Surgeon-consultant resigns from orthopedic society
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
University of Minnesota surgeon David Polly, Jr., M.D., resigns his position on the board of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in an Aug. 19 letter. Polly, who had undisclosed consulting ties to Medtronic, is the target of an ongoing investigation by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, into financial ties between medical professionals and device firms (1"The Gray Sheet" Aug. 10, 2009). Polly became an AAOS board member and secretary of AAOS' board of specialty societies in February