Who should you be following? The top 100 social media influencers in orthopaedic surgery

Table 1 Top 100 most influential individuals

Rank	Twitter Handle	Name	Occupation
1	briancolemd	Brian Cole	Orthopaedic Surgery
2	hjluks	Howard Luks	Orthopaedic Surgery
3	myorthodoc	Steve A. Mora	Orthopaedic Surgery
4	drdavidgeier	David Geier	Orthopaedic Surgery
5	thekneedoc	Robert LaPrade	Orthopaedic Surgery
6	the_jockdoc	Andrew Blecher	Family Medicine Sports Medicine
7	millettmd	Peter Millett	Orthopaedic Surgery
8	cmichaelgibson	C. Michael Gibson	Interventional Cardiology
9	afranklynmiller	Andy Franklyn-Miller	Primary Care Sports Medicine
10	kburnsmd	Katherine Burns	Orthopaedic Surgery
11	orthohead	April Bright	General Manager, Orthoworld
12	jameslubowitzmd	James Lubowitz	Orthopaedic Surgery (Editor-in-Chief, Arthroscopy)
13	sportsdrsean	Sean McMillan	Orthopaedic Surgery
14	tomclantonmd	Thomas Clanton	Orthopaedic Surgery
15	anklefootmd	Lance Silverman	Orthopaedic Surgery
16	drpamortho	Pamela Petrocy	Orthopaedic Surgery
17	stephania_espn	Stephania Bell	Physical Therapy
18	tigerbuford	Tiger Buford	Recruiter
19	thomasleemd	Thomas H. Lee	Orthopaedic Surgery
20	shoulderarth	Frederick Matsen	Orthopaedic Surgery
21	sportscaduceus	Sportscaduceus	Orthopaedic Surgery
22	shouldermd	Jonathan Levy	Orthopaedic Surgery
23	bonedoc95	Ronald Navarro	Orthopaedic Surgery
24	sheldenmartinmd	Shelden Martin	Orthopaedic Surgery
25	anthonyromeomd	Anthony A. Romeo	Orthopaedic Surgery
26	drderekochiai	Derek Ochiai	Orthopaedic Surgery
27	adammeakins	Adam Meakins	CSCS/physiotherapist
28	sinicropispine	Stefano Sinicropi	Orthopaedic Surgery
29	drnikhilverma	Nikhil Verma	Orthopaedic Surgery
30	drroddymcgee	Roddy McGee	Orthopaedic Surgery
31	drcorenman	Donald Corenman	Orthopaedic Surgery
32	zehrcenter	Robert J. Zehr	Orthopaedic Surgery
33	lauramiller19	Laura Dyrda	Editor-in-Chief, Becker's ASC and Spine Review
34	flspinedoc	Jonathan Hyde	Orthopaedic Surgery
35	drellylaroque	Elly LaRoque	Orthopaedic Surgery
36	drkmarberry	Kevin Marberry	Orthopaedic Surgery
37	nashvillehipmds	Tania A. Ferguson and J.W. Thomas Byrd	Orthopaedic Surgery
38	mikereinold	Mike Reinold	Physical Therapy
39	cyclingsurgeon	Chris Oliver	Orthopaedic Surgery (Retired)
40	vegascourse	Raffy Mirzayan	Orthopaedic Surgery
41	drgreghoover	Gregory Hoover	Orthopaedic Surgery
42	samcartermd	Samuel Carter	Orthopaedic Surgery
43	scoliosisdoctor	Neel Anand	Orthopaedic Surgery
44	chrisgearyortho	Christopher Geary	Orthopaedic Surgery
45	traumatologoald	David Maldonado	Orthopaedic Surgery
46	drdecampos	Juliet DeCampos	Orthopaedic Surgery
47	drmartinleland	J. Martin Leland	Orthopaedic Surgery
48	petercoffaro	Peter Coffaro	Medical Device Consultant, Gerson Lehrman Group
49	mizzousportsdoc	Aaron Gray	Family Medicine Sports Medicine
50	stiebermd	Jonathan Stieber	Orthopaedic Surgery
51	krisjonesmd	Kristofer Jones	Orthopaedic Surgery
52	julie_eib	Julie Eibensteiner	Physical Therapy
53	drjustinroe	Justin Roe	Orthopaedic Surgery
54	fixnbones	Dan Fuentes	Orthopaedic Surgery
55	randysportsdoc	Randy Schwartzberg	Orthopaedic Surgery
56	benjamindombmd	Benjamin Domb	Orthopaedic Surgery
57	meierorthopedic	Steven W. Meier	Orthopaedic Surgery
58	richlamourmd	Richard Lamour	Orthopaedic Surgery
59	joshdinesmd	Josh Dines	Orthopaedic Surgery
