2022 Award Winners
Top 8 Resident Awards
Lloyd Taylor Award Winner High Energy Pilon Fractures Result in Significant Tibia and Talus Chondrocyte Cell Death  Graham J. DeKeyser, MD, University of Washington 
Vernon Thompson Award Winner Immune Checkpoint Upregulation in Periprosthetic Joint Infection  Shay Warren, MD, Stanford University 
Harold and Nancy Willingham Award Winner Loose Body vs. Trochlear Biopsy MACI Outcomes in Pediatric Patients  Connor Delman, MD, University of California, Davis 
Sanford and Darlene Anzel Award Winner Bacteria Do Not Acquire Resistance Across Stage of Re-Implantation or Number of Spacers  Joanne Zhou, MD, Stanford University 
WOF Resident Award Winner Spinoplevic Deformity is Associated with Femoral Retroversion in THA  David G. Deckey, MD, Mayo Clinic Arizona 
WOA Resident Award Winners Machine Learning-Driven Prediction of Perioperative Complications After Instrumented Lumbar Fusion Akash A. Shah, MD, University of California, Los Angeles 
Opioid Prescriptions Following Total Joint Arthroplasty in California: Do Government Regulations Work?  Ashish Mittal, MD, San Francisco Orthopaedic Residency Program *Presented by Pierre Tamer, MD 
Blood Flow Restriction Training Following ACL Reconstruction in Collegiate Athletes Sai K. Devana, MD, University of California, Los Angeles *Presented by Alex Upfill-Brown, MD, MSc 
Clarence and Sherril Splithoff Pediatric Orthoapaedic Surgery Award Incidence of Glenohumeral Injury and Risk Factors for Recurrent Instability Following Shoulder Stabilization Diana G. Douleh, MD, University of Colorado, Aurora 
Travel Grant Awards
William J. Maloney, MD Travel Grant Award Robotics in Arthroplasty: Bacterial Contamination Assessed by Colony Forming Units  Kingsley A. Oladeji, MD, Stanford University 
William J. Maloney, MD Travel Grant Award Statistical Fragility of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis following Total Joint Arthroplasty  Sean Sequeira, BS, Union Memorial Hospital 
Basil R. Besh, MD Travel Grant Award The Effect of Marijuana Use on Surgical Site Infection David Ruckle, MD, Loma Linda University 
Nitin N. Bhatia, MD Travel Grant Award Return to Sport for Anterior Tethering vs. Posterior Spinal Fusion  Hao-Hua Wu, MD, University of California, San Francisco *Presented by Jennifer M. O'Donnell, MD 
Kimberly Furry, MD Travel Grant Award Single-Incision Fasciotomy Decreases Infection Risk Compared to Dual-Incision Fasciotomy in Treatment of Tibial Plateau Fractures with Acute Compartment Syndrome  Eli W. Bunzel, MD, University of Washington 
Jeffrey Krygier, MD Travel Grant Award Reliability of Semi-Automated Spinal Measurement Software  Matthew A. Follett, MD, Stanford University Medical Center 
David Mansfield, MD Travel Grant Award - Sports Medicine Spondylolisthesis and Mismatch Deformity Affect Outcomes After Total Knee Arthroplasty  William L. Sheppard, MD, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles 
Jeffrey M. Nakano, MD Travel Grant Award Recommending Surgery Increases Patient Satisfaction with Arthroplasty  Adam J. Murrietta, MD, Stanford University 
Robert R. Slater Jr., MD Travel Grant Award Hamstring Autograft vs. Hybrid Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Size is All That Matters  Alec C. Egan, MD, MS, Madigan Army Medical Center 
Robert R. Slater Jr., MD Travel Grant Award Should Medicare Surgeon Reimbursement for Arthroplasty Be Risk-Adjusted for Patient Complexity?  Jack M. Haglin, BS, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine 
WOF/OREF Young Investigator Awards
Articular Fragment Restoration is Critical to Mitigate Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Justin Haller, MD, University of Utah 
Intraoperative 3D Navigation and Post-Operative Infection in Thoracolumbar Fusion  Ananth Eleswarapu, MD, Montefiore Medical Center 
Adolescent Shoulder Instability Arthroscopic Management: Knotless versus Knotted Suture Anchors Richard Michelin, DO, Riverside University Health System Medical Center 
2022 Poster Award Recipients
First Place The Effects of Methylprednisolone and Triamcinolone on the Viability and Mechanics of Native Articular Cartilage Dean Wang, MD, University of California Irvine 
Second Place Artificial Intelligence in AIS Surgery: Predicting Compensatory Sagittal Spinopelvic Parameters John Ngo, DO, Community Memorial Health System 
Third Place USMLE Scores and the Orthopaedic Match Over the Last Decade Joseph B. Wick, MD, University of California, Davis  *Presented by Benjamin W. Van, BS 
Most Outstanding Participation Award
Stanford University Cedars Sinai 
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