Course Chairman: Vipool K. Goradia, MD Lab Chairman: James W. O’Mara, Jr., MD
Co-Chairman: Keith D. Nord, MD Co-Chairman: Jeffrey L. Halbrecht, MD
Friday, November 19 Course 104 Lecture: 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Saturday, November 20 Course 104 Lab: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
(enrollment limit: 88)
6.5 Category 1 CME hours of lecture and lab or 3.5 hours of lecture
1:00 pm Introduction; Keith D. Nord, MD
1:10 pm Case Presentation; Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD
Practice Management & Misc. Issues in Knee Surgery
Moderator: Jack M. Bert, MD
1:20 pm How to Deal with Insurance Denials during Pre-authorization of OATs, ACI, Meniscus Transplant
and Other Procedures Commonly Denied by Insurance; William R. Beach, MD
1:25 pm CPM, Cryotherapy and Other DME after Knee Surgery: What the Literature Supports and How
to get it Authorized; Louis F. McIntyre, MD
1:30 pm When I use PRP in my Practice; Jack M. Bert, MD
General Concepts and Indications for Surgery
Moderator: Robert E. Hunter, MD
1:35 pm Avoiding and Recognizing Complications in Knee Arthroscopy; Julie A. Dodds, MD
1:40 pm Why do ACL Reconstructions Fail and How to Revise Them; Col. Thomas M. DeBerardino, MD
1:50 pm Pre and Intra-op Decision Making for Menisectomy vs. Repair in the Young Athlete
Peter R. Kurzweil, MD
2:00 pm Menisectomy and Chondroplasty in Middle Age Patient; Nikhil N. Verma, MD
2:10 pm Indications for HTO, Unicondylar Replacement and Meniscus Transplant; Robert E. Hunter, MD
2:20 pm Evidence-Based Treatment of Grade IV Articular Cartilage Defects; Tom Hackett, MD
2:30 pm When I Perform Single vs. Double Bundle: My Technique and Results Freddie H. Fu, MD
2:40 pm Hot Topics in ACL Surgery. What Does the Literature support?; James H. Lubowitz, MD
2:50 pm Case Panel: Acute Multi Ligament Injuries
Moderator: Donald H. Johnson, MD
Panel: Gregory C. Fanelli, MD, Robert F. LaPrade, MD & Jon Sekiya, MD
3:05 pm Treatment of Combined Knee Pathology - Malalignment, Instability, & Cartilage Loss;
Matthew T. Provencher, MD
3:15 pm Patellofemoral Pain vs. Traumatic Patellofemoral Injury-A Systematic Approach to Diagnosis and
Treatment; Anthony A. Schepsis, MD
3:30 pm Coffee Break and Visit the Exhibits
3:50 pm- Surgical Technique PEARLS and Avoiding Common Pitfalls
4:25 pm Moderator: Peter R. Kurzweil, MD
3:50 pm Medial Opening Wedge HTO; Matthew T. Provencher, MD
3:55 pm Meniscus Root Repair; S. Joshua Szabo, MD
4:00 pm Steadman-Hawkins Microfracture Technique; Tom Hackett, MD
4:05 pm Achieving Graft Congruency with Arthroscopic Autograft OATS; Craig D. Morgan, MD
4:10 pm A Simple Reproducible Technique for Posterolateral Corner Reconstruction; Robert F. LaPrade, MD
4:15 pm Avoiding Pitfalls in Tunnel Location during ACL Reconstruction; Jason L. Koh, MD
4:20 pm MPFL Reconstruction; Phillip Schoettle, MD
4:25 pm Distal Patellar Realignment; Jack Farr, II, MD
4:25 pm- Putting it All Together: Illustrative Cases
4:45 pm Moderator: Vipool K. Goradia, MD
Panel: Freddie H. Fu, MD, Walter R. Shelton, MD, & Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD
4:45 pm- Course Summary
5:00 pm Moderators: Vipool K. Goradia, MD & Keith D. Nord, MD
Panel: Jack M. Bert, MD, Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD
5:00 pm Adjourn