The Mark Frankle, MD, Health Care Policy Award
Forecasted
The Mark Frankle, MD, Health Care Policy Award supports ASES members through a policy and advocacy fellowship to develop leaders who improve access, safety, and outcomes in shoulder and elbow care.
Funder: American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
Due Dates (Anticipated): August 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $10,000 for fellowship expenses; up to 14 fellowship days
Summary: Supports ASES members in developing health care policy and advocacy leadership to improve access, safety, and outcomes in shoulder and elbow care.
Key Information: Applicants must be ASES members in good standing.
Description
The Mark Frankle, MD, Health Care Policy Award, offered through American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES), develops knowledge and leadership in health care policy and political advocacy. Dr. Frankle founded the award to cultivate a new generation of orthopaedic advocacy leaders who can improve access to high-quality shoulder and elbow care. Its priorities include safer care systems, patient and caregiver involvement in health care design and delivery, and understanding health care initiatives through quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety.
The award supports a fellowship in the AAOS Washington, DC office, connecting policy learning with Capitol Hill visits, government relations, and national orthopaedic leadership meetings. Recipients participate with the ASES Political Advocacy Committee and share their fellowship efforts and accomplishments with the membership through presentations at the ASES Annual Meeting.
