MEETING PROGRAM
(as of February 7, 2006)
American Society of Orthopeadic Physician's Assistants
30th Annual Meeting
August 16-19, 2006
Edgewater Beach Resort
Panama CIty Beach, FL
Wednesday, August 16
11:00 am - 7:00 pm
Registration
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Workshops (5) - 1 hour sessions/repeated 4 times
• Fixation for Lower Extremity Trauma (Saw Bones), sponsored by Zimmer
• Suturing Workshop, sponsored by Ethicon
• Total Hip Arthroplasty (Saw Bones), sponsored by Stryker/Howmedica/Osteonics
• Micro-fracture Fixation, sponsored by Synthes
• Putting the Contact Back in Total Contact Casting, sponsored by 3M Healthcare
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Thursday, August 17
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:15 am
Welcome Comments
8:15 am - 9:00 am
Physical Exam of the Shoulder
Rafael Williams, MD
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Review Disorders of the Hand & Wrist
Rafael Williams, MD
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Cory Gaiser, DO
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Break
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Total Knee Revision: Managing Bone Loss
Gail Haas, OPA-C, CST/CFA
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Removal of Implants in Total Knee Revision
Mike Keating, MD
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Considerations in Total Knee Replacement: Recurvatum and Diabetes
Mike Keating, MD
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Classifications & Treatments of Hip Fracture
Michael Rohan, MD
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Review of the Lumbar Spine Examination
Michael Rohan, MD
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Mininally Invasive Percutaneous Plate Osteosynthesis
A. Michael Harris, MD
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Exhibits & Vendor Reception
Friday, August 18
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:15 am
What Do OPAs Make? 2006 Salary Survey Results
Kent Lindeman, CMP
8:15 am - 9:00 am
Post OP Pain Management Options-Latest Technology
Brian Kradel, MD
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Emergency Room Assessment of the Trauma Patient
Joseph Grace, MD
9:45 am - 10:30 am
Complex Orthotic Fabrication in the Upper Extremity
Chris Higby, OTR
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Break
10:45 am - 11:30 am
Current Concepts in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Michael McCormick, MD
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Post OP Painful Total Knee Arthroplasty: Evaluation & Treatment
Samuel Combs, MD
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
Most Frequent Complications with Total Hip Arthroplasty and
How to Avoid Litigation
Samuel Combs, MD
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: Updates & Techniques
Robert Lewis, MD
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Nerve Compression Syndromes in the Upper Extremity
Roland McArthur, MD
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Osteoporosis Updates
Michael Noble, MD
Saturday, August 19
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:30 am.
ASOPA Business Meeting
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Break
9:45 am - 10:30 am
NSAID/Cox-2 Inhibitor Controversies
Michael Noble, MD
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Musculoskeletal Diagnostic Ultrasound
Frank Finach
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Impact of Early Rehabilitation on Optimal Functional Outcomes in Patient with Orthopedic Injuries and/or Surgeries
Deon Jones, PT
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Conservative Approach to Physical Therapy of the Lumbar Spine
Ginger Kurmann, PT, ATC/L, Cert MDT
1:00 pm
Adjourn
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