Letha “Etty” Griffin, MD, recently retired partner in the Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic in Atlanta, Georgia, longtime Sports Medicine Director at Georgia State University, and 2025 inductee into the AOSSM Hall of Fame, shares the surprising path she took to orthopaedics, her efforts pioneering sports medicine programs at the University of Michigan and Georgia State, her experience as the first female member of AOSSM, and more.

Neal El Attrache, MD, orthopaedic surgeon at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic, Chairman of the board of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Foundation, Head Team Physician for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Rams, and an orthopaedic consultant for MLB, the NFL, and the NBA, shares his experience working with Bob Kerlan and Frank Jobe, taking care of high-profile patients, his surprising connection to Sylvester Stallone, and more.

John Kelly IV, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Director of Shoulder Sports Medicine, and Director of the Throwing Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania, shares his belief in the importance of “trusting the plan,” why tearing his ACL was the best thing that could have happened for him, how to prevent burnout, his career in stand-up comedy, and more.

Scott Rodeo, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Attending Surgeon at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital and the Hospital for Special Surgery, and Head Team Physician for the New York Giants, talks about his experience at the Olympics, the importance of the team around you, the current state of biologics and regenerative medicine, and more.

Elizaveta Kon, MD, Professor of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery at Humanitas University in Milan, Italy and the 2024-2025 President of the Società Italiana di Artroscopia, Ginocchio, Arto Superiore, Sport, Cartilagine e Tecnologie Ortopediche (SIAGASCOT), shares her experience as the first female professor of orthopaedic surgery in Italy, why she created the Meniscus Discovery Channel, her hope for a future of more personal, individualized treatment plans, and more.

Jon Karlsson, MD, Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedics and Sports Traumatology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden and former editor-in-Chief of KSSTA, the official journal of ESSKA, shares about life growing up in Iceland, his experience creating a new orthopaedic scale, the exciting challenges of leading a world class journal, and more. 

Andreas Imhoff, MD, Director of the Orthopaedic Sportsmedicine Department at Adam Vital Hospital Dubai and the Scientific Advisor at Sportsclinic Ravensburg, as well as Professor Emeritus of Orthopedic Surgery and Arthroscopy and Past Chair of the Department of Orthopedic Sports Medicine at the Technical University of Munich, shares about changing technologies in arthroscopy, the founding of ISAKOS, his tips for staying healthy, and more.

Christopher Kaeding, MD, the Judson Wilson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Executive Director of the Sports Medicine Center at Ohio State University, and the 2024-2025 President of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and Executive Medical Director of the ACL Study Group, shares about the changing landscape of college athletics, the importance of recovery in sport, achieving work-life balance, and more. 

Felix “Buddy” Savoie, MD, the Ray J. Haddad Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedics at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana and past president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America, The Association of Sholder and Elbow Surgeons, and The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, shares his experience growing up in Cajun country, rebuilding a top notch orthopaedics department after hurricane Katrina, innovating new surgical techniques, and more.

Thomas Wickiewicz, MD, attending Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, Professor of Clinical Surgery in Orthopaedics at Weill-Cornell Medical College, and Attending Surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, shares his “hot takes” about the state of ACL repair and medical education today, his fond memories of John Marshall, the beauty of New Jersey, and more.