2008 TOA Annual Meeting! Meetings & Events

Meetings & Events

Thursday, May 22nd

8:00a – 5:00p Camino Real Room	Reimbursement & Coding For Orthopaedics with an update on Workers’ Compensation
5:00p – 6:30p Villa Room	Board of Directors Meeting
7:00p – 10:00p Zapata Room	Leadership Dinner (Invitation Only)

Friday, May 23rd

7:15a - 9:00a Navarro B Ballroom & Foyer	Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:00a – 8:00a Zapata Room	Past Presidents’ Council
8:00a - 8:06a Navarro A Ballroom	Scientific Sessions Welcome and Announcements John T. Gill, MD, TOA President, Dallas Omer A. Ilahi, MD, TOA Program Chair, Houston
8:06a - 8:12a	The Influence of Titanium Roughness on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Osteoblasts Brandon Tinkler, MD, San Antonio
8:12a - 8:18a	Percutaneously Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty (PATH): A Less Invasive Technique Eugene Schoch, III, MD, Austin
8:18a - 8:24a	Metal Ion Levels in Hip Implant Patients Having Bearings with and without Differential Hardness C. Lowry Barnes, MD, Arkansas
8:30a - 9:00a	Minimally Invasive Hip Replacement Michael Huo, MD, Dallas
9:00a - 9:06a	Arthroscopic Suprascapular Nerve Decompression Using Anterior Portals Sumant Krishnan, MD, Dallas
9:06a - 9:12a	The Effects of Radiofrequency Energy on 5 Suture Materials Used in Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Derek Kroll, MD, New Caney
9:12a - 9:18a	Cementless Hemiarthroplasty for Proximal Humeral Fractures Keith Watson, MD, Fort Worth
9:18a - 9:24a	Security of Knots Tied with Ethibond, Fiberwire, Orthocord, or Ultrabraid Shiraz Ahmad Younas, MD, Houston
9:24a - 9:30a	Latissimus Dorsi Transfer for the Treatment of Irreparable Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tears In Patients Under the Age of Sixty Sumant Krishnan, MD, Dallas
9:30a - 10:00a	It's the Little Things in Sports Medicine Fred Corley, Jr., MD, San Antonio
10:00a - 10:30a Navarro B Ballroom & Foyer	Exhibit Visitation
10:15a - 11:00a Villa Room	Educational Workshop Venous Thrombo Embolism and Patients Undergoing Knee/Hip Replacements Surgery Facilitator: Michael Huo, MD, Dallas
11:15a - 12:00p Navarro A Ballroom	Diagnosis and Management of Biceps Tendon Pathology in the Shoulder Keynote Speaker: Stephen Weber, MD, Sacramento, CA
12:00p - 1:30p Hidalgo Room	TSSM Annual Business Luncheon
1:30p - 1:36p Navarro A Ballroom	Recessed Femoral Interference Screws in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Anup Ajit Shah, MD, San Antonio
1:36p - 1:42p	Growth Factor Concentrations Across a Spectrum of Injury Levels in Platelet Rich Plasma Ravi Karia, MD, San Antonio
1:42p - 1:48p	Nitric Oxide Donor Compounds Effect Upon Collagen Production In Diabetic Wounds Brandon Seifert, MD, San Antonio
2:00p - 2:30p	The Downside of BMP Ronald Lindsey, MD, Houston
2:30p - 2:36p	A Comparison of Tip to Apex Distance and Quadrant Placement Between Cephallomedullary Devices and the Hip Screw Side Plate Sonya Ahmed, MD, Galveston
2:36p - 2:42p	Improved Soft Tissue Perfusion Following Application of Temporizing External Fixation in Complex Distal Tibia Fractures Stacee Kessinger, MD, Fort Worth
2:42p - 2:48p	Intraarticular Injuries Associated with Acute Ankle Fractures Niki Leontaritis, DO, Galveston
2:48p – 2:54p	The Use of a Kickstand Modification for the Prevention of Heel Decubitus Ulcers in Trauma Patients with Lower Extremity External Fixation Chad Conner, MD, Galveston
3:00p - 3:30p Navarro B Ballroom & Foyer	Current Thoughts in Transient Quadriplegia Mark Wylie, MD, Fort Worth
	Exhibit Visitation
3:45p - 4:30p	Concurrent Educational Workshops
Villa Room	Computer Navigation for Hip Resurfacing Facilitator: Michael Heinrich, MD, Austin
Zapata Room	Upper Extremity Prosthetic Advancements Facilitator: Thomas Bourgeois, San Antonio
6:00p – 9:00p Goraz & Olivares	TOA Member and Guest Reception

Saturday, May 24th

7:15a - 9:00a Navarro B Ballroom & Foyer	Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00a – 10:30a Caranza Room	Spouse Breakfast
8:00a - 8:06a Navarro A Ballroom	Scientific Sessions Welcome and Announcements John T. Gill, MD, TOA President, Dallas Omer A. Ilahi, MD, TOA Program Chair, Houston
8:06a – 8:12a	The Cost Effectiveness of Implementing Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS) in the Operating Room Setting Paul Rath, MD, Galveston
8:12a - 8:18a	Distal Radius Fractures: New Techniques to Obtain Anatomic Reductions Chad Conner, MD, Galveston
8:18a - 8:24a	A Five-Minute Exposure to the Volar Aspect of the Distal Radius for Plating Distal Radius Fractures Hussein Turki, MD, San Antonio
8:30a - 9:00a	Management of Posterior Tibial Tendon Disease Kevin Varner, MD, Houston
9:00a - 9:06a	Outcomes of Idiopathic Clubfoot with Delayed Treatment Clint Barnett, MD, Temple
9:06a - 9:12a	Is the Distribution of Left, Right and Bilateral Developmental Dislocation of the Hip Equivalent between Males and Females? Clifford Evans, DO, El Paso
9:12a - 9:18a	Biomechanical Study of Fixation Length of Flexible Intramedullary Nails Clint Johnson, MD, Galveston
9:30a - 10:00a	Get Active! Texas Campaign Presentation John Gill, MD, Dallas
	Coordinated Approach to Child Health Nancy Murray, PhD, Houston
10:00a - 10:30a Navarro B Ballroom & Foyer	Exhibit Visitation
10:15a - 11:00a	Concurrent Educational Workshop
Villa Room	Cartilage Restoration and Joint Resurfacing 2008 Philip Davidson, MD, Stoughton, MA
Zapata Room	Distal Radius Plating Korsh Jafarnia, MD, Houston
11:45a - 1:30p Hidalgo Room	TOA Annual Business Luncheon Keynote Speaker: U.S. Senator John Cornyn
	2008-2009 Officer Induction
1:30p - 2:30p Navarro A Ballroom	6^th Annual Resident Quiz Bowl
2:30p - 3:00p Navarro B Ballroom & Foyer	Exhibit Visitation
3:00p - 4:00p Navarro A Ballroom	Ethics Hour AAOS’ Standards of Professionalism and Orthopaedic Expert Witness Testimony, highlighting the current environment regarding the relationship and potential conflicts of interest between orthopaedic surgeons and industry
4:00p - 5:00p Navarro A Ballroom	Ancillary Evaluation: Are Your Ancillaries Producing What They Should? Cary B. Edgar Hilary Hellman Matt Federico
6:00p – 8:00p	Witte Museum - Our Body: The Universe Within Shuttle leaves hotel at 6:00p and returns at 8:00 pm