The AOA American-British-Canadian (ABC) Traveling Fellows tour orthopaedic centers in the spring of odd years for four-to-five weeks.
2025 AOA American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellows Announced!
Congratulations to the five selected 2025 AOA American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellows:
- Peter Rhee, DO, MSc
- Melvin Helgeson, MD, FAOA
- Xinning Li, MD, FAOA
- Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, FAOA
- John Scolaro, MD, FAOA
Applicant Criteria
Applicants must be:
- Applicants must have 13 years in practice or less (Extended by 1 year due to COVID-19)
- Qualified to practice orthopaedic surgery in the United States;
- must be a United States citizen, or
- a Permanent Resident with a full-time position at a hospital/institution in the United States
- Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (written and oral examinations) at the time of application
- Able to travel to the AOA Annual Leadership Meeting in the year prior to travel for finalist interviews.
- The 2025 finalist interviews will take place in St. Louis, Missouri, June 2024.
- Able to participate in the tour dates.
- Able to attend the 2025 AOA Annual Leadership Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Must be an active AOA Member or Emerging Leader
Note: Lengthy episodes of time away from practice (>6 months) may be noted by applicants and will be reviewed and given consideration by the selection committee on a case by case basis. This includes but is not exhaustive of illness, family/medical leave, maternity/paternity leave, military deployment, etc.
Information for British Fellows
Information for Canadian Fellows
Information for Australian Fellows
Information for New Zealand Fellows
Information for South African Fellows
ABC hosts plan a unique and exciting experience that will allow the visiting fellows to grow in their leadership skills, research, and career goals. Hosts may also take advantage of any unique environments they may have either academically or historically.
Host Responsibilities
Hosts will be asked to:
- Identify a key contact person at the host institution to liaise with AOA Headquarters.
- Coordinate academic, leadership and, social programs.
- Send the AOA a finalized, detailed itinerary six weeks prior to the tour.
- Meet the ABC Fellows when they arrive in the local area. If the fellows fly in/out of the region, fellows must be transported to/from the airport to the designated hotel or meeting location.
- Provide housing, meals, and ground transportation for the ABC Fellows, as well as covering the costs for these arrangements.
Group Hosting
The Traveling Fellowship Subcommittee also encourages members to “group host,” with several institutions in one area sharing the hosting duties and costs, thus adding to the diversity of the tour.
Become an ABC Host
If you are interested in hosting future ABC Fellows, please contact fellowships@aoassn.org.
Application Deadline has passed
ABC Alumni
ABC Alumni reunite at the following events:
- ABC Fellowship alumni dinners, in odd years at AOA Annual Meetings
