RRY Publications, Publisher of Orthopedics This Week, Forms Strategic Relationship with Residency Select

West Conshohocken, PA May 8, 2014

RRY Publications LLC (“RRY”), a level one medical technology publisher and the largest weekly publication in orthopedics, announced today that it has formed a strategic relationship with Residency Select LLC, a firm that offers selection, training and assessment tools for Graduate Medical Education. Through its popular Orthopedics This Week web publication, RRY serves an extensive orthopedic clinical and commercial community, and Residency Select is developing a web community of orthopedic, spine and other residents. The firms will share content among their web constituencies.

“Four time winner of the AAOS MORE award for journalistic excellence covering musculoskeletal issues, Orthopedics This Week is the #1 publication in the orthopedic and spine community. A central aspect of our appeal is a commitment to publishing results of clinical studies from around the world and to host debates between leading clinicians regarding the most important clinical topics of the day” says Robin Young, founder, editor and publisher of RRY Publications LLC. “Approximately 55% of our content is clinical study related with the remainder covering practice management, reimbursement and regulatory policy and product information. We are delighted to be able to offer this award winning content to the broader community of orthopedic and spine residents. This collaboration will allow registered residents complimentary access to all features on our website.”

“We are proud to name RRY Publications as the first corporate sponsor of our website for residents. The ability for orthopedic and spine surgeons-in-training to access Orthopedics This Week content will further the position of Residency Select’s website as the go-to resource to assist residents on their journey to fellowship or practice.” said Alan Friedman, founder and CEO of Residency Select.

About RRY Publications LLC

Now in its 10th year, RRY Publication LLC publishes the leading weekly publication in orthopedics, Orthopedics This Week (www.ryortho.com) as well as Orthopedics This Month: Spine and hosts the annual Stem Cell Summit in New York City. The company is based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and distributes its publication to more than 30 countries around the world. For more information contact Robin Young at 610-260-6449. Or email him at robin@ryortho.com.

About Residency Select

Residency Select (www.residencyselect.com) is a new firm providing tools to help residents and residency programs optimize the fit, success, training, assessment and compliance of graduate medical education. Its initial offering Residency Select Behavioral Assessments is a suite of assessment instruments for use by faculty and residency candidates, that were shown in a recently completed pilot study among 12 leading orthopedic residency programs to predict resident performance, thus becoming a new tool to assist residency programs find those candidates best suited to success in their program. Residency Select’s Community of Residents website is becoming the nexus for residents to find resources to augment and guide their professional training as they seek placement in fellowship, academic or private practice careers upon completion of their residency. The company is based in Eatontown, New Jersey. For more information contact Alan Friedman at 888-409-2468 or email: info@residencyselect.com.