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ABOS-ABMS Scholars Program

The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) has partnered with he American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) on its Scholars Program. The ABMS Scholars Program™ is a year-long, part-time research program that supports early-career physicians and researchers in their research and facilitates their evolution as health care leaders within and across the ABMS community. Grants of $15,000 are awarded to support research and travel expenses associated with program participation and research deliverables. The grant may be applied to an existing research project with a new scope or an original research project.

Additional information about applying on the ABMS Scholars Program site. The application deadline is June 22, 2026.

In the video below, former Visiting Scholar Dr. Sandeep Mannava discusses the program. Dr. Mannava also speaks about the program on the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Podcast.

ABMS-ABOS Scholars Program

2025-2026

Hai Le, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
Project: Integrating Real-Time Technology to Improve Surgical Skills Assessment Compliance in Orthopaedic Residency: A Pilot Quality Improvement Study

2024-2025

Daniel London, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

Project: Standardizing Orthopedic Competency Evaluation: Determining the Inter and Intra Rater Agreement and Reliability of Orthopedic Surgery Evaluators

2022-2023

Erik Fritz, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Project: Assessing the Accuracy of the Examination Linking Between the Orthopaedic In-Training Examination and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Certifying Examination Part I

2021-2022

Thomas Utset-Ward, MD, MBA, Resident, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Project: Pilot Study on the Use of the ABOS Surgical Skills Assessment Tool to Inform Resident Milestones in the First Year of Milestones 2.0

2020-2021

Melvin Makhni, MD, MBA, Spine Surgeon/Instructor, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts)

Project: Perspectives and Economic Impact of Transition to Virtual-Based Orthopaedic Board Examinations

2020-2021

Jacquelyn Dunahoe, MD, Resident Physician, University of Washington (Seattle, Washington)

Project: The Impact of Orthopaedic Surgical Training and Practice Characteristics on Patient Reported Outcomes

2019-2020

Rachel Frank, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

Project: Is there a Ceiling Effect in Virtual Reality Orthopaedic Surgical Simulators? A Prospective Clinical Trial

2018-2019

Amy Cizik, PhD, MPH, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Project: Using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Practice Improvement in the Certification and Recertification of Orthopaedic Surgeons

2017-2018

Johnathan Bernard, MD, MPH, Attending, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery, National Sports Medicine Institute, Ashburn, VA and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD

Project: The Role of Orthopaedic Surgery Milestones in Assessing Competency of Technical and Arthroscopic Skill of Residents; Development of a Cadaveric Surgical Model on Meniscal Injuries using Arthroscopic Video and Surgeon Point of View Recording

2016-2017

Sandeep Mannava, MD, PhD, Sports Medicine Fellow, Steadman-Philippon Research Institute, Vail, CO

Project: The Evolving Role of Simulation-based Surgery Training in Orthopaedic Surgery

2015-2016

Benjamin Wooster, MD, Duke University, Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, Durham, NC

Project: Does Anatomic Knowledge Correlate with Surgical Competency? A Multi-center Study.

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