AOFAS Annual Meeting 2025
September 10-13, 2025
Savannah Convention Center
Savannah, Georgia, USA
AOFAS President: David B. Thordarson, MD
Program Chairs: Samuel B. Adams, MD, and Tonya L. Dixon, MD, MPH
Pre-Meeting Chairs: Tyler A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA, and Jonathan R.M. Kaplan, MD
The schedule below is for people attending Annual Meeting VIRTUALLY. If you plan to attend Annual Meeting in Savannah, please see the In-Person Program page.
Click on the links below to explore the virtual schedule.
Live Streamed Sessions
OnDemand Sessions - coming soon!
Schedule, faculty, and topics subject to change.
Research Paper Sessions will not be live streamed. These sessions will be recorded and available for on-demand viewing approximately 48 hours after the initial session.
Wednesday sessions (the Pre-Meeting Course, Resident Program, and Allied Health Practitioner Program) are not open to virtual attendees.
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 this blended other activity (live
activity and enduring materials) for a maximum of 35.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery's Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABOS credit.
Virtual attendees may claim up to 35.0 continuing education credits total: 11.5 credits are available through the live stream and can be claimed as a live activity, and an additional 23.5 credits are available on-demand
only and claimed as an enduring activity. Credits can be claimed within the same form, upon completion of all educational programming (live and enduring).
Live Streamed Sessions
Thursday, September 11
9:00 – 10:00 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Symposium 1: Kenneth A. Johnson Symposium on Controversies in Foot and Ankle Surgery
Guest Nation Recognition and Introduction of Kenneth Johnson Speaker
David B. Thordarson, MD
Kenneth Johnson International Speaker: Caio A. Nery, MD, PhD
Dr. Nery is an internationally renowned thought leader in foot and ankle pathology. He is an associate professor at the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, a past president of FLAMeCiPP (Latin American Foot and Ankle Society) and ABTPé (Brazilian Foot and Ankle Society), and a past Board member of IFFAS (International Federation of Foot & Ankle Societies).
Questions/Case Discussion
10:00 – 11:00 am Eastern TIme (UTC-4)
Foundation Update and Awards
11:00 – 11:45 am Eastern TIme (UTC-4)
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
Symposium 2A: Don't Forget the Forefoot... Although These Problems Make Us Want to
My Big Toe Hurts but I Absolutely Don't Want a Fusion: Is There Still a Role for MTP Resurfacing or Arthroplasty in 2025?
Treatment of Metatarsalgia: Why Can't You Just Inject Some of My Fat in There?
My Toe Is Stiff and Sticking Up and I'm Not Happy: Revision Hammertoe Correction Strategies
Questions/Case Discussion
Symposium 2B: Complex Deformity Correction: Tips and Techniques to Achieve Optimal Alignment
Triple Arthrodesis in PCFD
There's Still Pain and Deformity: Techniques for Revision Triple Arthrodesis
Ankle and Hindfoot Realignment for TTC Arthrodesis
Questions/Case Discussion
11:45 am – 2:00 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
BREAK IN PROGRAMMING
2:00 – 3:30 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
Symposium 3A: Research Forum
Research Speaker: John C. Elfar, MD
Dr. Elfar is the chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson. Previously, he served as the founding director of the Center for Orthopaedic Research and Translational Science at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on trauma-related injuries and drug repurposing for multi-tissue regenerative medicine.
Questions/Case Discussion
Symposium 3B: Practice Management Forum: The First 10 Years in Practice: How to Be Efficient
Questions/Case Discussion
3:30 – 4:30 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
Symposium 4A: Techniques of the Masters: Ankle
My Most Complicated Ankle Case and How I Dealt With It
Questions/Case Discussion
Symposium 4B: Bunions Behaving Badly: Revision Hallux Valgus Correction Strategies
Give Me One More Chance at an Osteotomy: Revision Metatarsal and Phalanx Osteotomies
It's an MTP Joint Problem, So Just Fuse It
The Deformity Was Never Corrected at the Origin, Now It's Time to Do a Lapidus
Questions/Case Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Keynote Speaker: Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
Dr. Montgomery Rice is a renowned infertility specialist, researcher, and health equity advocate who currently serves as the president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Her previous roles include founding director of the Center for Women's Health Research at Meharry Medical College, one of the nation's first research centers devoted to studying diseases that disproportionately impact women of color.
