"OREF and AAOS have both been very supportive of my work throughout my career. Having early successes helped me gain credibility. OREF grants come with a lot of visibility and publicity, which helps increase awareness in and engender support from the orthopaedic and research communities."-

Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA 
University of California, San Francisco

"The AAOS/OREF timeline is critical because it defines all of the awards available  for career development.  I was fortunate in my career to obtain funding from the OREF as well as a local foundation that provided support for the development of my laboratory.  These grants permitted me to obtain data that I later used in applications for funding from the National Institute of Health.  The timeline shows the feasibility of clinician scientists development in orthopaedics."

Regis J. O'Keefe, MD, PhD 
University of Rochester