Diversity Award

The 2010 nomination cycle is now closed.

The Diversity Award recognizes Academy Fellows and Emeritus members who have distinguished themselves through their outstanding commitment to making orthopaedics more representative of and accessible to the diverse population it serves. This award is presented annually at the AAOS Annual Meeting and the recipient receives a $5,000 honorarium.

Examples of activities that qualify for the Diversity Award include, but are not limited to:

• Actively working to reduce obstacles that prevent greater numbers of women and under-represented ethnic groups from entering the field of orthopaedics in the U.S.
• Teaching culturally competent care in a clinical and/or institutional setting.
• Sponsoring, mentoring and/or guiding young orthopaedists, culturally diverse and female medical students.
• Acting as a role model to colleagues and leading by example in promoting diversity.
• Staffing clinics that provide musculoskeletal care for underserved U.S. populations.
• Recruiting and encouraging diverse ethnic and/or female medical and pre-med students to pursue a career in orthopaedics.
• Acting in a leadership role in eliminating disparities in health care and/or promoting culturally competent care.
• Supporting diversity-related legislation, activities, and issues in health care.
• Making a long-lasting impact on the profession’s diversity and/or on orthopaedic patient care.
• Writing and publishing materials that relate to culturally competent care and/or health care disparities.

General Guidelines:

• Candidate must be nominated by a sponsor.
• Candidate must be a living Academy Fellow or Emeritus Member in good standing.
• Candidate cannot be a current member of the AAOS Diversity Advisory Board. Candidate cannot have served on the AAOS Diversity Advisory Board, as voting member or chair, within the three years prior to the award year.
• If selected to receive the award, candidate agrees to attend the AAOS Annual Meeting at his/her own expense. Candidate agrees to release his/her image and an approved biography of his/her diversity activities for publicity purposes.

Who may nominate:

• An Academy Fellow in good standing, a Candidate Member eligible for fellowship, or Fellows and Emeritus members.
• An orthopaedic resident who has directly and professionally benefited from the activities of the nominee.

Diversity Award Winners

• Ramon L. Jimenez, MD
  2009 Diversity Award Winner.
• Claudia Thomas, MD
  2008 Diversity Award Winner. Watch the video
• Alvin H. Crawford, MD
  2007 Diversity Award Winner. Watch the video
• Augustus A. White III, MD, PhD
  2006 Diversity Award Winner. Watch the video
• Laura L. Tosi, MD
  2005 Diversity Award Winner. Watch the video
• Henry J. Mankin, MD
  2004 Diversity Award Winner. Watch the video
• Wayne O. Southwick, MD
  2003 Diversity Award Winner. Watch the video