Course Program

Advanced Foot and Ankle Virtual Course 

November 13-15, 2025

Course Chair: Jacob R. Zide, MD
Course Co-Chairs: Jeremy T. Smith, MD, and Michael C. Aynardi, MD

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, learners should be able to:

• Compare and contrast approaches for treating routine and complex foot and ankle deformities and conditions

• Describe patient selection and treatment strategies for revision procedures

• Outline the ways to identify and manage complications

• Determine and apply strategies to improve patient outcomes
  

The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AOFAS designates this blended event (live activity and enduring materials), for a maximum of 11.75 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.

For more information on AOFAS accreditation and educational policies, visit the Program Overview page.

Program

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13

4:00 – 5:30 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 1 – Sports
Moderator: Jeremy T. Smith, MD

Sports After Amputation
Matthew J. Carty, MD

Failed Instability
Jeremy T. Smith, MD

OLTs: Updates and Return to Sport
J. Benjamin Jackson III, MD

Lisfranc in the Athlete
Anish R. Kadakia, MD

Cases and Discussion

5:30 – 7:00 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 2 – Cavovarus
Moderator: Jacob R. Zide, MD

Updates in the Neurological Understanding of CMT
Michelle R. Christie, MD

Management of Cavovarus in the Pediatric Patient
Anthony I. Riccio, MD

Management and Revision of Cavovarus in the Adult
Christian Plaass, MD

MIS Reconstruction in Cavovarus Deformity
Jesse F. Doty, MD

Cases and Discussion

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

4:00 – 5:30 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 3 – Neurologic/Stroke
Moderator: Jeremy T. Smith, MD

Stroke
Gregory R. Waryasz, MD

Foot Drop
Sandra E. Klein, MD

Equinocavovarus
Max P. Michalski, MD

Transverse Tibial Bone Transport
Amgad M. Haleem Amin, MD, PhD

Cases and Discussion

5:30 – 7:00 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 4 – Total Ankle Replacement
Moderator: Michael C. Aynardi, MD

Implant Considerations for TAR
Jensen K. Henry, MD

Supramalleolar Osteotomy with TAR
Constantine A. Demetracopoulos, MD

Algorithm for Deformity in TAR
Jeremy J. McCormick, MD

TAR Loosening
Elizabeth A. Cody, MD

Cases and Discussion

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15

9:00 – 10:30 am Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 5 – Charcot
Moderator: Michael C. Aynardi, MD

Updates to Surgical Indications for Charcot
Michael C. Aynardi, MD

Frames, Hybrid Fixation, and Superconstructs
Veerabhadra K. Reddy, MD

Beams and Bolts
Carroll P. Jones, MD

MIS Joint Prep: How to Know if Your Prep Is Adequate
Kaitlin C. Neary, MD

Cases and Discussion

10:30 am – noon Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 6 – Failures in Forefoot Surgery
Moderator: Jacob R. Zide, MD

Recurrent Hallux Valgus Deformity
James W. Brodsky, MD

MIS Management of Metatarsalgia: Does Anyone Do a Weil Anymore?
Thomas A. McDonald, MD

Salvage Procedures for the 1st MTP Joint
Jason T. Bariteau, MD

Management of the Failed MICA
Christopher P. Miller, MD

Cases and Discussion

Noon – 1:30 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 7 – Trauma
Moderator: Jeremy T. Smith, MD

Scope Assisted Ankle ORIF
Mark C. Drakos, MD

Primary Fusions for Acute Trauma
Thomas G. Harris, MD

Hindfoot Malunions
Michael P. Clare, MD

Neuropathic Fractures
Irvin Oh, MD

Cases and Discussion

1:30 – 2:45 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 8 – Flatfoot
Moderator: Jacob R. Zide, MD

Deformity Correcting Triple Arthrodesis
Jacob R. Zide, MD

Is the Evan's Necessary?
Scott J. Ellis, MD

Managing the Medial Column in PCFD
William C. McGarvey, MD

WBCT: Does It Impact Decision Making?
Cesar de Cesar Netto, MD, PhD

Cases and Discussion