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 – May 31, 2024.

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)

John G. Heller, MD, FAOA

Dr. Kevin & Mary Kirk

Dr. Mike & Barbara Simon

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

Richard Allen
Sushil Basra
Dr. Kevin P. Black and Maria Hamilton
Aaron Brandt, MD
Gregory J. Della Rocca, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, FAOA
Dr. Daryll C. Dykes and Tracey Dykes
Kevin B. Fricka, MD

Rex C. Haydon, MD, PhD, FAOA & Maria Lozada, PhD
The William Hennrikus Family
Serena S. Hu, MD, FAOA
Choll Kim, MD, PhD
Steven Ludwig, MD, FAOA
Hassan R. Mir, MD, MBA, FACS, FAOA

Vincent D. Pellegrini, Jr., MD, FAOA & Nancy B. Pellegrini
Dempsey S. Springfield, MD
Vish Talwalkar
Paul Justin Tortolani, MD
Michael Vives, MD
Washington University Orthopedics

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

Reid A. Abrams, MD
Joseph F. Alderete, Jr., MD, FAOA
Tessa Balach, MD, FAOA
Robert Benz
James A. Blair, MD, FACS, FAOA
Christopher M. Bono, MD, FAOA
Dr. Robert & Charlee Sterling
George F. Chimento, MD, FACS, FAOA
Marlene DeMaio, MD, FAOA
Aman Dhawan, MD, FAOA
Matthew J. Dietz, MD, FAOA
Christopher J. Dy, MD, MPH, FACS, FAOA
Robert Eastlack
Thomas J. Fischer, MD, FAOA
Jared Foran, MD
Brett A. Freedman, MD, FAOA
Robert August Gallo, MD, FAOA, MHA
Tad L. Gerlinger, MD, FAOA
Parker Gibbs, MD, FAOA
Brian Giordano, MD, FAOA
Wade Gofton, MD, FRCSC, FAOA
Kirk Granlund
Alan S. Hilibrand, MD, FAOA
Kenneth Hood

Andrew Indresano
Dr. Stephen & Amy Kates
Christopher Kauffman
Yogesh Kolwadkar
Joseph Kowalski, MD
Dr. Scott & Mary Jude Kuiper
Jennifer Laine, MD, FAOA
Allen G. Lang
Dawn LaPorte, MD, FAOA
Adam S. Levin, MD, FAOA
Dr. William Levine & Jill Konviser-Levine
Dr. Terry & Hollis Light
Steven J. McAnany, MD
Michael McNamara, MD
C. McCollister Evarts, MD, FAOA
Dr. Michael & Michelle Meese
Scott Meyer
Dr. Srdjan & Jill Mirkovic
Dev Mishra
Stephanie J. Muh, MD, FAOA
Robert J. Neviaser, MD, FAOA
William T. Obremskey, MD, FAOA
Craig M. Ono, MD, FAOA
Joseph R. Orchowski, MD, FAOA

Mark P. Pallis, DO, FAOA
Drs. Joshua and Rhonda Patt
Benjamin K. Potter, MD, FACS, FAOA
The Saint Louis University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Ben Salari
Lew C. Schon, MD, FAOA
Alexandra K. Schwartz, MD
Society of Military Orthopaedic Surgeons
Peter J. Stern, MD, FAOA
Vish Talwalkar
Cary R. Templin, MD
David D. Teuscher, MD, Other, FAOA
J. Tracy Watson, MD, FAOA
S. Trent Guthrie, MD, FAOA
Creighton C. Tubb, MD, FAOA
Vidyadhar Upasani, FAOA
Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, FAOA
Brady T. Vibert, MD
Mark Wang, MD, PhD
Bruce Wheeler, MD
Philip Yuan
Dr. Vinko Zlomislic

Friends (up to $999)

