CORD hosts two conferences a year: one in March and one in June.
The Council of Orthopaedic Residency Directors (CORD) Conferences
2023 Spring CORD Conference
The 2023 Spring CORD Conference will take place at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday, March 10, 2023 from 6:30am-10:00am PST.
Theme: Residency Recruitment & Selection: Current Status
2023 SPRING CORD CONFERENCE
Friday, March 10, 2023
6:30am-10:00am PST
Residency Recruitment & Selection: Current Status
6:30am     OPENING REMARKS
Melvyn Harrington, MD, FAOA, 2023 CORD Conference Program Chair,
Baylor College of Medicine
6:35am   COORDINATOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS PRESENTATION
6:45am     ACGME RESIDENCY REVIEW COMMITTEE UPDATE
6:55am    AAOS RESIDENT CURRICULUM UPDATE
7:05 am   ABOS UPDATEÂ
7:15 am    ARCOS UPDATE – Artina Dawkins, PhD, C-TAGME
7:20 am    CORD RESOURCES UPDATE
7:25am     Q&A
7:35 am    AWAY ROTATIONS
Moderator: Bryan Little, MD
Program Characteristics
- Large Program – Duretti Fufa, MD, FAOA
- Small Program – Shari Liberman, MD, FAOA
- Osteopathic Program – Marc Trzeciak, DO, FAOA
7:55 am    Q&A
8:10 am  APPLICATION REVIEW
Moderator: Alfonso Mejia, MD, MPH, FAOA
- Holistic review – Artina Dawkins, PhD, C-TAGME
- Test Scores and Grades – Kevin Hardt, MD, FAOA
- Research – Brent Ponce, MD, FAOA
- LOR’s & Tokens: eSLOR, MSPE – S. Trent Guthrie, MD, FAOA
8:30 am    Q&A
8:45 am    INTERVIEWS
Moderator: Cassandra Lee, MD, FAOA
Program Characteristics
- Large Program – Randy Cohn, MD
- Small Program – Michael Daubs, MD, FAOA
- Osteopathic Program – William Payne, MD
9:05am     Q&A
9:20am    CORD NEXT STEPS – Open Discussion
10:00am    ADJOURN
2022 Summer CORD Conference
The 2022 Summer CORD Conference took place at the ​​​​​​Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI on Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18, 2022.
The Conference recording is available here for those who registered for the in-person or the virtual ticket. *Login is required, using the username and password used to register.*
2022 Summer CORD Conference Agenda
Theme: Recruiting and Retention Across the Educational Continuum
Future CORD Conferences
2023 Summer CORD Conference
June 2023
Salt Lake City, UT
2024 Spring CORD Conference
February 16, 2024
San Francisco, CA
2024 Summer CORD Conference
June 21-22, 2024
St. Louis, MO