JRGOS 2025Year in Review

As we bid farewell to another extraordinary year, we reflect on a journey defined by bold ideas, and measurable success across the Gladden Society. Gladden Members are a powerful, trailblazing and impactful force in the field of orthopaedic surgery.

JANUARY 2025

JRGOS Orthopedic VC Startup Marketplace Launched

Redefining the Future of Orthopaedic Innovation and Investment

Journal Club

-Perception of Residency Program Diversity Is Associated With Vulnerability to

Race and Gender Stereotype Threat Among Minority and Female Orthopaedic

Trainees

-Use of Cemented Hemiarthroplasty for Femoral Neck Fractures

-Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

FEBRUARY 2025

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-A Living Legend: Augustus A. White III, MD, PhD, FAOA

-Patient-Physician Racial Concordance increases Likelihood of Total Knee

Arthroplasty Recommendation

-Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Publications

-The Forward Movement: Amplifying Black Voices on Race and Orthopaedics –

Embrace This Moment in Allyship

-Black Lives Matter in Science Engineering and Medicine

Case Corner

Chronic Ankle Instability, right ankle lateral ligament instability

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 Clinic Orthopaedics

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
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-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

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-How Do You Fix Diversity Within Orthopaedic Surgery? “Change One’s Matter

World”

-How to Submit a JRGOS Case Corner

MAY2025

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

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-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.

 

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