Mission

To improve musculoskeletal care for all patients.

Goals

Slocum Foundation is a non-profit charitable organization devoted to

• Research to improve the care of orthopedic patients.
• Promoting physician and allied healthcare personnel education in orthopedics and sports medicine.
• Providing clinics for coaches, trainers, physical therapists, and other musculoskeletal-interested personnel.
• Providing lectures for the lay public relating to musculoskeletal conditions and treatment.
• Promoting orthopedic and sports medicine fellowships and opportunities for clinical research.
• Providing grants for nationally recognized scholarly orthopedic research.
• Providing scholarships for local athletes, handicapped individuals, and injured persons for rehabilitation to participate in community sports.
• Sponsoring fundraising events to provide funds to supports its endeavors.
• Soliciting donations for Foundation activities.

Rationale

Slocum Foundation physicians advance the mission by

• Enumerating the many activities of the Foundation to attract maximum support.
• Making clear that the Foundation is a charitable, non-profit organization.
• Encouraging donations and sponsorship of events.
• Funding state-of-the-art clinical research in the private practice setting.
• Sponsoring and teaching quality education courses for physicians and allied health professionals.
• Promoting nationally recognized evidence-based scholarly research.
• Maintaining a total joint registry for long-term outcomes research.
• Presenting in-depth presentations to the medical community.
• Donating time and resources to help patients and physicians locally and arond the world.
• Acquiring funds to finance research and education to accomplish our mission.