2004 Recipient--Dr. John F. Sarwark, MD

Martha Washington Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine
Head, Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital

Dr. Sarwark is Head of the Division of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, and Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Sarwark earned his Medical Doctorate at Northwestern and is a member of the national honor medical society Alpha Omega Alpha. He completed training as a clinical fellow in pediatric orthopaedics at the Alfred I. duPont Institute in Wilmington, Delaware. He is currently President of the Nathan Smith Davis Club of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Dr. Sarwark serves as Co-chair of the Pathways Awareness Foundation Medical Round Table. He also serves as Chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Executive Committee/Section of Orthopaedics. Dr. Sarwark has twice served on the Board of Directors of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America. Dr. Sarwark has chaired and contributes to numerous specialty society meetings and courses. He is editor of Caring for the Child with Spina Bifida, co-editor of The 2003 Body Almanac, section editor of Essentials of Musculoskeletal Imaging (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons publishers), contributor to The Care of the Pediatric Athlete (AAOS/AAP joint publishers), and on the Review Board for Musculoskeletal Medicine (AAOS/AAFP/AAP joint publishers). He serves as Associate Editor for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' new online web program, Orthopaedic Knowledge Online. He also publishes scientific papers within his field. Dr. Sarwark and his wife Mimi have three children.