Lessons in Orthopaedic Leadership: An AOA Podcast

AOA President Ann Van Heest, MD, FAOA, connected with Canadian Orthopaedic Association (COA) Past President, Laurie Hiemstra, MD, PhD, FRCSC, to discuss her unusual path to leadership, her plan for improving diversity in orthopaedics, and the most pressing critical issues affecting the COA. While waitlisting and licensure issues between provinces continue to be a challenge within the orthopaedic s...

AOA President Ann Van Heest, MD, FAOA, connected with British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) Past President, Deborah Eastwood, MB, FRCS, to share her path to leadership, the importance of early involvement in your orthopaedic career, and the critical issues facing the BOA today.    Dr. Eastwood discusses key topics such as backlog of cases, unhappiness with the system due to disruption from industr...

AOA President Ann Van Heest, MD, FAOA, connected with South African Orthopaedic Association (SAOA) Past President, Dr. Basil Vrettos, to discuss his path to leadership, the importance of mentorship, the issues that face South African orthopaedists, and the intense training process to become an orthopaedic surgeon in South Africa. Mentorship has played a vital role in the career of Dr. Vrettos–he b...

Host Alexander Aleem, MD, FAOA, welcomed Tanner Mitton, CEO and Alex Thomson, President of Medicratic, a company developed to offer a software solution to address Residency and Fellowship applicant evaluations. Tanner and Alex discuss how a trip to a medical conference in Philadelphia turned into the development of Medicratic. After a deeper discussion on the challenges of the resident application...

2023-2024 AOA President, Ann Van Heest, MD, FAOA, joins host Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA, to deliver a history and background on the Orthopaedic Carousel. Dr. Van Heest explains the exciting process of the Orthopaedic Carousel as she joins each of the English Speaking Orthopaedic Society presidents at their respective annual meetings.  Follow the podcast series to learn how the Orthopaedic Carou...

J. Benjamin Jackson III, MD, MBA, FAOA (APEX 2023 Cohort) sat down with APEX Cohort members: Christopher E. Gross, MD, FAOA (APEX 2023 Cohort), Kamran S. Hamid, MD, MPH, FAOA (APEX 2023 Cohort), and David E. Lazarus, MD, FAOA (APEX 2020-2021 Cohort), to discuss their experience with the APEX program. They talked about their reasons for joining the program, the lessons they have learned, and the sk...

Douglas W. Lundy, MD, FAOA, MBA, joins hosts Alexander Aleem, MD, FAOA, and Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA, to deliver key insights derived from developing the first symposium session at the 2023 AOA Annual Leadership Meeting. Dr. Lundy outlines the emerging market trends and disruptive forces impacting healthcare delivery, which will be amplified in the annual meeting symposium, The Changing Envir...

Cohosts Alexander Aleem, MD, FAOA, and Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA interview David Ring, MD, PhD, FAOA, about his role as Moderator for Symposium 5: Culture of Safety Across All Professional Endeavors, at the 2023 AOA Annual Meeting. Dr. Ring discusses his personal experience with culture of safety and how it has evolved in the fifteen years that he spent at Massachusetts General Hospital as the...

How can orthopaedic surgeons play an  important  leadership role in the bone health care of patients?   Kelly Krohn, MD, FACR, CCD, is a board certified and fellowship trained rheumatologist with The CORE Institute.  Dr. Krohn shares powerful illustrations of the importance of integrating bone health specialist perspectives into orthopaedic practice. Kyle Jeray, MD, FAOA, Chair at Prisma Health –...

Cohost Alexander Aleem, MD, FAOA, interviews podcast cohost, Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA, about his role as chair of the 2023 AOA Annual Meeting in an exclusive event preview. Dr. Goldfarb discusses the important symposia topics featured at the meeting, including sessions on the impact of gun violence on orthopaedics, curbing bad behavior within teams, and promoting leadership among orthopaedic...

Guest host Jonathan Braman, MD, FAOA interviews C. McCollister Evarts, MD, FAOA to discuss how to thrive in orthopaedic positions, the traits great orthopaedic leaders have in common, and the importance of diversity in our profession. Dr. Evarts shares his leadership development path  and the reasons behind his strong devotion towards the American Orthopaedic Association.  Dr. Evarts’ longevity in...

How can healthcare firms overcome interior barriers? Is value-based care a viable option in Orthopaedics? What changes are required for growth? Can the organization’s management structure effect the success of the firm? Alexander W. Aleem, MD, FAOA, and Charles Goldfarb, MD, FAOA host a special AOA podcast with John Eklund, PhD, MBA, DPhil, Assistant Professor at USC Marshall School of Business. E...

