Capital, Care, and Consequence: Leveraging Entrepreneurship for Orthopedic Autonomy
JRGOS invites everyone to attend the Horizons MedTech Symposium on Thursday, March 5, 2026, during JRGOS 2026 Annual Awards Luncheon, Symposiums, Abstract Competition & Reception.
The Horizons Medtech Symposium brings together leading orthopaedic innovators to explore three essential pillars of success in the MedTech space: financial literacy, entrepreneurial opportunity, and practical pathways to innovation. Through focused talks and expert panels, speakers will normalize conversations around financial infrastructure, examine the $600B musculoskeletal market, and share real-world strategies for physicians to build agency, partnerships, and ownership in the future of orthopaedic innovation.
Segment 1
Financial Literacy as Foundation
Focus: Normalizing the Conversation Around Financial Infrastructure as a Prerequisite for Long-term Agency.
Speaker: Susan E. Stephens, MD
Moderator: Kwadwo Owusu-Akyaw, MD
Segment 2
Unscripted Conversations – The MSK Escosystem: Entrepreneurship as Power at Scale
Focus: A Deep Dive into the $600b MSK mMarket and Reframing Venture Capital as a Mechanism for Physicians to Claim Ownership of Innovation
Panelists:
Greg Horner, MD
Kenneth Alleyne, MD
Moderator: Kwadwo Owusu-Akyaw, MD
Segment 3
The Pathways Panel — Translating Philosophy into Practice
Focus: Making the transition from clinical excellence to entrepreneurial impact tangible for surgeons at all career stages.
