The 2025 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award has been presented to Matthew T. Provencher, M.D., M.B.A., CAPT MC USNR (Ret.), and his military orthopedic colleagues for 25 years of research into understanding and treating anterior shoulder instability among U.S. military members. Their work has resulted in a worldwide impact on treatment options, indications and surgical techniques, leading to what is now considered by many to be a gold standard technique for arthroscopic shoulder stabilization.
The team initially identified a six-fold incidence (169 per 100,000 person-years) and an 18-fold increase in anterior shoulder instability at U.S. military academies (435 per 100,000 person-years).
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