Annual Meeting


VIRTUAL Meeting Program

 

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

 

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Friday, September 12


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

 

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Saturday, September 13


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**

 

Noon Eastern Time (UTC-4)

Program Adjourns

 

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