One AO Awards

The One AO Awards are presented by ACVS Educational Partner AOVET North America annually at the ACVS Surgery Summit. Abstracts are chosen based on their cross-disciplinary orthopedic relevance and embodiment of the “one medicine” spirit of AOVET North America, which brings together physicians and veterinary experts in the fields of trauma, craniomaxillofacial, spinal, and veterinary orthopedic surgery.

2024 Recipients 

Gwladys Malek, DVM, MSc (University of Montreal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec). Corticosteroid Effects of Equine Osteoclasts in Vitro. 

Regan Marie Stoneburner, DVM (Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY). MPR vs. CADS 3-D Measurements of Canine Radii.  

2023 Recipients  

William C. Chung, VMD (Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI). VMD Mechanical Comparison of Straight and Pre-Bent Interlocking Nails Used for the Stabilization of Tibial Fracture.

Lindsay Seewald, DVM (Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, Lexington, KY). Mitochondrial DNA as an Inflammatory Mediator in Early Posttraumatic Osteoarthritis.

2022 Recipients

Shannon Connard, DVM (University of Pennsylvania, Kennett, Square, PA). Characterization of EVs in Synovial Fluid of Horses with Naturally-Occurring Osteoarthritis.

Thomas J. O’Brien, BVSc (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO). Novel Implant for Repair of Midbody PSB Fractures.

2020 Recipients

Shannon S. Connard (University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA), Renata L. Linardi, Kayla M. Even, Alix K. Berglund, Lauren V. Schnabel, Kyla F. Ortved. Effects of Continuous Passage on the Immunomodulatory Properties of Equine Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells In Vitro.

Hadley E. Gleason (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL), Heidi E. Phillips, Stephanie E. Keating, Phillip Edward Stanley Hamel, Annette E. McCoy, Ryan E. Fries. Ala Vestibuloplasty Improves Cardiopulmonary and Lifestyle Parameters in Brachycephalic Cats.