SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - March 07, 2008) - After serving as member-at-large on the AAOS Board of Directors, Kristy L. Weber, MD, is excited about her new role as Chair of the Council on Research, Quality Assessment and Technology (CORQAT). “I’m stepping into some big shoes,” she said of her predecessor, Joshua J. Jacobs, MD. CORQAT is the research and technology Council within the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), which announced her appointment at the Academy’s 75th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.