AOFAS Annual Meeting 2022
September 15-17, 2022
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 VIRTUALLY. If you plan to attend Annual Meeting in Québec City, please see the In-Person Program page.
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Live Streamed Sessions
Research Paper Sessions and the Practice Management Forum will not be live streamed. These sessions will be recorded and available approximately two weeks after the meeting for on-demand viewing. Virtual attendees may earn CME credit
for both live streamed sessions and on-demand education.
Wednesday sessions (the Pre-Meeting Course, Resident Program, and Allied Health Practitioner Program) are not open to virtual attendees.
Schedule, faculty, and topics subject to change.
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
Scientific Session for a maximum of 11.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and the enduring material OnDemand Sessions for a maximum of 15.0 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.
Live Streamed Sessions
Thursday, September 15
7:30 – 7:35 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Welcome and Introduction
Casey J. Humbyrd, MD, MBE, and Daniel Guss, MD, MBA, Program Chair
7:35 – 8:35 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
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 Eastern Time (UTC-4)
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
9:35 – 10:05 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
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 am – 2:25 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
BREAK IN PROGRAMMING
Stay tuned during the break for special "behind-the-scenes" content and interviews, exclusively for virtual meeting attendees!
2:25 – 3:25 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
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 Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Symposium 4: What Does the Science Say (or Fail to Say) About Caring for Female Patients? (Women's Leadership Forum)
7:30 – 8:30 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
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 Eastern Time (UTC-4)
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 Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Research Speaker: TBD
10:30 am – 2:00 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
BREAK IN PROGRAMMING
Stay tuned during the break for special "behind-the-scenes" content and interviews, exclusively for virtual meeting attendees!
2:05 – 3:05 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Research Forum
3:10 – 3:50 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Foundation Update and Awards
3:50 – 4:40 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Presidential Remarks and Award Presentations
4:40 – 5:40 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
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.
7:00 – 8:00 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
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 Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Symposium 9: Burnout and What AOFAS Can Do to Help
9:00 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Virtual Program Adjourns
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On-Demand Only Sessions
Paper Session 1A
Paper Session 1B
Paper Session 2A
Paper Session 2B
Paper Session 3A
Paper Session 3B
Paper Session 4A
Paper Session 4B
Paper Session 5A
Paper Session 5B
Paper Session 6A
Paper Session 6B
Paper Session 7A
Paper Session 7B
Practice Management and Coding Forum