Director, Clinical Operations, Duke Orthopaedics
Meet The AOC Connect Leadership Team
With a shared passion for excellence and constant organizational improvement, the members of the AOC Team bring a diversity of experiences and perspectives to the work of fulfilling our mission.
John Bonini
Senior Vice President, AOC Connect
Richard Capra
President, AOC Connect
Chief Administrative Officer, UCSF Orthopaedics
Ron Faulbaum, MBA
Senior Vice President, AOC Connect
Chief Administrative Officer – Emeritus, Washington University; Co-Chair, Department Transformation/Leadership Advisory Team
Michael R. Gagnon, MBA
Founder & CEO, AOC Connect
Chief Administrative Officer – Emeritus, Duke University Orthopaedics; Founder & CEO, JobsInOrtho
Grant Garrigues, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer, AOC Connect
Upper Extremity Research Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush; Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Director
Farshid Guilak, PhD
Chief Scientific & Innovation Officer, AOC Connect
Shriners Hospitals for Children – St. Louis Chief Scientific; Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Director of Research
Claire Howell, MMCi
Director of Analytics, AOC Connect
Senior Product Manager, Change Healthcare
L. Scott Levin, MD
Chief Medical Officer, AOC Connect
Paul B. Magnuson Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Plastic Surgery in Surgery; Vice President and Associate Dean for Resource Development, University of Pennsylvania Co-Director, Penn Nerve Center
Angie Scala
Chief Web Officer & Creative Director, AOC Connect
The AOC Board of Advisors
AOC Connect’s Board of Advisors are highly respected and accomplished thought leaders from academia, clinical practice, and commercial healthcare organizations. The Board of Advisors provides expert guidance on AOC focal points including core AOC membership deliverables, strategic pathway, clinical research and innovation opportunities, corporate partnerships, and advising on potential market opportunities that drive value for AOC membership and the national academic musculoskeletal landscape.
Scott Boden, MD
Director, The Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center; Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Emory University School of Medicine; CMO,CQO, Emory University Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital; Vice President for Business Innovation, Emory Healthcare
Greg Chang, MHA
Managing Director at Everyday Health Group
Erin Clark, MBA
Global Executive; Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Expert; Former President & CEO President, ImagineOptix
Leesa Galatz, MD
Chair, Board of Advisors, AOC Connect
Mount Sinai Professor and System Chair, Leni & Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System
L. Scott Levin, MD
Chief Medical Officer, AOC Connect
Paul B. Magnuson Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Plastic Surgery in Surgery; Vice President and Associate Dean for Resource Development, University of Pennsylvania Co-Director, Penn Nerve Center