Apr 21, 2023 | Fellowships, Women in Arthroplasty
The AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty (WIA) Traveling Fellowship promotes women surgeons by providing two recipients with networking, mentorship, education, research and practice management opportunities at two different host sites and at the AAHKS Annual Meeting. At host...
Apr 3, 2023 | Education, Fellowships, Women in Arthroplasty
The AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty (WIA) Traveling Fellowship promotes women surgeons by providing two recipients with networking, mentorship, education, research and practice management opportunities at two different host sites and at the AAHKS Annual Meeting. At host...
Mar 3, 2023 | Diversity, Membership, Women in Arthroplasty
Of the estimated 29,613 orthopaedic surgeons, only 6.5 percent are women. What’s even more staggering is that less than 1 percent are Black women. AAHKS collected the stories of the only African American females who are fellowship trained in orthopaedics. Navigating...
Feb 2, 2023 | Certification, Diversity, Education, Women in Arthroplasty
This week AAHKS President Bryan D. Springer, MD and Women in Arthroplasty Committee Chair Rina Jain, MD, FRCSC wrote to American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) President April D. Armstrong, MD to request adaptation of modifications to travel and case collection...
Nov 4, 2022 | Annual Meeting, CME, Education, Industry, Women in Arthroplasty
More than 3,900 attendees—including orthopaedic surgeons, team members, exhibitors and staff—are joining us in Texas for the 2022 Annual Meeting. Committee chairs have been recording video reports summarizing their committees’ accomplishments this year; the videos are...
Nov 3, 2022 | Annual Meeting, Women in Arthroplasty, Women in Arthroplasty Podcast
Aimed at increasing gender representation and diversity in the specialty of orthopaedic surgery, the AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty (WIA) Committee organized several events during the Annual Meeting to spotlight and support female hip and knee surgeons. A WIA-produced...
