Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania We are pleased to announce the appointment of Benjamin “Kyle” Potter, MD, FACS, an internationally renowned physician-leader in combat casualty care, as the new chair of the department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Penn Medicine. Dr. Potter will assume his new role on June 24, 2024. He will join the Perelman School of Medicine from his role as the Norman M. Rich Professor and Chair of the Uniformed Services University (USU) – Walter Reed Department of Surgery. He retired as a Colonel from the U.S. Army in 2023 following more than 22 years of active duty service. Dr. Potter serves as Director of the Department of Defense Limb Optimization and Osseointegration Program at USU and the Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon for the Amputee Program at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. His portfolio includes surgery education, training, and research for a team of 150 physicians and staff. He is also a musculoskeletal oncologist within the Murtha Cancer Center at Walter Reed, and is a consultant for the National Cancer Institute. Previously, he served as the Director for Surgery at Walter Reed. His Army service included surgical leadership posts during deployments to Afghanistan and Kuwait, and he has operated on more than 1,000 injured service personnel returning from duties overseas, including more post-9/11 U.S. war casualties with limb loss than any other military surgeon. Dr. Potter is a former president of the Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has also served as the Consultant to the U.S. Army Surgeon General for Orthopaedics, ensuring the operational readiness of military orthopaedic surgeons, including the career development of more than 140 uniformed attending physicians and 100 residents. He earned his undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and received fellowship training in Orthopaedic Oncology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Patricia Hastie and Randi Herrick led this search with Ibaad Nazeer.