Arianna Gianakos, DO

Dr. Arianna Gianakos is currently a foot and ankle orthopedic surgery fellow at New York University in NYC and is the first IONA and Sports Medicine International Travel Fellow. She recently completed her foot and ankle surgery training at Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She is completing her Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam with her area of focus on Gender Studies & Gender Equity in Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Gianakos is one of the founding members of #SpeakUpOrtho where she is leading a SpeakUp Coalition Call to Action Initiative with leaders in various medical specialties across the country aiming to improve the culture of residency training to effect policy change. She is a physician advocate in Physician Just Equity providing peer-support to physicians who experience workplace conflicts, through education, research, empowerment and advocacy while facilitating institutional culture change.

Dr. Gianakos is actively involved in international collaborations aiming to improve residency education and the medical work environment and has given numerous national and international lectures on the topics of gender discrimination, bullying in medicine, and residency education. She has recently been awarded the first ever 2021 Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society Courage award for her work. She serves as a leader in mentorship programs including the Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society Professional Development Committee, and the AOFAS Humanitarian Committee and is a member in both the Women in Orthopaedics Worldwide group and the International Orthopaedic Diversity Alliance.