The Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society is pleased to recognize the recipients of the 2025 RJOS Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships. All recipients were recognized during the RJOS Annual Meeting on Friday, March 14, 2025, in San Diego, California. RJOS would like to extend their grateful appreciation to Zimmer Biomet for their generous contribution and exclusive support of many of the 2025 RJOS grants and scholarships.    

Zimmer Biomet Foundation Resident Scholarships
Kelly Dopke, MD
Leah Henry, MD
Katelyn Koschmeder, MD
Roxana Martinez, MD
Mikayla Montgomery, MD
Michelle Moore, MD
Claire Saltzman, MD
Tara Saxena, MD
Parisun Shoga, DO
Margaret Sinkler, MD
Kali Stevens, MD
Christine Wu, MD

Zimmer Biomet Foundation Medical Student Scholarships
‍Mazie Atteberry
Sasha Balkaran
Ajiel Mae Basmayor
Elizabeth Benson
Brienna Buchanan
Elizabeth Chan
Grace Coughlin
Cameron Gerhold
Emma Grellinger
Courtney Harris
Dana Hazem
Antonella Henson-Vendrell
Annika Hiredesai
Victoria Holm
Divya Jain
Arianna Konstantopoulos
Rachel Loyst
Gwyneth Maloy
Abigail Manning
Emily Moya
Sophia Puertas
Taylor Rakauskas
Dana Rowe
Ariana Rowshan
Julienne Ryland
Simran Shamith
Priya Singh
Laney Smith
Alexandra Spath
Christina Stach
Samalya Thenuwara
Brittney Tierney
Eden VanderHoek
Camila Vicioso
Diana Vitkovska
Jacquelyn Xu
Emily Yan
Trudy Zou

AAOS IDEA Grant Medical Student Scholarship
Nicole Badalyan
Alison Buseck
Chloe Chose
Julia Hong
Samantha Olson
Roan Willson

‍Grace Marlene DeMaio Memorial Medical Student Scholarship
Akshitha Adhiyaman
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Julie and Quincy Samora Resident Scholarship
Walaa Abdelfadeel, MD
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RJOS Annual Meeting Artwork Scholarship
Julia Todderud
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Perry Initiative Scholarship
Ashwinee Manivannan
Katrina Nietsch
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Zimmer Biomet Foundation Jacquelin Perry Research Grant
Samantha Bialek, MD
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Zimmer Biomet Foundation Alexandra Kirkley, MD Traveling Fellowship Grant
Micah Sinclair, MD
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Zimmer Biomet Foundation Clinical/Basic Science Research Grant
Christen Russo, MD
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RJOS/Kay Family Scholarship
Madeleine DeClercq
Tia Shutes
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RJOS/ORS Young Female Investigator Travel Grant
Evangelia Constantine
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OREF/RJOS Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Disparities in Orthopaedic Health Care Research Grant
Jaysson Brooks, MD

The Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society is pleased to recognize the recipients of the 2024 RJOS Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships. All recipients were recognized during the RJOS Annual Meeting on Monday, February 12, 2024, in San Francisco, California. RJOS would like to extend their grateful appreciation to Zimmer Biomet for their generous contribution and exclusive support of many of the 2024 RJOS grants and scholarships.    

Zimmer Biomet Foundation Jacquelin Perry, MD Resident Research Grant
Katherine Gerull, MD
Title of Research: Women and minority orthopedic residents have worse well-being and experience more mistreatment than their peers

Zimmer Biomet Foundation Clinical/Basic Science Research Grant
Amiethab Aiyer, MD
Title of Research: Generative AI Mentorship Model for Residents
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Zimmer Biomet Foundation Resident Scholarships
‍Elizabeth Cho, MD
Arianna Dalamaggas, MD
Anna Hayward, MD
Stephanie Kwan, MD
Sarah Powell, MD
Jordan Serotte, MD
Heather Yee, MD

‍Zimmer Biomet Foundation Medical Student Scholarships
‍Theodora Abah
Bolatito Adeyeri
Carolyn Andrews
Shreya Balusu
Allie Barber
Sarah Bradley
Sriya Byrapuneni
Claire Callan
Morgan Childress
Jaynie Criscione
Madeleine DeClercq
Alondra Diaz
Alexis Driscoll
Samantha Ferraro
Nora Galoustian
Rica Generoso
Yasmine Ghattas
Talaijha Haynes
Simone Herzberg
Nikita Iyer
Divya Jeyasingh
Sanjana Kanumuri
Seyedehnazanin Kermanshahi
Alexandra Krez
Rebecca Landau
Tiffany Lee
Jessica Leipman
Shu Lin
Amy Lu Taylor Luster
Erin MacFarlane
Kirsten Mansfield
Yifan Mao
Mary McCarthy
Mikayla  Mefford
Shruthi Mohan
Brittney Moncrieffe
Ebunoluwa Olawole
Andrea Ott
Jhillika Patel
Katelyn Paulsen
Carolina Pavlenco
Olivia Perez
Lily  Qian
Emily Reeson
Yi Ren
Nicolette Schurhoff
Alexandra Selberg
Deja Sibert
Anika Yadav