The American-British-Canadian Traveling Fellowship began in 1948. Since then, many of the AOA's past presidents have participated in this prestigious Fellowship:
| Full Name | Traveling Year |
| Peter Rhee, DO, MSc | 2025 |
| Melvin Helgeson, MD, FAOA | 2025 |
| Xinning Li, MD, FAOA | 2025 |
| Miho Tanaka, MD, PhD, FAOA | 2025 |
| John Scolaro, MD, FAOA | 2025 |
| Jonathan F. Dickens, MD, | 2021 |
| William C. Eward, DVM, MD | 2021 |
| Addisu Mesfin, MD | 2021 |
| Anna N. Miller, MD | 2021 |
| Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, MD | 2021 |
| Sasha Carsen, MD,CM MBA FRCSC | 2021 |
| Michael J. Monument, MD MSc FRCSC | 2021 |
| Antonia Chen, MD, MBA | 2019 |
| Derek Kelly, MD, FAOA | 2019 |
| Michael Lee, MD, FAOA | 2019 |
| Philipp Leucht, MD, PhD | 2019 |
| Hassan Mir, MD, MBA, FAOA, FACS | 2019 |
| Sukhdeep Dulai, MD, BSc, MHSc (Epi), FRCSC | 2019 |
| Ruby Grewal, MSc, MD, FRCSC | 2019 |
| Nicholas M. Bernthal, MD | 2017 |
| Jonathan P. Braman, MD | 2017 |
| Joseph R. Hsu, MD | 2017 |
| Brett A. Freedman, MD | 2017 |
| Eric J. Strauss, MD | 2017 |
| Wade Gofton, BScH, MEd, MD, FRCS(C) | 2017 |
| David M. Sheps, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCSC | 2017 |
| Kishore Mulpuri, MBBS, MS (Ortho), MH | 2015 |
| Hue H. Luu, MD | 2015 |
| Robert H. Brophy, MD | 2015 |
| Sanjeev Kakar, MD, MRCS | 2015 |
| Alpesh A. Patel, MD | 2015 |
| Rajiv Gandhi, MD | 2015 |
| Suken A. Shah, MD | 2015 |
| Albert Yee, MD | 2013 |
| Brian R. Wolf, MD, MS | 2013 |
| Jennifer Moriatis Wolf, MD | 2013 |
| Matthew T. Provencher, MD | 2013 |
| Gregory J. Della Rocca, MD, PhD | 2013 |
| Ranjan Gupta, MD | 2013 |
| Michelle A. Ghert, MD | 2013 |
| Paul A. Martineau, HBSc, MDCM, FRCSC | 2011 |
| Brian K. Kwon, MD, FRCSC | 2011 |
| Robert L. Satcher, Jr., MD, PhD | 2011 |
| Charles S. Day, MD, MBA | 2011 |
| D. Greg Anderson, MD | 2011 |
| Bruce S. Miller, MD, MS | 2011 |
| Ginger E. Holt, MD | 2011 |
| Eric R. Bohm, MD | 2009 |
| John W. Sperling, MD, MBA | 2009 |
| William M. Mihalko, MD, PhD | 2009 |
| Leesa M. Galatz, MD | 2009 |
| Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA | 2009 |
| Rex C. Haydon, MD, PhD | 2009 |
| John Antoniou, MD, PhD., FRCSC | 2007 |
| William M. Ricci, MD | 2007 |
| Alan S. Hilibrand, MD | 2007 |
| Brian G. Donley, MD | 2007 |
| Constance R. Chu, MD | 2007 |
| Steven L. Frick, MD | 2007 |
| David Ring, MD | 2005 |
| Kenneth A. Egol, MD | 2005 |
| Sigurd H. Berven, MD | 2005 |
| R. Lor Randall, MD | 2005 |
| Kenneth J. Faber, MD, MHPE, FRCSC | 2005 |
| Michael J. Dunbar, MD, FRCSC, PhD | 2005 |
| Javad Parvizi, MD | 2005 |
| Mark E. Easley, MD | 2003 |
| David L. Skaggs, MD | 2003 |
| Khaled J. Saleh, MD, MSc, FRCSC, MHCM | 2003 |
| Kristy L. Weber, MD | 2003 |
| Sohail K. Mirza, MD, MPH | 2003 |
| Nizar N. Mahomed, MD, MPH, ScD, FRCSC | 2003 |
| Kevin A. Hildebrand, MD | 2003 |
| Michael D. McKee, MD, FRCSC | 2001 |
| Bassam A. Masri, MD | 2001 |
| Robert T. Trousdale, MD | 2001 |
| David S. Ruch, MD | 2001 |
| Douglas R. Dirschl, MD | 2001 |
| Theodore Miclau, III, MD | 2001 |
| Paul Tornetta, III, MD | 2001 |
| Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD | 1999 |
| Emil H. Schemitsch, MD,FRCS | 1999 |
| Lawrence G. Lenke, MD | 1999 |
| Kurt P. Spindler, MD | 1999 |
| Regis J. O’Keefe, MD, PhD | 1999 |
| Guy Grimard, MD | 1999 |
| Paul E. DiCesare, MD | 1999 |
| Graham J.W. King, MD | 1997 |
| Arnold-Peter C. Weiss, MD | 1997 |
| Michael A. Wirth, MD | 1997 |
| Kenneth J. Koval, MD | 1997 |
| Jay R. Lieberman, MD | 1997 |
| William J. Maloney, MD | 1997 |
| James G. Wright, MD, MPH, FRCSC | 1997 |
| Anthony Miniaci, MD | 1995 |
| Lawerence Scott Levin, MD, FACS | 1995 |
| John E. Herzenberg, MD, FRCSC | 1995 |
| Kevin L. Garvin, MD | 1995 |
| Evan L. Flatow, MD | 1995 |
| Robert F. McLain, MD | 1995 |
| Robert E. Turcotte, MD | 1995 |
| Geoffrey H. Johnston, MD | 1993 |
| Joseph P. Iannotti, MD, PhD | 1993 |
| Frank J. Frassica, MD | 1993 |
| Robert L. Barrack, MD | 1993 |
| Harry E. Rubash, MD | 1993 |
| Thomas E. Trumble, BS, MD | 1993 |
| Ken L.B. Brown, MD | 1991 |
| Hubert Labelle, MD | 1991 |
| James H. Beaty, MD | 1991 |
| John J. Callaghan, MD | 1991 |
| Joseph D. Zuckerman, MD | 1991 |
| Randy N. Rosier, MD | 1991 |
| Laurence E. Dahners | 1991 |
| James H. Roth, MD, FRCSC | 1989 |
| Charles R. Clark, MD, BS | 1989 |
| William E. Garrett, Jr., MD, PhD | 1989 |
| Thomas A. Einhorn, MD | 1989 |
| Marc F. Swiontkowski, MD | 1989 |
| Robin R. Richards, MD, FRCSC | 1989 |
| Randal R. Betz, MD | 1989 |
| Joseph A. Buckwalter, MD | 1987 |
| C. Vaughan A. Bowen, MD | 1987 |
| Michael G. Rock, MD | 1987 |
| Edward V. Craig, MD | 1987 |
| James A. Nunley, II, MD, MS | 1987 |
| Richard Whitehill, MD | 1987 |
| Bernard N. Stulberg, MD | 1987 |
| Walter B. Greene, MD | 1985 |
| Stuart L. Weinstein, MD | 1985 |
| Andrei A. Czitrom, MD | 1985 |
| Robert B. Bourne, MD, FRCSC | 1985 |
| James A. Hill, MD | 1985 |
| Robert W. Bucholz, MD | 1985 |
| Roy A. Meals, MD | 1985 |
| Michael A. Simon, MD | 1983 |
| Frederick A. Matsen, III, MD | 1983 |
| Bernard F. Morrey, MD | 1983 |
| Cecil H. Rorabeck, MD | 1983 |
| Vernon T. Tolo, MD | 1983 |
| James P. Waddell, MD | 1983 |
| Jesse C. DeLee, MD | 1983 |
| Robert Y. McMurtry, MD | 1981 |
| John H. Wedge, O.C., MD, FRCSC | 1981 |
| Andrew J. Weiland, MD | 1981 |
| Robert J. Ruderman, MD | 1981 |
| Robert H. Fitzgerald, Jr., MD | 1981 |
| Dan M. Spengler, MD | 1981 |
| Eugene J. Rogala, MD | 1979 |
| Franklin H. Sim, MD | 1979 |
| Frank R. Noyes, MD | 1979 |
| Robert W. Bright, MD | 1979 |
| Robert D’Ambrosia, MD | 1979 |
| Richard J. Hawkins, MD | 1979 |
| Jacques E. DesMarchais, MD | 1977 |
| Thomas D. Sisk, MD | 1977 |
| Larry S. Matthews, MD | 1977 |
| Gerald A.M. Finerman, MD | 1977 |
| Allan E. Gross, MD | 1977 |
| Richard N. Stauffer | 1977 |
| Augustus A. White, III, MD, PhD | 1975 |
| Reginald H. Yabsley, MD | 1975 |
| Richard S. Riggins, MD | 1975 |
| John P. Kostuik, MD | 1975 |
| S. Henry LaRocca, MD | 1975 |
| David P. Green, MD | 1975 |
| James R. Urbaniak, MD | 1973 |
| Nelson S. Mitchell, MD | 1973 |
| David S. Bradford, MD | 1973 |
| William J. Kane, MD, PhD | 1973 |
| Robert W. McGraw, MD FRCSC | 1973 |
