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Women's Leadership Initiative

Congratulations to Barbara Piclet-Legré, MD, recipient of the 2021 Career Impact Award, and Andrea N. Veljkovic, MD, MPH, recipient of the 2021 Career Development Award! Read about them in the AOFAS press release.

The Women's Leadership Initiative supports and encourages women in foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery. As part of the initiative, the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Foundation established the Women's Leadership Awards, recognizing outstanding female leaders in foot and ankle orthopaedics.

Learn about our current and past award recipients.

Two awards are presented annually:

The Career Impact Award, recognizing women who have made exceptional contributions to the field of orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery
The Career Development Award, supporting the professional aspirations of early- and mid-career female foot and ankle orthopaedic surgeons

If You Can See It, You Can Be It

Women in orthopaedics share how their mentors, family, and role models inspired and supported their careers.

Thank you to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. for their support of this video.

Photo Gallery

Three generations of women in medicine: Stephanie Boden, MD (second from left) with her grandmother, mother, and 3 sisters, all physicians

Lauren Geaney, MD, with residents Anna Jorgensen, MD, and Jamie Friedman, MD

Lauren Geaney, MD, and mentor Gus Mazzocca, MD

Casey Humbyrd, MD, with her father, an orthopaedic surgeon

Daughter of Casey Humbyrd, MD, nailing a femur at Perry Initiative event

Pamela Luk, MD (second from left) with mentors Jeffrey Johnson, MD, Sandra Klein, MD, and Jeremy McCormick, MD

Holly Johnson, MD, and Becky Cerrato, MD, operating in China

Sara Lyn Miniaci-Coxhead, MD, teaching her daughter to suture

Lauren Boden, MD, Wen Chao, MD, and Liane Miller, MD

Elizabeth Cody, MD, with Scott Ellis, MD, Mathias Bostrom, MD, and Todd Albert, MD

Naudereh Noori, MD, with David Thordarson, MD

Lorena Bejarano-Pineda, MD, with Christopher DiGiovanni, MD

Katherine Gavin, MD, with mentor Rich Miller, MD

Judy Baumhauer, MD, as distinguished visiting professor at HSS with Jensen Henry, MD, Bopha Chrea, MD, and Megan Reilly, MD

The Women's Leadership Initiative is funded through individual and corporate gifts to the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Foundation.

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Women's Leadership Gifts

Thank you to the following individuals and companies for their contributions to the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Foundation to support the Women's Leadership Initiative since it began in 2017 (updated May 31, 2021).

Stephanie P. Adam, DO
Su-Young Bae, MD, PhD
Judith F. Baumhauer, MD, MPH
Laura M. Bruse, MD
John T. Campbell, MD
Rebecca A. Cerrato, MD
Stephanie Chen, NP
Loretta B. Chou, MD
Natalie R. Danna, MD
Laura K. Dawson, DO
Lisa T. DeGnore, MD
Jessica Dornfeld
Patrick B. Ebeling, MD
Sandra A. Eisele, MD, MBA
Scott J. Ellis, MD
Shelly Encher
Emily L. Exten, MD
Amanda J. Fantry, MD
Alena Frey, CMP
Katherine Gavin, MD
Lauren E. Geaney, MD
Emily C. Harnden, MD
Jeannie Huh, MD
Casey J. Humbyrd, MD
In2Bones LLC
Susan N. Ishikawa, MD
Gillian E. Jackson, MBChB

A. Holly Johnson, MD
Julie M. Johnson, MD
Harold B. Kitaoka, MD
Melissa D. Koenig, MD
Thomas H. Lee, MD
Elaine M. Leighton, MPH, CAE
Margaret J. Lobo, MD
Pamela C. Luk, MD
Peter G. Mangone, MD
Elizabeth D. Martin, MD
Medartis
Sara Lyn Miniaci-Coxhead, MD
Julie A. Neumann, MD
Jacqueline K. Nguyen, MD
Hazel Oreluk, MA
Alexandra E. Page, MD
Christie Petrucci
Jon Simon
Syndie B. Singer, MD
Kelly C. Stéfani, MD, PhD
Krista Stewart
Raymond J. Sullivan, MD
M. Chris Testerman, MD
Ruth L. Thomas, MD
J. Turner Vosseller, MD
James D. Walwark
Kathryn L. Williams, MD
Wright Medical Group N.V.