‍Grace Marlene DeMaio Memorial Medical Student Scholarship
Kikelola Afolabi-Brown

‍Julie and Quincy Samora Medical Student Scholarship
Jennifer Sheasley

‍AAOS IDEA Grant Medical Student Scholarship
‍Melissa Carpenter
Marie Spezia
Senah Stephens
Amanda Tedesco
Julia  Todderud
Haley Tornberg
Emily Vallee
Charlotte Wahle
Natalia Wojnowski

RJOS Annual Meeting Artwork Scholarship
Yuri Han

Perry Initiative Medical Student Scholarship
Debra Chan
Robin Litten

AAOS IDEA Grant for RJOS Medical Student Regional Representatives Scholarship
Alyssa Basdavanos
Victoria Bergstein
Fatima Bouftas
Danielle Destiny
Sofia Hidalgo Perea
Sabryn Kapp
Jennifer Kunes
Vanessa Lopez
Jessica Schmerler
Tina Tran
Gina Tubo

The Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society is pleased to recognize the recipients of the 2023 RJOS Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships. All recipients were recognized during the RJOS Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. RJOS would like to extend their grateful appreciation to Zimmer Biomet for their generous contribution and exclusive support of many of the 2023 RJOS grants and scholarships.    

‍The RJOS/Zimmer Biomet Clinical/Basic Science Research Grant
Casey Jo Humbyrd, MD
Title of Research: Defining clinical thresholds for midfoot pain and deformity throughout pregnancy

‍The Alexandra Kirkley, MD Academic Traveling Fellowship
Ana Cecelia Belzarena, MD
Fellowship Focus:  Surgical Treatment of Desmoid Tumors and Sarcomas Through Innovative Alternatives

‍The Alexandra Kirkley, MD Academic Traveling Fellowship
Elizabeth L. Lord, MD
Fellowship Focus:  Endoscopic Spine Surgery

‍The Jacquelin Perry, MD Resident Research Award
Sofia Bougioukli, MD, PhD
Title of Research: Neuroma Resection and Relocation Nerve Grafting for Management of Post-Operative Painful Neuromas of Upper and Lower Extremities

‍The Jacquelin Perry, MD Resident Research Award
Olivia C. O’Reilly, MD
Title of Research: Physical Therapy Following Shoulder Arthroplasty: An Assessment of Telerehabilitation vs. In-Person Physical Therapy

‍Resident Annual Meeting Scholarships
Alicia Asturias, MD
Alyssa Barre, MD
Monique Chambers, MD
Allicia Imada, MD
Chrystina Leigh James, MD, MPH
Eugenia A. Lin, MD
Sarah Elizabeth Lindsay, MD
Ariana Alexis Reyes, MD
Sarah E. Rizzo, MD
Liana Juliet Tedesco, MD
Celestine Warren, MD
Morgan Howard Whitmire, MD
Lily Kathleen Wood, MD
Isabella Tianwen Wu, MD, MPH

‍Medical Student Annual Meeting Scholarships – Sponsored by Zimmer Biomet
Sydney Christine Boike
Jamie Joe Bousleiman
Marilee Ja Clunk
Cristina Rose DelPrete
Hayley Denwood
Meera Dhodapkar
Kelly Dopke
Katherine Lian Esser
Ashley Morgan Gall
Miriyam Ghali
Caitlin Grant
Katherine Sara Hajdu
Kendall Horan
Michaela Juels
Emily Lauren Larson
Charlotte Leape
Alisa Malyavko

‍Medical Student Annual Meeting Scholarships – Sponsored by AAOS IDEA Grant
Angela Marie Mercurio
Maya Rae Moore
Anna Rose Redden
Kendall Michelle Schwartz
Danielle Jaeyoon Sim
Karissa Nicole Simon
Jessica Steindler
Maike van Niekerk
Nitya Venkat
Gayathri Vijakumar
Mahala Walker
Morgan Whyte
Linzie Wildenauer
Amy ZhaoThe Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society (RJOS) would like to extend special appreciation to the following individual sponsors for their generous support in offering new RJOS scholarship opportunities:

‍The NYU Langone Marian Frauenthal Sloane Medical Student Scholarship
Sponsored by the NYU Langone Department of Orthopaedic Surgery:
Isabel P. Prado  

‍The Julie and Quincy Samora Medical Resident Scholarship
‍Sponsored by Julie Samora, MD, PhD:
Geordie Claire Lonza, MD

‍The Grace Marlene DeMaio Memorial Medical Student Scholarship
Sponsored by Marlene DeMaio, MD:
Hannah Autumn Lee  

‍The Perry Initiative Medical Student Scholarship
Sponsored by The Perry Initiative Board of Directors:
Sara Kaini
Marisa Samani