Top Picks From Friday, February 10th, 2012

See which scientific sessions your colleagues are looking forward to this year at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2012 annual meeting.

In a new initiative, The American Journal of Orthopedics is recommending certain daily highlights of the AAOS meeting. The highlights are chosen based on the recommendations of the editorial and resident advisory boards and include sessions that they have particular interest in as well as presentations made by board members.

Look to The American Journal of Orthopedics for timely, practical, and readable technical information of the highest caliber to the orthopedic surgeon involved in the everyday practice of orthopedics.

TOP PICKS OF THE DAY
08:00 AM - 10:00AM | Moscone South Room 301
ICL 407 OCD of the Knee: A Case -Based Approach

10:30 AM -12:30 PM | Moscone West, Room 2010
Introduction to Orthopaedics in the Developing World

10:30 AM -12:30 PM | Moscone South, Gateway Ballroom
Managing the Active Patient with Knee Arthritis: Delaying or Preventing Arthroplasty
*Jess H. Lonner, MD, Associate Editor; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

1:30-3:30PM | Moscone West, Room 3004
Sports Medicine/Arthroscopy III, Effect of Pitch Count, Shoulder Motion and Strength on Risk of Injury in Collegiate Softball Pitchers
*Peter D. McCann, MD, Editor in Chief; Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Beth Israel Medical Center; and Professor of Clinical Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York, NY

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Moscone West, Room 2010
Contemporary Medico-Legal Issues in Orthpaedic Surgery
*Michael Suk, MD, JD, MPH, Associate Editor; University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

8:00 AM -10:00 AM | Moscone South, Room 307
Pediatric Sports Medicine: A Case-Based Update Symposium W. Overview STOP initiative, and Panel (elbow injuries)
*James R. Andrews, MD, Editorial Advisory Board; St. Vincent's Hospital, Birmingham, AL

8:00 AM - 5:35 PM | San Francisco Marriott, Salon 7
Orthopaedic Review Course Infection, Congenital, Developmental Problems/Miscellaneous and Tumors and Metabolic Bone Disease
*Jeffrey Sawyer, MD, Associate Editor; Germantown, TN
Orthopaedic Review Course Infection, Tumors and Metabolic Bone Disease
*Albert J. Aboulafia, MD, Associate Editor; Cancer Institute at Simai, Baltimore, MD

8:00 AM -10:00 AM | Moscone West, Room 3022
State of the Art in Partial Knee Arthroplasty
*Jess H. Lonner, MD, Associate Editor; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

7:00 AM - 10:00 AM | San Francisco Marriott, Golden Gate C1
Let's Do A Total Shoulder Replacement

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Moscone West, Room 2006
Treatment of Tibial Plateau Fractures

10:30 AM -12:30 PM | Moscone West, Room 2005
Orthopaedic Resident Education 2012: It's A Whole New Game

10:30 AM -12:30 PM | Moscone West, Room 2006
Elbow Arthroscopy: Beginners to Advanced
*Christopher S. Ahmad, MD, Editorial Review Board; Columbia University, New York, NY

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Moscone South, Room 307
Partial Knee Arthroplasty: Indications, Techniques and Controversies Symposium EE. Patellofemoral Arthroplasty
*Jess H. Lonner, MD, Associate Editor; Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA