CME Course

11th Annual AAOS/AOSSM Sports Medicine Course

Registration Fees:

Members, Resident/Post Residency Fellow/Allied Health, Nonmembers, Emeritus

Course #: 3802 Feb 11 - 14, 2010 06:00AM - 12:00PM Bonita Springs, FL Maximum Enrollment: 185	A credit card number is required for payment. Registration is not complete until you receive a confirmation number after payment.
Course Directors: Andrew J Cosgarea, MD; Robert F LaPrade, MD, PhD CME Credit: 22 Please Note: Course participants are required to submit a completed evaluation in order to receive CME Credits.

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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 22AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Academy would like to thank the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine for the many contributions made by its members in the production of this program. The Academy and orthopaedic specialty societies work together to provide orthopaedic surgeons with the highest quality educational programs and publications. This cooperative spirit among colleague organizations is an important resource and valuable asset for the orthopaedic community.

Educational Display opportunities available for this course. Display registration form can be completed online. Your AAOS id number is required for entry and a credit card number is required for online registration.

Update your knowledge in the field of sports medicine and review some of the most challenging issues faced by the team physician. This course provides a contemporary perspective on how to evaluate and treat athletes with injuries at all levels of sport.

The expert faculty will review the indications for surgical intervention as well as the nonoperative management of orthopaedic sports medicine injuries in athletes. The latest surgical techniques will be taught by the faculty, emphasizing pearls, tricks and pitfalls. The unique course format will include didactic lectures, case presentations, expert panel discussions and an audience response system that facilitates an interactive approach to the management of athlete’s injuries and treatments.

The focus is to provide a practical approach to the complicated and complex problems facing the team physician. Highlights include lectures on: the mechanics and rehabilitation of the throwing athlete, rationale and new techniques in labral and cuff reconstructions and biceps problems, treatment of the throwing athletes elbow, latest options and rationale in treating meniscus and articular cartilage pathology, ACL reconstruction complications and revision surgery, posterolateral and posteromedial knee injuries, and the use of arthroscopy in evaluating and treating hip problems in the athlete.

This course is designed to give you the knowledge and skills to:

• Evaluate patients with a wide range of sports injuries and formulate a treatment plan.
• Review anatomy and basic science of knee articular cartilage lesions in order to understand appropriate treatment options.
• Compare and contrast various surgical and nonsurgical treatment protocols for posterior and posterior cruciate ligament injuries.
• Discuss alternative treatment and rehabilitation techniques for hip labral tears.
• Compare and contrast open and arthroscopic shoulder stabilization techniques.
• Discuss complications of knee ligament reconstruction surgery and how to avoid them.
• Distinguish between or among the equipment alternatives necessary to perform hip arthroscopy.
• Understand potential advantages and disadvantages of double bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery.
• Understand how to order and follow optimum physical therapy for patients recovering from shoulder and elbow stabilization surgery.
• Apply contemporary strategies for pain management and for infection control

Faculty:

Annunziato Amendola, MD	Kyle Anderson, MD	James R Andrews, MD
Charles L Beck, MD	Constance R Chu, MD	Brian J Cole, MD
Leigh Ann Curl, MD	W Benjamin Kibler, MD	Michael Dennis Maloney, MD
Eric Cleveland McCarty, MD	Mark D Miller, MD	Bradley James Nelson, MD
Marc J Philippon, MD	Russell F Warren, MD	Kevin Wilk, DPT,PT
Please note: Course content and faculty are subject to change.

DO NOT make your travel reservations until you have received written confirmation of your Course Registration.

Course Location/Housing:

Hyatt Regency Coconut Point
5001 Coconut Road
Bonita Springs, FL 34134
Hotel Phone Number: 239/444-1234
Rates: $239 Single/Double Occupancy
Housing cut-off date: January-13-2010
You can make your housing reservations online
The Group/Corporate # for this course is g-BAMA

If the room block fills prior to the deadline, the hotel cannot guarantee availability and/or the special AAOS rate.

Discount Airfare/Car Rental:

Call CorpTrav Management Group toll-free (800) 211-8016, or United Airlines at (800) 521-4041, to receive special discounts for the following carriers: United, Ted, US Air, Air Canada, Lufthansa - Reference# 549KD

For discount car rental, call Hertz Rent-a-car (800-654-2240) (www.hertz.com) - Reference CV# 02KS0015

Individuals traveling from outside the US and Canada will need to contact a travel agency or the airlines directly within their country.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has appointed CorpTrav Management Group as the official air travel coordinator. To book your air travel online, please review the Housing and Air Travel Information.

Request for a refund must be received in writing in the Academy Office (AAOS, 6300 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018-4262) by February-04-2010. In all instances a cancellation fee will be charged. Beyond these dates, no monetary refunds will be issued. Instead, the tuition amount, less cancellation fee, will be credited toward another AAOS course within one year.

The Academy reserves the right to cancel a course thirty (30) days prior to the course date. Any person who has registered for the course will be notified by email and/or certified mail at the address noted in the AAOS member database. A telephone call will also be made to each registrant for whom a number is available. Persons whose registration is received after a course is cancelled will be notified by telephone, email or mail. Registration fees will be refunded in full. However, other costs incurred by the registrant, such as airline or hotel penalties are the responsibility of the registrant.

For additional information or to register, contact Customer Service at 1 (800) 626-6726 (US and Canada) or 1-847-823-7186 for outside US and Canada Monday - Friday 8AM - 5PM CST or email custserv@aaos.org.