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Source:  AAOS Now, Published 8/1/2019
David R. Chandler, MD, MHL

 The theme of the Florida Orthopaedic Society (FOS) Annual Scientific Meeting that took place June 20–23 was “Celebrate Diversity in Orthopaedics.” AAOS President Kristy L. Weber, MD, noted during her vice presidential address at the AAOS 2018 Annual Meeting that orthopaedics is the least diverse of all specialties. She said that the U.S. orthopaedic workforce has only 6.1 percent women and 4.8 percent underrepresented minorities. Furthermore, orthopaedic residencies are still the least diverse of all specialties, with only 12 percent to 15 percent females.

At the FOS meeting, incoming FOS President David R. Chandler, MD, MHL, reviewed the FOS mission, vision, and strategic goals. FOS President Brett R. Bolhofner, MD, and the FOS Board of Directors created the strategic goals in 2006, which included: (1) promoting the delivery of culturally competent care, and (2) supporting efforts to diversify the profession and the orthopaedic workforce.

In his 2018 FOS Presidential Acceptance Speech, Dr. Chandler charged FOS to address these strategic goals and embrace diversity by developing an inclusive, respectful culture that encourages participation in orthopaedics by all demographics.

The FOS Board accepted the diversity challenge, and during the Florida Medical Association 2018 Annual Meeting, FOS moved to begin a FOS Diversity Task Force ad hoc committee. The task force established a creative space to generate ideas FOS could enact to achieve its goal and promote culturally competent patient care.

The FOS Diversity Task Force enlisted several contributing members, including Sonya Ahmed, MD; Odion Binitie, MD; Lisa Cannada, MD (chairperson); Dr. Chandler; Sheila Conway, MD; Jennifer Hagen, MD; Jason Oberste, MD; Eddie Powell, MD; and Vani Sabesan, MD. The task force also included Randall Morgan, MD, who is a founding member of the J. Robert Gladden Society. Dr. Sabesan was a driver of the Diversity Task Force and the FOS Annual Meeting Program Committee chairperson. In those positions, Dr. Sabesan was focused the committee and designed the annual meeting to highlight the efforts of the Diversity Task Force.

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The Florida Orthopaedic Society Board of Directors will be proposing a Bylaws Amendment for membership consideration during the 2019 FOS Annual Meeting.   The recommendation from the Board is to create a Diversity Committee as a Standing Committee of the organization.  

FOS President, David Chandler, MD, appointed a Diversity Task Force last summer as he began his service as President.  The initiative was designed to make sure the organization is addressing one of our stated strategic goals related to diversity.   The Task Force has been actively addressing diversity within our membership and leadership over the past 10 months.  In recognition of their progress and the positive response from the membership, the Board is recommending we amend the Bylaws to make the Diversity Committee a Standing Committee of the organization.  If the amendment is approved by the membership, the Chair of the Diversity Committee will have a seat on the FOS Board of Directors.  The Chair position is filled via appointment by the FOS President.

The proposed Bylaw Amendment language is as follows:

9. Diversity Committee

This committee shall consist of a Chair appointed by the President and additional members appointed at the discretion of the President.  The Committee will be responsible for meeting the strategic goal of the organization in promoting diversity within the orthopaedic work force in Florida and within the membership and leadership structure of the organization.

If you have any questions or concerns related to this matter, please contact the FOS office.  The membership will vote on this amendment on Sunday morning during the Business Meeting at the FOS Annual Meeting.

BSOF Annual Meeting

Thank you for your patience as we addressed the logistics for the BSOF Annual Meeting.

We have been in communication with the hotel, and whilst they have not suffered any damage, due to the inability of many attendees and speakers to travel,  BSOF has decided to reschedule the 2017 Annual Meeting to a later date.  We are currently working with the hotel to try and secure new dates.  We will send you all details as soon as we have confirmation. 

All hotel rooms booked at the Opal Sands will be canceled on your behalf if the hotel room was booked within the BSOF room block. The hotel has assured us there will be no financial penalties.  If you booked your hotel room outside of the room block, you will need to call the hotel at (855) 335-1087.  Again, no financial penalties will be incurred.    If you want to confirm the cancellation or call the hotel for any other reason – please call (855)  335-1087.

If you decide you still want to spend the weekend at the Opal Sands Resort at Clearwater Beach, the Opal Sands will honor your reservation.   We are creating a list of those attendees that want to keep their reservations.   I just need to know by the end of the day if you plan to use your hotel room.  If you do not let us know if you want to use your room, the hotel will automatically move forward and cancel it on your behalf.

