Kevin J. Bozic
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| Education | Duke University (BS) University of California, San Francisco (MD) Harvard Business School (MBA) |
| Occupation | Orthopedic surgeon, academic |
| Employer | University of Texas at Austin |
Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA is an orthopaedic surgeon and health services researcher whose work has focused on outcomes measurement, shared decision-making, and value-based payment and delivery models in musculoskeletal care.[1][2] He is the inaugural chair of the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin and served as the 91st president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in 2023-2024.[1][3] He previously held the William R. Murray, M.D. Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).[4]
Education
Bozic earned a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University and a medical degree from UCSF. He completed the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, trained in orthopaedic traumatology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and completed a fellowship in adult reconstructive surgery at Rush University Medical Center. He also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.[1][2]
Academic career
Before joining the University of Texas at Austin, Bozic was the William R. Murray, M.D. Endowed Professor and vice chair of orthopaedic surgery at UCSF. He was also a member of the core faculty of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.[4][2] In 2014, he was appointed an inaugural department chair at Dell Medical School.[4][5]
Leadership and health policy
In 2008, Bozic testified before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging at a hearing on direct-to-consumer advertising of medical devices. His testimony addressed research on patient and surgeon views of advertising for orthopaedic devices and procedures.[6]
Bozic co-founded the California Joint Replacement Registry and later chaired the steering committee of the American Joint Replacement Registry.[7][8]
Bozic served as president of the AAOS in 2023-2024.[3] During his presidency, he emphasized preparing orthopaedic surgeons for value-based payment models and expanding the routine use of patient-reported outcome measures.[9]
Research
Bozic's research has examined the costs associated with orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal care. In a 2008 Health Affairs article, he and his co-authors analyzed implant costs and hospital approaches to purchasing hip and knee implants.[10] During debate over metal-on-metal hip implants, he told The New York Times that new technologies should be compared with established treatments and evaluated for their effect on patient outcomes.[11]
His research has also addressed shared decision-making in musculoskeletal care. In a randomized trial involving patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis, patients who received decision and communication aids were more likely to reach an informed decision during their first visit than patients receiving usual care.[12] A subsequent review identified the study as part of the evidence supporting shared decision-making in orthopaedic practice.[13]
Bozic has also studied bundled payments and variation in the costs of joint replacement episodes. A study of Medicare beneficiaries examined differences in episode payments and the contribution of post-discharge care to those costs.[14] The study was subsequently discussed in a review of bundled-payment models in total joint replacement.[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Kevin Bozic, M.D., MBA". Dell Medical School. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hofheinz, Elizabeth (2009-08-14). "Dr. Kevin Bozic". Orthopedics This Week. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA, FAAOS, Named President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons". www.aaos.org. Archived from the original on 2025-11-14. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "First Dell Medical School Department Chairs Are Nationally Known Innovators". UT News. 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
- ↑ Santillán, Aimée (November 21, 2014). "Dell Medical School hires first department chairs". The Daily Texan. Retrieved 2026-09-22.
- ↑ "S. Hrg. 110-830 - Marketing or Medicine: Are Direct-to-Consumer Medical Device Ads Playing Doctor?". GovInfo. U.S. Government Printing Office. September 17, 2008. Retrieved 2026-09-22.
- ↑ Clark, Cheryl (February 3, 2017). "News In Numbers: Two San Diego Hospitals Among Worst For Deaths Of Hip Fracture Patients". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved 2026-09-22.
- ↑ "American Joint Replacement Registry Releases 2018 Annual Report". www.aaos.org. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
- ↑ Wallace, Claire (March 31, 2023). "Bringing the joy back into medicine: What AAOS' newly appointed president has planned for the year". Becker's Spine Review. Archived from the original on July 22, 2026. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
- ↑ Wilson, Natalia A.; Schneller, Eugene S.; Montgomery, Kathleen; Bozic, Kevin J. (November 2008). "Hip And Knee Implants: Current Trends And Policy Considerations". Health Affairs. Health Affairs Publishing. 27 (6): 1587–1598. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.27.6.1587. ISSN 0278-2715.
- ↑ Meier, Barry (2011-06-25). "In Medicine, New Isn't Always Improved". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-09-22.
- ↑ Bozic, Kevin J.; Belkora, Jeffrey; Chan, Vanessa; Youm, Jiwon; Zhou, Tianzan; Dupaix, John; Bye, Angela Nava; Braddock, Clarence H. III; Chenok, Kate Eresian; Huddleston, James I. III (September 18, 2013). "Shared Decision Making in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial". Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 95 (18): 1633–1639. doi:10.2106/JBJS.M.00004. PMID 24048550.
- ↑ Klifto, Kevin; Klifto, Christopher; Slover, James (2017-06-01). "Current concepts of shared decision making in orthopedic surgery". Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine. 10 (2): 253–257. doi:10.1007/s12178-017-9409-4. ISSN 1935-9748. PMC 5435640. PMID 28337730.
- ↑ Bozic, Kevin J.; Ward, Lorrayne; Vail, Thomas P.; Maze, Mervyn (January 2014). "Bundled Payments in Total Joint Arthroplasty: Targeting Opportunities for Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction". Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 472 (1): 188–193. doi:10.1007/s11999-013-3034-3. PMC 3889448. PMID 23649225.
- ↑ McLawhorn, Alexander S.; Buller, Leonard T. (2017-09-01). "Bundled Payments in Total Joint Replacement: Keeping Our Care Affordable and High in Quality". Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine. 10 (3): 370–377. doi:10.1007/s12178-017-9423-6. ISSN 1935-9748. PMC 5577424. PMID 28741101.
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