2025 GOS Resident Research Competition

The Georgia Orthopaedic Society is pleased to announce that it is hosting a Residents’ competition of papers at the GOS Annual Meeting, which will be held September 25-28, 2025, at the Cloister on Sea Island, Georgia.

We will be offering first, second and third place paper awards. All three papers will receive a monetary prize. The prize awards will be as follows: 1st place--$1500; 2nd place--$1000; and 3rd place--$500.

Important guidelines for paper submission and qualification are listed below:

• The primary author must be a resident.
• No figures, tables or clinical photographs may be included in abstract submissions.  They will not be sent to the judges.

• A resident may only submit one paper. Additional abstract submissions will not be accepted.
• The resident must be a member of the GOS in order to submit an abstract. There is no cost to join. Click HERE to access the application. It takes two minutes to complete.
• All three award recipients will be expected to present their papers at the GOS annual meeting.  In the event of an emergency, only a co-author who is of resident or attending status and a current GOS resident member can present in their place.
• Poster submissions are NOT ELIGIBLE for the competition.

• Deadline for the resident research paper submission is May 15th, 2025

• ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED:  ***IMPORTANT*** Your presentation will NOT be accepted by the GOS program committee unless you have an updated disclosure.  Please update your 2025 GOS Annual Meeting disclosure form HERE. This is through the DADE COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

The Winners of the 2024 Thomas E. Whitesides, M.D., Resident’s Award:

*First Place - Haley McKissack, MD, Emory University Department of Orthopaedics.  Abstract title: Arthroscopic - Assisted Lower Trapezius Transfer versus Superior Capsular Reconstruction for Treatment of Massive Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears 

*Second Place - Henry Twibell, MD, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.  Abstract title: Predictive Factors Leading to Failure of Initial Steroid Injection for Adhesive Capsulitis 

*Third Place - John Kopriva, MD,  Emory University Department of Orthopaedics. Abstract title: Interfragmentary Screws Versus Intramedullary Screw for Proximal Phalanx Fractures: A Biomechanical Study in Matched Hands