Des Prez, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
1969 |
George DeStefano, M.D. |
Greenbrier, West Virginia |
1970 |
Ross H. Musgrave, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1971 |
Philip Weisman, M.D. |
Dayton, Ohio |
1972 |
William H. Porterfield, M.D. |
Gaylord, Michigan |
1973 |
Robert M. Raber, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
1974 |
Dwight C. Hanna, III, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1975 |
Shattuck W. Hartwell, Jr., M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
1976 |
Henry E. McWhorter, M.D. |
Mackinac Island, Michigan |
1977 |
Frank M. Tooze, M.D. |
Clymar, New York |
1978 |
John C. Pantzer, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
1979 |
William S. Garret, Jr., M.D. |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1980 |
Stanley Jaffe, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
1981 |
George J. Baibak, M.D. |
Toledo, Ohio |
1982 |
Lester R. Mohler, M.D. |
Columbus, Ohio |
1983 |
Verne D. McConnell, M.D. |
Wheeling, West Virginia |
1984 |
Marshall H. Trusler, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
1985 |
George H . Dietz, M.D. |
Warren, Ohio |
1986 |
Henry Neale, M.D. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
1987 |
James A. Lehman, Jr., M.D. |
Akron, Ohio |
1988 |
Bernard I. Cohen, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1989 |
Thomas S. Moore, M.D. |
Mackinac Island, Michigan |
1990 |
Sheldon J. Artz, M.D. |
Sandusky, Ohio |
1991 |
Ronald J. Taddeo, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
1992 |
Dennis Hurwitz, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
1993 |
Robert L. Ruberg, M.D. |
Columbus, Ohio |
1994 |
Bradley J. Thurston, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
1995 |
Bahman Guyuron, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
1996 |
Michael H. Wojtanowski, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
1997 |
Michael S. Sadove, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
1998 |
William M. Swartz, M.D. |
Nemacolin Woods, Pennsylvania |
1999 |
David A. Billmire, M.D. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
2000 |
James E. Zins, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
2001 |
Janet M. Blanchard, M.D. |
Huron, Ohio |
2002 |
Michael J. White, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
2003 |
John J. Coleman, III, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
2004 |
Frank A. Papay, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
2005 |
Roderick B. Jordan, M.D. |
Aurora, OH |
2006 |
Ernest K. Manders, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, PA |
2007 |
Rajiv Sood, M.D. |
Indianapolis, IN |
2008 |
Lisa A. Davis, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
2009 |
Robert J. Havlik, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
2010 |
Bryan J. Michelow, M.D. |
Cleveland, OH |
2011 |
Joseph E. Losee, M.D. |
White Sulphur Springs, WV |
2012 |
Gregory M. Fedele, M.D. |
Cleveland, OH |
2013 |
Adam Cohen, M.D. |
Indianapolis, IN |
2014 |
Anne Taylor, M.D. |
White Sulphur Springs, WV |
2015 |
W. John Kitzmiller, MD |
Covington, KY |
2016 |
R. Michael Johnson, MD |
Dayton, OH |
2017 |
Vu T. Nguyen, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, PA |
2018 |
Steven L. Bernard, M.D |
Cleveland, OH |
2019 |
Jason Cacioppo, MD |
French Lick, IN |
2020 |
Ananth Murthy, MD |
Akron, OH (Virtual) |
2021 |
Michelle D. Palazzo, MD |
Louisville, KY (Virtual) |
2022 |
Michelle D. Palazzo, MD |
Louisville, KY |
2023 |
Douglas S. Wagner, MD |
Akron, OH |
2024 |
Ian L. Valerio, MD |
Pittsburgh, PA |
NOTE: The Annual Meetings were usually, but not always,
held in the Presidents' hometowns. Those who chose other locations
for these meetings include:
YEAR |
PRESIDENTS |
HOMETOWN |
1962 |
Clyde Litton, M.D. |
Wheeling, West Virginia |
1969 |
George DeStefano, M.D. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
1972 |
William H. Porterfield, M.D. |
Columbus, Ohio |
1976 |
Henry E. McWhorter, M.D. |
Toledo, Ohio |
1977 |
Frank M. Tooze, M.D. |
Erie, Pennsylvania |
1985 |
George H. Dietz, M.D. |
Youngstown, Ohio |
1989 |
Thomas S. Moore, M.D. |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
1990 |
Sheldon J. Artz, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
1998 |
William M. Swartz, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
2001 |
Janet M. Blanchard, M.D. |
Mentor, Ohio |
2005 |
Roderick B. Jordan, M.D. |
Cleveland, Ohio |
2011 |
Joseph E. Losee, M.D. |
Pittsburgh, PA |
2014 |
Anne Taylor, M.D. |
White Sulphur Springs, WV |
2019 |
Jason Cacioppo, MD |
French Lick, IN |
