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2002 AAOS Humanitarian Award: David Apple, MD

In 2001, more than 11,000 spinal cord injuries were reported in the United States alone. That is precisely why David Apple, MD, has worked tirelessly on behalf of people with physical disabilities by providing care for their injuries and supporting their transition back into the community. In 1975, Dr. Apple left his orthopaedic practice in order to develop a spinal cord injury rehabilitation center in Atlanta. "The plan was to start a center in Atlanta to provide care and rehabilitation treatment for tetraplegia and paraplegia patients" he explained. "There wasn’t a spinal cord injury rehabilitation center in the area and it allowed patients from Georgia and the Southeast access to quality care." Read the full story at http://www6.aaos.org/member/pemr/awar....