Dr Burns serves as the Director of Orthopedics at DePaul Hospital. She completed an RJOS international traveling fellowship focused on shoulder surgery in 2005. Her surgical interests include shoulder arthritis, rotator cuff tears, shoulder instability, shoulder replacement, and return to sports after shoulder surgery.

Dr Burns has volunteered with other orthopedic organizations, including the ASES, AOSSM, and the Forum. She is active in research and education, and publishes and presents regularly on shoulder surgery. Dr Burns has two adult children, and enjoys ice hockey, scuba diving, travel and hiking.

Dr Gianakos completed her Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Surgery fellowship at Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Following her training, she became the first In-Office Needle Arthroscopy and Foot and Ankle Sports Medicine International Travel Fellow.

Dr Gianakos fine-tuned her skills with world renowned surgeons in New York City, London, Amsterdam, Italy, and Greece. Dr. Gianakos has also been working towards completion of her Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam with her area of focus on Gender Differences in Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Gianakos has over 50 peer-reviewed publications and 10 book chapters and has presented her work at numerous international and national platforms across the world. 

Dr Gianakos is a founding member of SpeakUpOrtho where she is leading a SpeakUp Coalition Call to Action Initiative with leaders in various medical specialties across the country aiming to improve the culture of residency training to effect policy change. She is a physician advocate in Physician Just Equity providing peer-support to physicians who experience workplace conflicts, through education, research, empowerment and advocacy while facilitating institutional culture change.

Dr Gianakos was recently awarded the Women in Medicine Summit #Trailblazer Award and received the first ever 2021 Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society Courage Award for her work. In addition to her leadership role within RJOS, she also serves on the AOFAS Humanitarian Committee and Women in Orthopaedics Worldwide group.