60	skepticscalpel	Skeptical Scalpel	General Surgery
61	ashishrawalmd	Ashish M. Rawal	Orthopaedic Surgery
62	ccentenomd	Chris Centeno	Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
63	drnickusa	Nicholas DiNubile	Orthopaedic Surgery
64	knee_surgeon	Christopher Vertullo	Orthopaedic Surgery
65	drhalbrecht	Jeffrey Halbrecht	Orthopaedic Surgery
66	mikereiman	Mike Reiman	Physical Therapy
67	glenndcohenmd	Glenn D. Cohen	Orthopaedic Surgery
68	drpaci	James Paci	Orthopaedic Surgery
69	drjosephkim	Joseph Kim	President, Q Synthesis
70	drpeachy	Chris Peach	Orthopaedic Surgery
71	str8bonesjim	Jim Ficke	Orthopaedic Surgery
72	herschmd	Jonathan Hersch	Orthopaedic Surgery
73	kevinfarmermd	Kevin W. Farmer	Orthopaedic Surgery
74	jocktodoc	Mark Adickes	Orthopaedic Surgery
75	orthopodreg	Simon Fleming	Orthopaedic Surgery
76	drhanyelrashidy	Hany Elrashidy	Orthopaedic Surgery
77	saraedwardsmd	Sara Edwards	Orthopaedic Surgery
78	orthobiohealing	William D Murrell	Orthopaedic Surgery
79	drbadia	Alejandro Badia	Orthopaedic Surgery
80	trentwilsonmd	Trent Wilson	Orthopaedic Surgery
81	angryorthopod	angryorthopod	Orthopaedic Surgery
82	sportzdoc	Brian Shannon	Orthopaedic Surgery
83	drjordanmetzl	Jordan D. Metzl	Pediatric Sports Medicine
84	drmartinsalgado	Martin Salgado	Orthopaedic Surgery
85	nickferran	Nick Ferran	Orthopaedic Surgery
86	kthorborg	Kristian Thorborg	Physical Therapy
87	chrisandersonmd	Chris N Anderson	Orthopaedic Surgery
88	jsanchezsotelo	Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo	Orthopaedic Surgery
89	mykneedoc	Gareth Stables	Orthopaedic Surgery
90	the_ompt	Erson Religioso	Physical Therapy
91	handwristdr	John T. Knight	Orthopaedic Surgery
92	jenarofv_md	Jenaro Fdez-Valencia	Orthopaedic Surgery
93	hip_arthroscopy	Jon Conroy	Orthopaedic Surgery
94	ricesportsmd	Robert Rice	Orthopaedic Surgery
95	brentmorrismd	Brent J. Morris	Orthopaedic Surgery
96	rayravenmd	Ray Raven	Orthopaedic Surgery
97	hewett1tim	Tim Hewett	Researcher - Biomechanics
98	bill_vicenzino	Bill Vicenzino	Physical Therapy
99	medtronicceo	Omar Ishrak	Chairman and CEO, Medtronic
100	drpedrojdelgado	Pedro J. Delgado	Orthopaedic Surgery

Table 2 Locations of the top 100 most influential individuals

United States		International
California	13	United Kingdom	7
Florida	8	Australia	3
New York	7	Spain	2
Colorado	6	Chile	1
Minnesota	6	Denmark	1
Washington	5	Ireland	1
Illinois	4	United Arab Emirates	1
Texas	4	Venezuela	1
Massachusetts	3
Missouri	3
Ohio	3
Tennessee	3
Pennsylvania	2
South Carolina	2
Arizona	1
Kentucky	1
Louisiana	1
Maryland	1
North Carolina	1
New Jersey	1
New Mexico	1
Nevada	1
Utah	1
Virginia	1
Wisconsin	1
Unknown	3

Table 3 Board certification of orthopaedic surgeon influencers

Board Certification	n
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery	63
United Kingdom General Medical Council1	5
American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopaedics	2
Australian Medical Board2	2
Médicos Internos Residentes3	2
Trainees	2
No publicly verifiable board	2

¹Certification in trauma and orthopaedic surgery;

²Certification in orthopaedic surgery;

³The Médicos Internos Residentes (Internal Medical Resident) is a certification program run by the Ministry of Health and Consumption of Spain–certification in Orthopaedic surgery and traumatology.