| Robert L. Fisher, MD | 1973 |
| Theodore N. Siller, MD | 1971 |
| Hamlet A. Peterson, MD | 1971 |
| Walter P. Bobechko, MD | 1971 |
| Robert E. Leach, MD | 1971 |
| Henry R. Cowell, MD, PhD | 1971 |
| C. McCollister Evarts, MD | 1971 |
| Glen E. Edwards, MD | 1969 |
| Frank C. Wilson, MD | 1969 |
| Robert W. Jackson, MD, MS, FRCS(C), PA | 1969 |
| Vert Mooney, MD | 1969 |
| S. Ashby Grantham, MD | 1969 |
| Reginald R. Cooper, MD | 1969 |
| Antonio Trias, MD | 1967 |
| Charles A. Rockwood, Jr., MD | 1967 |
| G. Dean MacEwen, MD | 1967 |
| Lewis D. Anderson, MD | 1967 |
| D. Kay Clawson, MD | 1967 |
| Richard L. Cruess, MD | 1967 |
| Warren G. Stamp, MD | 1965 |
| Edward H. Simmons, MD | 1965 |
| Kenneth S. Morton, MD | 1965 |
| William H. Harris, MD | 1965 |
| William F. Enneking, MD | 1965 |
| Victor H. Frankel, MD | 1965 |
| Martin L. Beller, MD | 1963 |
| Robert L. Samilson, MD | 1963 |
| John T. Hayes, MD | 1963 |
| Patrick J. Kelley, MD | 1963 |
| Carroll A. Laurin, MD | 1963 |
| John W. Hazlett, MD | 1961 |
| E. Burke Evans, MD | 1961 |
| William E. Snell, MD | 1961 |
| William R. MacAusland, Jr., MD | 1961 |
| John T.H. Johnson, MD | 1961 |
| James S. Miles, MD | 1959 |
| John P. Adams, MD | 1959 |
| Gordon W. Cameron, MD | 1959 |
| Sherman S. Coleman, MD | 1959 |
| Andrew H. Crenshaw, Jr., MD | 1959 |
| Paul H. Curtiss, Jr., MD | 1957 |
| Edward D. Henderson, MD | 1957 |
| Robert N. Lofthouse, MD | 1957 |
| Robert W. Bailey, MD | 1957 |
| J. William Fielding, MD | 1957 |
| Cameron S. Allen, MD | 1955 |
| Daniel C. Riordan, MD | 1955 |
| Charles F. Gregory, MD | 1955 |
| J. Leonard Goldner, MD | 1955 |
| Albert B. Ferguson, Jr., MD | 1955 |
Charles A. Rockwood Recognition
| Dr. Rockwood is an alumni of the ABC Traveling Fellowship program and speaks often of the strong impact the experience had on his career. As Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Orthopaedic Department, and Director, Shoulder Service at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, he worked closely with DePuy Orthopaedics in the development of the Global Shoulder Arthroplasty System and a post-operative home-based exercise rehabilitation program for the shoulder. In addition, he has led his team of investigators in developing the Global Fx Prosthesis with DePuy specifically designed to treat fractures of the shoulder, the Conservative Anatomical Prosthesis, and the Cuff Tear Arthropathy Head. Dr. Rockwood has authored numerous journal articles and audiovisual presentations and has served as editor of several textbooks, including seven editions of the three-volume text, Fractures and four editions of the two-volume text, The Shoulder. Charles A. Rockwood, Jr., MD, FAOA has made a donation via his estate in the amount of $150,000, with $125,000 in support of the AOA’s American-British-Canadian (ABC) Traveling Fellowship. |
2022 Charles A. Rockwood ABC Traveling Fellow – Dr. Jonathan Dickens
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Questions?
For questions regarding the ABC Traveling Fellowship, please contact fellowships@aoassn.org.