Volume X, Number 2 | Summer 2026
Published September 28, 2026
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHT SERIES
The Riverside University Health System (RUHS) Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program is located in Moreno Valley, California, in the heart of the Inland Empire — one of the fastest-growing and most diverse regions in the United States. RUHS Medical Center is a safety net hospital with a deep institutional commitment to serving the underserved populations of Riverside County, providing residents with a uniquely broad and high-volume clinical experience in a patient population that mirrors the communities they will go on to serve. Read more…
Riverside University program series
Kevin Z. Kwan, DO1; Hayley Ditmars, DO2; Blake Han, BA OMSIII1; Amirhossein Misaghi, MD2; John A. Schlechter, DO3
1Riverside University Health System
2Rady Children’s Health Orange County
3Riverside University Health System, Rady Children’s Health Orange County
Aubree Goodman, DO1; Sallie Canumay, DO; Matthew Perera, DO, MS1; Blake Han, BA1; Christopher Baker, DO1; Tiffany Lubrino, MS2; John Schlechter, DO1,2
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Riverside University Health System, Moreno Valley, CA,
USA
2Rady Children’s Health Orange County, Orange, CA, USA
SPECIAL INTEREST
On May 22, 2026, a group of 26 individuals traveled to the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa. The team consisted of five hand surgeons, one orthopedic pediatric sports surgeon, one spine surgeon, two occupational hand therapists, one hand fellow (myself), one orthopedic resident, four medical students, three undergraduate premedical students, seven volunteers and one surgical instrument repair technician. The goal of the trip, which lasted until May 30, was to help the Honduran people not only medically but socially as well. Read more…
adult reconstruction
Nicholas Todd, DO1; Jacob Roe, DO1; Jeffrey Dulik, DO2; Dean Marshall, DO2; Frederick Korpi, DO3
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aultman Hospital
2Spectrum Orthopedics, Ohio Specialty Surgical Suites
3Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Aultman Hospital; Spectrum Orthopedics, Ohio Specialty Surgical Suites
Robert Garner, DO1; Collin Erickson, DO1; Jason Webb, DO2; Paul Doney, OMS-II1; Kayla De Leon, OMS-II1; Charles Orth, DO FAOAO1
1Kansas City University/HCA Midwest
2University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Northwest
hand
Christina Lee, BS1; William H. Fang, DO2; Taylor Anthony, DO2; Kevin Mo, DO2; Riley Williams, BS2; Carl Williams, MD2
1Touro University Nevada, 874 American Pacific Drive, Henderson, NV 89014, United States
2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Valley Hospital Medical Center, 620 Shadow Lane, Las
Vegas, NV 89106, United States
Jason Fink, BS, OMS1; Arash Badragheh, BS, OMS1; Andrew Young, BS, OMS1; Kartik Varsani, BS, OMS1; Michael O’Dell, MS, OMS1; Bradley A. Fink, DO2
1Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
2Northeastern Orthopedics, Temple University Health System
Hunter Hitchens B.S.1; Saliha Ahmad M.S.1; William H. Fang D.O.2; Mitchell Tingey M.D.2; Kevin Mo D.O.2; Carl Williams M.D.2
1Touro University Nevada1, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
2Valley Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV
shoulder & elbow
Wyce Sahady, OMS 2027, MS; Benjamin Brooks, Ph.D., MBA; Jared LeCuyer, OMS 2028
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine
spine
Michael O’Dell, OMS 20271; Arash Badragheh, OMS 20271; Jason Fink, OMS 20271; Stephen Cairone, DO2
1Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Medical Group, Langhorne, PA
These authors contributed equally to this study and should be considered equal first authors.
sports medicine
Paul Doney, OMS-II1; Adam Youssef, OMS-II1; Cameron Ballard, OMS-II1; Dryden Dalbey, OMS-II1; Michael Hubbard, D.O.2
1Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Joplin, MO
2Mercy Clinic Orthopedics, Pittsburg, KS
trauma
Ambrose Loc Ngo, M.S.1; Truong Ho, B.S.1; Rachana Tadakamalla, M.S.1; Uyen Tam Nguyen, B.S.1; Jennifer Serfin, M.D.2
1Kansas City University, College of Osteopathic Medicine
2University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Department of Surgery
The Journal of the American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics
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