Thank You to Our Donors

We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals for their gifts and pledge payments which directly benefit designated AOA programs. This includes OREF Designated giving where the AOA is the recipient and received the funds directly. The donor list below includes the names of donors who made gifts and pledge payments January 1, 2025 – May 15, 2025.

With such a select membership, each individual’s contributions to the specialty and to the AOA make a significant difference and impact upon the AOA’s ability to expand and enhance programming that benefits the orthopaedic community.

To make a contribution, click here for an online donation, or complete a Multi-Year Pledge Form, or complete a One Time Donation Form.

Ambassadors ($50,000-$99,999)

Leaders ($20,000-$49,999)

Dr. Ann E. Van Heest & Greg Van Heest

Partners ($10,000-$19,999)

Dr. David F. & Mrs. Sue A. Martin
Mayo Clinic Rochester Department of Orthopedic Surgery
University of Minnesota Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Jonathan Watling

Sustainers ($5,000-$9,999)

Iqbal A. Anwar, MD
Patrick M. Connor, MD, FAOA
Xavier A. Duralde, MD, FAOA
Jacob A. Haynes, MD
The William Hennrikus Family

Henry Ford Health Department of Orthopedics
Dr. William Levine & Jill Konviser-Levine
Drs. Anna N. Miller & Gregory Lee
Dr. Mark & Ruth Morrey
Drs. Joshua and Rhonda Patt

Vincent D. Pellegrini, Jr., MD, FAOA & Nancy B. Pellegrini
George T. Rab, MD
Dr. Bruce & Rebecca Rougraff
James and Angela Sehr

Patrons ($1,000-$4,999)

Samuel Adams, MD
Annunziato Amendola, MD, FAOA
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Oke Anakwenze, MD, FAOA, MBA
Christian Anderson
April D. Armstrong, MD, FRCSC, FAOA & Mark Hubbard
Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute
Hyun Bae, MD, FAOA
Tessa Balach, MD, FAOA
Drs. Claire Beimesch & Shaun Spielman
Amy Black
Ljiljana Bogunovic, MD
Phillip and Amanda Bostian
Dory Boyer
Dr. Kevin & Christi Bozic
Tim Bray
David Bumpass, MD
Tim Burd, MD
Frank A. Cordasco, MD
Charles Cox, MD, FAOA, MPH
Charles S. Day, MD, FAOA
Matthew J. Dietz, MD, FAOA
John Elfar, MD, FACS, FAOA
Brett A. Freedman, MD, FAOA
Sumeet and Molly Garg
Dr. Alexander & Patrice Ghanayem
Dr. Charles A. Goldfarb & Talia B. Goldfarb
Richard E. Grant, MD, FAOA
Walter B. Greene, MD

John C. Hagedorn, II, MD, FAOA
Peter Hanson
Mitchel B. Harris, MD, FAOA
Brandi Hartley, MD, FAOA
Rex C. Haydon, MD, PhD, FAOA & Maria Lozada, PhD
Richard J. Haynes, MD, FAOA
John G. Heller, MD, FAOA
Joseph J. Hoegler, MD, FAOA
Dr. Michelle James and Mr. David Artale
Kyle J. Jeray, MD, FAOA
Paul Johnson, MD
Alvin Jones, MD
James D. Kang, MD, FAOA
F. Thomas D. Kaplan, MD, FAOA
Dr. Stephen & Amy Kates
Alan Kawaguchi, MD
C. Michael Kelly
H. Mike Kim, MD
John E. Kuhn, MD, FAOA
Jackson Lee
Bingyun Li
John P. Lubicky, MD, FAOA
Lurie Children’s Hospital Department of Orthopaedics
Naji Madi
David Manske
Richard A. Marder, MD
David Martin, MD
Toni M McLaurin, MD, FAOA

