Heather Vallier, MD

• Founder and oversight, MetroHealth orthopaedic traumatology registry
• Reviewer for Journal of Trauma Acute Care Open
• Reviewer for Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
• Reviewer for Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
• Reviewer for Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
• Reviewer for Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
• Reviewer for the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Reviewer for OTA International
• Steering Group Member, James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for Trauma Research<
• Orthopaedic Trauma Association Mentorship Program
• International Polytrauma Care Management: Delphi consensus panel

• 2002 Educator of the Year, Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery
• 2005 AO North America, Howard Rosen Table Instructor Award
• 2005 American Orthopaedic Association, North American Traveling Fellowship
• 2007-present Clyde L. Nash Jr. M.D. Professorship in Orthopaedic Education, Case Western Reserve 
• 2008-present American Orthopaedic Association Membership
• 2016-2019 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Achievement Award
• 2017 Named as Mentor by Deans Office of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
• 2017 Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Faculty Inductee
• 2018 American Hospital Association, Hospital Award for Volunteer Excellence – Trauma Survivor Network
• 2020 Educator of the year, Case Western Reserve University, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery

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