The Board of Specialty Societies (BOS) elected A.J. Yates Jr, MD, as the next Secretary of the BOS. This election puts Dr. Yates on track to become the Chair of BOS and serve on the AAOS Board of Directors. Dr. Yates has most recently served AAHKS as the representative to the BOS and the Orthopaedic PAC and was chair of the Evidence-Based Medicine Committee.