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Meetings & Events
 

Click here for the preliminary 2009 Annual Meeting Brochure listing all meetings and events!

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Thursday, April 23rd


Tricks of the Trade - Orthopaedic Coding Course
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
What you need to know and what you should have known to get your claims paid.
Margie Vaught,  CPC, CCS-P, MCS-P

Download the Orthopaedic Coding Course Form:
TOA Orthopaedic Coding Course 2009 Registration Form (PDF)

Legislative Briefing & Capitol Visits
1:00 am - 5:00 pm
We will visit our elected leaders in the Texas Capitol to discuss the many issues affecting our practice and our patients.  If you have not been on Texas Capitol visits before, or if you want a “refresher course”, we will have a primer session before heading up to the Texas Capitol.  Everyone in a leadership role in Texas orthopaedics will be there so you can be assured that you will be paired up with some seasoned colleagues.

 

Friday, April 24th


Foot & Ankle Symposium
8:15 am - 10:15 am

8:15 am – 8:45 am

The Cavovarus Foot: Recognition and Treatment

 

John Early, MD, Dallas

8:45 am – 9:15 am

Achilles Tendon Disorders

 

Carroll Jones, MD, North Carolina

9:15 am – 9:45 am

Complex Foot & Ankle Problems in Athletes

9:15 am – 9:45 am

Presidential Key Note Speaker
Thomas Clanton, MD, Houston ~

9:45 am – 10:05 am

Roundtable Discussion

 

Hands On Workshops ~ Shoulder
9:00 am - 11:45 am

9:00 am – 9:45 am

Technique in Double Row Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair
Supported by Arthrocare Sports Medicine

 

Facilitator:  L. Edward Seade, MD, Austin

10:00 am – 10:45 am

EPOCA Shoulder System
Supported by Synthes

 

Facilitator:  Anil Dutta, MD, San Antonio

11:00 am – 11:45 am

Integrating Shoulder Ultrasound Into Your Practice

 

Facilitator:  Don Buford, MD, Dallas

11:00 am – 11:45 am

The MACI Procedure:  Development, Benefits, Technique, And Results


 

TSSM Keynote Speaker ~ Dr. Pedro Guillen Garcia
11:00 am - 11:45 am
 
Shoulder & Elbow Symposium
1:15 pm - 3:45 pm

1:15 pm – 1:45 pm

Pins, Plates, and Prostheses:  Current Concepts in the Treatment of Proximal Humeral Fractures

 

Sumant Krishnan, MD, Dallas

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm

Arthroscopic Treatment of Shoulder Instability and SLAP Lesions

 

Don Buford, MD, Dallas

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm

What’s New in Shoulder Arthroplasty

 

T. Bradley Edwards, MD, Houston

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm

Roundtable Discussion

 

Hands On Workshops ~ Foot & Ankle, Hip and Knee
3:30 pm - 5:00pm

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Foot & Ankle Workshop

 

Facilitator:  John Early, MD, Dallas

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Educational Workshop

 

Facilitator:  E. Matthew Heinrich, MD, Austin

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm

Educational Workshop

 

Facilitator:  Jeffrey Lyman, MD, Arizona

 

7th Annual Resident Quiz Bowl
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
Two residents from each of Texas’ orthopaedic training programs will compete for the highly coveted traveling trophy, title, and bragging rights.  Dr. Mark Brinker’s orthopaedic brain-teasers challenge the contestants and delight orthopaedists and spouses alike. 

Sign your residents up today for the 7th Annual Resident Quiz Bowl! Quiz Bowl contestants will receive free accommodations for Friday evening, so they can bring their spouses and families. To sign up for the Quiz Bowl click here.

 

TOA Welcome Reception
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Always a popular event, the TOA Welcome Reception is the best way visit with your friends and enjoy fine cuisine and music. The TOA would like to thank the Texas Medical Liability Trust for sponsoring this event each year.
Attire – Business Casual

 
Saturday, April 25th

Knee & Hip Symposium
8:15 am - 12:00 pm

8:15 am – 8:45 am

Differential Diagnosis of Knee Pain

 

James Montgomery, MD, Dallas

8:45 am – 9:15 am

Articular Cartilage Lesions of the Knee:  Microfraction and other Treatment Options

 

Steven Singleton, MD, Spartanburg, SC

9:15 am – 9:45 am

Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: 150 Consecutive Cases

 

