Apr 11, 2025 | Humanitarian Organizations, International, Operation Walk, Patient Outcomes
On a mission trip last week to Panama City, Panama, arthroplasty surgeon volunteers from Operation Walk Denver provided 26 patients with life-changing joint replacement surgeries over four days. Operation Walk Denver is led by 2024 Humanitarian Award Winner Douglas...
Feb 21, 2025 | Diversity, Humanitarian Organizations, International, Operation Walk, Women in Arthroplasty
Last week, the Women Orthopaedic Global Outreach (WOGO) Chapter of Operation Walk traveled to Arusha, Tanzania, to provide medical care at the Arusha Lutheran Medical Center. During the visit, the team screened 80 patients and performed 47 knee replacement surgeries....
Nov 18, 2022 | International, Operation Walk
Humanitarian volunteers from Operation Walk Maryland conducted a medical mission trip in Georgetown, Guyana this week. Originally founded by AAHKS Past President Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, Operation Walk, or OpWalk, are now over 20 volunteer medical humanitarian...
Nov 5, 2022 | AAHKS Leadership, Annual Meeting, Digital Health, Digital Health Podcast, Operation Walk
Members of all AAHKS Committees were invited to a working breakfast this morning to meet with each other, review accomplishments and plan for the remainder of the year. The Digital Health and Social Media Committee interviewed award winners for their podcast, and the...
Oct 14, 2022 | Annual Meeting, Industry, Operation Walk
At the 2022 AAHKS Annual Meeting in Dallas in the learning Center/Exhibit Hall OrthAlign and AAHKS will team up to try to set a new Guinness World Record to assemble the bones on a full leg (hip – foot). For each attempt OrthAlign will make a contribution to Operation...
Nov 4, 2021 | AAHKS Leadership, Membership, Operation Walk
In honor and memory of legendary orthopaedic surgical pioneer Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, who passed away last year, AAHKS members are invited to join a celebration of life on Saturday, November 6th, at 3:30 p.m. Central / 1:30 p.m. Pacific. The memorial service will be...