Trends and Innovations in Orthopaedics: A CEO’s Perspective  Hosts Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA and Alexander Aleem, MD sit down with Cheryl Blanchard, BS, MS, PhD, president and CEO of Anika Therapeutics, to discuss how the company is driving technological innovations to benefit patients, orthopaedic surgeons, payors, and health care organizations. Dr. Blanchard discusses how new orthopaedic tre...

Guest host Alexander J. Ghanayem, MD, FAOA interviews Dane Salazar, MD, FAOA, about the benefits of advanced degrees for orthopaedic surgeons.  Dr. Salazar is an accomplished shoulder and elbow surgeon at Loyola University in Chicago who recently completed his advanced degree. Salazar notes that surgeons enter the workforce with little formal exposure to business concepts. He reflects on how advan...

How does signaling add value in the application process to both applicants and orthopaedic surgery residency programs?  What are the answers to the most frequently asked questions about participation in the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Supplemental ERAS® application for the upcoming 2022-2023 residency recruitment cycle, which includes preference signaling?  And how did the AOA’...

On today’s episode of Lessons in Orthopedic Leadership, our hosts Dr. Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA and Dr. Alexander Aleem, MD interview Dr. Steven Frick.  Dr. Frick is the Division Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics at Stanford University and is the Program Chair for the AOA's 135th Annual Leadership Meeting in Providence this June. Dr. Frick tells us all about the meaningful, cutting edge con...

On this episode of the AOA Lessons in Orthopaedic leadership, Charles Goldfarb, MD, FAOA and Alexander Aleem, MD speak to Tessa Balach, MD, FAOA and Mary Mulcahey, MD, FAOA. Drs. Balach and Mulcahey will co-chair the CORD Conference on the 25th of March in Chicago and the Summer CORD Conference in Providence, June 17-18, 2022. After a brief introduction, the Drs. Balach and Mulcahey speak about th...

On this episode of the A0A’s Podcast: Lessons in Orthopaedic Leadership, Drs. Charles Goldfarb and Alexander Aleem are joined by Dr. Douglas Lundy to discuss imposter syndrome, leadership skills, advocacy, and much more. Dr. Lundy shares how he started his leadership journey in the army and what he learned from his trauma fellowship.  The three discuss how leadership is a skill that needs to be de...

James Herndon, MD, MBA, FAOA shares insights from his newly published title, "Birth of a Specialty:  A History of Orthopaedics at Harvard and Its Teaching Hospitals." About Birth of a Specialty :  A History of Orthopaedics at Harvard and Its Teaching Hospitals Birth of a Specialty presents a comprehensive history of the specialty focused on US contributions and including the orthopaedic...

Laura Forese, MD, MPH, joins the AOA Lessons in Orthopaedic Leadership to discuss what orthopaedic leadership looks like from the C-Suite. Episode Highlights: Personal Leadership Journey: Dr. Forese shares her own road to the C-Suite  Building a Team: Having the courage to get it right The Best Fit: Advice for those looking at advanced degrees Sponsors, Mentors, Support: What helps along the way a...

AOA's 2021 keynote speaker, author of The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience and Leadership in the Most Male Dominated Organization in the World, and the founder of The Grit Institute, Shannon Huffman Polson  joins AOA hosts Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA, and Alexander Aleem, MD  to discuss grit in leadership.   Shannon Huffman Polson shares her experience to discuss topics such as: Improving d...

Brandi Hartley, MD FAOA  joins AOA hosts Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA, and Alexander Aleem, MD  to discuss away rotations.   Dr. Hartley shares her experience as Residency Program Director  for University of Louisville's  to discuss topics such as: Importance of away rotations Virtual rotation recruitment sessions and Zoom fatigue Decreased applicant numbers and students backing out of exter...

Tamara Scerpella, MD, Christina Morganti, MD, and Andrea Spiker, MD are back to  join AOA hosts Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA, and Alexander Aleem, MD for the second part of their discussion on bone health in Sports Medicine and osteoporosis in younger athletes.   Drs. Scerpella, Morganti, and Spiker draw on their extensive experiences as athletes and as experts in sports medicine  to  discuss top...

In honor of National Osteoporosis Awareness Month, Tamara Scerpella, MD, Christina Morganti, MD, and Andrea Spiker, MD  join AOA hosts Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA, and Alexander Aleem, MD  to discuss bone health in Sports Medicine and osteoporosis in younger atheletes.   Drs. Scerpella, Morganti, and Spiker draw on their extensive experiences as athletes and as experts in sports medicine  to  di...

Bill Moutzouros, MD FAOA  joins AOA hosts Charles A. Goldfarb, MD, FAOA, and Alexander Aleem, MD  to discuss the upcoming 2021 Virtual AOA Annual Leadership Meetings.   Dr. Moutzouros is the  Annual Meeting Chair for the 2021 meeting and provides insights related to the 2021 Virtual AOA Annual Leadership Meetings including : Planning process Advantages and challenges with a virtual format Symposia...