State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Orthopaedics

2009-2010 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
Third floor of the Biomedical Education Building, University at Buffalo South Campus


2009-2010 Conference Schedule
Date Time Topic Resident(s) Attending(s) Location
9-17-09 7:00 am Cervical Spine (including Stingers, Transient Quadriparesis, etc.) Joseph Kowalski, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Tibia/Pilon/Plateau Clark/West
9:00 am OITE - Trauma I
9-22-09 6:00 pm Tumor Unknown Conference Privitera McGrath TBA
9-24-09 7:00 am Sideline Catastrophic Injury Planning and Management Les Bisson, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - Sports, Hand
9:00 am Rotator Cuff Arthropathy Wilkins Paterson, T. McGrath
10:00 am Ortho Science 2008 West
10-1-09 7:00 am Physiatric Treatment of Cervical Spine Problems in Athlete Buffalo Spine and Sports ECMC
8:00 am Anatomy - Hip and Pelvis Manohar/Wilkins Krackow/McGrath/Santilli UB
10-8-09 7:00 am Thoracolumbar Spine Injuries in Athletes (including Spondylolysis/Listhesis, Disc Herniation) Joseph Kowalski, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Skeletal Dysplasia and Top 10 Testable Pediatric Syndromes Gaebe Blum/Ferrick/Galpin
10:00 am Medical Issues 2008 and Rehab 2008 Barba
10-13-09 6:00 pm USM Journal Club Harlem
10-15-09 7:00 am Physiatric Treatment of Lumbar Spine Problems in Athletes Buffalo Spine and Sports ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Malignant Bone Tumors Donnelly B. McGrath
10:00 am F and A 2007 Zivaljvevic
10-20-09 6:00 pm UOS Journal Club - Trauma Manohar/Hohman Anders/Mutty TBA
10-22-09 7:00 am Skeletal Muscle Injury, Basic Science, and Advances in Treatment, including PRP John Marzo, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Bunion Deformity and Management (also Lesser Toe Deformities) Gurske Ritter/Rohrbacher
10:00 am MS Dz 2007 Bedi
10-29-09 7:00 am Glenohumeral Instability Les Bisson, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Anatomy - Femur, Knee and Proximal Tibia Bedi/Donnelly Bisson/Marzo/Phillips UB
11-3-09 6:00 pm UOS Journal Club - Joints Manohar/Reed Krackow/Phillips/McGrath/Santilli/Anders/Mutty TBA
11-4-09 2:00 pm Case Presentations by Senior Residents ECMC
2009 John R. Border Memorial Lectureship
The Current State of Femur Fracture Management - Wade Smith, M.D.
11-5-09 6:45 am 2009 John R. Border Memorial Lectureship
Management of the Patient with Hemodynamically Unstable Pelvic Fractures - Wade Smith, M.D.
ECMC
11-10-09 6:00 pm USM Journal Club Harlem
11-12-09 7:00 am Pediatric ACL and Tibial Emminence Sports Medicine Fellow ECMC
8:00 am OITE Review
11-14-09 OITE All
11-19-09 7:00 am Upper Extremity Compression Neuropathies Dale Wheeler, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Anatomy - Spine BGH OR
11-26-09 Thanksgiving Holiday
12-1-09 6:00 pm UOS Journal Club - Hand Affonso/Donnelly Callahan/Wheeler TBA
12-3-09 7:00 am Statistics in Sports Medicine Research Cathy Buyea ECMC
8:00 am Resident Interviews All All
12-8-09 6:00 pm USM Journal Club Harlem
12-10-09 7:00 am Wrist and Hand Problems in Athletes Robert Brown, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Foot & Ankle Anatomy Rudolph/Reed Rohrbacher/Ritter UB
12-17-09 7:00 am Shoulder - SLAP, AC Joint, SC Joint, Clavicle Bernas ECMC
8:00 am HSIRB Policies and Procedures Dorothy Wright - Quality Assurance Administrator
9:00 am The Carpus: Kienbock's, Management of Wrist Instability and Arthritis Jones Moy/T. McGrath
10:00 am Ch. 17: Articular Cartilage Structure, Composition and Function Hohman Marzo
12-24-09 Christmas Holiday
12-31-09 New Year's Holiday
1-5-10 6:00 pm UOS Journal Club - Shoulder and Elbow Affonso/Barba Stegemann/Paterson TBA
1-7-10 7:00 am Drug Testing and Ergogenic Aids Tom White, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Resident Interviews All All
1-12-10 6:00 pm USM Journal Club Harlem
1-14-10 7:00 am Knee: Anatomy, Biomechanics and Gait Sports Medicine Fellow ECMC
8:00 am Total Joint Lab at BGH Gurske/Zivaljvevic Krackow/McGrath/Phillips/Santilli/Anders BGH
1-21-10 7:00 am MRI of the Knee and Ankle Anthony Notino, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am How to Run a Practice Bisson
10:00 am Ch. 5 Biomechanics: Skeletal Forces Reed Bisson
1-28-10 7:00 am Hip Problems in Athletes, including Impingement Brian McGrath, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Osteotomies about the Pelvis and Hip Bedi Mutty/Anders/Galpin
10:00 am Ch. 6: Biomaterials Gaebe Ehrensberger
2-2-10 6:00 pm UOS Journal Club - Foot and Ankle Gurske/Plocher Ritter/Rohrbacher TBA
