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Conference Schedule
Department of Orthopaedics



2007 - 2008 Conference Schedule
- University Sports Medicine Grand Rounds Conferences are held from 7:00 - 8:00 am at ECMC
- University Orthopaedics Grand Rounds Conferences are held from 8:00 - 10:00 am at ECMC
Please note that on the first Thursday of each month, there are no University Orthopaedics Grand Rounds
- University Sports Medicine Journal Club is held at the University Orthopaedic Center
- University Orthopaedics Journal Club locations will be listed on the conference schedule
- Anatomy sessions are held in the Gross Anatomy Lab
on the third floor of the Biomedical Education Building at the University at Buffalo South Campus

Date Time Topic Resident(s) Presenter(s) Location
9-13-07 7:00 am Skeletal Muscle Marzo ECMC
8:00 am Hand / Wrist Knight/Rudolph Moy/Callahan
9-18-07 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
9-20-07 7:00 am Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Leddy ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Clubfoot Clark Galpin
10:00 am OITE Review All
9-27-07 7:00 am Shoulder Instability Bisson ECMC
8:00 am Research Update All
9:00 am Revision TKA Hernandez Krackow
10:00 am OITE Review All
10-4-07 7:00 am Medical Aspects - Cardiac and Pulmonary (Sports Only) Jain ECMC
7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Spine Fishkin/Gurske Kowalski UB Anatomy Lab
10-9-07 TBA University Orthopaedics Journal Club - Trauma All TBA
10-11-07 7:00 am Shoulder Labrum, SC Joint, AC Joint and Clavicle All Marzo ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - Hand/Sports Duquin/Affonso
9:00 am Upper Extremity Soft Tissue Coverage Knight Moy
10:00 am OITE Review All
10-16-07 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
10-18-07 7:00 am Shoulder Rotator Cuff and Bicep Tendon Fineberg ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Elbow Instability Bader Marzo
10:00 am OITE REview All
10-25-07 7:00 am Compression Neuropathies of the Upper Extremity Robert Brown, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Benign Bone Tumors Gurske B. McGrath
10:00 am OITE Review All
11-1-07 7:00 am Exercise Physiology (Sports Only) Douglas McKenney ECMC
7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Femur and Tibia Doak/Manohar Anders UB Anatomy Lab
11-8-07 7:00 am Elbow Problems Wind ECMC
8:00 am OITE Review - Mann, Chapter 1 Foot Biomechanics All
11-10-07 8:00 am OITE Exam All Conference Room D
11-13-07 TBA University Orthopaedics Journal Club - Pediatrics All TBA
11-15-07 7:00 am Wrist Problems James Kelly, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Treating the Polytraumatized Patient Hlubik Anders
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 5 - Biomechanics Barba
11-20-07 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
11-22-07 No Conference - Thanksgiving Day
11-29-07 7:00 am Athletic Pubalgia (Sports Only) Fellows Bisson ECMC
8:00 am Interview Date
12-6-07 7:00 am Drug Testing and Ergogenic Aids (Sports Only) Thomas White, M.D. ECMC
7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Knee Hernandez/Rudolph Bisson UB Anatomy Lab
12-13-07 7:00 am Hip Conditions in Athletics B. McGrath ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Pediatric Scoliosis Doak Ferrick
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 6 - Biomaterials Privitera
12-18-07 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows TBA
12-20-07 7:00 am The Closed Kinetic Chain and Rehabilitation Buffalo Spine and Sports ECMC
7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Foot and Ankle Hlubik/Gaebe Ritter UB Anatomy Lab
12-27-07 No Conference - Holiday Break
1-3-08 8:00 am Interview Date ECMC
1-8-08 TBA University Orthopaedics Journal Club
Hand and Upper Extremity PC
All TBA
1-9-08 6:30 pm Tumor Unknown Conference Orthopaedic Center
1-10-08 7:00 am The Knee - Anatomy, Biomechanics and Gait (Sports Only) Fellows USM Fellow ECMC
8:00 am Guest Lecturer - Daniel Mendelson, M.D., University of Rochester Medical Center
9:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 7 - Orthopaedic Pharmacology West
1-15-08 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
1-17-08 7:00 am The Knee - ACL and PCL Fineberg ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases Hand/Sports Hlubik/Gurske
9:00 am Upper Extremity Tendon Transfers Duquin Wheeler
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 8 - Infections in Orthopaedics Wilkins
1-24-08 7:00 am The Knee - MCL, LCL and Posterolateral Bisson ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Cervical Stenosis/Mylopathy Fishkin Hamill
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 12
Pulmonary Distress and Thromboembolic Conditions
All
1-31-08 7:00 am The Knee - Meniscus Wind ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Forefoot Disorders Rudolph Rohrbacher
10:00 am Fatigue Training (requirement of the ACGME) Doak All
2-7-08 No Conference - Annual Ski Day TBA
2-12-08 TBA University Orthopaedics Journal Club - Foot and Ankle All TBA
2-14-08 7:00 am The Knee - Overuse Symptoms (Sports Only) Fellows Smolinski ECMC
7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Hip and Acetabulum Rachala/Bedi Phillips UB Anatomy Lab
2-21-08 No University Sports Medicine Conference - Winter Break ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Lower Extremity Amputations Hernandez B. McGrath
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 13
Form and Function of the Bone
Jones
2-26-08 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
2-28-08 7:00 am The Kneesmart Fit Program Jeffrey Woodrich ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Spinal Infections Jones Kowalski
