Orthopaedic Research Society


The Orthopaedic Research Society is a professional, scientific and medical organization focused on orthopaedic research. The stated mission of the ORS is to advance orthopaedic research through education, collaboration, communication and advocacy. The ORS aims to increase resources for research, and awareness of the importance and impact of such research on orthopaedic patients and the public.
The Journal of Orthopaedic Research is the official journal of ORS.

History

Collaboration has been at the cornerstone of the Orthopaedic Research Society since it was founded in 1954.
In 1940, Dr. Alfred R. Shands, who would later become one of the founding members of the ORS served as the chair of the Research Committee of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The committee conducted a survey of its member which indicated that just over 180 members were conducting some type of research.
In the 1950s, several musculoskeletal investigators expressed a desire to have a forum for presenting their work and receiving constructive criticism. Dr. Phillip D. Wilson, a member of the Academy, along with several others, met in San Francisco and proposed the idea of starting an organization focused solely on musculoskeletal research. This idea gained unanimous support from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons at their Annual Meeting in 1951.
In 1952, the first meeting of the founding members of the ORS took place. At this first meeting, Dr. Philip D. Wilson created a draft constitution and set of by-laws for the fledgling society. It was determined that the purpose of the society was to “encourage and coordinate investigation and research in basic principles or clinical problems related to the special field of Orthopaedic Surgery.” Due to the unexpected death of Dallas B. Phemister, MD, who had agreed to take on the role of chairman, the formal organization of the society was delayed.
1954 marked the first official meeting of the group at the Palmer House in Chicago under the Chairmanship of Dr. Wilson. At this first meeting there were twenty-nine people in attendance. Cultivating the relationship between clinicians and scientists while providing them with opportunities to come together and share ideas was the driving factor in establishing the society. “The close relationship of between clinicians and basic scientists would help ensure the prominent role of orthopaedic surgeons in delivering care to patients with injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system,” explained Eugene R. Mindell, MD who served as president of the ORS from 1972 – 1973.
The ORS continues to grow and evolve. Membership has grown to more than 4,100 members from across the globe. Once a role only held by surgeons, in 1982 the ORS elected Van C. Mow as the first PhD president. Currently, Presidents are elected from each of the three disciplines represented in the membership: clinicians, biologists, and engineers.

ORS Past Presidents

2018     Gloria Matthews, DVM, PhD
2017     Rick Sumner, PhD
2016     Farshid Guilak, PhD
2015     Mathias P.G. Bostrom, MD
2014     Mary B. Goldring, PhD
2013     Joan E. Bechtold, PhD
2012     Theodore Miclau, MD
2011      Brian Johnstone, PhD
2010     Clare M Rimnac, PhD
2009     Regis O’Keefe, MD, PhD
2008     David B. Burr, PhD
2007     Alan J. Grodzinsky, PhD
2006     Joshua J. Jacobs, MD
2005     Christopher H. Evans, PhD
2004     Steven A. Goldstein, PhD
2003     Stephen Trippel, MD
2002     Edward Puzas, PhD
2001     Thomas Brown, PhD
2000    Gunnar Andersson, MD, PhD
1999     Linda J. Sandell, PhD
1998     Dwight T. Davy, PhD
1997     Richard A. Brand, Jr., MD
1996     Adele L. Boskey, PhD
1995     Thomas A. Einhorn, MD
1994     Gary E. Friedlaender, MD
1993     Bruce Caterson, PhD
1992     Timothy M. Wright, PhD
1991     Richard D. Coutts, MD
1990     Theodore R. Oegema, PhD
1989     Joseph A. Buckwalter, MD
1988     Dennis R. Carter, PhD
1987     Victor Goldberg, MD
1986     Jack L. Lewis, PhD
1985     Savio L-Y Woo, PhD
1984     Joseph M. Lane, MD
1983     Nelson S. Mitchell
1982     Van C. Mow, PhD
1981     Larry Rosenberg, MD
1980     Michael G. Ehrlich, MD
1979     Clement B. Sledge, MD
1978     Roby C. Thompson, MD
1977     Carl T. Brighton, MD
1976     Richard W. Stauffer, MD
1975     Richard Cruess
1974     Reginald Cooper
1973     Harlan Amstutz
1972     Eugene Mindell
1971     Melvin Glimcher
1970     Patrick Kelly
1969     Henry Mankin
1968     C.A.L Basset
1967     R.R. Calondruccio
1966     O. Donald Chrisman
1965     Michael Bonfiglio
1964     Paul H. Curtiss
1963     Jonathan Cohen
1962     Wukkuan F. Enneking
1961     Robert A. Robinson
1960     Ignacio V. Ponseti
1959     Robert D. Ray
1958     C. Howard Hatcher
1957     Charles H. Herndon
1956     Philip D. Wilson
1955     J. Albert Key
1954     Paul C. Colonna

Research Sections

ORS is organized into following specific areas or sections

Abstract Driven Awards & Grants

ORS Committees

Hosted by the ORS Communications Committee, the goal of the ORS Photo Competition is to use images to highlight musculoskeletal research.