Traveling Fellowship

POSNA sponsors an annual traveling fellowship in conjunction with other international pediatric orthopedic alliance societies (EPOS, SLAOTI, and APPOS). Each year 3 POSNA members will travel abroad and 3 members of an alliance society will tour in North America. Participants visit and learn new techniques and exchange ideas while deepening POSNA's international connection. 

2024 Traveling Fellows

POSNA/SLAOTI
Fellows:
Ramiro Olleac, MD, Argentina
Constanza Graciela Ramirez Mac-Lean, MD, Chile
Willian Ricardo Cabañas Rodriguez, Paraguay

Hosts:
Mohan V Belthur, MD, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
Allen Kadado, MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
Emily Dodwell, MD, MPH, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, NY
Katherine Rosenwasser, MD, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY.

POSNA/EPOS
Fellows:
Jeanne Franzone, MD
Brandon Ramo, MD
Walter Truong, MD

Hosts:
Istanbul, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Muharrem İnan, Orthopediatri Pediatric Orthopaedic Academy
Dr. İlhan Bayhan, Baltalimani Metin Sabanci Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital
Prof. Dr. Hakan Şenaran, Bezmialem Vakif University Faculty of Medicine Hospital
Dr. Ali Şeker, Cerrahapşa Medical Faculty
Dr. Melih Civan, Başakşehir Çam Sakura Training and Research Hospital

Lyon, France
Prof. Dr. Pierre Journeau, Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Groupement Hospitalier Est 

Past Traveling Fellowships

2023 Traveling Fellows

POSNA/EPOS
Fellows:
Flavia Alberghina, MD, Italy
Ozren Kubat, MD, Croatia
Senol Bekmez, MD, Turkey

Hosts:
Jennifer Laine, MD, Gillette Children’s, St. Paul, MN
John (Jack) Flynn, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Jonathan Schoenecker, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

POSNA/APPOS
Fellows:
Bo Ning, MD, China
Kenichi Mishima, MD, Japan
Seungcheol Kang, MD, South Korea

Hosts:
Steven Frick, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Robert Kay, MD, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Salil Upasani, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, San Diego, CA

POSNA/SLAOTI
Fellows:
Ana Laura Cunha, MD, Brazil
Gonzalo Chorbadjian, MD, Chile
Francisco Vallejo, MD, Ecuador

Hosts:
Simon Kelley, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
James McCarthy, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
Derek Kelly, MD, Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics, Memphis, TN

All past traveling fellows are listed here.