Resident Investigators Showcase Their Research

CAPT D. C. Covey, MD, MC, USN (Ret.); LCDR Lucas S. McDonald, MC, USN

Last fall, the fourth annual Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)/Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Southwest Region Resident Research Symposium was held in San Diego, California. The event showcased resident researchers from the University of California (UC) San Diego; Stanford University; University of California, UC San Francisco; Naval Medical Center San Diego; and Loma Linda University.

A Resident's Perspective of Annual Meeting

Megan Lusk

Every year, the AAOS Annual Meeting provides orthopaedic surgeons and allied healthcare providers with a wealth of educational and networking opportunities. It's not surprising then that first-time attendee, Hayden Rockson, MD, a PGY-2 research resident at UMass Memorial's department of orthopaedics, was anxious to arrive in San Diego for the 2017 meeting. Dr. Rockson was the Academy's first social media correspondent on the AAOS Members Facebook and Twitter. Unfortunately, Dr.