UMKC Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

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! 🦘💙💛🤍

Just AAOS NOLA things - Congrats to Drs Alcaide (PGY-1), Warren (PGY-3), Whitmire (PGY-4), and Dubin (PGY-19) for their podium presentations! Our residents enjoyed courses, the exhibit hall, and exploring New Orleans! Notable events attended were the Gladden Society meeting and the UMKC alumni happy hour 💛

Last intern spotlight for Tern’s Tuesday, please help us welcome Dr. Dorianne Alcaide✨ Hometown: Camuy, Puerto Rico
Undergrad: SUNY Binghamton
Med School: Indiana University SOM
Why UMKC: (cause the chiefs? duh🤣)Friendly and welcoming residents and faculty that also were invested in the surrounding community
Interest: trauma/spine
Fun fact: hate coffee
Fav bone: femur