Daniel Cooper, MD, Dallas

9:45 am – 10:15 am

Treatment of the Primary Patella Dislocation

 

Jeffrey Lyman, MD, Arizona

 

 

10:15 am – 10:45 am

Exhibit Visitation

 

 

10:45 am – 11:15 am

Preoperative Evaluation and Patient Selection for Hip Arthroscopy

 

E. Matthew Heinrich, MD, Austin

11:15 am – 11:45 am

Advances in Hip Arthroscopy

 

Scientific Presentations

2:30 pm - 4:36 pm

2:30 pm – 2:36 pm

Salter Harris Type III Fracture of Medial Femoral Condyle and Associated Complete Anterior Crutiate Ligament Tear in an Adolescent Athlete a Case Report and Review of the Literature

 

Scott Hrnack, MD, Lubbock

2:36 pm – 2:42 pm

Use of a Novel Three Dimensional Titanium Porous Scaffolding on Tibial Components to Promote Bone/Prosthesis Osseointegration

 

David Waddell, MD, Shreveport, LA

2:42 pm – 2:48 pm

Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty of a Well-Fixed Component with Poor Range of Motion

 

Steven Weeden, MD, Fort Worth

2:48 pm – 2:54 pm

Biomechanical Comparison of Three Femoral Fixation Devices for ACL Reconstruction

 

Brandon Perez, BS, Galveston

2:54 pm – 3:00 pm

Five Year Clinical and Radiographic Review of 464 Medial Pivot Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients

 

Robert Schmidt, MD, Fort Worth

3:00 pm – 3:06 pm

Proximal and Distal Hamstring Avulsion Injuries in Sports

 

Daniel Cooper, MD, Dallas

3:06 pm – 3:12 pm

Compression Failure Analysis of Porous PMMA

 

Charles Osier, MD, Dallas

3:12 pm – 3:18pm

Mid-Term Results of Second Generation Fully Porous Coated Implants in Femoral Revision

 

Steven Ogden, MD, Fort Worth

3:18 pm – 3:24 pm

Temporary Joint Spanning External Fixation in Lower Extremity Periarticular Trauma: A Survey of the OTA

 

Jason Kennedy, MD, Fort Worth

3:24 pm – 3:30 pm

Return to Duty Rate of Amputee Soldiers in the Current Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq

 

Daniel Stinner, MD, San Antonio

3:30 pm – 3:36 pm

The Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Look at Patient Derived Outcomes and Complications

 

Alison Cabrera, MD, San Antonio

3:36 pm – 3:42 pm

Community-acquired Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections of the Hand

 

Hilton Gottschalk, MD, Irving

3:42 pm – 3:48 pm

Prospective Study of Red Blood Cell Transfusion Following Unilateral Primary Hip Arthroplasty Using Post-Operative Autologous Blood Salvage

 

Alex Wong, MB, ChB

3:48 pm – 3:54 pm

Clinical Factors Predicting Perioperative Blood Loss and Transfusion During Primary Press Fit Total Hip Arthroplasty

 

Scott Hrnack, MD, Lubbock

3:54 pm – 4:00 pm

Risk Factors Determining the Outcomes in Femoral Neck Fractures Treated with Internal Fixation

 

Dhana Kotilingam, MD, Houston

4:00 pm – 4:06 pm

Intra-operative Fracture Using a Lateral Entry Femoral Nail

 

Daniel Stinner, MD, San Antonio

4:06 pm – 4:12 pm

"Cup within a Cup" Technique in Revision Hip Arthroplasty

 

Steven Weeden, MD, Fort Worth

4:12 pm – 4:18 pm

Intraoperative Customization of Articulating Spacers in Total Hip Replacement and Total Knee Arthroplasty in the Presence of Bone Loss

 

Stephen Incavo, MD, Houston

4:18 pm – 4:24 pm

Mid-substance Peroneal Tendon Defects Augmented with an Acellular Dermal Matrix Allograft

 

Jay Rapley, MD, Plano

4:24 pm – 4:30 pm

Identification of Acetabular Labral Pathology in Asymptomatic Volunteers Using Optimized Noncontrast MRI

 

Matthew Schmitz, MD, San Antonio

4:30 pm – 4:36 pm

Identification of Acetabular Paralabral Cyst in Asymptomatic Volunteers Using Optimized Noncontrast MRI

 

Matthew Schmitz, MD, San Antonio


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