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 14
Bone Injury, Regeneration and Repair
Bedi
3-6-08 7:00 am Cartilage Structure, Function and Repair (Sports Only) Fellows Smolinski ECMC
No Conference - AAOS
3-11-08 TBA University Orthopaedics Journal Club - Joints All TBA
3-13-08 7:00 am Patellofemoral Joint Anatomy, Biomechanics and Overuse (Sports Only) Fellows Buffalo Spine and Sports ECMC
7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Shoulder and Humerus Duquin/Clark Stegemann UB Anatomy Lab
3-18-08 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
3-20-08 7:00 am Patellofemoral Joint Surgery USM Fellow ECMC
8:00 am IAAOS Update - Current Abstracts Fishkin
9:00 am Malignant Bone Tumors Manohar B. McGrath
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 15
Biologic Response to Orthopaedic Implants
Rudolph
3-27-08 7:00 am Research - Study Design, Bias and Statistics Cathy Buyea ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases Hand/BGH Hlubik
9:00 am Replantation Hlubik Paterson
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 16
Growth and Metastasis of MSK Tumors
Affonso
4-1-08 TBA University Orthopaedics Journal Club - Oncology All TBA
Tumor Unknown Conference
4-3-08 7:00 am The Knee - Unusual and Odd Diagnoses (Sports Only) Fellows Marzo ECMC
7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Elbow and Forearm Duquin/Jones T. McGrath UB Anatomy Lab
4-10-08 7:00 am Pediatric Sports Medicine - Upper Extremity (Sports Only) Fellows Ferrick ECMC
8:00 am Gillespie Memorial Lecture Merrill Ritter, M.D. BGH Swift Auditorium
4-17-08 7:00 am No University Sports Medicine Conference ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Pediatric Limb Deficiency Affonso Galpin
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 17
Articular Cartilage Structure, Composition and Function
Clark
4-22-08 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
4-24-08 7:00 am Pediatric Sports Medicine - Lower Extremity Galpin ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases Sports Medicine Clark
9:00 am AVN of the Hip Duquin Phillips
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 18
Articular Cartilage Repair and Osteoarthritis
Gurske
5-1-08 7:00 am Pediatric Sports Medicine - ACL, Tibial Eminence (Sports Only) Fellows Bisson ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Heel Pain/Disorders Bedi Ritter
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 24
Anatomy, Biology and Biomechanics of Tendon and Ligament
Duquin
5-8-08 7:00 am The Female Athlete - Special Issues Jodi Snyder, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Revision THA Rachala Krackow
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 19
Pathophysiologic Aspects of Inflammation in Diarthrodial Joints
Manohar
5-13-08 TBA University Orthopaedics Journal Club - Spine All TBA
5-15-08 7:00 am Practice Management - Coding/Billing Smolinski ECMC
7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Hand and Wrist Knight/Affonso Moy UB Anatomy Lab
5-20-08 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
5-22-08 7:00 am Sports Nutrition and Supplements Fellows Scott Darling, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Resident Research Preview PGY 2-4
5-29-08 7:00 am Blunt Trauma - Pulmonary, Renal and Abdomen All William Flynn, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases Hand/Sports Rachala/Manohar
9:00 am Hand Infections Gaebe Kelly
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 25
Peripheral Nerve Physiology, Anatomy and Pathology
Hernandez
6-05-08 7:00 am Stress Fractures in the Athlete (Sports Only) Fellows USM Fellow ECMC
8:00 am Graduation Cases PGY 3-4
6-06-08 8:00 am Graduation - Resident Research Presentations PGY 2-4 ECMC
6:00 pm Cocktails and Graduation Dinner at Kleinhans Music Hall
6-12-08 7:00 am The Ankle - Fractures and Sprains Fellows UB Orthopaedic Trauma ECMC
8:00 am Orthopaedic Jeopardy All
6-17-08 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
6-19-08 7:00 am The Ankle - Talus and Tendon Problems Ritter ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases ECMC/WCHOB/BGH All
9:00 am Thromboembolic Diagnosis and DVT Prophylaxis Gurske Anders
10:00 am Basic Science Chapter 26
Anatomy, Physiology and Mechanics of Skeletal Muscle
Hlubik
6-26-08 7:00 am Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis (Sports Only) Buffalo Spine and Sports ECMC
7-3-08 7:00 am The Thrower's Shoulder and Elbow (Sports Only) TBA ECMC
7-10-08 7:00 am The Foot - Midfoot: Lisfranc, Navicular and Plantar Fascia (Sports Only) Rohrbacher ECMC
7-15-08 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Sports Residents and Fellows Orthopaedic Center
7-17-08 7:00 am The Foot - Forefoot: Metatarsals and Toes (Sports Only) Ritter ECMC
7-24-08 7:00 am Medical Aspects - Medical/Legal Issues Marzo ECMC


The Erie County Medical Center
462 Grider Street
Buffalo, New York 14215
University Orthopaedic Center
4949 Harlem Road
Amherst, New York 14226

This program is sponsored by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, through the Department of Orthopaedics, to offer AMA/PRA Category I credit. The objective of this program is to cover current topics in orthopaedics. It is approved for two hours of credit per session.
The University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University designates each session for up to 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conference Change Policy: Any changes to the schedule must be coordinated directly between the parties involved, after which the Department Office must be notified in writing as to the changes made.

For questions or information regarding this schedule, please call Tammy Smith at (716) 898-5053



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