Posts by Laurie Meszaros

Perry staff and volunteers celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8, 2013) last night by attending a screening of the new documentary: Girl Rising! This incredible film by Academy Award-nominated director…

    Earlier in the month, Dr. Jenni flew back to the San Francisco office for some needed organization time.  While she was there, we received a giant shipment of…

During the Perry Initiative fundraising kick-off event held Thursday, November 1st, 2012 at the UCSF Orthopaedic Institute, the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (represented by Perry co-founder, Dr. Lisa Lattanza) honored Dr. Jacquelin Perry as the first recipient of the Dr. Jacquelin Perry Excellence in Mentorship Award.

Drs. Buckley and Lattanza were in Washington, DC this week for the annual Movement Is Life Caucus on Musculoskeletal Health Disparities, which is chaired by Perry Board Member, Dr. Mary O’Connor from the Mayo Clinic in Florida.

On August 25, 2012, The Perry Initiative was pleased to present Dr. Tom Buchanan with an award for Excellence in Mentoring in recognition of his established and continuing efforts to encourage women to pursue careers in engineering and the sciences.

Orthopaedic surgeon and Perry Initiative Board Member, Dr. Mary O’Connor submitted a blog post on women in the field of orthopaedic surgery that was published by the Huffington Post. We…