Awards

Congratulations to Dr. Eric McCarty for being recognized as one of the winners of the highest and most prestigious research award given by AAOS—the 2024 Kappa Delta Awards and the OREF Clinical Research Award!

The AAOS is proud to present the winners of the 2024 Kappa Delta Awards and the Orthopaedic Research Education Foundation (OREF) Clinical Research Award. The awards are bestowed annually for outstanding clinical research related directly to musculoskeletal disease or injury. Manuscripts represent a large body of cohesive scientific work generally reflecting years of investigation. The winners are recognized at the AAOS Annual Meeting and the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Annual Meeting.

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2005	Cabaud Memorial Award, national award given by American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for best clinically relevant hypothesis driven basic science research
2010	CUSPY Student Athlete Support Award, given to Sports Medicine by the University of Colorado athletes for the services and dedication given to the athletes
2011	Neer Award, national award given by American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons for outstanding clinical research relating to the shoulder, Effectiveness of Physical Therapy in Treating Atraumatic Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears. A Multi-Center Prospective Cohort Study
2011	AAOS Achievement Award, recognition for participation and volunteer work for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
2012	Colorado Biz Magazine, Best Doctor for Executives, named Best Sports Medicine Doctor
2012	Kappa Delta Award, national award given by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for outstanding research in orthopedics, Prognosis and Predictors of ACL Reconstructions using the MOON Cohort: A Model for Comparative Effectiveness Studies
2012	Aircast Award for Clinical Research, national award given by American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for best research by a fellow, Biceps Tenotomy Versus Tenodesis in the Younger Active Patient Under Age 55: Is There a Difference in Strength and Outcomes?
2013	Neer Award, national award given by American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons for outstanding clinical research relating to the shoulder, “Predictors of Success of Nonoperative Treatment for Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears: A Multicenter Cohort Study.”
2013	Best Paper Award Shoulder Program 12th International Congress for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, “Defining Indications for Rotator Cuff Repair: Predictors of Failure of Nonoperative Treatment of Chronic, Symptomatic, Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears.”
2014	Herodicus Award, national award given by American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for research in “Meniscal Repair with Concurrent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Operative Success and Patient Outcomes at 6-Year Follow-up.”
2015	Herodicus Award, national award given by American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for research in “The Fate of Meniscus Tears Left in situ at the time of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A 6-Year Follow-up Study from the MOON Cohort.”
2016	Jerry D. McMorris Community MVP Award at the 9th Annual Colorado Coaches for Charity banquet. Award given for above and beyond excellence, and compassion for patients.
2017	O’Donoghue Sports Injury Research Award, given by American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for the paper titled “10 Year Outcomes and Risk Factors after ACL reconstruction: A MOON Cohort Study”
2019	Kappa Delta Award, national award given by American Academy of Orthopaedics Surgeons for outstanding research in orthopaedics “Predictors of Clinical Outcomes Following Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction.”
2019	Douglas W. Brown Award for Best Review Paper given by the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine for the most outstanding review paper that appeared in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine in “Fixed-versus Adjustable-Loop Femoral Cortical Suspension Devices for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Biomechanical Studies”