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, Ohio, 2006 Ernest K. Manders, M.D., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2007 Rajiv Sood, M.D., Indianapolis, Indiana, 2008 Lisa A. Davis, M.D., Cleveland, Ohio.
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
