Meetings and Course Listings
April through May

GENERAL
APR. 10–14
AAOS Orthopaedic Board Preparation and Review Course
Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, Chicago
Course director: A. Jay Khanna, MD

APR. 17–21
Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting
Omni Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Fla.
Website: www.maoa.org

APR. 18–21
AAOS/American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA): A PA’s Guide to the Musculoskeletal Galaxy
Sheraton St. Louis City Center Hotel and Suites, St. Louis
Course directors: Jacob Buchowski, MD; Tom Gocke, PA-C
Website: www.aapa.org

APR. 25–27
Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) Annual Meeting
JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country, San Antonio
Website: www.aana.org

APR. 28–30
American Association of Orthopaedic Executives Annual Conference
Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego
Website: www.aaoe.net

MAY 4
AAOS Top Orthopaedic Controversies
InterContinental New York Times Square, New York
Course director: Michael Hausman, MD

MAY 16–18
AAOS/Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Bone Quality and Fracture Prevention Research Symposium
Hyatt Rosemont, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: Adele Boskey, PhD; Eve Donnelley, PhD; Joseph Lane, MD

MAY 17–18
AAOS/ORS/Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation New Investigator Workshop: Clinical, Translational, and Basic Science Research
Holiday Inn Inner Harbor, Baltimore
Course director: Richard Lieber, PhD

MAY 22
AAOS Webinar: Risk Evaluation and Management Strategies for Prescribing Opioids
Course director: Thomas B. Fleeter, MD

MAY 30–31
AAOS Shifting from Volume to Value: Preparing Your Practice for Health Reform
Capital Hilton, Washington, D.C.
Course directors: Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA; Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD

FOOT AND ANKLE
APR. 16
American Orthopaedic Foot &Ankle Society (AOFAS) Webinar: Controversies in the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries of the Foot and Ankle
Course director: Brian Donley, MD
Website: www.aofas.org

MAY 16–18
AOFAS Surgical Complications of the Foot and Ankle Course
Washington Duke Inn, Durham, N.C.
Course director: Mark E. Easley, MD
Website: www.aofas.org

HAND AND WRIST
MAY 3–4
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Comprehensive Care of the High-Level Athlete
Palmer House Hilton, Chicago
Course directors: Michelle G. Carlson, MD; Charles A. Goldfarb, MD; Thomas A. Wiedrich, MD
Website: www.assh.org

MAY 18–19
AANA Master Course: Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: William B. Geissler, MD; Melvin P. Rosenwasser, MD; Scott P. Steinmann, MD; Noah D. Weiss, MD
Website: www.aana.org

HIP
APR. 4–6
AAOS/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS)/Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) Hip Preservation in the Adolescent and Young Adult
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS; Young Jo Kim, MD, PhD

MAY 3–4
AAOS/AAHKS Challenges and Controversies in Total Joint Arthroplasty
Hyatt Rosemont, Rosemont, Ill.; The Inn at Penn, Philadelphia; Hilton San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco
Course directors: Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS; Douglas E. Padgett, MD; Douglas A. Dennis, MD

INTERNATIONAL
APR. 1–5
AAOS/Viet Nam Orthopaedic Association (VOA) Visiting Scholar and Professional Development Program/Pediatric Spine
Hanoi, Vietnam

APR. 24–28
Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons Annual Meeting
Çirağan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul, Turkey
Website: www.abjs.org

MAY 5–10
AAOS/VOA Visiting Scholar and Professional Development Program/Adult Reconstruction
Hue, Vietnam

MAY 29–31
AAOS/Sociedad Española de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatología Advanced Course
Madrid, Spain
Website: www.secot.es

KNEE
APR. 12–13
AANA Master Course: Knee-Patellofemoral Surgery
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: John P. Fulkerson, MD; Jack Farr II, MD; Jason L. Koh, MD; William R. Post, MD
Website: www.aana.org

APR. 19–20
AAOS/American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Advanced Surgical Reconstruction of the Knee and Shoulder
OLC, Rosemont, Ill.
Course directors: Eric Cleveland McCarty, MD; James R. Andrews, MD

MAY 3–4
AAOS/AAHKS Challenges and Controversies in Total Joint Arthroplasty
See listing under “Hip”

PEDIATRICS
APR. 4–6
AAOS/AAHKS/POSNA Hip Preservation in the Adolescent and Young Adult
See listing under “Hip”

APR. 10–13
Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics Annual Meeting
Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead, Atlanta
Website: www.acpoc.org

MAY 1–4
POSNA Annual Meeting
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Website: www.posna.org

SHOULDER AND ELBOW
APR. 9
AAOS/ASES Webinar: The Smashed Elbow
Course director: Mark S. Cohen, MD

APR. 19–20
AAOS/ASES Advanced Surgical Reconstruction of the Knee and Shoulder
See listing under “Knee”

MAY 18–19
AANA Master Course: Wrist and Elbow Arthroscopy
See listing under “Hand and Wrist”

SPORTS MEDICINE
MAY 9–11
American Orthopaedic Society for sports Medicine (AOSSM) Sports Medicine and the NFL: The Playbook for 2013
Sheraton Boston Hotel, Boston
Course directors: Gary W. Dorshimer, MD, FACP; Thomas J. Gill IV, MD
Website: www.aossm.org

TRAUMA
APR. 10–13
Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) Comprehensive Fracture Course for Residents 2.0
Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Ill.
Course directors: Matt L. Graves, MD; Gregory J. Della Rocca, MD, PhD, FACS
Website: www.ota.org

APR. 18–21
OTA Fellows Course
Boston
Website: www.ota.org

APR. 25–27
AAOS/OTA Orthopaedic Trauma Update
Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines, La Jolla, Calif.
Course directors: Frank A. Liporace, MD; Steven J. Morgan, MD

MAY 4
OTA Acute Orthopaedic Trauma Care Course: A Case Based Discussion of Current Concepts in Acute Orthopaedic Care
Grand Hyatt Denver, Denver
Course directors: Wade R. Smith, MD; Philip R. Wolinsky, MD
Website: www.ota.org

Listed above are upcoming continuing medical education (CME) courses and orthopaedic meetings (April through May).

For more information about AAOS-sponsored courses, contact the AAOS customer service department at 800-626-6726 or visit the CME course section of the AAOS website at www.aaos.org/courses

For more information about other CME courses or orthopaedic meetings listed, contact the source provided.

Meetings and courses sponsored by Board of Specialty Societies members and regional orthopaedic organizations may be listed in the print version of AAOS Now. Send information, including contact name and email address, to AAOS Now, 6300 N. River Rd., Rosemont, Ill. 60018-4262; fax: 847-823-8033; email: aaoscomm@aaos.org

AAOS Now
March 2013 Issue
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/mar13/marketplace1.asp