Daniel Sucato, MD, MS

Open vs Closed Treatment for Unstable Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE): A Randomized Control Trial Comparing Outcome and Complications

Jonathan Schoenecker, MD, PhD

Pediatric Osteosarcoma: The Clot Traps the Cancer

Kevin Klingele, MD

Open Reduction with Ligamentum Teres Reconstruction – Short Term Outcomes of a Novel Technique for the Management of Grade IHDC III/IV, Idiopathic DDH

Frances Anne Farley, MD

Frances Anne Farley, MD, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to parents originally from the Midwest of the United States, which she considers her roots. She grew up in Greenwich, CT, and graduated as co-valedictorian from Greenwich Academy. In 1983, she graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology and Honors in History from Duke University in Durham, NC. Dr. Farley completed her medical degree at Weill Cornell University Medical College in New York City. She went on to complete her residency in orthopedic surgery at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, MI, and pursued a fellowship in pediatric orthopedic surgery at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, TX.

After finishing her education, Dr. Farley returned to the University of Michigan, where she practiced pediatric orthopedics at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital for 26 years. For 18 of those years, she served as the Chief of the Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Service. Dr. Farley rose through the academic ranks, becoming a full professor with tenure at the University of Michigan, where she was honored to hold the title of Robert N. Hensinger Professor of Orthopaedics. Dr. Farley has authored 113 peer-reviewed articles with a focus on congenital scoliosis.

In 2020, Dr. Farley left the University of Michigan to become the Chief Medical Officer for Shriners Children’s. She was drawn to Shriners’ unique mission and developed and fostered the Shriners Children’s Medical Group focused on quality care. The Shriners Children’s Medical Group is the largest group of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeons in the United States.

Dr. Farley is deeply committed to mentoring. She has been fortunate to be mentored by the greats in Pediatric Orthopedics and she has had the privilege to mentor pediatric orthopedic surgeons at all stages of their careers. Dr. Farley feels humbled and extremely grateful to receive the Distinguished Achievement Award.

Currently, Dr. Farley resides in Tampa, FL, with her husband of 30 years. They have three adult children.

William Morris, MD

Long-Term Functional Outcome of Late-Detected Developmental Hip Dislocation 
Scottish Rite for Children, Dallas, TX 

A. Noelle Larson, MD

A. Noelle Larson, MD, is pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.  She is a Professor of Orthopedics, Quality Chair for Orthopedic Surgery, and Director of Research for the Pediatric Orthopedics Divsion. She was born in Seattle, WA, and lived aboard a 64’ ferro-cement sailboat built by her parents for the family charter business. She attended the Lakeside School. She completed her undergraduate degree with Honors in Physics at Stanford University and medical degree at the University of Washington. She trained in orthopedic surgery at the Mayo Clinic and completed her fellowship at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dallas, TX. She was a 2015 APPOS-POSNA Traveling Fellow. She has served as a POSNA Board Member at Large, Research Council Chair, and IPOS® faculty from 2016-2022. She is incoming committee chair for the POSNA/SRS Pediatric Device Task Force. She was chair for the Mayo Clinic Health System Division of Community Orthopedics from 2020-2023.

Dr. Larson has authored over 230 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, including the results of the MIMO Randomized Clinical Trial. Her work has been funded by the FDA, NIH, OREF, SRS, and POSNA. She has completed a U.S. FDA study on vertebral body tethering.  She is an active member of the Pediatric Spine Study Group and the Harms Study Group and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Setting Scoliosis Straight Foundation. Dr. Larson’s clinical interests include novel strategies for the treatment of pediatric spine conditions such as navigation, robotics, and motion-sparing scoliosis surgeries. Her research interests include device regulation, post-approval device surveillance, shared decision-making, and AI strategies to drive discovery using large imaging and text-based data repositories. Scott and Noelle have been married for over 20 years and enjoy bicycling, skiing, and outdoor adventuring with their three sons.

J. Eric Gordon, MD

J. Eric Gordon, MD, was born in Central California in the small town of Visalia. He graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a B.S. in Physiology and attended medical school at UC Davis, graduating in 1988.  He and his wife, Katie, met at college, married during medical school, and were ultimately blessed with six wonderful children. Subsequently, he completed a residency in Orthopaedic Surgery in Omaha, NE, at the Creighton-University of Nebraska program before going on to a Pediatric Orthopaedic fellowship at the St. Louis Shriner’s Hospital for Children in St. Louis, MO. After completion of the fellowship, he remained in St. Louis at Washington University, practicing at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and St. Louis Shriner’s Hospital for Children.

In 1997, he was invited to join a group traveling to Azerbaijan doing medical education. During multiple trips to Azerbaijan over the next few years, he made friends and helped to organize the f irst national conferences of the Azerbaijan Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association. This led to his involvement with multiple international trips to diverse places in association with the POSNA COUR group. He also began traveling to treat patients directly, and ultimately began leading trips to the Caribbean in association with the World Pediatric Project, developing relationships with orthopaedic surgeons in the area. This led to what is now three to four yearly trips to the Eastern Caribbean, providing clinic evaluation and treatment, surgery, and bringing patients back to the United States for more complex operative care. This program has continued to expand with residents, fellows, and partners joining the trips, expanding the specialized care available in the region.

Jonathan Schoenecker, MD, PhD

Role of Sex Hormones in Epiphyseal Development 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 

Vidyadhar Upasani, MD

Magnetic Spinal Growth Modulation in an Immature Porcine Model
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