Renew Your JRGOS Membership: Mentorship is Membership!
As we close out the year and reflect on the impact of 2025, we invite you to renew/join J. Robert Gladden Orthopaedic Society (JRGOS) membership by December 31, 2025 and continue supporting excellence, inclusion, and mentorship in orthopaedic surgery.
Membership sustains meaningful connections across the orthopaedic community, from orthopaedic surgeons and fellows to residents and medical students, and supports the high-impact programming highlighted in the JRGOS 2025 Year in Review.
Anterior Hip Foundation Traveling Fellowship: Richard Okafor, MD
March 2025
JRGOS 2025 Annual Award Recipients
Alvin H. Crawford, MD Mentorship
Award – Erica Taylor, MD, MBA
Presidents Health Equity & Diversity
Award – Linda Suleiman, MD
Claudia L. Thomas, MD Award – Carol
Morris, MD
Augustus A. White, III, MD, PhD Founders
Award – Charles H. Epps, Jr., MD
Excellence in Collaboration Award –
Ramon L. Jiménez, MD
Institutional Partner of the Year Award –
Campbell ClinicmOrthopaedics
JRGOS Awards Luncheon, Symposiums, Research Competition & Reception
MedTech Symposium – Bridging
Entrepreneurship, Equity, and
Technology
Family Life & Planning Symposium
Resident & Medical Student Research
Competition
Gladden Board Reception for Members,
Industry and Guests
Annual Research Competition Award
Recipients
Residents
First Place: Dukens LaBaze, MD
Second Place: Precious Oyem, MD
Third Place: Douglass Tucker, MD
Medical Students
First Place: Olivia Opara
Second Place: Amy Zhao
Third Place: Timothy Keeley
Ortho Match Day – Video and Social Media Presentation
Journal Club
-Bringing Sustainability to
Orthopaedics: Greening the Future
of Orthopaedics and Healthcare
-Bridging the Gap: Advocating for
Medical Students Without Home
Orthopaedic Surgery Programs
APRIL 2025
Journal Club
-How Do You Fix Diversity Within
Orthopaedic Surgery? “Change
One’s Matter World”
-How to Submit a JRGOS Case
Corner
MAY 2025
JRGOS Foundations of Orthopaedic Surgery (JFOS) Annual Symposium for newly matched interns, residents, and orthopaedic surgeons
Resident Support & Success Webinar (RSS): High Priority Road Map to Orthopaedic Residency Training Program Requirements and Competency Priorities Supporting Resident Success!
Journal Club
-How to Get Published Essential Tips
Case Corner
Neglected anterior-posterior
compression pelvic ring injury
JUNE 2025
JRGOS ABOS Part II Mock Oral Board Examinations
MedTech Webinar: Navigating Venture Capital in MedTech Innovation
Journal Club
-Myotendinous Rupture of the
Posterior Tibial Tendon with
Associated Fibular Fracture: A Case
Report
JULY 2025
Journal Club
-Understanding Factors Influencing
Attrition in Orthopaedic Surgical
Training
AUGUST 2025
MedTech Webinar: Building Equitable Systems for Mission-Led Growth
Gladden Society at the National Medical Association
Journal Club
-A 25 year Analysis of Diversity:
Equity, and Inclusion Research in
Orthopaedics Shows Majority
Female Authorship and Increasing
Gender Parity Research
SEPTEMBER 2025
NOLC: Gladden Orthopaedic Society Takes the Hill
OCTOBER 2025
Clinician Scholar Career Development Program (CSCDP) Gladden Faculty and Resident representatives
NOVEMBER 2025
Resident Support & Success Webinar (RSS): Pathway to Success and Resilience
MedTech Webinar: Blockchain Solutions: Technology’s Role in Orthopaedic Health Equity
Regional Mentorship Receptions: Houston, Miami, Philadelphia, and Rochester
DECEMBER 2025
MCOR – Medical Student Core Curriculum for Orthopaedic Foundational Principles: prep to performance, MCOR builds readiness and confidence for medical students interested in orthopaedics
Case Corner
Comminuted Distal 1/3 tibia shaft
fracture in Blount’s disease with revision
of index surgery.
2025 Year in Review!
Gladden membership provides access to:
A network of orthopaedic surgeons dedicated to advancing excellence in the field of orthopaedics
High-impact programming, including symposiums, webinars, and the Annual Awards Luncheon
MCOR – Medical Student Core Curriculum for Orthopaedic Foundational Principles
Regional Mentorship programming that foster meaningful relationships and career guidance
Educational initiatives such as JFOS (JRGOS Foundations of Orthopaedic Surgery)
Research competitions, grants, and leadership opportunities in Gladden committees
Advocacy and representation in the field orthopaedics
Join/Renew by December 31, 2025 to remain engaged, connected, and eligible for member-only benefits and programming.
