JRGOS 2026 Orthopaedic Life Symposium

The Orthopaedic Life Symposium brings together a distinguished panel to discuss the personal and professional decisions that shape a “life in orthopaedic in surgery.”

Critical Conversations

Agency or Accident? The Choices You Make-and the Ones Made For You

MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA

David Silver Professor and Chair, Chief of Orthopedic Service Line, Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine – UPMCS, JRGOS Board of Directors

Career, Calling, or Company? Redefining Success Beyond the OR

Bonnie Simpson Mason, MD

Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Associate Director – Diversity Equity & Inclusion, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Love, Power, and Call Schedules: When relationships go sideways as an Orthopedic Surgeon

George Russell, MD

Professor and Chief of Orthopedic Trauma, Associate Chief of Surgical Quality, and Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – UPMC, President, JRGOS

Professionalism On-Call, Online and Off-Duty

Amelia Sorensen, MD, MHPE

Chief, Division of Hand, Upper Extremity, and Microvascular Surgery; Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California Davis Medical Center

Optional, Expected, or Inevitable? Fertility Decisions in Orthopaedics

Amy L. Stephens, MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner

College of Medicine, CWRU