11:15 am – 12:15 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
Symposium 5A: The Talus Is So Frustrating I: Osteochondral Lesions
Microfracture Still Works in 2025
I Microfractured and It Failed: What's Next?
You All Keep Fooling Around With the Cartilage, but This Is a Bony Problem
Questions/Case Discussion
Symposium 5B: How to Succeed at Charcot Reconstruction
My Algorithm and Treatment Strategies for Ankle Charcot
My Algorithm and Treatment Strategies for Midfoot Charcot
It Gets Worse: This Patient Has Ankle and Midfoot Charcot
Questions/Case Discussion
12:15 – 1:00 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
BREAK IN PROGRAMMING
1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
Symposium 6A: Techniques of the Masters: Hindfoot
My Most Complicated Hindfoot Case and How I Dealt With It
Questions/Case Discussion
Symposium 6B: Total Ankle Arthroplasty I: Associated Deformities
How to Deal with Underlying Foot Deformities
How I Address Varus Ankle Deformity in TAR
How I Address Valgus Ankle Deformity in TAR
Questions/Case Discussion
2:00 – 2:45 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
Presidential Keynote Speaker: Howard J. Donner, MD
Dr. Donner is one of the leading voices of wilderness medicine and an experienced expert in remote medical care. He is the co-author of The Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine, and has served as a staff physician for the Himalayan Rescue Association, a rescue doctor on Mt. McKinley in Alaska, the expedition physician on the first American ascent of Kangchenjunga, and a medical operations consultant for NASA.
2:45 – 3:45 pm Eastern TIme (UTC-4)
Presidential Remarks and Award Presentations
3:45 – 4:45 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
Symposium 7A: Ankle Fractures Are Not Just Plates and Screws
Syndesmosis and Ankle Ligament Repair in the Setting of Ankle Fractures
Wait, You Are Using a TTC Nail to Treat an Ankle Fracture?
Can We Trust Intramedullary Fixation of Fibula Fractures?
Questions/Case Discussion
Symposium 7B: The Talus Is So Frustrating II: Talus AVN
The AVN Isn't That Bad, Just Do a TAR
Total Talus for AVN: Why Not?
I Don't Trust Modern Witchcraft: Fusion Is the Only Option
Questions/Case Discussion
4:45 – 5:45 pm Eastern Time (UTC-4)
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
Symposium 8A: Sports Shorts I: Treatment of Instabilities Around the Ankle
The Treatment of Syndesmosis Instability in the Athlete
Treatment of Chronic Ankle Instability
Is Subtalar Instability Real and How Do I Diagnose and Treat It?
Questions/Case Discussion
Symposium 8B: Techniques of the Masters: Midfoot
My Most Complicated Midfoot Case and How I Dealt With It
Questions/Case Discussion
8:00 – 9:00 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
Symposium 9A: Total Ankle Arthroplasty II: Maybe I Shouldn't Have Done It
Management of the Infected Total Ankle Replacement
Management of the Painful Total Ankle Replacement
When and How to Perform Revision Ankle Replacement
Salvage It With 3D Printing
Questions/Case Discussion
Symposium 9B: Finally, a Session Dedicated to the Painful Peroneal Tendons
How to Assess the Peroneal Tendons on MRI, Ultrasound, and Tendoscopy
Have I Had Success with Biologic Adjuncts to Tendon Healing?
Treatment of Recurrent Dislocating Peroneal Tendons
Treatment of Refractory Peroneal Tendon Pain: Is It Time for a Transfer or Allograft?
Questions/Case Discussion
9:00 – 9:45 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
CONCURRENT SYMPOSIA
Symposium 10A: Techniques of the Masters: Forefoot
My Most Complicated Forefoot Case and How I Dealt With It
Questions/Case Discussion
Symposium 10B: Sports Shorts II: Arthroscopy
Ankle Arthroscopy: In the Office or in the OR?
Upside Down Thinking: How to Treat Osteochondral Lesions of the TIBIA
Techniques for Achilles, Peroneal, and FDL Tendoscopy
Questions/Case Discussion
9:45 – 11:00 am Eastern Time (UTC-4)
BREAK IN PROGRAMMING
11:00 am – noon
Symposium 11: The Grand Finale: Total Ankle Replacement Tips and Techniques from the Masters
**This session does not offer CME credit**