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Advocacy After being named the latest Orthopaedic Political ActionCommittee (OrthoPAC) Resident Fellow on the AAOS PACExecutive Committee in the spring of 2019, I knew therewere big shoes to fill. Resident participation within the PAC was on an upwardtrajectory, and OrthoPAC leadership was ready to makethat next big leap forward. Mostimpressively, the PAC had more than 10 residency programsreach Gold status by having 100 percent of residents jointhe PAC. [Extracted from the article]

Highlights from the article: I will be following in the footsteps of Jake Calcei, MD, my immediate predecessor, and Chad A. Krueger, MD, the inaugural resident fellow. OrthoPAC Chairman John T. Gill, MD, has challenged me to recruit 500 residents to the PAC this year.

Highlights from the article: Legislation recently introduced in the 116th Congress supports the expansion of graduate medical education (GME) positions for medical training and facilitates interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program. The legislation seeks to increase Medicare-supported direct and indirect GME resident training positions by 15,000 spots over five years, or 3,000 positions per year. The country is facing a serious physician shortage, including surgical specialists, and this bill aims to increase the number of physicians in the workforce through federal funding.