Todd A. Milbrandt, MD, became the 41st president of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) at the EPOSNA 2024 Combined Meeting in National Harbor, MD. Milbrandt is the chair of the Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Division at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Milbrandt attended the University of Virginia School of Medicine where he graduated and then stayed in Charlottesville for his orthopaedic surgery residency. During his residency, he spent a year out of training in the cartilage lab, earning a master’s degree in surgical research. During residency, he was strongly influenced by John Blanco, who inspired him to pursue pediatric orthopaedics and the Dorothy and Bryant Edwards Fellowship at Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, Texas.

In 2005, he began his academic life at the Shriners Hospital and the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington, KY. In 2014, he moved to Mayo Clinic to be named the chair of the Pediatric Orthopedic Division. POSNA has been a focus of his volunteer activity from the beginning of his career.