2026 Award Winners

2026 RESIDENT/FELLOW AWARD RECIPIENTS

EOEF Founders’ Award
Gregory Darville, MD, Emory University School of Medicine

EOEF Dawe Spine Award
Caroline Gutowski, MD, University of Pennsylvania Department of Orthopaedics

EOEF Ranawat Award
Kevin A. Wu, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital

EOEF Richmond Arthroscopy/Sports Medicine Award
Nicole Rynecki Baker, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery

Cynthia Lichtefeld Resident/Fellow Travel Grant Award
Kevin Heo, MD, Emory University

EOEF John D. & Marie S. Kelly Shoulder Award
William Justice, MD, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

EOEF Parvizi Musculoskeletal Infection Award
G. Dillon Graham, MD, Atrium Health/OrthoCarolina

EOEF Young Investigator Award
Josef Jolissaint, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery/OrthoCarolina Hip and Knee Center

EOEF Herbert E. Fried, PhD Travel Grant Award
Terence L. Thomas, MD, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University

EOEF Resident Travel Grant Awards
Alexander S. Guareschi, MD, University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Total Hip
Bradley A. Lezak, MD, NYU Langone Orthopedics
Jonathan M. Liu, MD, Brown Orthopedics
Alireza Mirahmadi, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School
Vibav H. Mouli, MD, MS, Columbia University Medical Center
Alexander Tham, MD, NYU Langone Health

EOEF Resident Guest Program Travel Grant Award
Freddy Hung, MD, University of Miami

EOEF/OREF Resident Travel Grant Awards
Andrew Burnikel, MD, Prisma Health - Upstate
Billy Kim, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery
Zachary E. Zeller, MD, Wake Forest Baptist Hospital

EOEF DONOR TRAVEL GRANTS

EOEF Michael and Emily Ast Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Arthroplasty, Total Joints
Steven Fischer, DO, MS, Jefferson Health New Jersey

EOEF Cynthia L. Emory, MD, MBA Travel Grant
Oncology/Metabolic Bone Disease
Cindy Wang, MD, University of Rochester

EOEF Joshua Baumfeld, MD Travel Grant
Sports Medicine
Kyle Lorenzo, BA, Baptist Health Doctors Hospital

EOEF Thomas and Heidi Bowen Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Oncology
Aneesh Samineni, MD, Jackson Memorial Hospital/ UMiami

EOEF Marie and John D. Kelly Travel Grant
Sports Medicine
Michael McCurdy, MD, University of Maryland School of Medicine

EOEF Scott and Mary Boden Travel Grant
Spine
Albert Mousad, MD, Geisinger Musculoskeletal Institute

EOEF Sam and Hala Labib Travel Grant
Foot/Ankle, Sports
Corinne Sommi, MD, Rothman Orthopedics

EOEF Mark and Marla Lemos Travel Grant
Sports
Dylan S. Koolmees, MD, UTHSC/Campbell Clinic

EOEF Robin and Marc J. Levine, MD Travel Grant
Spine
Christopher Bellaire, MD, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

EOEF Dr. and Mrs. Adam and Christie Rana Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Arthroplasty, Total Joints, Trauma
Matthew T. Geiselmann, DO, Northwell Health

EOEF Lynne and John McConnell Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Sports, UE
Sameer Khawaja, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

EOEF Johannes F. Plate, MD, PhD Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Arthroplasty, Total Joints
Lawrence Garvin, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

EOEF Anil and Dana Ranawat Travel Grant
Sports
Patrick Waldron, DO, Miami Orthopaedic Research Foundation

EOEF Bruce A. Monaghan, MD Travel Grant
Hand, Upper Extremity
Teja Yeramosu, MD, Rothman Orthopaedics at AdventHealth Florida

EOEF Bob and Cindy Richards Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Arthroplasty, Foot/Ankle, General, Hand, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, Total Joints, Trauma, Upper Extremity
Noel Carlos, MD, MS, University of Florida

EOEF John C. Richmond, MD Travel Grant
Sports Medicine
Stephen Rossettie, MD, MBA, Medstar Georgetown Orthopedic Surgery

EOEF Arjun Saxena, MD, MBA Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Arthroplasty
Karan Goswami, MD, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University

EOEF Neil P. Sheth, MD Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Arthroplasty, Total Joints
Margaret Danziger, MD, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University/Rothman Orthopaedics

EOEF Varun Saxena, MD Travel Grant
Peter Boufadel, MD, Boston Medical Center

EOEF Neil P. Sheth, MD Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Arthroplasty, Total Joints
Jack Carfagno, DO, Jefferson Health New Jersey

EOEF Eric B. Smith, MD Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Arthroplasty, Total Joints
Damon Briggs, MD, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

EOEF Mark and Andrea Seeley Travel Grant
Pediatrics
Harrison Ferlauto, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

EOEF Geoffrey H. Westrich, MD Travel Grant
Adult Reconstruction, Arthroplasty, Total Joints
Catherine Call, MD, Brown University

EOEF Dr. and Mrs. Richard Wilk Travel Grant
Sports Medicine
Brandon J. Martinazzi, MD, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

NJOS TRAVEL GRANT AWARDS

Elizabeth A. Abe, BS, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
Jason Rahimzadeh, MD, Rutgers NJMS
Joydeep Baidya, BS, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
Alan D. Lam, BS, Rothman Orthopaedic Institute