The Orthopaedic Advisory Board

In 2006 Sealy US formed the Orthopaedic Advisory Board, to continue to build on Sealy's rich orthopaedic heritage. It focuses on developments and innovations that help contribute to consumers' orthopaedic health and provide more restful and recuperative sleep.

The Orthopaedic Advisory Board collaborates with Sealy’s leaders in Research & Technology Innovation to help Sealy:

• Develop advancements that offer ‘orthopaedically correct’ support and contribute to overall orthopaedic health
• Understand the nature of sleep and sleep problems, and design products that meet consumers’’ evolving needs
• Direct and oversee academic sleep studies and research

Consisting of eminent orthopaedic surgeons, researchers and clinicians the Board leads Sealy's medical research and development efforts.

Orthopaedically Correct Design

The Orthopaedic Advisory Board developed the concept, and defined the measures and criteria for Orthopaedically Correct Design. Here is how it works:

• The more supportive the mattress is, the more pressure points are created
• The more pressure relief the mattress offers, the less support you get
• To eliminate tossing and turning from uncomfortable pressure points, you need the perfect balance of proper back support and targeted pressure relief
• This is what defines Orthopaedically Correct Design

Members of the Orthopaedic Advisory Board

Dr Robert G. Addison Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine at Northwestern University. Founder and senior Consultant of the Centre for Pain Studies. Charter Member and past president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.	Dr William E. Garrett Jr (Ph.D.) Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and team physician for Duke University Medical Centre. Past president of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine and director of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Former Chairman of Orthopaedics at University of North Carolina.
Dr Thomas L. Smith Head of the Orthopaedic Research Laboratory at Wake Forest University. Directs, supervises and coordinates all science studies performed in the laboratory. Leads the 7 year Physician Orthopaedic Residency Program, as well as the implementation of novel science research protocols.	Dr Gary G. Phoehling Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at Wake Forest University. Member of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Author of numerous articles on orthopaedic surgery and arthroscopy, lecturer.
Alan Letton, Ph.D. Vice President of Research and Technology Innovation for Sealy Corp. Former Executive VP of Polymerix Corp, former director of global research and development for Avon, and former research leader for Dow Chemical's Polymer Material Science Group.