Women in Arthroplasty Committee
Providing mentorship, professional development and networking for the growing membership of women in AAHKS HomeThe Woman in Arthroplasty Traveling Fellowship
The mission of the Woman in Arthroplasty Traveling Fellowship is to encourage promotion of women surgeons in AAHKS membership with networking, mentorship, education, research, and practice management opportunities through travel to other established Women in Arthroplasty (WIA) surgeons. Also to allow for additional leadership mentorship and networking for women surgeons. Our 2023 WIA Traveling Fellowship recipients were Victoria I. Clark, MD | Elizabeth G. Lieberman, MD.
*click on the recipients’ name to learn more about their WIA Traveling educational experience
Thank you to our sponsors for their generous educational grants that make this program possible.
Surgeons Raise Awareness of Gender Bias in Follow Up Video
“I didn’t know they let girls in orthopaedics; do you actually do the surgery?” This is one of several actual comments said to female orthopaedic surgeons brought to light in our follow up video from the AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty Committee (WIA). The video features female and male surgeons reading derogatory comments out loud in front of the camera with examples of how male leaders or colleagues can support female surgeons.
Like we have done in the past, the project involved collecting actual comments from WIA peers that they had heard from their employers, colleagues and patients.
“Our hope is that the video will bring awareness in the orthopaedic workplace so that everyone is more aware of their inherent biases, eliminates them and ultimately encourages more women to be successful in this field,” said Audrey K. Tsao, MD, WIA Chair.
For next steps after watching the video, watch the WIA/RJOS webinar, “Harassment is Everyone’s Issue: Optimizing Your Work Environment,” moderated by Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA.
Mission
Objectives
- Build mentorship pipeline programs for women students, residents and fellows
- Build a knowledge-based culture of inclusion in AAHKS
- Develop meaningful data-driven and feasible diversity and inclusion goals across AAHKS
- Promote education, leadership and professional development for women in arthroplasty
- Increase membership of women in AAHKS
- Assess and influence perception of women in arthroplasty
- Diversify our arthroplasty workforce to create an inclusive environment to counteract potential subconscious bias
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Committee Members
Linda I. Suleiman, MD, Chair
Kim K. Tucker, MD, Vice Chair
Sheena J. Amin, MD
Kerry S. Hale, MD
Katherine D. Harper, MD, FRCSC
Elizabeth A. Klag, MD
Jessica H. Lee, MD
Elizabeth G. Lieberman, MD
Sara J. Shippee Wallace, MD, MPH
Lily Wood, MD
Committee Liaisons
Ayesha Abdeen, MD ADD
Quality Measures
Jaime L. Bellamy, DO
Board of Directors, Member-at-Large
Jenna A. Bernstein, MD
Young Arthroplasty Group (YAG)
Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA
Board of Directors, 2nd Vice President
Anna Cohen-Rosenblum, MD
Arthroplasty Today RJOS
Rinelda M. Horton, MD
Diversity Advisory Board (DAB), Gladden Society for WIA
Wendy W. Wong, MD
Practice Management
Wendy W. Wong, MD
Practice Management
Committee Volunteers
Meghan A. Brown, MD
Rina Jain, MD, FRCSC
Diane S. Litke, MD
Cecilia Pascual-Garrido, MD, PhD
Danielle Y. Ponzio, MD
Christine M. Pui, MD
Dustin J. Schuett, DO
Amy Steinhoff, MD
Audrey K. Tsao, MD