Richard Mills
Hassan R. Mir, MD, MBA, FACS, FAOA
Michael D. Montague, MD
Dr. Bernard & Carla Morrey
Tyler Nathe
William T. Obremskey, MD, FAOA
Fabio Orozco, MD
Andrew Parsins
Ronak M. Patel, MD
Ming Pei, MD, PhD
Matthew T. Provencher, MD
Derek Purcell
Kamshad Raiszadeh
J.R. Rudzki
Matthew C. Sardelli, MD, FAOA
John Francis Sarwark, MD, FAOA
Dan M. Spengler, MD, FAOA
Shafic Sraj
Jeff B. Stambough, MD
William I. Sterett
Dr. Robert & Charlee Sterling
Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Stern
David and Sarah Tager
Vish Talwalkar
John S. Taras, MD
Kent Vincent
J. Tracy Watson, MD, FAOA
Edward Younger

Friends (up to $999)

Timothy S. Ackerman, DO, FAOA
Amiethab A. Aiyer, MD, FAOA
Jay C. Albright, MD, FAOA
Aravind Athiviraham, MD, FAOA
Jaime L. Bellamy, DO, FAOA
Deborah Bohn, MD, FAOA & Mark Simenstad
Michelle Bramer, MD, FAOA
Andrea Bynoe
Antonia F. Chen, MD, FAOA
Felix H. Cheung, MD, FAOA
David V. Craft, MD
Brian Cunningham, MD
Frances Cuomo, MD, FAOA
Angelo Rashard Dacus, MD, FAOA
Scott D. Daffner, MD, FAOA
Matthew R. DiCaprio, MD, FAOA
John A. DiPreta, MD, FAOA
William F. Donaldson, III, MD, FAOA
Josef K. Eichinger, MD, FAOA
Gary B. Fetzer, MD, FAOA
Felicity E. Fisk, MD
Frederick C. Flandry, MD, FACS, FAOA
Waldo E. Floyd, III, MD, FAOA
Duretti Fufa, MD, FAOA

Gregory J. Golladay, MD, FAOA
Casey Jo Humbyrd, MD, FAOA
J. Benjamin Jackson, III, MD, MBA, FAOA
Kathryn Kasicky
Todd S. Kim, MD, FAOA
Monica Kogan, MD, FAOA
Eitan Kohan
Dawn LaPorte, MD, FAOA
Bryan K. Lawson, MD, FAOA
Lance LeClere, MD, FAOA
Lee R. Leddy, MD, FAOA
Xinning Li, MD, FAOA
Rex Marco, MD, FAOA
Patrick T. McCulloch
Addisu Mesfin, MD, FAOA
Nathan W. Mesko, MD, FAOA
Sam Moghtaderi, MD, FAOA
George P. Nanos, III, MD, FAOA
Brian J. Neuman, MD, FAOA
Wayne (Trevor) North, MD, FAOA
Gabriella E. Ode, MD, FAOA
Frank CPalumbo
Laura S. Phieffer, MD, FAOA
Brent Ponce, MD, FAOA
Selina Poon

Samuel R. Rosenfeld, MD, FAOA
Sheila Rouse
Augustine Saiz, MD
Matthew R. Schmitz, MD, FAOA
Nicole Schroeder, MD, FAOA
John Paul Schroeppel, MD, FAOA
John Alan Scolaro, MD, FAOA
Cara Sedney
J. Milo Sewards, MD, FAOA
Adrienne Socci, MD, FAOA
Gillian Soles, MD, FAOA
Paul D. Sponseller, MD, FAOA
Chris Stephens, MD
Jason Strelzow, MD, FAOA
Edwin Su, MD, FAOA
Joseph J. Thoder, MD, FAOA
Vidyadhar Upasani, MD, FAOA
Gary Updegrove, MD, FAOA
Thomas F. Varecka, MD, FAOA
Brian R. Waterman, MD, FAOA
Brian Webb, MD, FAOA
Laura Withrow
Andrew Wroblewski, MD
Burt Yaszay, MD, FAOA