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POSNA Welcomes New President and Board Members

Kevin Shea, MD, Becomes 42nd President

Kevin G. Shea, MD, became the 42nd President of POSNA during the 2025 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV. Dr. Shea is Vice Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery for Research and Director of Pediatric Sports Medicine at Stanford University. He is also Assistant Surgeon-in-Chief for Quality and Supply Chain Management, LPCH, Stanford Children's Hospital.

He grew up in Montana and California, graduated from the University of Notre Dame, UCLA School of Medicine, and completed his orthopaedic residency at the University of Utah.

Dr. Shea is a founding member of the PRISM Society (Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine) and the ROCK (Research in Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Knee) Multi-center Study Group, and the SCORE (Sports Cohort Outcomes Research ) Multi-Center Registry for pediatric sports.

He has years of experience with performance, quality improvement, value, and he worked extensively with the AAOS Quality/Clinical Practice Guideline Committees. He is one of the POSNA members to launch the POSNA Safe Surgery Program. He is a national quality leader in health care with interests in patient safety, risk reduction, and improving value in health care with clinician integration into supply chain.

He is an avid cyclist, trail runner, and hiker, and spends as much time outside as possible with his partner, Lonnie, and their children, Beck and Cooper.

POSNA Installs New Board Members 
POSNA also welcomes the following Board members, who took office during the Annual Meeting after being elected by voting members earlier this year. Their leadership and expertise will play a vital role in advancing POSNA’s mission and shaping the organization's future.