Course Dates and Venue:
This course will be held at the Revere Hotel Boston Common and the Five Labs in Boston on Thursday, November 14. This 3-day course will include 2 days of didactic lecture at Revere Hotel Boston Common (200 Stuart Street, Boston, MA) and a day of cadaveric lab exercises at Boston Five Labs (899 Congress Street, Boston, MA).
Course Description:
This course is in collaboration with the Boston Shoulder Institute. This course addresses current evidence-based techniques for shoulder tendon transfer, complex rotator cuff repair, diagnosis and management of STAM (Scapulo-Thoracic Abnormal Motion). Didactic lectures and small group discussions are moderated by expert faculty and open procedures are performed in the anatomy lab.
Faculty:
Chair: Bassem T. Elhassan, MD
Co-Chairs: JP Warner, MD and Joaquin Sanchez-Sotelo, MD, PhD
Director: Brent Ponce, MD
Target Participants:
Experienced Orthopedic Surgeons within the shoulder and sports medicine specialties and Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellows who are technically proficient with arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
Goal of the Course:
The goal of this educational event is to facilitate decisions related to identifying the optimal treatment to improve postoperative function and patient satisfaction, enhance their technical skills, and better manage complex and rare cases. Thus the learning experience will provide the experienced surgeon an understanding of shoulder tendon transfer, complex rotator cuff repair, and enhance the surgical skills needed to diagnosis and manage STAM (Scapulo-Thoracic Abnormal Motion).
Registration Information:
The registration fee for the three-day course, inclusive of 2-day didactic lecture a 1-day anatomical specimen lab exercise is $4,000.
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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of AO North America and The Shoulder Institute. The AO North America is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement - AO North America designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 19.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Expected results of AONA's CME activities for surgeons, fellows, and residents are to:
• Increase their knowledge base and surgical skill level
• Improve competence by applying advances of knowledge in patient care in the areas of trauma, degenerative disorders, deformities, tumors, and reconstructive surgical techniques
• Address practice performance gaps by improving management of aspects of traumatic injuries and musculoskeletal disorders (i.e., pre-operative planning to post-operative care)
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In-Kind Support
AO North America gratefully acknowledges in-kind support for equipment and technical staff from J&JMedTech.
Educational Grant
AO North America gratefully acknowledges funding for its education activities from the AO Foundation. The AO Foundation receives funding for education from Synthes GmbH.