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2024 JRGOS Year in Review

January

Bridging Healthcare Web 3.0 Generative AI, Alonzo Sexton, MD

JRGOS Depuy Synthes Spine Month at Howard University Department of Orthopaedics, Weekly Didactics, JRGOS Faculty, Alex Akoto, MD, Jonathan Belding, MD, James Fleming, Jr., MD, Matthew Iggy, MD, Alvin Jones, MD, Shaina Lipa, MD, Addisu Mesfin, MD, Susan E. Stephens, MD, Ashley Rogerson, MD, Paul Rubery, MD, Barrett Woods, MD

JRGOS Case Corner, Infected Dislocated THA, Julius Oni, MD

JRGOS Journal Club, Orthopaedic Mission Trips, Melvyn Harrington, MD, Rinelda Horton, MD, Mychelle Shegog, MD, Linda Suleiman, MD

February

JRGOS Alvin Crawford, MD Mentorship Award Recipient: Ishaq Ibrahim, MD

JRGOS Augustus White, MD, PhD Founders Award Recipient: Cato Laurencin, MD, PhD

JRGOS Claudia L. Thomas, MD Award Recipient: Valerae Lewis, MD

JRGOS Presidents Health Equity & Diversity Award Recipient: Thomas Sculco, MD

OREF Lifetime Service Recipient: Ramon L. Jimenez, MD

JRGOS Reception Atlanta Hamilton Holmes Society, Art Raines, MD, Gary Stewart, MD

JRGOS Living Legends on Social Media

March

Ortho Match Day Video and Social Media Events

JRGOS Zimmer Biomet ABOS I Review Course Grants

JRGOS Case Corner, Parosteal Osteosarcoma, Wakenda Tyler, MD

JRGOS Journal Club, Orthopaedic Diagnoses in the Black Pediatric Population by Carla Bridges, MD

April

JRGOS AAHKS AALOS Webinar Starting your Arthroplasty Career 101: Best Practices for fellowship and Beyond, Faculty, Muyibat Adelani, MD, Ugo Ihekweazu, MD

JRGOS Resident Success and Support Committee’s Webinar, High Priority Road Map to Orthopaedic Residency Training Program Requirements and Competency Priorities Supporting Resident Success Faculty, Artina Dawkins, PhD, Melvyn Harrington, MD, Wayne Johnson, MD, Amy Kraus, David Martin, MD

JRGOS AMEC SNMA OSIG Bioskills Workshop, Faculty, Christopher Marrero, MD

JRGOS Cabo Verde American Medical Association Exchange, Cabo Verde, Africa, David Johnson, MD, Timothy Johnson, MD, Susan E. Stephens, MD

May
JRGOS Zimmer Biomet Newly Matched PGY 1 Bootcamp & PGY 2-5 Resident Symposium, Faculty, Blaine T. Bafus, MD, Jonathan Belding, MD, Lorraine Boakye, MD, Marsalis Brown, MD, Ricardo Cook, MD, James Fleming, Jr., MD, L. Nathan Gause, MD, Alvin Jones, MD, Audley Mackel, MD, Justin Mistovich, MD, Allie Ross, MD, Susan E. Stephens, MD, Aaron Taylor, MD, Robert Wilson, MD

JRGOS Gladden GPT, Alonzo Sexton, MD

JRGOS AHF Fellowship Grant Awardee, Kevin F. Purcell, MD

JRGOS Case Corner, Revision Hip Arthroscopy, Kwadwo A Owusu-Akyaw MD

JRGOS Journal Club, Addressing the Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Musculoskeletal Spine Care in the United States, Joshua Adjei, MD, MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, Shaina Lipa, MD,Addisu Mesfin, MD, Anthony Oyekan, MD, Melissa Tang, MD, Barrett Woods, MD

JRGOS AOFAS Webinar Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-Opening Interviews, Faculty,

Alysia Kemp, MD, Gary Stewart, MD

JRGOS Statement Regarding Black Orthopaedic Surgery Resident Attrition, Racial and Sex Disparities in Resident Attrition in Orthopaedic Surgery, Milton Little, MD,

Selina Poon, MD, et al.

June

JRGOS ABOS Part II Mock Oral Boards

JRGOS Fellowship Match and Social Media Events

JRGOS Case Corner, Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Blake Montgomery, MD

July
JRGOS Startup Accelerator & Consultancy Announced, Greg Horner, MD

Launched New JRGOS Website

JRGOS Mentorship Pods Inaugural Enrollment

August
JRGOS Case Corner, Ulnar Collateral Ligament Tear, Vincent Key, MD

JRGOS Finance Committee Webinar Getting Your Student Loans Under Control, Faculty, Lattisha Bilbrew, MD

September
JRGOS National Orthopaedic Leadership Conference (NOLC) Board of Specialty Societies (BOS) Meeting, JRGOS Representatives Lattisha Bilbrew, MD,

L. Nathan Gause, MD, Wayne Johnson, MD, Darryl Peterson, MD

JRGOS Journal Club, Trends in Race and Sex Representation Among Entering Orthopaedic Surgery Residents: A Continued Call for Active Diversification Efforts,

Linda Suleiman, MD, William Hill, MD

JRGOS Case Corner, Osteochondral Lesion of the Medial Talar Dome, Justin Tsai, MD

JRGOS Board Editorial, Mission Possible, Paul Rubery, MD

Webinar, An Evening with the Maestro, Alvin Crawford, MD

October
JRGOS Resident Success and Support Committee’s Webinar Avoiding Landmines & Seeking Help for Orthopaedic Surgery Residents, Wayne Johnson, MD, Melvyn Harrington, MD, Eric Carson, MD (Chairs)

JRGOS Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Clinical Scholar Career Development Program (CSCDP), Faculty, Brendan Williams, MD, Junior Faculty, Kevin Purcell, MD, JRGOS Resident Representatives Joshua Adjei, MD, Stephen Canton, MD,

Vidushan Nadarajah, MD

November

JRGOS Journal Club, Successful Long-Term Management of NF1 Congenital Tibial Dysplasia with Prophylactic Bypass Graft and Bracing A Case Report, Regan K. Burgess, MD, Alvin H. Crawford, MD

Movement is Life Summit

December

JRGOS Announces the 2025 Annual Awards Luncheon, MedTech Symposium, Family Planning in Orthopaedic Surgery, Resident & Medical Student Research Competition & JRGOS Board Reception for Guests