72nd American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting

ASSH 2017

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CME AND OBJECTIVES

ASSH CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION CREDIT
Information on CME credit and patient safety hours for the 2017 Annual Meeting is coming soon.
CME CERTIFICATES
CME Certificates for theAnnual Meeting are available online. To claim your CME for any prior meeting go to the My CME page. Email [email protected] if you have questions or for log-in information.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Improve their scientific knowledge of upper extremity surgery professional practices and patient care. Increase their knowledge and competency about cutting-edge clinical advances and new research findings in hand and upper extremity surgery. Enhance their ability to apply surgical skills and therapeutic treatment methods that are acquired through small group demonstrations. Achieve a broad understanding through professional interaction with colleagues from the United States and abroad. Evaluate a wide range of hand surgery/therapy products and technologies that may be of benefit to hand professionals. Apply innovative ideas to the business and financial aspects of hand-specialized practice. Evaluate the impact of new aspects of health care policies and medical ethics in hand surgery. CME MISSION
Purpose
The preeminent mission of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) is to provide state-of-the-art continuing medical education in the field of hand and upper extremity surgery. The ASSH is dedicated to fulfillment of this mission through the following means: Offering excellent educational programming enabling hand care professionals to provide superior medical care for the hand and upper extremity. Enhancing the dissemination of current research knowledge ensuring that hand care professionals have timely and relevant information available. Facilitating a career-long continuum of medical education. Fostering innovation in current medical education programs. Being a resource and model for course directors and educators involved in ASSH educational activities. Enhancing the value of care for hand and upper extremity problems by improving quality and patient safety.
Target Audience
ASSH perpetuates the CME mission through a multidisciplinary educational audience of regional national and international participants which include:
Primary Audience
Practicing Hand Surgeons
Secondary Audience
Basic scientists All members of the healthcare team Surgeons and basic scientists in training Hand therapists and physiatrists Industry

Important Dates

MAY 12
Deadline to apply for an Annual Meeting scholarship
SEP 6
35th Annual Adrian E. Flatt Residents & Fellows Conference in Hand Surgery
SEP 7-9
72nd Annual Meeting of the ASSH California

TUESDAY (SEPT. 5)

6:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

3:00 PM to 7:00 PM

VIP Lounge (By Invitation Only)

The VIP Lounge is open to all international attendees and major AFSH donors who have joined a Giving Circle.

WEDNESDAY (SEPT. 6)

6:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

6:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

6:30 AM to 6:00 PM

VIP Lounge (By Invitation Only)

The VIP Lounge is open to all international attendees and major AFSH donors who have joined a Giving Circle.

7:00 AM to 11:00 AM

PRE02: Revision Surgery for Failed Repairs after Tendon and Nerve Surgery

7:00 AM to 11:00 AM

PRE03: Acute Trauma - Ulnar Wrist Pain and Disorders of the DRUJ

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

PRE06: Scapholunate Reconstruction

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

PRE04: Make Elbows Great Again: Challenging Elbow Reconstruction

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

PRE07: Failed/Revision Surgery – Bone

1:00 PM to 5:00 PM

PRE05: Athletic Injuries in the Upper Extremity: Treatment and Return to Play

THURSDAY (SEPT. 7)

6:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

6:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

6:00 AM to 6:00 PM

VIP Lounge (By Invitation Only)

The VIP Lounge is open to all international attendees and major AFSH donors who have joined a Giving Circle.

7:00 AM to 11:00 AM

PRE10: Acute Trauma – Getting the Most from a Mutilated Hand

7:00 AM to 11:00 AM

PRE11: Unsolved Problems in Pediatric Hand Surgery: Controversy, Pitfalls and Future Needs

7:00 AM to 11:00 AM

PRE09: Navigating and Decision Making for Complicated Problems: A Case Based Pre-course

8:00 AM to 11:00 AM

PRE13: Research Methods

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

Boxed Lunches Available 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

11:15 AM to 12:15 PM

Members Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony

1:18 PM to 2:00 PM

Presidential Address

Ghazi M. Rayan, MD - Engagement and Our Professional Responsibility

2:42 PM to 3:12 PM

Robert E. Carroll Founders Lecture

David M. Lichtman, MD - Kienbock’s Disease: Evolution of a Treatment Algorithm

4:09 PM to 4:31 PM

A Special AMA Lecture

Andrew W. Gurman, MD - The AMA: Advancing Medicine in the Digital Age

4:45 PM to 6:00 PM

IC14: The Opioid Epidemic and Hand Surgery: Understanding the Problem and Developing Strategies to Minimize Opioid Needs

IC17: Treating Scapholunate Instability: What really works.

