The idea of the Sports Congress was originally conceived as an educational program, based at Pennsylvania Hospital. Because Joe Torg and Ted Quedenfeld were such influential icons in the field of sports medicine, it seemed natural to recognize their contributions. It was also felt that it was important to make note of the historical aspects of the origins of "sports medicine" in the area and that is why we annually pay tribute to Joe and Ted. Each year it seems to give the younger attendees some appreciation of their predecessors.
The purpose of the Torg award as originally conceived was to recognize individual orthopaedic surgeons primarily in the greater Philadelphia area who devoted their careers to the care of athletes, who participated in the educational process and who have made significant contributions to the body of knowledge of orthopaedics. These are the qualities that are embodied by Dr. Torg. In similar fashion, as Ted Quedenfeld was responsible for teaching many if not most of the local athletic trainers at one time, and because he was a role model and one that was held in the highest regard by all of his peers and students and because it was he who helped create the model of sports medicine with which we presently identify, we chose to honor Ted also.
The purpose of the Torg award as originally conceived was to recognize individual orthopaedic surgeons primarily in the greater Philadelphia area who devoted their careers to the care of athletes, who participated in the educational process and who have made significant contributions to the body of knowledge of orthopaedics. These are the qualities that are embodied by Dr. Torg. In similar fashion, as Ted Quedenfeld was responsible for teaching many if not most of the local athletic trainers at one time, and because he was a role model and one that was held in the highest regard by all of his peers and students and because it was he who helped create the model of sports medicine with which we presently identify, we chose to honor Ted also.
The Philadelphia Sports Medicine Congress recognizes the following honorees for their outstanding contributions to the field of Sports Medicine in the Philadelphia area.
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JOE TORG AWARD
2000 Joe Torg 2001 John Gregg 2002 Phil Marone 2003 Ray Moyer 2004 Jim Nixon 2005 Jack McPhilemy 2006 Vince Distefano 2007 Fred Balduini 2008 Larry Miller 2009 Craig Morgan 2010 Arthur Bartolozzi 2011 Barry Boden 2012 John D. Kelly IV 2013 Nicholas DiNubile 2014 Wayne Sebastianelli 2015 Jeffrey Abrams 2016 Michael Ciccotti |
TED QUEDENFELD AWARD
2000 Ted Quedenfeld 2001 Joe Godek 2002 Jim Rogers 2003 Steve Bair 2004 Chuck Whedon 2005 AJ Duffy III 2006 Joe Iezzi 2007 Phil Donley 2008 Keith Handling 2009 Jeff Cooper 2010 Cliff Fawcett 2011 Charlie Thompson 2012 Jim Malseed 2013 Sandra Fowkes Godek 2014 Tanya Dargusch 2015 Linda Fabrizio Mazzoli 2016 Michael Goldenberg |
