Dr. Arianna Gianakos is an Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon and Assistant Professor at Yale Medicine, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation. She completed her Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Surgery fellowship at Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Following her training, she became the first In-Office Needle Arthroscopy and Foot and Ankle Sports Medicine International Travel Fellow where she continued sport specific and in office arthroscopy training with world renowned surgeons in New York City, London, Amsterdam, Italy, and Greece. Dr. Gianakos has also been working towards completion of her Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam with her area of focus on Gender Differences in Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Surgery.
“My aim is to improve the culture of residency training to effect policy change.”
Dr. Gianakos has over 50 peer-reviewed publications and 10 book chapters and has presented her work at numerous international and national platforms across the world. She is one of the founding members of #SpeakUpOrtho where she is leading a SpeakUp Coalition Call to Action Initiative with leaders in various medical specialties across the country aiming to improve the culture of residency training to effect policy change. She is a physician advocate in Physician Just Equity providing peer-support to physicians who experience workplace conflicts, through education, research, empowerment and advocacy while facilitating institutional culture change.
She has recently been awarded Women in Medicine Summit #Trailblazer award and received the first-ever 2021 Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society Courage award for her work. She serves as a leader in mentorship programs including the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society Professional Development Committee, the AOFAS Humanitarian Committee and Women in Orthopaedics Worldwide group.