2-4-10 7:00 am Knee - ACL and PCL Marc Fineberg, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Cervical and Lumbar Disc Replacement Barba Kowalski
10:00 am Ch. 21-22: Intervertebral Disc Biomechanics Bedi Kowalski
2-9-10 6:00 pm USM Journal Club Harlem
2-11-10 Ski Day
2-18-10
No Sports Medicine Conference ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Planovalgus Foot Jones Ritter/Rohrbacher
10:00 am Ch. 7: Principles of Orthopaedic Pharmacology West Rohrbacher
2-25-10
NFL Combines
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB ECMC
9:00 am Complications in Trauma Affonso Mutty/Anders
10:00 am Ch. 8: Bleeding and Hemostasis Rudolph Mutty
3-2-10 6:00 pm UOS Journal Club - Sports Medicine- Mandatory Gurske/West USM Attendings TBA
3-4-10 7:00 am Knee: Articular Cartilage including Structure and Function, Meniscus Robert Smolinski, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Shoulder and Humerus Anatomy Rudolph/Privitera Marzo/Stegemann/Bisson UB
3-9-10 6:00 pm USM Journal Club Harlem
3-11-10 AAOS New Orleans
3-18-10 7:00 am Shoulder - Adhesive Capsulitis Buffalo Spine and Sports ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Pediatric Hip - SCFE and Perthes Gaebe Blum/Ferrick/Galpin
10:00 am Ch. 3: Formation and Growth of Skeletal Tissue Jones Galpin
3-25-10 7:00 am Patellofemoral Joint - Biomechanics and Treatment Michael Rauh, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - Sports, Hand
9:00 am Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors Privitera B. McGrath
10:00 am Ch. 16: Growth and Metastasis of Musculoskeletal Tumors Plocher B. McGrath
4-1-10 8:00 am Gillespie Day ECMC
4-6-10 6:00 pm UOS Journal Club - Pediatrics Clark/Zivaljvevic Blum/Ferrick/Galpin TBA
4-8-10 7:00 am Pediatric Sports Medicine - Lower Extremity Robert Galpin, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Elbow and Forearm Anatomy Jones/Hohman T. McGrath/Callahan UB
4-13-10 6:00 pm USM Journal Club Harlem
4-15-10 7:00 am Shoulder: Rotator Cuff, Biceps Tendon, Subscapularis Marc Fineberg, M.D ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Shoulder DJD Affonso Stegemann
10:00 am Ch. 24: Tendons and Ligaments Zivaljvevic Rauh
4-22-10
No Sports Medicine Conference ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Hip Arthritis - from Resurfacing to Arthroplasty Manohar Krackow/McGrath/Phillips/Santilli
10:00 am Ch 15. Biologic Response to Orthopaedic Implants Donnelly Phillips
4-29-10 7:00 am Athletic Pubalgia Les Bisson, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Scaphoid Fractures/Nonunions and Preiser's Dz Rudolph Wheeler/Callahan
10:00 am Ch. 25: Peripheral Nerve Physiology, Anatomy, and Pathology Wilkins Callahan
5-4-10 6:00 pm UOS Journal Club - Spine Clark/Privitera Hamill/Kowalski TBA
5-6-10 7:00 am Sports Nutrition and Supplements Scott Darling, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Hand and Wrist Anatomy Gaebe/Plocher Moy/Wheeler UB
5-11-10 6:00 pm USM Journal Club Harlem
5-13-10 7:00 am Blunt Trauma - Abdomen, including Spleen and Kidneys William Hartrich, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Lumbar Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis Clark Hamill/Kowalski
10:00 am Ortho Statistics Buyea
5-20-10 7:00 am Ocular Trauma Andrew Siedlecki, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Metabolic Bone Disease - What We Should Know Bedi B. McGrath
10:00 am Ch 28: Kinesiology Gaebe Bernas
5-27-10 7:00 am Stress Fractures Sports Medicine Fellow ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB
9:00 am Cavovarus Foot Rudolph Ritter/Rohrbacher
10:00 am Ch. 26: Anatomy, Physiology and Mechanics of Skeletal Muscle Jones Ehrensberger
6-3-10 7:00 am Ankle Trauma including OCD, Sprains, and Fractures Christopher RItter, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Interesting Cases - Sports, Hand
9:00 am Practice Resident Research Presentations All All
6-10-10 7:00 am Foot injuries in Athletes (Midfoot including Lisfranc Injuries) Bernard Rorhbacher, M.D. ECMC

Graduation Activities
6-17-10 7:00 am Foot Injuries in Athletes (Forefoot and Toes including Turf Toe) Christopher Ritter, M.D. ECMC
8:00 am Orthopaedic Jeopardy All All
6-24-10 7:00 am The Female Athlete Sports Medicine Fellow ECMC
7-1-10 7:00 am Thrower's Shoulder and Elbow Michael Rauh, M.D. ECMC
7-8-10 7:00 am Strength and Conditioning/Exercise Physiology McKenney ECMC
7-15-10
AOSSM - Providence, Rhode Island
7-22-10 7:00 am ACL Complications/Troubleshooting Les Bisson, M.D. ECMC
7-29-10 7:00 am Sports Medicine Billing/Coding Robert Smolinski, M.D. 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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