Research Development Committee

AAOS Research Symposia: AAOS/ORS Molecular Biology and Therapeutics in Musculoskeletal Oncology (MBTMO)

• Principal Investigators: Richard Terek, MD; Regis O’Keefe, MD, PhD; R. Lor Randall, MD, FACS; and Theresa Guise, MD
• Dates: September 25-27, Salt Lake City, UT
• Participants: Orthopaedic surgeons, researchers, Young Investigators, industry representatives, and other medical specialties involved in translational and basic research on primary and secondary musculoskeletal tumors (by invitation only).
• Purpose of Symposium: The MBTMO symposium will strive to improve our ability to utilize targeted therapies in the future and identify imminently available tissue engineering techniques that could be used to optimize limb salvage reconstructions, as well as address the present state of musculoskeletal oncology and the emerging areas that could have an impact on the field, develop a consensus on future areas of research, and address strategies for the quick translation of basic research to patient care.
• Overview of Topics:
• Tumor Biology (I and II)
• Current Treatment/Limitations/Resistance to Treatment
• Biologic Based Therapy for Osteosarcoma
• Biologic Based Therapy for Ewing’s Sarcoma
• Biologic Based Therapy for Chondrosarcoma
• Biologic Based Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Genomic Screening techniques for Disease Susceptibility and New Treatments
• Novel Therapies/Strategies/Regulatory Issues
• Management of Tissue Defects and Metastatic Disease
• ORS Young Investigator Attendees:
• Claudia Fischbach-Teschl, PhD (Cornell University)
• Ilkyu Han, MD, PhD (Seoul National University Hospital)
• Kevin B. Jones, MD (University Of Toronto Musculoskeletal Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital)
• Kurt R. Weiss, MD (University of Pittsburgh Department of Orthopaedic Surgery)
• Preliminary symposium agenda (in PDF format)
• Grant Support From the Following:
• Orthopaedic Research Society
• Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation
• The MBTMO symposium is partially funded by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) R-13 conference support grant through the National Cancer Institute (NCI), with secondary and tertiary support from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
• Collaborative Sponsors:
• Musculoskeletal Tumor Society
• WWWW Foundation, Inc. (QuadW)
• Industry Supporter:
• Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation

For more information on this research symposium, please contact Erin L. Ransford, AAOS Manager of Research Development, at Ransford@aaos.org or (847) 384-4319.