Annual Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Retreat

This year’s annual retreat was held at the beautiful Seaport Hotel in downtown Boston. The program included deliberations on a variety of important strategic options as well as the creation of an updated strategic plan for the Department. We are now placing a new emphasis on value-based orthopaedic surgery.

The highlight of the retreat was a roundtable discussion, “Update on Healthcare Reform.” Mary L. Witkowski, MBA, gave a keynote address on “Value Driven Healthcare.” She was joined in our roundtable discussion by Aimee Golbitz, Manager of Federal Affairs and Policy at Partners (“Status of State and Federal Healthcare Reform Efforts”) and Gregory Pauly, the MGPO Chief Operating Officer (“What a PO Practice Should be Doing to Prepare for Healthcare Reform”). This year we added a new feature to the retreat, our first successful Poster Session! Clinical faculty and departmental research groups were invited to participate and present an overview of their activities. The event was well received and showcased the diversity of basic, translational, and clinical investigation for which the Department is well-recognized. The poster session also provided an important forum for the exchange of ideas and discussions of new projects and served to outline the capabilities, interests and expertise of all our members. A warm thanks to all who participated and made this event a success.