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. 2022 Feb 18;13(2):201–211. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v13.i2.201

Table 4.

Eleven United States orthopaedic surgery residency programs with the highest amount of full-time faculty holding leadership positions in the two largest general orthopaedic surgery societies in the United States and a subspecialty society for each of the nine orthopaedic subspecialties, 2018

Institution
Leadership positions
Points (weighted)
MGH/Brigham and Women's/Harvard 7 0.500
Duke University 6 0.429
Hospital for Special Surgery (Cornell) 4 0.286
Johns Hopkins University 4 0.286
Mayo Clinic (Rochester) 4 0.286
Rush University 4 0.286
SKMC at Thomas Jefferson University 4 0.286
University of North Carolina 3 0.214
Cleveland Clinic 3 0.214
Washington University in St. Louis 3 0.214
Yale University 3 0.214

Two largest general orthopaedic surgery societies in the United States: AAOS and ORS; Nine orthopaedic subspecialties: ASES, AOSSM, MSTS, AAHS, AAHKS, OTA, NASS, POSNA, and AOFAS. AAOS: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; ORS: Orthopaedic Research Society; AAAHKS: American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons; AAHS: American Association for Hand Surgery; AOFAS: American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society; ASES: American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; AOSSM: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; MSTS: Musculoskeletal Tumor Society; NASS: North American Spine Society; OTA: Orthopaedic Trauma Association; POSNA: Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; MGH: Massachusetts General Hospital; SKMC: Sidney Kimmel Medical College.