AAOS Advanced Techniques in Knee: Cartilage, Ligaments, Osteotomy, Meniscus and More
Course #2203252

The latest innovations, all in one place
Your can’t-miss course is back! Connect with thought leaders, get up close and personal with new technology, and practice contemporary approaches in-person at the state-of-the-art OLC lab in Rosemont, IL.
2.5 action-packed days feature world-class faculty who are breaking new ground in repair, replacement, and restoration techniques. View the course schedule for session details!
Take your approaches and surgical skills to the next level, with:
- Cutting-edge meniscus repair techniques
- Novel approaches to getting ACL Reconstruction right the first time
- Innovative techniques pearls to optimizing osteotomies around the knee
- New frontiers in the approach to patellar instability and MPFL reconstruction
- The latest strategies for cartilage biorestoration from practical to advanced
- The next generation in improving your outcomes in ligament revision and multiligament injuries of the knee
This personal learning format is structured for highly interactive learning with 10+ hours in the lab plus dynamic lectures, case-based panels, surgical demonstrations, and spotlights.
Register before the course is sold out!
Spend over 10 hours in the lab practicing:
- Successful In-Office Arthroscopy
- Meniscal Repair
- Arthroscopic Chondroplasty
- Microfracture
- Utilizing Osteochondral Fixation Devices
- Osteochondral Autograft Transplantation & Cartilage Repair Systems - Multiple Systems
- Successfully Performing Coblation,
- Osteochondral Allografting
- ACI Harvest with Implantation and Finish any Osteochondral Autograft Implantation
- ACL Repair or Reconstruction
- Lateral and Medial Extra-Articular Procedures
- Meniscal Allograft Transplantation
- All Cartilage Procedures: Meniscal Transplantation, ACL Surgeries, and Medial & Lateral Side Reconstructions
- Juvenile Allograft Articular Cartilage Allografting for Patella and Femoral Defects
- Tibial Osteotomy and Perform a Medial/Lateral Fixed or Mobile-Bearing UKA
- Femoral Osteotomy
- Medial/Lateral Fixed or Mobile-Bearing UKA
- Perform an MPFL Reconstruction
- Trocheplasty
- Tibial Tubercle Osteotomy
- Patellofemoral Arthrosplasty
“This is the best course I have been to in years and I believe that is directly attributable to the format. Only through disagreement and discussion can we find truth and consensus." - Course Attendee
Can’t make it to Rosemont? Attend a Portion of the Course Virtually!
New: Advanced Knee Virtual Mini Series
Registration for the virtual mini series is now closed.
Grab a virtual front-row seat at the sessions happening in real-time at the course! This new 2-part miniseries features digestible blocks of content streamed live from the course, conveniently designed in short segments.
View the virtual mini series schedule for details.
Catch hot topic lectures over two days:
- Thursday, October 13, 6:30 – 8:50pm CT
Clinical Strategies and State of the Art Approaches for Meniscus and Cartilage Implantation - Friday, October 14, 12:50 - 1:30pm CT
Advances in ACL Treatment and Management
This is a fantastic opportunity to access a convenient refresher on the latest updates, in a way that fits your busy schedule. Earn 3 CME credits.
Registration rates below
Course Directors
Kevin D. Plancher, MD, MPH, FAAOS
Plancher Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
New York, NY
Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD, FAAOS
Northwell Health
Great Neck, NY
Hear from course faculty!
JAAOS Journal Club Podcast, published September 14
Listen now!
Kevin Plancher, MD, MPH, FAAOS; Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD, FAAOS; Jon F. Dickens, MD, FAAOS; Rachel Frank, MD, FAAOS; and Seth Sherman, MD, FAAOS
- Review article "Functional Outcome and Return to Sport After Cartilage Restoration of the Knee in High-7 level Athletes" from the November 1, 2021 issue
- Review article "Meniscal Salvage: Where We Are Today" from the July 15, 2021 issue
- Review article "Distal Femoral Varus Osteotomy for the Management of Valgus Deformity of the Knee" from the May, 1 2018 issue
Course Faculty
Joshua A. Baumfeld, MD, FAAOS
Kevin F. Bonner, MD, FAAOS
Thomas R. Carter, MD, FAAOS
Brian Chilelli, MD, FAAOS
Randy M. Cohn, MD, FAAOS
Julie A. Dodds, MD, FAAOS
Cory Edgar, MD, PhD, FAAOS
Lutul D. Farrow, MD, FAAOS
Andrew G. Geeslin, MD
Alan Getgood, MD, FRCS (Ortho)
Andrew Goodwillie, MD, FAAOS
S. Mark Heard, MD
Patrick W. Kane, MD, FAAOS
Jason L. Koh, MD, MBA, FAAOS
Christian Lattermann, MD, FAAOS
Mark J. Lemos, MD, FAAOS
Xinning Li, MD, FAAOS
Elizabeth G. Matzkin, MD, FAAOS
Sean McMillan, DO, FAAOS
Alexander Meininger, MD, FAAOS
Anthony Miniaci, MD, FRCSC
Clayton W. Nuelle, MD, FAAOS
John C. Richmond, MD, FAAOS
Michael J. Stuart, MD, FAAOS
Etan Sugarman, MD, FAAOS
Christopher J. Tucker, MD, FAAOS
Adam B. Yanke, MD, PhD, FAAOS
Michael A. Zacchilli, MD, FAAOS
Kenneth R. Zaslav, MD, FAAOS
Hear from course faculty!
Registration Fees
Members
AAOS Member, Candidate Member, Associate Member,
International Member, Emeritus Member
- In-person: $2,449
- Virtual Mini Series: $119
- Add $199 for Course OnDemand Gold Registration Package
Resident, Post-Residency in Fellowship, U.S. Military
- In-person: $1,849
- Virtual Mini Series: $59
- Add $199 for Course OnDemand Gold Registration Package
PA Member
- In-person: $1,049
- Virtual Mini Series: $59
- Add $199 for Course OnDemand Gold Registration Package
Nonmembers
Nonmember Orthopaedic Surgeon
- In-person: $2,949
- Virtual Mini Series: $179
- Add $199 for Course OnDemand Gold Registration Package
Nonmember PA
- In-person: $1,249
- Virtual Mini Series: $79
- Add $199 for Course OnDemand Gold Registration Package
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