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History of the Charles S. Neer II, MD Award 

In 1985, Charles S. Neer II, MD created a fund to provide recognition for outstanding clinical investigation contributing to the understanding, care or prevention of injuries to the shoulder and elbow.  Named after its benefactor, this prestigious award has been presented annually since the first Open Meeting of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons.  In 1987, the award was expanded to include both clinical and research categories.

The top-graded papers are selected by the Program Committee from the numerous abstracts submitted each year.  The chosen Neer Award manuscripts are then reviewed and graded by the Research Committee to determine the final winners.  No one who has a manuscript under consideration may evaluate the papers.

The Charles S. Neer Award recipients receive an honorarium and a certificate at the time their papers are presented during the Open Meeting.

Neer Award Recipients

2007
Basic Science Award
Christian Gerber, MD, Matthias A Zumstein, MD, Eric Frey, MD, Brigitte von Rechenberg, Hans Hoppeler, MD, Robert Frigg, Bernhard Jost, MD, Dominik C Meyer, MD
Reversion of Structural Muscular Changes Caused by Chronic Rotator Cuff Tendon Tearing Using Continuous Musculotendinous Traction: An Experimental Study in the Sheep

Clinical Science Award
Michael McKee, MD, Christian JH Veillette, MSc, MD, Emil H. Schemitsch, MD, Lisa M. Wild, BScN, Jeremy Hall, MD, Robert McCormack, MD, Bertrand Perey, MD, Mauri Zomar, RN, Pierre Guy, MD, Scott Mandel, MD, Thomas Goetz, MD, Karyn Moon, MD, Shirley Petit, RN, Irene Leung, RN
A Multicenter Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of Open Reduction Internal Fixation versus Total Elbow Arthroplasty for Displaced Intra-articular Distal Humeral Fractures in Elderly Patients

2006
Basic Science Award
G. Russell Huffman, MD, John M Itamura, MD, Michelle H McGarry, MS, James E Tibone, MD, Long Duong, BS, Jeremy Gililland, BS, Thay Q Lee, PhD
Biomechanical Assessment of Inferior Tuberosity Placement during Hemiarthroplasty for 4-part Proximal Humerus Fractures

Clinical Science Award
Andrew A. Willis, MD, Stephen Fealy, MD, Russell F Warren, MD, Ronald S Adler, PhD, MD, Edward V Craig, MD, Frank A Cordasco, MD, Stephen Lyman, PhD
Deep-Vein Thrombosis Following Reconstructive Shoulder Arthroplasty:  A Prospective Observational Study
 

2005
Clinical Science Award
Pascal Boileau, MD, Duncan Watkinson, MD, Istvan Hovorka, MD, A Hadzidakis, MD 
Results of Reversed Prosthesis in Glenohumeral Joint Arthritis Associated with Rotator Cuff Tear

Clinical Science Award
Sameer Nagda, MD, Gerald Williams, Jr., MD, Kenneth Rogers, PhD, ATC, Matthew Ramsey, MD, Charles Getz, MD, David Silverberg, MD
Monitoring of Peripheral Nerve Function During Shoulder Arthroplasty Using Continuous Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring

2004
Basic Science Award
David M. Dines, MD, Daniel A Grande, PhD, Pasquale Razzano, MS, James Mason, PhD
Tendon Gene Therapy Modulates the Local Repair Environment

Clinical Science Award
Julie Bishop, MD, Ian Ky Lo, MD, Steven Klepps, MD, Justin Bird, MD, James Gladstone, MD, Evan L Flatow, MD
Cuff Integrity Following Arthroscopic Versus Open Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Study

2003
Basic Science Award
Bryan T. Kelly, MD, Riley J. Williams, MD, Frank A. Cordasco, MD, Sherry I. Backus, MA, PT, James C. Otis, PhD, Daniel E. Weiland, MD, David W. Altchek, MD, Edward V. Craig, MD, Thomas L. Wickiewicz, MD, Russell F. Warren, MD
Differential Patterns of Muscle Activation in Patients with Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Massive Rotator Cuff Tears

Clinical Science Award
Eiji Itoi, MD, Yuji Hatakeyama, MD, Tadato Kido, MD, Takeshi Sato, MD, Hiroshi Minagawa, MD, Ikuko Wakabayashi, MD, Moto Kobayashi, MD
A New Method of Immobilization after Dislocation of the Shoulder:  A Prospective Randomized Study

