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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 Kathryn O'Connor, MD, with her son Elizabeth Cody, MD, with Scott Ellis, MD, Mathias Bostrom, MD, and Todd Albert, MD Naudereh Noori, MD, with David Thordarson, MD Kate Sage, MD, with her daughter 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 gifts to the Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Foundation. We thank the individuals and companies who have contributed to this program since it began in 2017.

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