Dear Friends and Supporters of IGOT,

Thank you to everyone who has supported IGOT's mission to collaborate with partners around the world to promote equity in orthopaedic care. We have had the opportunity to hold SMART Courses near and far - in the US, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Mexico!

In 2025, IGOT will continue to create free, accessible online educational content, support educational exchange, and conduct practice-changing research. We are excited to continue collaborating and learning with our partners worldwide on projects improving musculoskeletal care.

Mexico SMART Course

The 4th Annual Mexico SMART Course was held in Oaxaca on January 9-11, 2025 in collaboration with the Mexican Orthopaedic Society, FEMECOT (Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Ortopedia y Traumatología). Twenty-two participants from Mexico, Colombia, and Cuba attended the course led by national and international orthopaedic and plastic surgery faculty. The course included didactics, case discussions, and Bioskills labs.

We are also excited to announce the beginning of a new resident global rotation site with our partners at Hospital San Lucas in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Grand Rounds at the University of Minnesota

IGOT Co-Chair, Dr. Coleen Sabatini, served as the visiting professor at the University of Minnesota. Her presentation was entitled "Global Orthopaedics: Addressing the Burden of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Children - One Surgeon's Path." Dr. Sabatini shared insights on health equity and global surgery work. She also presented a didatic lecture on musculoskeletal infections to residents at the University of Minnesota. To view the Grand Rounds recording, please click here.

Invited Oration at the POSI Conference

IGOT Board Member, Dr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, gave the invited oration at the 31st Annual Conference of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of India (POSI) in Ahmedabad, India. His presentation was entitled "Children's Orthopaedics: Lessons Learned," in which he explores his personal and professional journey in the field of pediatric orthopaedics. To watch the recording, please click here.

OTA Podium Presentation Award

A study led by last year's IGOT Research Fellow, Francisco Gomez-Alvarado, was awarded the best International Podium by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA). The paper entitled "Delayed Surgery Increases the Rate of Infection in Closed Long Bone Fractures in Low-and Middle-Income Countries" was recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS).

The study was conducted in collaboration with IGOT partner, SIGN Fracture Care International. The results highlight the importance of timely surgical care for closed fractures in low- and middle-income countries, which have received less attention from the global health community. IGOT is grateful to all the surgeons around the world who contributed data to the SIGN database.

To read the article, click here.

Keep Our Work Moving Forward

At IGOT, we are on a mission to bridge the gap in global orthopaedic trauma care and we need your help to make it possible! Your donation to IGOT directly supports training local healthcare providers in underserved regions to deliver expert orthopaedic trauma care.

Thank you for being a part of this vital mission. With your support, we can expand our reach and transform orthopaedic trauma care globally.