Abstract Submission Is Now Open!

Abstract submission opened on July 15, 2026, and will close on November 1, 2026, for both podium presentations and posters. Please see the Abstract Submission page for more details about abstract submission, formatting and regulations.

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Introducing Our 2027 Jacques Jenny Lecturer

Dr. Constance R. Chu graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1983, one of the first female graduates of the Academy. Constance earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at UC San Diego in 1998.

Dr. Chu is Professor and Vice Chair Research in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Stanford University and Director of the Joint Preservation Center and Chief of Sports Medicine at the VA Palo Alto. Prior to her appointment at Stanford, Constance was the Albert Ferguson Endowed Chair and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Her clinical practice focuses on the knee: primarily restoration and reconstruction of the ACL, menisci and cartilage.

In addition to clinical duties, Dr. Chu is a principal investigator of several projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, leading innovative translational research from bench to bedside in three main areas: quantitative imaging and biomarker development for early diagnosis and staging of joint and cartilage injury and degeneration; cartilage tissue engineering and stem cell based cartilage repair; and molecular and biological therapies for joint restoration and joint rejuvenation. Her research efforts have led to more than 30 professional awards and honors to include a Kappa Delta Award, considered to be the highest research honor in Orthopedic Surgery.