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2026 Agenda (draft)
Thursday, September 24, 2026
| 4:00-6:00 PM | Happy Hour: Robot Wars Trivia Night | Location: TBD |
Friday, September 25, 2026
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 7:00-7:30 AM | REGISTRATION/Breakfast/Exhibitor Visits | |
| PANEL #1 | Advocacy in Orthopaedics | Moderator: Robert Orfaly, MD |
| 7:30-7:50 AM | AAOS Update | Wilford Gibson, MD |
| 7:50-8:10 AM | Strong Foundations: Leadership in Orthopaedics | Robert Orfaly, MD |
| 8:10-8:30 AM | Preparing for Medicare Payment Challenges in Orthopaedic Practice | Wilford Gibson, MD |
| 8:30-9:00 AM | Evidence Based Medicine Reform | Gregory Brown, MD |
| 9:00-9:10 AM | 10-Minute Q&A | |
| 9:10-9:40 AM | BREAK/Exhibitor Visits | |
| PANEL #2 | Frontiers in Orthopaedics | Moderator: TBD |
| 9:40-10:00 AM | AI in Orthopaedics | Chinmay Paranjpe, MD |
| 10:00-10:40 AM | Multi-Modal Analgesia: Pre-op and Intraoperative Adjuncts | Andy Young, MD |
| 10:40-11:00 AM | There’s No Place Like Home: Trends in Site of Care/Length of Stay | Adam Mirarchi, MD |
| 11:00-11:10 AM | 10-Minute Q&A | Moderator: TBD |
| PANEL #3 | Foundations in Orthopaedics | |
| 11:10-11:30 AM | The Doctor Will See You Now: The Need for Human Doctors | Mark Mildren, MD |
| 11:30-11:50 AM | The Practice of Medicine: Orthopaedic Education Past & Present | Kenneth Gundle, MD |
| 11:50 AM-12:00 PM | 10-Minute Q&A | |
| 12:00-1:00 PM | LUNCH/Exhibitor Visits | |
| PANEL #4 | The Business of Medicine | Moderator: TBD |
| 1:00-1:20 PM | Alternative Income | Matteo Leggett, JD |
| 1:20-1:40 PM | Top Malpractice Pitfalls in Orthopaedics and How to Avoid Them | Matteo Leggett, JD |
| 1:40-1:50 PM | 10-Minute Q&A | |
| PANEL #5 | Put Me in Coach! | Moderator: TBD |
| 1:50-2:10 PM | New Era: Modern Sports Coverage | Kim Hall, MD |
| 2:10-2:30 PM | Sideline Preparedness for Youth and High School Sports | Quincy John, MD |
| 2:30-2:50 PM | Youth Sports Specialization: Who Wins? | Ahmad Bayomy, MD |
| 2:50-3:10 PM | Patient Compliance: How do we Monitor Recovery? | Melissa Cox, DPT |
| 3:10-3:20 PM | 10-Minute Q&A | |
| 3:20-3:35 PM | BREAK/Exhibitor Visits | |
| PANEL #6 | Now vs Then | Moderator: TBD |
| 3:35-3:55 PM | TBD | TBD |
| 3:55-4:10 PM | Ankle Fracture Early Practice vs Now | James Meeker, MD |
| 4:10-4:30 PM | Navigating Tumors: From Technique to Technology | Nicholas Tedesco, MD |
| 4:30-4:50 PM | Adult Spine Deformity: Evolution of Treatment Approach | Clifford Lin, MD |
| 4:50-5:00 PM | 10-Minute Q&A | |
| 5:00-6:00 PM | RECEPTION | |
| | Friday CME 7.68 |
Saturday, September 26, 2026
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 7:30-8:00 AM | REGISTRATION/Breakfast/Exhibitor Visits | |
| PANEL #7 | Innovations – Hype or here to stay? | Moderator: TBD |
| 8:00-8:20 AM | Stemmed vs. Stemless in Shoulder Arthroplasty | Jason Kurian, MD |
| 8:20-8:40 AM | Built, Not Born: Modern Limb Lengthening | Stephen Wallace, MD |
| 8:40-9:00 AM | Hype or Here to Stay: Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery | Jeff Feinblatt, MD |
| 9:00-9:20 AM | On the Way to Opioid Free TJA | TBD |
| 9:20-9:30 AM | 10-Minute Q&A | |
| PANEL #8 | Advocacy in Orthopedics | Moderator: Elizabeth Lieberman, MD |
| 9:30-10:00 AM | Ortho Advocacy – National Update | Maxine Dexter/Sarah York |
| 10:00-10:15 AM | Ortho Advocacy – Oregon Update | Sabrina Riggs |
| 10:15-10:35 AM | BREAK | |
| PANEL #9 | Checking In & Changing Gears | Moderator: TBD |
| 10:15-10:45 AM | Surgeon Well-Being | Gregory Brown, MD |
| 10:45-11:05 AM | Training for Surgery | Elizabeth Lieberman, MD |
| 11:05-11:25 AM | Building Healthier Care Environments for Patients and Clinicians – SAT only | Ronald Turker, MD |
| 11:25-11:35 AM | 10-Minute Q&A | |
| PANEL #10 | Who Let the Dogmas Out? | Moderator: TBD |
| 11:35-11:55 AM | “Bones Heal if We Fix Them” Limb Salvage in Complex Trauma, Bone Loss, and Nonunion | Stephen Wallace, MD |
| 11:55 AM-12:15 PM | “Kids Will Remodel Anything” Pediatric Fracture Remodeling: When Observation Is Not Enough | Heather Kong, MD |
| 12:15-12:20 PM | 5-Minute Q&A | |
| 12:20-1:00 PM | LUNCH | |
| PANEL #11 | Rapid Fire – What’s new in… Top 5 in 5 | Moderator: Elizabeth Lieberman, MD |
| 1:00 PM | Hand | TBD |
| 1:05 PM | Spine | Clifford Lin, MD |
| 1:10 PM | Foot & Ankle | Jeffrey Feinblatt, MD |
| 1:15 PM | Sports | Elizabeth Lieberman, MD |
| 1:20 PM | Shoulder | Jason Kurian, MD |
| 1:25 PM | Joints | Mark Mildren, MD |
| 1:30 PM | Tumor | Kenny Gundle, MD |
| 1:35 PM | Trauma | Stephen Wallace, MD |
| 1:40 PM | Pediatrics | Natalie Zusman, MD |
| 2:00 PM | ADJOURN | |
| | Saturday CME 7.68 |
| | Total CME 12.25 |
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