Awards of Excellence - AAOE
Our annual awards program recognizes outstanding contributions of AAOE members and their practices that are positively affecting the association, as well as the larger community of orthopedics.
Take a look at all of our past award winners.
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to a current AAOE member who has supported the organization with time and talent over the years. This individual has demonstrated years of dedication, commitment, and service through volunteerism within our organization as well as a pledge to the orthopedic industry.
Criteria:
- Must be an AAOE member in good standing.
- Must have been an AAOE member for a minimum of 10 years.
- Current members of the AAOE Board of Directors and past recipients of this award are ineligible.
- For consideration: continued AAOE leadership service, association, or civic/community leadership.
- At least one, and up to three, letters of support from someone other than the nominator (these may be submitted at a later date to info@aaoe.net rather than included with the nomination form).
Volunteer of the Year
AAOE would not be the organization it is today without the efforts of many member volunteers. This award recognizes an AAOE member who has made exceptional contributions in a voluntary capacity to support the organization’s goals.
Criteria:
- Must be an AAOE member in good standing.
- Members may self-nominate.
- Members of the AAOE Board of Directors and past winners of this award are not eligible.
- Activity supporting the nomination must have occurred during the time period of January 1 – December 31, 2025.