IC01: Unsatisfactory outcome after distal radius fractures- Evaluation, management and prevention

IC21: Damage Control Hand Surgery: Surgical Pearls Learned from the Battlefield.

IC12: Improving Office Efficiency: Doing More with Less

IC16: Trends in Replantation Surgery: Success, failure and future directions

IC19: The Management of Posttraumatic Arthritis of the Wrist -- Contemporary Perspectives and Technical Tips

IC10: Malunions of the Pediatric Elbow, Forearm, Wrist and Hand

IC10: Malunions of the Pediatric Elbow, Forearm, Wrist and Hand

IC11: Culturally Competent Care for Addressing Diversity, Patient Satisfaction and Pay for Performance

IC14: The Opioid Epidemic and Hand Surgery: Understanding the Problem and Developing Strategies to Minimize Opioid Needs

IC03: In Pursuit of a High Performing Team: Assembling, Optimizing, and Remediating

IC17: Treating Scapholunate Instability: What really works.

IC02: Elbow Instability Management

IC04: Mimickers of Hand and Upper Extremity Infections- How to Avoid

IC01: Unsatisfactory outcome after distal radius fractures- Evaluation, management and prevention

IC21: Damage Control Hand Surgery: Surgical Pearls Learned from the Battlefield.

IC12: Improving Office Efficiency: Doing More with Less

IC09: Expert Opinion and Testimony - Scientific Evidence as a Basis for Opinion (Using Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as an Example)

IC18: Better Results with Extensor Injuries and Late Deformities (Boutonniere, Swan Neck, Mallet and Extensor Lag)

IC06: The Use of Ultrasound in Clinical Decision Making for Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

FRIDAY (SEPT. 8)

6:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

6:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

6:30 AM to 5:00 PM

VIP Lounge (By Invitation Only)

The VIP Lounge is open to all international attendees and major AFSH donors who have joined a Giving Circle.

9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

Boxed Lunches Available 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Guest Society Lecture - Canadian Society for Surgery of the Hand

Paul A. Binhammer, MD - Sorry About the White House

2:42 PM to 3:10 PM

International Guest Lecture

Roberto Adani, MD, Italy - A High Vision

3:22 PM to 4:24 PM

Presidential Guest Lecture

Sam Quinones - Dreamland: America's Opiate Epidemic and How We Got Where We Are

4:45 PM to 6:00 PM

IC23: Distal Radius Fractures: Technical Pearls for success

IC31: Hold that Scalpel: Recognizing and Avoiding Surgery in Patients with Severe Non-organic Pathology

IC36: Optimizing Communication in Routine and Difficult Patient Encounters

IC29: Osterman Excellence in Education Invited Lecture- Teaching Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery: Expert Educator Techniques in 2017 and Future Innovative Learning Concepts

IC27: A Primer on Distal Nerve Transfers: Evaluation, Technique and Rehabilitation

IC40: Flexor Tendon Repair: Achieving Good Results and Managing Complications

IC42: How to Implement a Clinic-Based Wide-Awake Hand Surgery Practice

IC34: Problematic Pediatric Fractures

IC22: How to maintain autonomy and an independent practice

IC38: Non Microsurgical Flaps of the Upper Extremity That Every Hand Surgeon Should Know

IC39: Demystifying Carpal Ligament Injuries: Help Me Understand What's Going On!

IC32: New Horizons in Kienbocks disease

IC30: Happiness and Work Life Balance as a Hand Surgeon

IC34: Problematic Pediatric Fractures

IC28: Atypical Nerve Compression: How Skeptics become Believers

IC38: Non Microsurgical Flaps of the Upper Extremity That Every Hand Surgeon Should Know

IC40: Flexor Tendon Repair: Achieving Good Results and Managing Complications

IC22: How to maintain autonomy and an independent practice

IC41: Treatment of Basal Joint Arthritis: Is anything better than the "old fashioned" LRTI?

