Former East Vandergrift resident Richard M. Dell, MD was the principal presenter for the 2008 Scientific Exhibit "Role of the orthopedic surgeon in osteoporosis disease management" at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

A graduate of Kiski Area High School, Pennsylvania State University, and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Dr. Dell is an orthopaedic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente, the large California HMO.

Because of his leadership role in reducing hip fractures at his facility and in developing an osteoporosis prevention program for the entire organization, Dr. Dell is featured in the article, "Healthy Bone Team halves hip fracture rate" in the June 2008 issue of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons monthly journal, "AAOS Now" http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/jun08/clinical9.asp.