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Rocky Mountain Orthopedic Trauma Conference

Conference Agenda

This professional education opportunity provides 11 hours of CME credits and covers a variety of special topics in orthopedic trauma.

 Saturday

7:00 am

Registration and continental breakfast 

   

7:30 - 9:15 am

Moderated Panel: Fractures in the Elderly and the Not-So-Elderly

  • Osteoporosis Evaluation and Management - What the Orthopedic Surgeon Needs to Know
  • Femoral Neck Fractures – ORIF, Hemi, or THA - What is the latest evidence?
  • Tips and Tricks for Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures
  • Periprosthetic Femur Fractures

9:15 - 10:45 am

Moderated Panel: Upper Extremity Fractures

  • Clavicle Fractures – When to Fix, When Not, and When We Just Don’t Kknow
  • Distal Radius Fractures – Tips and Tricks
  • Proximal Humerus Fractures – Fix, Replace, or Let it Heal
  • Humeral Shaft Fracture Surgical Decision Making
   
12:30 pm   Lunch
   

4 pm - 5:30 pm

Keynote Lectures

  • Management of Neglected Injuries - The Brazilian Perspective, presented by Fernando Baldy, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Evolution of the Intertrochanteric Hip Fracture Treatment, presented by Thomas A. “Toney” Russell, MD
5:30 - 6: 45 pm

General Session

  • Compartment Syndromes – Staying Out of Trouble
  • Spine Fracture Update
  • DVT Prophylaxis – The Standard of Care in 2013
  • Initial Evaluation and Management of Pelvic Fractures 
6:45 pm  Reception
   
 
Sunday

7:00 am

Continental Breakfast

   

7:30 - 9:00 am

Moderated Panel: Tibia fractures

  • Tibial plateau Fractures
  • Proximal and Distal Tibia Fractures
  • Case Presentations and Discussion
9:00 - Noon am

Patient Safety Panel

  • History of M & M, presented by Gregory "Jerry" Jurkovich, MD
  • Risks of Electronic Health Records, presented by Michael Victoroff, MD, COPIC – 1 COPIC point
  • Shared Decision Making, presented by Patricia Skolnick 

Noon

Conference Ends