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An excellent anniversary celebration! Jackson Orthopedic Foundation’s 20th Anniversary & Inaugural Canes Film Festival on November 4 in downtown Oakland was wonderful! Thank you to everyone who joined us and all who wished us a “happy anniversary.” Read about our celebration and see photos of the special evening on our website. And remember, you can contribute to the work of JOF at any time—and tomorrow especially, as it’s Giving Tuesday.
Announcing the JOF Karin S. Selbach Fund: Our new education fund, established this month with a founding contribution by Jerrald R. Goldman, MD, honors the memory of pioneering nurse Karin Selbach (1952-2018). The fund will target programs that strive to improve the lives of people with musculoskeletal conditions through education, and will offer scholarships to JOF orthopedic care programs and skills workshops. Read about the remarkable Karin Selbach, and consider making a donation to this new fund.
We've been busy! In addition to our benefit event early this month, we've been sharing our expertise with colleagues at several skills workshops. With the able assistance of Laura Balassone, NP, JOF’s Kathy Geier and AJ Benham offered a successful Orthopedic Injection Workshop on October 27 for 18 primary care providers at Holy Names University in Oakland. On November 10, Kathy Geier and Briana Felix, ERT, held a Casting/Splinting Workshop for 14 Webster Orthopedics employees in San Ramon. These workshops are valuable to participants seeking to improve their orthopedic skills, offer 6.5 continuing education units, and inform medical providers about the importance of proper musculoskeletal care.
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As always, if you have comments or questions, please write to us at info@jacksonortho.org or call 510.238.4851.
Yours in good health,
Kathleen Geier, DNP, and AJ Benham, DNP
Jackson Orthopedic Foundation
400 30th Street, Suite 102, Oakland, CA 94609 (new offices)
www.jacksonortho.org
info@jacksonortho.org
510.238.4851
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An enthusiastic crowd gathered at 1544 Broadway in downtown Oakland on Sunday afternoon, November 4, to learn about JOF’s mission, raise a celebratory glass, and watch entertaining short films about orthopedic health. Our 20th Anniversary & Inaugural Canes Film Festival benefit was everything we could have hoped for in our first year as a healthcare film festival producer. We are making plans to ensure that next year's event will be even bigger, so stay tuned for details. You won’t want to miss it!
Take a look at the fun photos captured by Amy Sullivan of our special event.
JOF Medical Director Peter Slabaugh, MD, emceed the fun event, recalling JOF’s education and outreach work in addition to events that occurred in 1998 other than our organization’s beginnings. Keynoter Kevin Roth, MD, of Webster Orthopedics, a JOF intern in 1999, shared what a great intern experience can mean to a young person and the value of a mentor, in his case, Mac Reynolds, MD, a co-founder of JOF. Kathy Geier discussed JOF’s Summer Intern Program and AJ Benham talked about the Orthopedic Primary Care course, Injections Workshops and other JOF skill-building offerings.
Last but not least, four film shorts, the 2018 Summer Interns’ final projects, were screened. These included:
• Musculoskeletal Conditions, by Amaris Durst and Qihua Sun (receiving the audience award for Best Film of 2018);
• Office Habits: 5 Do’s & 4 Don’ts, by Bradley Filgas (Best Ergonomics Film);
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, by Amy Wang and Ty’Jah Banks (Best Upper Extremity Condition Film); and
• Muscular Imbalance, by Kenneth Zhou (Best Comic Presentation of a Musculoskeletal Condition).
All the films were a big hit and were accompanied by video clips of the interns discussing what the Summer Intern Program had meant to them.
Special thanks to sponsors, donors and volunteers, including Jerrald R. Goldman, MD, for his $15,000 donation establishing the Karin S. Selbach Fund, and to Laurel Wreath Sponsors, AJ Benham, Kathleen A. Geier, Catherine Matthews, McKesson Medical Surgical, Social Change Consulting and Peter Slabaugh, MD.
JOF also thanks Annemarie Henning and Social Change Consulting for the 20th Anniversary & Inaugural Canes Film Festival logo, provided as a pro bono contribution to this event.
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Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, a national day of philanthropic giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
For those who were not able to join us for our 20th Anniversary & Inaugural Canes Film Festival celebration, please consider donating to support our work. Click here to contribute online.
We spent 2018 helping others through professional education, research and service. Our work has never been more important. Our society is aging, and the prevalence of age-related disease is increasing, including bone and joint disorders.
Checks can also be sent to our office at:
Jackson Orthopedic Foundation
400 30th Street, Suite 102
Oakland, CA 94609
Your contribution to JOF is an amazing way to improve your community and the lives of others. We are so thankful for your support!
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About Us
 Jackson Orthopedic Foundation (JOF) is a 501 c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with musculoskeletal conditions through education, research and service. Since our founding in 1998, our goal has been to raise the profile and priority of non-surgical musculoskeletal health with local hospitals, schools and the general public, while encouraging a collaborative, multidisciplinary care model in the orthopedic community. Learn more on our website at www.jacksonortho.org.
JOF is dependent on support from companies, foundations and individual donors. Your contributions enable us to provide education to medical professionals and workshops to local patients, and to conduct research.
Click here to make a donation to JOF though PayPal. Or you can mail a donation to our office: Jackson Orthopedic Foundation, 400 30th Street, Suite 102, Oakland, CA 94609.
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