University of Washington, Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

09/23/2025

Dr. Jason Hsu has been selected as the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons 2025 Founder's Legacy Award for Mentorship. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor!

Dr. Jason HsuCongratulations to Dr. Jason Hsu! Dr. Hsu has been selected as recipient of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons 2025 Legacy Founders' Award for Mentorship.

09/16/2025

Dr. MacDonald and Dr. Hagen represent WA state in the AAOS board of counselors and spent the day lobbying for our specialty in DC!

08/15/2025

One of our residents, Dr. Sean Pirkle (R5) has published a memoir chronicling his journey to becoming a doctor. Congratulations, Sean!

Dr. Sean Pirkle (R5) at AAOS 2025 Sean Pirkle, MD (R5) has published a book chronicling his journey to becoming a doctor. Congratulations, Dr. Pirkle!

07/14/2025

Dr. Mia Hagen was a featured speaker and Dr. Suzanna Ohlsen (R4) presented a poster at 2025 AOSS in Nashville.

Dr. Suzanna Ohlesn (R4) presents her poster at AOSS 2025 in Nashville, TN Dr. Mia Hagen and Dr. Suzanna Ohlsen (R4) attended the 2025 annual conference of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) in Nashville, TN.

06/23/2025

The Department welcomed our new 2025-26 residents last Friday with a meet and greet event at the Terrace Cafe at the Foege Building. The meet and greet event was a great opportunity for faculty and current residents to welcome and get to know our new R1s.

Last Friday, June 20, we welcomed our new 2025-26 residents with a Meet and Greet event at the Vista Cafe terrace at the Foege Building.Friday's meet and greet event was great opportunity for faculty and current residents to get to know our incoming R1s and welcome them to the department.

03/21/2025

Match results have been announced. Welcome to our new 2025-26 residents!

Congratulations and welcome to our new residents!Our faculty, residents and staff all look forward to working with each of these young men and women to help them become outstanding orthopaedic surgeons.

03/20/2025

Seattle Children's pediatric spine surgeon Dr. Jennifer Bauer and Orthopaedic resident Dr. Emily Hunt's mentor/mentee relationship was recently profiled in 425 magazine. The article examines the value and importance of female mentor/mentee relationships as women make up just 3% of orthopaedic spine surgeons.

The Seattle Children's doctors discuss their mentor-mentee relationship.

03/14/2025

Dr. William Lack was senior author on a paper presented at AAOS 2025. Alignment, Forearm Pronosupination, and Patient Reported Outcomes: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study of Pediatric Both Bone Forearm Fractures. See a write up in Healio at:

SAN DIEGO — Results presented here showed repeat closed reduction for both bone forearm fractures in patients older than 8 years resulted in a higher rate of pronosupination deficit and decreased functional outcomes.“The most meaningful result with this study was that if you were to cons...

03/06/2025

2017 resident alumni Dr. Sara Shippee Wallace returned to Seattle to present at a hybrid Grand Rounds with Dr. Freddy Yang. Dr. Wallace is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Dept of Orthopaedics and Rehab Medicine. Welcome back, Dr. Wallace!

01/01/2025

What an exciting end to the Sun Bowl. Congratulations to the Huskies on their inaugural season in the BIG10.
Much thanks to Husky Athletics medical staff for their hard work and support all season long keeping our athletes healthy, safe and ready to compete at the highest level!

What an exciting finish to the Sun Bowl. Huskies came up a little short but congratulations on a successful innaugural season in the BIG10.Much thanks to all our Husky Athletics Medical staff for their hard work, support, and time keeping our Husky athletes healthy, safe, and ready to compete at the...

10/22/2024

Dr. Richard Bransford is profiled in a recent UW Newsroom article about the use of robotic-assisted device in spinal surgery.

As new technology and equipment get released in the medical field, doctors at UW Medicine are doing their part to use them. 

04/03/2024

Husky Giving Day is Thursday, April 4. Donate now to support our efforts to recruit and retain world-class faculty, scientists and clinicians, as well as launch innovative research to advance the profession.

One of the most common reasons a person goes to see a doctor is because of pain in their muscles, bones or joints caused by musculoskeletal disorders or injuries. Nearly one in two Americans suffer from these conditions.