Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, FAAOS, receives diversity award at AAOS Annual Meeting

At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, FAAOS, was presented with the AAOS Diversity Award for making orthopedics more accessible to, and representative of, diverse populations.
According to the press release, Laurencin has developed several diversity initiatives and programs across the U.S. in the last 40 years. At Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laurencin was assistant director of the Harvard Summer Health Professions Program, which trained students from historically underrepresented groups. As a professor of

At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, FAAOS, was presented with the AAOS Diversity Award for making orthopedics more accessible to, and representative of, diverse populations.
According to the press release, Laurencin has developed several diversity initiatives and programs across the U.S. in the last 40 years. At Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laurencin was assistant director of the Harvard Summer Health Professions Program, which trained students from historically underrepresented groups. As a professor of