Clinical Science Award
John W. Sperling, MD, Robert H. Cofield, MD, Charles M. Rowland, MS
Minimum 15-Year Follow-up of Neer Hemiarthroplasty and Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in Patients 50 Years Old and Less

2002
Basic Science Award
John D. MacGillivray, MD, Stephen Fealy, MD, Jason L. Koh, MD, Alan Nixon, DVM, Russell F. Warren, MD, Michael Terry, MD
Evaluation of a Rotator Cuff Defect Model Augmented with a Bioresorbable Scaffold in Goats

Clinical Science Award
Jan Nowak, MD, Margareta Holgersson PhD, Sune Larsson MD, PhD
Can We Predict Sequelae Following Fractures of Clavicle Based on Initial Findings?  A Prospective Study with 9-10 Years Follow Up|

2001
Basic Science Award
Mark A. Frankle, MD, Leo Ondrovic, MS, Blaine Markee, MD, M. Lance Harris, MD, William Lee, PhD
Tuberosity Reconstruction in Hemiarthroplasty for Four-Part Proximal Humerus Fractures:  A Biomechanical Study to Assess Interfragmentary Stability

Clinical Science Award
Gerald R. Williams, Jr., MD, Joseph P. Iannotti, MD, PhD, John Antoniou, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Matthew L. Ramsey, MD
Iliotibial Graft Reconstruction for Treatment of Glenohumeral Instability Associated with Irreparable Suscapularis Tears and Capsular Deficiency

2000
Basic Science Award
Louis J. Soslowsky, PhD, David Malicky, PhD, Cameron Mouro, BS, Juan Frisancho, MD, Steven Lindholm, John Kuhn, MD
Total and Non Recoverable Strain Fields of the Glenohumeral Joint Capsule Under Shoulder Subluxation

Clinical Science Award

Ashwin V. Deshmukh, MD, Mark Koris, MD, David Zurakowski, PhD, Margi Chan, BA, Thomas S. Thornhill, MD

Minimum Ten-Year Follow-up, Functional Outcome, and Quality of Life After Neer-Type Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

1999

Basic Science Award

Louis J. Soslowsky, PhD, Stavros Thomopoulos, MS, Sovanrith Tun, MD, Colleen L. Flanagan, MS, Colby C. Keefer, BS, Jerry J.

Mastaw, BS, James E. Carpenter, MD

Overuse Activity Injures the Supraspinatus Tendon in an Animal Model: A Histologic and Biomechanical Study

Clinical Science Award

Jon J.P. Warner, MD, I.M. Parsons IV, MD

Latissimus Dorsi Tendon Transfer: Comparison of Primary and Salvage Reconstruction of Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears

1998

Basic Science Award
Christian Gerber, MD, Richard W Nyffeler, MD, Alberto G Schneeberger, MD
Experimental Rotator Cuff Repair: An In-Vivo Study in 47 Sheep

Clinical Science Award
Christian Gerber, MD, Bruno Fuchs, MD, Juerg Hodler, MD
The Clinical and Structural Results of Direct Repair of Massive Tears of the Rotator Cuff
 

1997

Basic Science Award

Mark Selecky, MD, C. Thomas Vangsness, Jr., MD, Thomas Hedman, PhD, Vahid Saadat, MS
The Effects of Laser Induced Collagen Shortening on the Biomechanical Properties of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament Complex

Clinical Science Award

William H. Thompson, IV, MD, Frank W. Jobe, MD
Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in Throwing Athletes: Muscle Splitting Approach Without Transposition of the Ulnar Nerve

1996

Basic Science Award

Evan L. Flatow, MD, Rick A. Raimondo, MD, Rajeev Kelkar, MS, Vincent M. Wang, BS, Roger G. Pollock, MD, Robert J. Pawluk, MS, Van C. Mow, PhD, Louis U. Bigliani, MD

Active and Passive Restraints Against Superior Humeral Translation: The Contributions of the Rotator Cuff, the Biceps Tendon, and the Coracoacromial
Arch

Clinical Science Award
Joseph P. Iannotti, MD, PhD, John T. Campbell, MD, Richard S. Moore, MD Tom R. Norris, MD, Gerald R. Williams, Jr., MD 
Peri-Prosthetic Humeral Fractures—Mechanisms of Fracture and Treatment Options
 

1995
Basic Science Award
Claude T. Moorman, III, MD, Xiang-Hua Deng, MD, Russell F. Warren, MD, Peter A Torzilli, PhD, Thomas L. Wickiewucz, MD |
The Coracoacromial Ligament:  Is It the Appendix of the Shoulder?

