Inspiring and Empowering the Next Generation of Women Orthopaedic Surgeons

By Andrew Vogler

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Orthopaedic Surgery welcomed female students from the College of Medicine and Arkansas high schools for the Perry Outreach Program, an annual program to teach and inspire young women to become orthopaedic surgeons.

It is the 11th year that the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery has hosted the program.

The program is part of The Perry Initiative, a nonprofit committed to inspiring young women to be leaders in the fields of orthopaedic surgery and engineering, two fields in which women are drastically underrepresented.

Hosted in The Orthopaedic & Spine Hospital at UAMS, the workshop included a Friday evening session with 17 medical students and a day session with 40 high school students.