If you booked a hotel room at our overflow hotel, Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach, the same process will be utilized.  All hotel rooms in our overflow block will be cancelled by the hotel.   If you booked outside of the block, or for any other questions, please contact the hotel directly, 727-281-9536 or  727-281-9500.

If you booked anywhere else, please call your hotel directly and cancel your room reservation.

We will be in touch in the next few days with further information.  We do anticipate that all registrations and fees will transfer to the new date.  We will handle inquiries on your availability once the new dates and revised agenda are finalized and announced in the coming days.

Thanks and we hope you all made it through the storm without significant damage and stay safe during the recovery.

Sincerely,

Fraser Cobbe

Bones Society of Florida

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Some highlights of our involvement in this year's conference are included below.

To access the career center, visit:  

careers.floridaorthopediccommunity.com

The Florida Orthopaedic Society Career Center will allow you to:

Recruit for Open Positions:

• Post your jobs, or your organization's jobs, where the most qualified orthopaedic professionals will find and apply to them.
• Promote your jobs directly to Florida Orthopaedic job seekers via our exclusive Job Flash email.
• Search the resume database and contact qualified candidates proactively.
• Expose your job postings to a larger audience through our NEW diversity, veterans and social networks.

Manage Your Career:

• Search and apply to the best orthopaedic jobs at practices that value your credentials!
• Upload your anonymous resume so employers can contact you, but you maintain control of your information and choose to whom you release your information.
• Receive an alert every time a job becomes available that matches your personal profile, skills, interests, and preferred location(s).
• Access career resources and job searching tips and tools.

Take a look & log on today at careers.floridaorthopediccommunity.com

We hope this career center will make a significant difference for our members.

Thank you for your ongoing support. 

The BSOF is seeking volunteers to serve on the Program Committee for the 2016 BSOF Annual Meeting.   The Annual Meeting is taking place September 16-18, 2016 at the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa, Manalapan, FL. 

The Program Committee is charged with selecting the speakers and content for our signature event. The Committee will meet via web conference starting in February until the program is complete.  Our goal is to have the agenda finalized and ready for distribution by June 1^st.

If you are interested in serving on the Program Committee, please email me directly at fcobbe@cobbemanagement.com  by January 22nd.   

We will announce the Program Committee by the end of the month.

Sincerely,

Fraser Cobbe

Bones Society of Florida

1215 E. Robinson Street

Orlando, FL 32801

Tel: 813-948-8660

Deadline to Apply for Scholarship is Friday, January 29, 2016

The Bones Society of Florida and Florida Orthopaedic Society are extremely pleased to offer the 9th Florida Orthopaedic Leadership Scholarship. The scholarship is a collaborative effort between our organizations to further our mutual missions of life-long learning, personal and professional development, and representation of our members and our profession. It is our sincere hope that you will consider applying for this unique opportunity. 

Over the past 8 years our scholarship has afforded one of our orthopaedic practice administrators the opportunity to advocate on behalf of the profession and be exposed to the various issues and advocacy efforts that the AAOS and FOS undertake on behalf of our members.  We are pleased to offer this opportunity to an orthopaedic practice administrator again in 2016.  

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The first-of-its kind FOS Emerging Leaders Retreat was a resounding success!    A very special thank you to all of the FOS Members, Board of Directors, and invited Guest Speakers for their contributions to a memorable event that will set the course for our organization for a generation to come. 

Attendees were treated to a series of inspiring lectures and discussions on leadership, advocacy, time management, community engagement, and professional advancement.   Dr. Carlos Lavernia, FOS President, served as our local host and facilitator of the retreat.   The line up of speakers he secured was an impressive list of business and health care community leaders from Miami and around the state.    A very special thank you is owed to David Teuscher, MD, President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for traveling to Miami to engage our future leaders.

We would like to recognize all of those Emerging Leaders that participated in the event.  Their enthusiasm and commitment to lead is to be commended:

Matthew J. Swick, MD
Kurt C. Hirshorn, MD
Victor Hugo Hernandez, MD
Frank McCormick, MD
Daniel Chan, MD
Eric Lloyd, MD
Alexander Coleman, MD
Dominic Carreira, MD
Odion Binitie, MD
R James Toussaint, MD
Wade Van Sice MD
Michele D'Apuzzo, MD
Philip Meinhardt, MD
Hernan Prieto, MD
Scott Schoenleber, MD
John Redmond, MD
Juan Suarez
Steve Gorin, DO
Anjan Shah, MD