IC26: Infections of the Hand: Evolving Resistance and Understanding

IC37: PROM’s: What are they, why should you care & how do you use them?

SATURDAY (SEPT. 9)

6:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Speaker Ready Room Open

6:30 AM to 4:00 PM

VIP Lounge (By Invitation Only)

The VIP Lounge is open to all international attendees and major AFSH donors who have joined a Giving Circle.

6:30 AM to 4:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

6:45 AM to 7:45 AM

IC54: The Business of Hand Surgery: How to Maximize Cost Effectiveness in Hand Surgery

IC57: How I Approach the Painful DRUJ: What Works for Me

IC59: Treatment of Spasticity in the Adult Patient

IC53: The Internert and Social media – Marketing your practice and dealing with negative online reviews.

IC51: Dictation Options For the Hand Surgeon: Human Versus Electronic

IC58: Linscheid-Dobyns Excellence in Wrist Research invited lecture -Preserving wrist motion in Wrist Arthritis

IC49: Regenerative Medicine in Upper Extremity Reconstruction: Current Use, Future trends, and Economic Considerations

IC50: Small Hands, Big Challenges: Unique Considerations in Pediatric Hand and Wrist Trauma

IC46: Challenges in the Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

IC47: Integrating Nerve Transfers into the Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries

IC52: Avoiding And Managing Medical Misadventures: Patient Care in 2017

IC56: Benign and Malignant Bone Tumors of the Hand and Upper Extremity: A Case Based Discussion

IC48: Pain management for upper extremity conditions, including CRPS

IC45: Now That's an Ugly Elbow

IC43: The Assessment and Management of Soft Tissue Lesions Associated with Fractures of the Distal Radius--Comtemporary Perspectives

IC44: The Shattered Distal Radius: Algorithm and Advanced Surgical Techniques for Treating Complex Distal Radius Fractures.

IC55: Exploring the Boundaries of Wrist Arthroscopy

8:00 AM to 12:00 PM

POST02: Workers' Compensation For the Hand Surgeon- Establishing a Successful and Efficient Practice

9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open

12:20 PM to 1:20 PM

ICR09: Carpal Instability

ICR16: Finger Arthritis

ICR06: Commom Pediatric Conditions

ICR14: The Cold Hand: Vascular Disorders, Raynaud’s, Scleroderma

ICR07: The Stiff Elbow

ICR10: Brachial Plexopathy

ICR05: Nerve Repair and Reconstruction

ICR12: Challenging PIP Joint Injuries

ICR03: Flexor Tendon Reconstruction

ICR01: Complications of Dupuytren Disease

ICR04: Hand and Wrist Tumors

ICR08: Complex DRUJ Instability and Arthritis

ICR11: Vascularized Bone Grafts

ICR02: Wound Reconstruction: Simple to Complex

ICR13: Thumb Basilar Joint Arthritis

ICR15: Hand Injuries in the Athlete

1:30 PM to 4:30 PM

POST03: Controversies in Hand Surgery

DIGITAL MEETING INFORMATION

The 2017 ASSH Annual Meeting is completely digital! No abstract books. No paper schedules. No printed booklets. Don't worry - you can find everything you need to make the most of the ASSH meeting with our mobile app.

DOWNLOADING THE APP

The app is available for Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, Android devices (2.3 and higher). Using a Windows tablet or phone? Still love your Blackberry? You can view the program information on the mobile site. Download the app in summer of 2017.

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

ASSH is only printing your conference badge.

  • The ASSH Annual Meeting app is free and downloadable on your iPad, iPhone or Android device before and during the meeting.
  • The app houses ALL of the program and abstract content you will need (see below for full list).
  • You app syncs with your personal meeting agenda.
  • You can also use other devices (like a laptop or netbook) to access program information at the meeting using the free Wi-Fi.

Note: Free Wi-Fi will be available throughout the convention center for the duration of the meeting.

THE MEETING APP HAS...

Your registration schedule (login with your ASSH email as the username and your ASSH ID as your password).

  • Access to Clinical Paper abstracts.
  • Access to session handouts.
  • In-app surveys for many sessions.
  • A full listing of exhibitors and industry forums.
  • Maps for the convention center and headquarters hotel.
  • Topic Channels to discuss what's new at this year's event.




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