UMKC Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

The events continued with the UMKC Orthopaedic Residency Graduation Ceremony!

Celebrating our graduates: Dr. Amin, Dr. Branche and Dr. Furlough and giving the residents an opportunity to be looking good out of scrubs!

🚨P.S. Look at our women in ortho power squad!

What an eventful weekend for the UMKC ortho residency! Starting off with the Rex L Diveley Annual Lectureship where our graduating chiefs presented for the last time as residents and had visiting profesor Dr. Peter Cole educate us on orthopedic trauma.

Here are our residents at the AOA meeting. They learned not only how to be leaders in orthopaedics but also about New Mexico’s landscape and the art of mastering selfies.

UMKC Ortho Crawfish Boil 🦞☀️
Wonderful day spent with the orthopaedic family enjoying great food and time together outdoors. Special thanks to Dr. Winston for sponsoring, Dr. Podoll’s family for graciously hosting, and the Dr. Vasterling’s family for the incredible cooking. A memorable gathering with residents, faculty, families, and even a four-legged guest who may have enjoyed the crawfish most of all 🐶

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Our PGY4s are all matched now after hand match day!
Dr. Whitmire, Dr. DellaPolla, Dr. Podoll and Dr. Mansy ready to take on fellowship.

UMKC Ortho would like to highlight the upcoming Chief class—after four long years, they’re all grown and ready to tackle the biggest and baddest broken fingers, acetabula, and open physes.

Shoutout to our fearless leaders, Morgan and Leilani, as Administrative and Academic Chief Residents—excited for the 2026–2027 regimen.

See some action shots of our interns at AO basic learning the core principles of fracture fixation! 🔨

Huge congrats to Dr. Mansy and Dr. Podoll, who matched into their fellowships yesterday!!! We are beyond proud of these guys 💪✨ Stay tuned for next month to see where the other half of our PGY-4 class matches ☝️ !!

UMKC residents explored PT/OT hands-on through interactive stations, ending with a fun competition.
Thank you to the University Health PT/OT team for helping us see care from our patients’ perspective!

Welcome to our NEW ROOOOOOOOS! Class of 2031! 🦘💙💛🤍