IN-PERSON Meeting Program
AOFAS Annual Meeting 2022
September 14-17, 2022
Québec City Convention Centre
Québec City, Canada
AOFAS President: Christopher W. DiGiovanni, MD
Program Chairs: Daniel Guss, MD, MBA, and Casey J. Humbyrd, MD, MBE
Pre-Meeting Chairs: MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA, and Kenneth J. Hunt, MD
The schedule below is for people attending Annual Meeting IN PERSON in Québec City. If you plan to watch Annual Meeting online, please see the Virtual Program page.
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Wednesday, September 14
Schedule, faculty, and topics subject to change. All sessions held at the Québec City Convention Centre unless noted otherwise.
The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. AOFAS designates the live
Pre-Meeting Course for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and the live Scientific Session for a maximum of 17.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Participants are required to submit a completed evaluation form at the end of the course in order to receive CME credit.
Tuesday, September 13
2:00 – 6:00 pm
Registration/Check-in
Pre-meeting Course
Wednesday, September 14
6:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration/Check-in
7:00 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 8:05 am
Introduction
Kenneth J. Hunt, MD, and MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA, Pre-Meeting Chairs
8:05 – 8:30 am
Keynote: The Evolution of Arthroscopy in Foot and Ankle Surgery
8:30 – 9:45 am
Symposium 1: Arthroscopy in Ankle Ligament Repair
The Arthroscopic Broström
Arthroscopic Assisted Percutaneous Techniques
Scope 'em All: Ankle Arthroscopy with Open Broström
Arthroscopic Deltoid Ligament Repair
Discussion
9:45 – 11:00 am
Symposium 2: Treating OLTs with the Scope
Arthroscopic BMS Technique
That Defect Needs Collagen: When and Why I Add Allograft Cartilage
Know When to Hold 'em: When to Use an Osteotomy
Biology Is the Key: The Role of BMAC and PRP
Discussion
11:00 am – 12:15pm
Symposium 3: Tendoscopy and Os Trigonum
The Role of Peroneal Tendoscopy in My Practice
Endoscopic Peroneal Groove Deepening
Why Open Groove Deepening Is Better
Posterior Tibial Tendoscopy for PCFD
Os Trigonum and FHL Tenosynovitis
Arthroscopic Os Trigonum Removal
Open Os Trigonum
Discussion
12:20 – 1:50 pm
Industry Symposia
2:00 – 3:15 pm
Symposium 4: Endoscopy for the Achilles and Plantar Fascia
Endoscopy for Insertional Achilles and Haglund's
Open Treatment of Insertional Achilles and Haglund's
Arthroscopic FHL Transfer: Technique and Indications
Non-insertional Achilles Debridement: Open vs. Endoscopic
Endoscopic Partial Plantar Fasciectomy
Open Partial Plantar Fasciectomy
Discussion
3:15 – 4:30 pm
Symposium 5: Arthroscopy for Arthritis and Fractures: Indications and Techniques
The Arthroscopic Subtalar Arthrodesis and Triple Arthrodesis
Arthroscopic Ankle Arthrodesis
Gluten-free: Why I Still Do the Open Technique
Discussion
Resident Program
Wednesday, September 14
6:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration/Check-in
7:00 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – noon
Resident Program
Details to come!
12:20 – 1:50 pm
Fellowship Fair
Meet directors and faculty from Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Fellowship Programs in an informal setting. Following the Fellowship Fair, residents may join the afternoon Pre-Meeting Course.
4:30 – 6:30 pm
Welcome Reception (Exhibit Hall)
Allied Health Practitioner Program
Wednesday, September 14
6:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration/Check-in
7:00 – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – noon
Allied Health Practitioner Program
Details to come!
Following the program, attendees may join the Industry Symposia and afternoon Pre-Meeting Course.
Scientific Session
Thursday, September 15
6:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration/Check-in
6:30 – 7:30 am
Continental Breakfast
6:00 – 7:30 am
Industry Symposia
7:30 – 7:35 am
Welcome and Introduction
Casey J. Humbyrd, MD, MBE, and Daniel Guss, MD, MBA, Program Chair
7:35 – 8:35 am
Symposium 1: Ankle Arthritis: It's Complicated
Patient-centered Care: What's Your Speech, TAR vs. Fusion?
Working Up the Painful Total Ankle
Osteolysis After TAR
Are We Ready for the Tsunami of Revision TAR?
When to Revise, When to Fuse
Discussion
8:35 – 9:35 am
Symposium 2: Trauma
Blast Injuries in Foot and Ankle
Jones Fractures: Heal Without Steal?
