11th Annual Central PA Joint Replacement Symposium

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This program is designed to improve communication and contact among orthopaedic surgeons in central Pennsylvania with an interest in joint arthroplasty. This meeting will include discussion of difficult cases and will raise the level of knowledge of orthopaedic surgeons about joint replacement.

• Review ankle replacements in difficult situations
• Employ high-functioning, highly-efficient OR teams
• Describe medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty
• Review complex arthroplasty cases
• Discuss the role of cement in femoral THA fixation

Charles M. Davis III, MD, PhD
Conference Moderator
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Chief, Hip and Knee Joint Arthroplasty Division
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Invited Faculty

Chris Damsgaard, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Geisinger Medical Center

Faculty

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Penn State College of Medicine

Umur Aydogan, MD
Associate Professor
Foot and Ankle Surgery

Charles Davis III, MD, PhD
Conference Moderator
Professor
Chief, Hip and Knee Joint Arthroplasty Division

Mark Mason, MD
Assistant Professor
Hip and Knee Joint Arthroplasty Division

Karyn Miller, PA-C
Manager, Advanced Practice Professional Clinicians

Heather Senft, RN
Operating Room Staff Nurse

Eric Swenson, PhD
Lt. Col., U.S. Army
Adjunct Research Associate

• 8 a.m. | Registration/Breakfast
• 8:50 a.m. | Introduction
  Charles Davis III, MD, PhD
• 9 a.m. | Update on Ankle Replacement in Difficult Situations
  Umur Aydogan, MD
• 9:30 a.m. | Question-and-Answer Period
• 9:40 a.m. | Building High-functioning, High-efficiency OR Teams Panel
  Moderator: Charles Davis III, MD, PhD
  Participants:
  Mark Mason, MD
  Karyn Miller, PA-C
  Heather Senft, RN
  Eric Swenson, PhD
• 10:10 a.m. | Question-and-Answer Period
• 10:20 a.m. | Break
• 10:30 a.m. | Complex Primary and Revision THA/TKA Case Presentations
  Moderator: Charles Davis III, MD, PhD
• 11:30 a.m. | Lunch
• 12:30 p.m. | Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
  Chris Damsgaard, MD
• 1 p.m. | Question-and-Answer Period
• 1:10 p.m. | Femoral THA Fixation – Is there a Role for Cement?
  Charles Davis III, MD, PhD
• 1:40 p.m. | Question-and-Answer Period
• 1:50 p.m. | Complex Primary and Revision THA/TKA Case Presentations
  Moderator: Charles Davis III, MD, PhD
• 2:30 p.m. | Program Evaluation/Adjournment

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