2024 Fellows in Long Beach, California

Overview

ORS Fellows are individuals who have demonstrated service, leadership, substantial achievement, expert knowledge, and significant contributions to the field of musculoskeletal research and to the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS). Award winners are chosen by the President of the ORS Board of Directors and the CEO of the ORS.

Roles of Fellows

ORS Fellows will enhance the core values of the ORS and the field of musculoskeletal research by:

  • Supporting and exhibiting the ORS mission to advance musculoskeletal research worldwide
  • Inspiring excellence and innovation in research by providing expert advice, mentoring, and cultivating knowledge
  • Demonstrating professionalism and the ORS leadership through the highest standards in scholarship, science, patient care, education, and research
  • Engaging and fostering the enhancement of the ORS community through leadership, education, scientific programming, and collaboration

Fellows Candidate Criteria

The ORS fellows will be selected through an online application process. ORS members can self-nominate or nominate others. Members interested in applying for consideration as a fellow must meet the following criteria:

  • Been a member since 2003 or earlier
  • Have 10 consecutive years of active[1]
  • Has been an author at the ORS Annual Meeting within the last five years
  • Should have attended an ORS Annual Meeting in two of the last five years
  • Must demonstrate continued service to ORS (Examples of service are listed below)
  • Had major service contributions within the society – Examples of service include (but are not limited to):
    • Development of an ORS program or course
    • Served as an ORS ambassador
    • Board of Director member or committee member for at least five years
    • Served as a topic chair within the last 10 years
    • Served as an ICORS representative
    • Represented ORS as a member of an industry society committee or board (i.e., OREF, AAOS, NIAMS, etc.)
  • Note: Current members of the ORS Board of Directors are not eligible to be nominated to avoid any perception of conflict of interest, except for the Immediate Past President.

Procedures for Selection

  • Interested and qualified candidates can either self-nominate or be nominated by another member.
  • The selection of the ORS Fellows will be done by the Executive Committee based on the review and materials submitted by each candidate.
  • The list of proposed Fellows will be presented to the Board at its Fall meeting for final review and approval.

Recognition of Newly Inducted Fellows

During a plenary session at the ORS Annual Meeting, new Fellows will be honored and will receive:

  • A certificate signed by the ORS President
  • ORS Fellow lapel pin
  • A special Fellows recognition ribbon for their Annual Meeting name badge

Fellows Benefits

  • An invitation to attend the ORS leadership recognition reception.
  • Recognition on ORS website, communications, and social media platforms
  • Become advisors for the society on new programs, initiatives, and planning where needed.
  • Invited to serve strategic committees such as ethics, audit, and collaborations assessment.
[1] Active membership is defined as an annual dues-paying member.

ORS Fellows by Year of Recognition

Adetola Adesida, PhD
Bernd Grimm, PhD, FIOR
Karen Troy, PhD
Kurt Hankenson, DVM, MS, PhD
Lidan You, PhD
Makarand V. Risbud, PhD
Melissa L. Knothe Tate, PhD
Wentian Yang, MD, PhD

Chris B. Little, DVM, PhD
Glen Lawrence Niebur, PhD
Heidi‐Lynn Ploeg, PhD
Holger Jahr, PhD
Jennifer Jane Westendorf, PhD
John H. Healey, MD
Louis E. DeFrate, PhD
Samuel R. Ward, PT, PhD
Sibylle Grad, PhD
Vincent M. Wang, PhD
William Raymond Ledoux, PhD
Xiang-Dong Edward Guo, PhD
Zong-Ming Li, PhD
Marjolein C. van der Meulen, PhD

Richard Debski, PhD
Kathleen Derwin, PhD
Bob Hastings, PE
Johnny Huard, PhD
Edward Schwarz, PhD
Matthew Silva, PhD

Roy Aaron, MD
Matthew Allen, VetMB, PhD
Catherine Ambrose, PhD
Don Anderson, PhD
Thomas Bauer, MD, PhD
Richard Brand, MD
Qian Chen, PhD
Susanna Chubinskaya, PhD
Trey Crisco, PhD
Douglas Dennis, MD
Darryl D’Lima, MD, PhD
Russell Fernandes, PhD
Evan Flatow, MD
Braden Fleming, PhD
Susannah Fritton, PhD
Louis Gerstenfeld, PhD
Steven Goldstein, PhD
Daniel Grande, PhD
Ed Greenfield, PhD
Robert Guldberg, PhD
Francis Hornicek, MD, PhD
Karl Jepsen, PhD
Kenton Kaufman, PhD, PE
Joyce Keyak, PhD
Joseph Lane, MD
Jeffrey Lotz, PhD
Kenneth Mann, PhD
Koichi Masuda, MD
William Mihalko, MD, PhD
James Ninomiya, MD, MS
Nancy Pleshko, PhD
Vicki Rosen, PhD
Paul Rullkoetter, PhD
Mitchell Schaffler, PhD
Zvi Schwartz, DMD, PhD
Lori Setton, PhD
Brian Snyder, MD, PhD
Matthew Stewart, BVSc, PhD
Scott Tashman, PhD
Xiaodu Wang, PhD
Jeffrey Weiss, PhD
Edward Wojtys, MD
Yang Xia, PhD

Mauro Alini, PhD
Benjamin Alman, MD
Bruce Beynnon, PhD, MS
Scott Boden, MD
Lawrence Bonassar, PhD
Barbara Boyan, PhD
Scott Bruder, MD, PhD
Henry Donahue, PhD
Stuart Goodman, MD, PhD
Warren Haggard, PhD
Clark Hung, PhD
James Iatridis, PhD
Gun-Il Im, MD, PhD, FIOR, FBSE
Lynne Jones, PhD
Rita Kandel, MD
James Kang, MD
Francis Y. Lee, MD, PhD
Gayle Lester, PhD
Gang Li, MD, PhD
Richard Lieber, PhD
Gloria Matthews, DVM, PhD
Robert Mauck, PhD
George Muschler, MD
Maurizio Pacifici, PhD
Cathleen Raggio, MD
Geoff Richards, FLSW, FORS, FIOR, FTERM, FBSE
Scott Rodeo, MD
Robert Sah, MD, ScD
Daisuke Sakai, MD, PhD
Hamish Simpson, MA, BM, BCH, FRCS, DM
Lou Soslowsky, PhD
Rick Sumner, PhD
Rocky Tuan, PhD
Jennifer Wayne, PhD
Stuart Weinstein, MD
J Mark Wilkinson, PhD, FRCS
Michael Yaszemski, MD, PhD
Clare Yellowley, PhD

Gunnar Andersson, MD, PhD
Joan Bechtold, PhD
Mathias P Bostrom, MD
Joseph Buckwalter, MD
David Burr, PhD
Dennis Carter, PhD
Bruce Caterson, PhD
Richard Coutts, MD
Richard Cruess, MD
Dwight Davy, PhD
Christopher Evans, PhD
Mary Goldring, PhD
Alan Grodzinsky, ScD
Farshid Guilak, PhD
Joshua Jacobs, MD
Brian Johnstone, PhD
Theodore Miclau, MD
Van Mow, PhD
Regis O’Keefe, MD, PhD
Clare Rimnac, PhD
Linda Sandell, PhD
Stephen Trippel, MD
Savio L-Y Woo, PhD, DSc, DEng
Timothy M. Wright, PhD