2021 Resident/Fellow Award Recipients

Vernon Thompson Award Winner – $500 & Presentation at AAOS 2022
Novel Antibody Disrupts Biofilm in Spinal Implant Infection Model
Christopher Hart, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Lloyd Taylor Award Winner – $500 & Presentation at AAOS 2022
Effects of Sacroiliac Joint Fixation on the L5/S1 Facet Joint
Corey J. Schiffman, MD, University of Washington

Harold and Nancy Willingham Award Winner – $500
Stem Tip Location Impacts Survival to Aseptic Loosening of Cemented Distal Femoral Replacements
Danielle E. Greig, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Sanford and Darlene Anzel Award Winner – $500
Machine Learning Algorithms Exceed Comorbidity Indices in Prediction of Short-Term Complications following Hip Fracture Surgery
Anirudh K. Gowd, MD, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

WOF/OREF Young Investigator Award Winners (3) – $1,000

Intramuscular Compartment Pressures Do Not Correlate with Tissue Physiology after Tibia Fracture
Loren O. Black, MD, MBA, Oregon Health & Science University

Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Primary Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis in the Elderly
Andrew R. Jensen, MD, MBE, University of California, Los Angeles

PROMIS Assessment in Pediatric Patients with Lower Extremity Deficiency - A Multicenter Study
Vanna Rocchi, DO, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth