Dr. E. Anthony Rankin: second vice president of the board of directors, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

E. Anthony Rankin, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon, is the second vice president of the board of directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Dr. Rankin is the first African-American to stand in the presidential line of succession at AAOS, one of the premier not-for-profit organizations that provides education programs for orthopaedic surgeons and has more than 29,000 members.

Dr. Rankin holds several positions at major hospitals, including chief of orthopaedic service at Providence Hospital, clinical professor of orthopaedic surgery at Howard University College of Medicine and clinical associate professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine, all in Washington, D.C. A specialist in adult reconstruction and hand surgery, Dr. Rankin received a medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., completed his internship and residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and received a bachelor's degree from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. He is married and lives in Chevy Chase, Md.

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