The General Session of the 2026 AAHKS Annual Meeting resumed this morning with welcome remarks from Program Chair Linda I. Suleiman, MD. Joining the symposia and paper sessions on today’s program was American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) Chair James I. Huddleston III, MD, who provided a report to attendees, and presentation of the 2026 AAHKS Awards. Congratulations to all award recipients!
- AAHKS President Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA bestowed the AAHKS Presidential Award to Michael A. Mont, MD in honor of his steadfast leadership of the Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA) and shepherding its growth into the preeminent journal in hip and knee care.
- Humanitarian Committee Vice Chair Kevin B. Fricka, MD presented the Lawrence D. Dorr, MD Humanitarian Award to Robyn J. Hakanson, MD, co-founder of the medical mission organization Women Orthopedist Global Outreach (WOGO).
- The Fall 2026 FARE Grants were awarded by Research Committee Chair Thorsten M. Seyler, MD, PhD to Adam Edelstein, MD (Northwestern University) for “Surgeon Perspectives on the Design of Gainsharing in Total Joint Arthroplasty” and Saad Tarabichi, MD and Joshua S. Bingham, MD (Mayo Clinic Arizona) for their RCT, “Suzetrigine for Opioid Reduction After Total Knee Arthroplasty.”
- The AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty Empowerment Award was given to Audrey K. Tsao, MD in recognition of her leadership and mentorship of women in arthroplasty, as well as her role as co-founder of WOGO and as the inaugural Chair of the Women in Arthroplasty (WIA) Committee.
- The Resident & Student Research Award, given to the top-rated presentation from Thursday’s Resident & Student Research Symposium, went to Aneesh V. Samineni, MD for the paper “Duloxetine Does Not Reduce Opioid Use or Pain Scores After THA: A Double-Blind RCT.”