Nov 11, 2022 | Annual Meeting, Diversity, Education
Last week, AAHKS hosted a hands-on workshop for over 50 minority STEM students from Dallas high schools to nurture students’ curiosity in medicine and orthopaedics through surgeon-led talks and interactive mock surgeries using real surgical tools and lifelike bones....
Nov 5, 2022 | Annual Meeting, Awards, Diversity, Research
In addition to the winning research, three individuals received awards for their leadership, advocacy and excellence: The inaugural AAHKS Diversity Award was presented to Richard E. Grant, MD, a retired orthopaedic surgeon known for his outreach to underserved...
Oct 20, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Diversity, Video, Women in Arthroplasty
The AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty (WIA) and AAHKS leadership introduce a new video demonstrating ACTION you can take if you overhear discrimination toward female colleagues. We hope to give you tools to allow you to intervene when you witness harassment. AAHKS is...
Sep 30, 2022 | Diversity, Webinars
The AAHKS Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) invites members to a panel discussion about the importance of mentorship in arthroplasty, particularly for minorities. The newly established Diversity Mentorship Program aims to recruit and enrich the professional development...
Aug 18, 2022 | Annual Meeting, Diversity
Do you know an AAHKS Fellow or Emeritus member actively working to make hip and knee arthroplasty more diverse and accessible to all patients? That includes trying to increase the number of women and/or underrepresented minorities entering the field of hip and knee...
Aug 12, 2022 | AAHKS Amplified, Diversity
Listen to AAHKS Amplified’s most recent podcast on increasing utilization of TJA by Black patients. Obinna O. Adigweme, MD, MS highlights an increasing problem in orthopaedics: the underutilization by Black patients in hip and knee replacements. Although TJA surgeries...