Diagnosing and Treating the Syndesmosis: Not Everyone Has a WBCT or O-arm
Calcaneus Fractures in the 21st Century
Lisfranc: Who Shouldn't You Fuse?
Discussion
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
9:35 – 10:05 am
Keynote Speaker: Ken Read
Why I Hate Combustion Engines
Ken Read is one
of the world’s most accomplished and celebrated sailors. He is a two-time America's Cup skipper and holds 51 World, North American, and National Championships. In addition, he is the president of the North Sails Group and a global spokesperson
for competitive sailing.
10:05 – 10:50 am
Break in the Exhibit Hall/Poster Presentations
10:50 – 11:50 am
CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS
11:50 am – 12:50 pm
CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS
12:55 – 2:25 pm
Lunch and Industry Symposia
2:25 – 3:25 pm
Symposium 3: Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity
When to Fuse a Flexible Deformity?
Should We Abandon Lateral Column Lengthening?
I've Got a Mallet, Screwdriver, and Saw: What Do New Technologies Teach Us About Treating PCFD?
The Talonavicular Joint Is Fine, but the Foot Is Still Flat (The "Other" Joints)
Driving a Wedge Between Us: Structural Allograft, Trabecular Metal, Structural Autograft?
Discussion
3:25 – 4:25 pm
Symposium 4: What Does the Science Say (or Fail to Say) About Caring for Female Patients? (Women's Leadership Forum)
4:30 – 5:30 pm
CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Foundation Reception (by invitation only)
Friday, September 16
6:00 – 7:30 am
Industry Symposia
6:30 am – 5:00 pm
Registration/Check-in
6:30 – 7:30 am
Breakfast
7:30 – 8:30 am
Symposium 5: Sports Foot and Ankle
I No Longer Use Malleolar Osteotomies for Talar OCDs
Achilles: She Was Managed Non-op and Now She’s Weak…
Lateral Ankle Instability: Native, Allograft, Synthetic?
The Symptomatic Sesamoids: Convince Me Why I Shouldn’t Hate Them
Shoulder Lesions of the Talus: Drill, Plug, Bone Graft and Cartilage, or #@#$?
Discussion
8:30 – 10:00 am
Symposium 6: Kenneth Johnson Symposium on Controversies in Foot and Ankle Surgery
Kenneth Johnson International Speaker: James D.F. Calder, MD, PhD
James Calder is a founding member of the United Kingdom-based
Fortius Clinic, the largest group of private sports physicians in Europe. He has built a reputation for treating foot and ankle injuries in top international athletes, including soccer players from the English Premier League and European clubs, professional
rugby players, and the British Olympic team.
10:00 – 10:30 am
Research Speaker: TBD
10:30 – 11:15 am
Break in the Exhibit Hall/Poster Presentations
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS
12:15 – 12:30 pm
Business Meeting (AOFAS Active Members only)
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch and Industry Symposia
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Fellowship Program Director Meeting (by invitation only)
2:05 – 3:05 pm
CONCURRENT FORUMS
Coding and Practice Management Forum
3:10 – 3:50 pm
Foundation Update and Awards
3:50 – 4:40 pm
Presidential Remarks and Award Presentations
4:40 – 5:40 pm
Symposium 7: Unequal Treatments, Unequal Outcomes: What Comes After "Admitting There's a Problem?" (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Forum)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Speaker: Tara Houska
Tara Houska is a citizen of Couchiching First Nation, tribal attorney, land defender, and environmental and Indigenous rights advocate.
She is the founder of the Giniw Collective, an Indigenous women, two-spirit-led frontline resistance to defend the sacred and live in balance, and co-founder of Not Your Mascots, a non-profit committed to promoting positive representation of Native
Americans in the public sphere.
Support for this symposium is provided by Stryker.
5:45 – 6:45 pm
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Reception
Support for this event is provided by Stryker.
6:45 – 8:00 pm
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Saturday, September 17
6:30 – 10:00 am
Registration/Check-in
6:00 – 7:00 am
Breakfast
7:00 – 8:00 am
Symposium 8: MIS: It's Not Just About Bunions
When Small Incisions Actually Matter: MIS for Charcot
Achilles Tendinopathy
Fusions and Joint Preparation
Moving Past the Hallux: Talk to Me About the Lesser Toes
Discussion
8:00 – 9:00 am
Symposium 9: Burnout and What AOFAS Can Do to Help
9:15 – 10:15 am
CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS
10:15 – 11:15 am
CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
CONCURRENT PAPER SESSIONS