CME Course

AAOS Boomeritis®: Musculoskeletal Care of the Mature Athlete

Registration Fees:

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

Course #: 3823 Apr 09 - 11, 2010 07:00AM - 05:00PM Maximum Enrollment: 100	A credit card number is required for payment. Registration is not complete until you receive a confirmation number after payment.
Course Directors: Richard J Hawkins, MD; John Michael Tokish, MD CME Credit: 16 Please Note: Course participants are required to submit a completed evaluation in order to receive CME Credits.

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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.

Learn to address the challenges of treating mature athletes
This unique, interactive educational experience focuses the basic science, physiological, and biological issues and challenges facing your aging athletic baby boomer patients as they remain active into their mature years. Learn to recognize these Boomeritis® effects and counsel your patients – from the weekend to the master athletes – on how to manage aging and its effects on their participation in sports.

This course addresses issues from nutrition, performance enhancing drugs, and non-operative treatments to wellness of the “whole athlete”, cutting-edge surgical solutions for conditions seen in a boomer population, and the application of other anti-aging substances and supplements for shoulder, hip, and knee. Gain insight into osteoarthritis, hip problems, rotator cuff conditions, and the impact of cartilage regeneration techniques. Your world-class faculty also discusses degenerative, arthritic, and traumatic conditions that result from injuries, and takes an expanded approach to treating the aging female athlete. You’ll cover a broad array of other conditions affecting aging active baby boomer patients with a particular focus on anti-aging and managing the aging process– all with the goal of keeping these athletes well and at the top of their game. In addition to ample time for discussion, questions, and audience participation, the half-day format gives you time to view vendor displays and enjoy Hilton Head Island.

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

• Recognize how the normal physiologic effects of aging affect participation in sports for mature athletes
• Counsel athletes on the musculoskeletal manifestation of aging and participation in sports
• Apply basic science principles for age-related changes in bone, meniscus, articular cartilage, and the muscle tendon complex for mature athletes
• Recognize the impact of anti-aging drugs such as growth hormones and other aspects of drug and supplement treatments. For example, NSAIDS, glucosamine, and injectable medicines for musculoskeletal conditions
• Determine the appropriate non-operative and operative treatment plans for mature adult athletes with traumatic, degenerative, and arthritic conditions particularly related to the knee, hip, shoulder, and spinelder and spine
• Analyze the impact of arthroplasty, cartilage regeneration techniques and the rotator cuff on the baby boomer athlete

Who should attend?
The focus of this year’s course – treating the “whole athlete” – makes it an ideal learning experience for both surgical and non-surgical practitioners. Orthopaedic surgeons can enhance their understanding of current treatment options for conditions seen in the baby boomer population. Primary care physicians, physical therapists, and sports medicine specialists will expand their knowledge of preventative and post-operative techniques for caring for their aging athletic patients.

Faculty:

Robert H Bell, MD	Andrew L Chen, MD, MS	Nicholas A DiNubile, MD
Robert Giffin, MD	J Richard Steadman, MD	Kevin Wilk, DPT,PT
Vonda J Wright, MD	Douglas J Wyland, MD
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:

www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hhhgr-hilton-head-marriott-resort-and-spa/?toDate=4/15/10&groupCode=aaoaaoa&fromDate=4/4/10&app=resvlink
Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa
One Hotel Circle
Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Hotel Phone Number: 888/511-5086
Rates: $159 Single/Double Occupancy
Housing cut-off date: March-17-2010
You can make your housing reservations online
The Group/Corporate # for this course is aaoaaoa

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 April-11-2010. 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.