Annual Meeting Faculty Details

Bernard R Bach, Jr., MD

Midwest Orthopedics at Rush (Retired)
Keswick, Virginia UNITED STATES

Bernard R. Bach, Jr., M.D. Abbreviated Academic Bio Education: Harvard College, BA 1975 U. Cincinnati College of Medicine MD 1979 Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency 1981-1985 Sports Medicine Fellowship, Hospital for Special Surgery 1985-6 Played intercollegiate football and baseball at Harvard and was a Class Marshal (officer) Appointments: Recruited to develop a Sports Medicine Program at Rush 1986. Currently program has grown to 10 sports and shoulder orthopedic surgeons and 10 primary care sports medicine physicians. Fellowships in Orthopedic sports medicine (5 fellows), shoulder (1) and primary care sports medicine (1). The Claude N. Lambert-Helen S. Thomsen Endowed Professor, Orthopaedic Department, RUSH University Medical Center (Emeritus) Director, Division of Sports Medicine (1986-2017) Director, RUSH Sports Medicine Fellowship (1988-2017—105 fellows trained) Former Editor, The Journal of Knee Surgery Awards/ Society Appointments President, Harvard Quigley Sports Medicine Society (2002-3) President, Herodicus Sports Medicine Society, (2005-6) President, AOSSM (2007-8) Board of Directors, Illinois Special Olympics (1990-1992) Board of Directors, OREF (1999-2003) Board of Directors, AOSSM (2001-2014) Hall of Fame: AOSSM (2018), Illinois Athletic Trainers Association (1995), National Athletic Trainer’s Association Distinguished Alumni Awards: U. Cincinnati College of Medicine(2019), Hospital for Special Surgery (2022) Research Awards: AOSSM: Rovere Education Award (2012), O’Donoghue Award (2014), Mr. Sports Medicine (2017), Kennedy lecturer (2018), MARS group Kappa Delta (2019). AANA: O’Connor Award (2021) PUBLICATIONS SUMMARY OF ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Total Number of Academic "Contributions" 1,075 Peer Reviewed Manuscripts 482 Edited Manuscripts 56 Non-refereed Manuscripts 18 Book Chapters 98 Abstracts 243 Textbooks, Guest Editorships, etc 17 Internet Publications 29 Posters/Video/Scientific Exhibits 136 Presentations 618 Personal Married to Elizabeth Ingle Bach (1982) 2 Children David (1984), Laura (1987) Retired 12/31/2021 Resides in Charlottesville (Keswick) VA Home address: 835 Burleigh Ct. Keswick, VA 22947 Interests: Woodworking, Glass blowing, Traveling, Reading Nonfiction, Gardening