Clinical Science Award
Allan E. Inglis, MD, Mark P. Figgie, MD Lauren Asnis 
Total Elbow Replacement Arthroplasty for Flail and Unstable Elbows

1994
Basic Science Award
Scott M. Lephart, PhD, Paul Borsa, MD, Freddie H. Fu, MD Jon J.P. Warner, MD 
Proprioception of the Shoulder Joint in Normal, Unstable, and Post Capsulolabral Reconstructed Individuals

Clinical Science Award
David M. Weinstein, MD, Charles S. Neer, II, MD 
On the Rarity of Glenoid Component Failure

1993
Clinical Science Award
David S. Morrison, MD, Anthony Frogameni, MD, Paul Woodworth, PT 
Conservative Management for Subacromial Impingement of the Shoulder

Clinical Science Award
Robin R. Richards, MD, FRCSC, D. Beaton, BScOT, A.R. Hudson, MD, ChB, FRCS(Ed), FRCSC 
Shoulder Arthrodesis in Fifty-Seven Patients: A Functional Outcome Analysis

1992
Roger G. Pollock, MD, Efrain D. Deliz, MD, Louis U. Bigliani, MD, Steven J. McIlveen, MD, Evan L. Flatow, MD
Prosthetic Replacement in Rotator Cuff Deficient Shoulders

Eiji Itoi, MD, Neil E. Motzkin, MD, Bernard F. Morrey, MD, Kai-Nan An, PhD
The Stabilizing Function of the Long Head of the Biceps: With the Arm in Hanging Position

Felix H. Savoie, III, MD, Thomas J. Montgomery, MD, Buford Yerger, MD
Comparison of Arthroscopic Debridement with Open Surgical Repair for Full Thickness Tears of the Rotator Cuff

1991
Douglas T. Harryman, II, MD, J.A. Sidles, PhD, F.A. Matsen, III, MD
Laxity of the Normal Glenohumeral Joint – A Quantitative Assessment

Brett R. Horwitz, MD, D. Lawrence Burk, MD, John M. Fenlin, MD, Arthur R. Bartolozzi, MD
Correlation of MRI and Arthrography with Surgical Findings in Rotator Cuff Disease

1990
Louis U. Bigliani, MD, Stephen J. McIlveen, MD, Frank Cordasco, MD, Emilio Musso, MD
Operative Repair of Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: Long Term Results

Christian Gerber, MD, Alberto Schneeberger, MD, Tho-Son Vinh, MD, PhD
The Arterial Vascularisation of the Humeral Head. An Anatomic Study

1989
Stephen J. O’Brien, MD
Anatomy and Histology of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament Complex

Charles A. Rockwood, Jr., MD, D. Christopher Young, MD
Complications and Management of the Failed Bristow Shoulder Reconstructions

1988
Bernard F. Morrey, MD
Surgical Takedown of the Ankylosed Elbow

Shawn W. O’Driscoll, MD, Dennis C. Evans, MD
Long-Term results of the Staple Capsulorrhaphy: Twenty Years Experience in the Toronto Teaching Hospitals

1987
Frank W. Jobe, MD, Ronald Glousman, MD, James Tibone, MD, Diane Moynes, MS, RPT, Jacquelin Perry, MD
Dynamic EMG Analysis of the Throwing Shoulder with Gleno-Humeral Instability

Melvin Post, MD
Constrained Total Shoulder Arthroplasty - Long Term Results 

1986
Edward V. Craig, MD
Continuous Passive Motion in the Rehabilitation of the Surgically Reconstructed Shoulder

1985
Daniel A. Funk, MD, Kai-Nan, MD, PhD, Bernard F. Morrey, MD, Jasper R. Daube, MD
The Dynamics of the Elbow: A Functional Electromyographic Study