Timothy S. Ackerman, DO, FAOA
Mark A. Adams, MD, FAOA
Paul M. Apyan, MD, FAOA
Neil Badlani
G Howard Bathon, II
Judith F. Baumhauer, MD, FAOA, MPH
Mrs. Ulyana Belyakova
Abhiram R. Bhashyam, MD, PhD
Craig Brenner
Gregory A. Brown, MD
Susan Bukata, MD, FAOA
Xu Cao
Carter Cassidy, MD, FAOA
Robert H. Cho, MD, FAOA
Alexis C. Colvin, MD, FAOA
R. Richard Coughlin, MD, FAOA
John R. Crockarell, Jr., MD, FAOA
Michael B. Cross, MD, FAOA
Scott D. Daffner, MD, FAOA
Jean-Claude G. D’Alleyrand, MD, FAOA
Matthew R. DiCaprio, MD, FAOA
Josef K. Eichinger, MD, FAOA
Sanford E. Emery, MD, MBA, FAOA & Gwen A. Emery, MD
Peter Ferguson, MD, FRCSC, FAOA
Frederick C. Flandry, MD, FACS, FAOA
Dr. Alexander & Patrice Ghanayem
Rachel Y. Goldstein, MD, FAOA, MPH
Daniel Ehren Goltz, MD
Hilton P. Gottschalk, MD, FAOA
Christian Guier
Ranjan Gupta, MD, FAOA
Kamran S. Hamid, MD, MPH, FAOA
Paul Herickhoff

Joseph J. Hoegler, MD, FAOA
Erin M. Honcharuk, MD
Jeannie Huh
James A. Hurt, III, MD, FAOA
Henry J. Iwinski, Jr., MD, FAOA
Jon J.P. Warner, MD, FAOA
J. Benjamin Jackson, III, MD, MBA, FAOA
Alan L. Jones, MD, FAOA
Sanjeev Kakar, MD, FAOA
Dr. Seyed Kalantar
Matthew D. Karam, MD
Spero G. Karas, MD, FAOA
Hubert T. Kim, MD, FAOA, PhD
Edward Kreusser
Joseph M. Lane, MD, FAOA
Lee R. Leddy, MD, FAOA
Valerae O. Lewis, MD, FAOA
Carol A. Lin, MD, FAOA
Richard Lin
Michael Linn, MD
John F. Lovejoy, III, MD, FAOA
John D. Lubahn, MD, FAOA
Ericka McConnaughey
Kathleen A. McHale, MD, FAOA
Sreenivasulu Metikala
Roberta Millard
Mehwish Moinuddin
James F. Mooney, III, MD, FAOA
Mary K. Mulcahey, MD, FAOA
Michael T. Mulligan, MD, FAOA
Sumon Nandi, MD, FAOA, MBA
Lukas M. Nystrom, MD, FAOA
Ryan O’Leary

Margaret L. Olmedo, MD, FAOA
Greg Osgood, MD, FAOA
E. Scott Paxton, MD, FAOA
Robert A. Pedowitz, MD, FAOA, PhD
Allan Peljovich, MD, MPH, FAOA
Laura S. Phieffer, MD, FAOA
Michael Pinzur, MD, FAOA
M. Lucius Pomerantz
Mrs. Divya Rathish
Kim Reising
Lee H. Riley, III, MD, FAOA
Catherine M. Robertson, MD
Dane Salazar, MD, FAOA
Bruce J. Sangeorzan, MD, FAOA
Simon Schenk
Aimee Schimizzi
Nicole Schroeder, MD, FAOA
John G. Seiler, III, MD, FAOA
Paul S. Sherbondy
Jakub Sikora
Paul D. Sponseller, MD, FAOA
Gary W. Stewart, MD, FAOA
Daniel J. Stinner, MD, PhD, FAOA
Peter F. Sturm, MD, FAOA
Thomas Sullivan
Oliver Tannous
Bobby K.B. Tay, MD, FAOA
Mark Valente
Thomas F. Varecka, MD, FAOA
Samuel Ward
Seth K. Williams, MD
Vonda J. Wright, MD, FAOA
Dr. & Mrs. Eric Yu