DIGITAL PROGRAM
AHF2024 Nashville
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AHF2024
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM version October 23, 2023
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Thursday 16 May 2024

Anterior Approach THA Cadaver Lab
We are excited to announce that the Anterior Hip Foundation will sponsor 72 fellows and residents to participate in a hands-on, anterior total hip cadaver lab.
Instruction will be provided by Anterior Hip Foundation faculty.
Lab sponsors include Zimmer Biomet and Mizuho OSI. By Invitation Only.
Friday 17 May 2024
Video Pearls for your first 500 cases
Friday Session 1:
Exposure / Acetabulum
Moderator: tba
Video Pearls for your first 500 cases
Friday Session 2:
Femoral Techniques
Moderator tba
Video Pearls for your next 5,000 cases
Friday Session 3:
Advanced Techniques
Moderator: tba
Friday Session
Sharktank
Moderator: tba
Saturday 18 May 2024
Saturday Session 5:
Hip replacement in the ASC
Moderator: tba
Saturday Session 6:
Revision Techniques
Moderator: tba
UPDATE TO 2024:
Thursday 4 May 2023



Friday 5 May 2023
Friday Session 1:
Acetabulum and Hip stability
Moderator: Dr. Joseph Schwab
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More version, less inclination.
Where’s best to place the cup? 8:20-8:28 AMDr. Moritz Tannast, University of Fribourg
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How I hit the cup target more reliably each time 8:30-8:38 AM
Dr. Ronald W. Hillock, Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center
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Understanding the spino-pelvic relationship 8:40-8:48 AM
Dr. Friedrich Boettner, Hospital for Special Surgery
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Technology saves the day!
Making the spinopelvic conundrum simpler 8:50-8:58 AMAndrew Amundson, HipInsight
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The Return of hip resurfacing
through the anterior approach 9:00-9:08 AMDr. Anthony T. Carter, Hampton Road Orthopedics, Dr. Sharat Kusama, Exactech
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Not all Dual-Mobility designs are the same 9:10-9:18 AM
Dr. John Masonis from Orthocarolina
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Bigger is better, and two is better than
one- the case for DM 9:20-9:28 AMDr. Ken Mathis, UTHealth Houston
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Point-Counterpoint:
Dual mobility- when is it the right answer? 9:30-9:40 AMDr. Ken Mathis v. Dr. John Masonis
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Panel Discussion 9:40-10:05 AM
Moderator: Dr Joseph Schwab, University of Fribourg
Friday Session 2:
Femoral techniques and fixation
Moderator Dr. Tania Ferguson
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How to optimize Leg length & Offset restoration with the anterior approach 10:30-10:38 AM
Dr. Charles Lawrie, Baptist Health South Florida
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Advanced technology to achieve hip soft tissue balance 10:40-10:48 AM
Edouard Saget, OrthoGrid
Jonathan Yerasimides, Louisville Hip and Knee Institute -
Techniques for femoral exposure in primary and revision surgery 10:50-10:58 AM
Dr. Tony Carter, Hampton Road Orthopedics
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How to make femoral extraction easier and safer through an anterior approach 11:00-11:08 AM
Dr. Ronald W. Hillock, Nevada Orthopedic & Spine Center
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The return of cement- even from the front 11:10-11:18 AM
Dr. John Masonis from Orthocarolina
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Making the case for cemented femoral fixation in the US today 11:20-11:28 AM
Dr. Richard Illgen, University of Wisconsin
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Point / Counterpoint: To cement or not to cement? That is the question. 11:30-11:40 AM
Dr. John Masonis v. Dr. Richard Illgen
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Panel Discussion 11:40 AM -12:05 PM
Moderator: Dr. Tania Ferguson, Nashville Hip & Pelvis
Friday Session 3:
Updates to technologies used in 2023
Moderator: Dr. Kristoff Corten
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Patient monitoring technologies- what it tells me, and is it the future? 1:20-1:28 PM
Dr. Eytan M. Debbi, Hospital for Special Surgery
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Data collection will lead to better outcomes 1:30-1:38 PM
Dr. Nitin Goyal, Zimmer Biomet
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Incision approaches and wound management, techniques and technologies that help 1:40-1:48 PM
Dr. Juan Suarez, Baptist Health Florida
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Tools and technique for the bikini incision 1:50-1:58 PM
Dr. John Masonis, OrthoCarolina
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How a cannula makes Anterior approach THA unique 2:00-2:08 PM
Dr. Matthew Seidel, HonorHealth Orthopedics
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The role of negative pressure dressing for primary incisions 2:10-2:18 PM
Dr. Daniel Allison, Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics
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Audience Poll: What's new in your OR for 2023? 2:20-2:40 PM
Moderator: Dr. Charles DeCook, Arthritis & Total Joint Specialists
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Panel Discussion 2:40-3:05 PM
Moderator: Dr. Kristoff Corten, The European Hip Clinic
Friday Session 4:
ORTHO SHARK TANK
Moderator: Dr. Charlie DeCook
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2022 SharkTank participants - where are they now? 3:20-3:30 PM
OUR SHARKS:
Robert C Cohen - Stryker
Dr. Nitin Goyal - Zimmer Biomet
Steve White - DePuy Synthes -
Shark Tank Presentations 3:30-5:20 PM
Participants
Justin Cobb - Embody Orthopaedic
Scott Laster - MiCare Path
Jon Greenwald - Caira Surgical
Christopher Fries - Kinomatic
Douglas Fairbanks - Advanced Scanners
Dr. Stephen Cummings - Signature Orthopedicss
Derek Edgar - Metallimax
Dr. David Crawford - OrthoSurance
Ken Stewart & Anya Chambers - OstAudio -
Voting - panel and audience select the winner
Saturday 6 May 2023
Saturday Session 5:
ASC considerations for 2023 and beyond
Moderator: Ryan van Puffelen
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ASC versus hospital, which cases belong where? 8:30-8:40 AM
Dr. Robert Mayle, California Pacific Orthopedics
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What your current ASC could be doing better 8:40-8:50 AM
Sarah Cwiak, Compass Surgical Partners
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Surgeons are athletes:
the effect of automated component impaction on surgeons' ergonomics,
fatigue and stress in total THA 8:50-9:00 AMDr. Kristoff Corten, The European Hip Clinic
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Time metrics: transparency leads to efficiency 9:00-9:10 AM
Dr. Charles DeCook, Arthritis & Total Joint Specialists
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Considerations when choosing an ASC partner today 9:10-9:20 AM
Alex Bolanos, USPID
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Using Cuptimize to optimize efficiency in the ASC 9:20-9:30
Dr. Juan Suarez, Baptist Health Florida
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Panel Discussion 9:30-10:00
Moderator: Ryan Van Puffelen, DePuy Synthes
Saturday Session 6:
Advancing anterior hip surgery
Moderator: Dr. Joel Matta
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Video Spotlight- Primary anterior hip tips & tricks 10:15-10:25 AM
Dr. Brian Gladnick, Carrell Clinic
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Every hip fracture should be done from the front!
Fractures and hemis through the anterior approach 10:25-10:35 AMDr. Tania Ferguson, Nashville Hip and Pelvis
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The Ultimate Soft tissue Sparing Procedure (USP Hip):
how to save the lateral circumflex vessel in DAA Hip surgery 10:35-10:45 AMDr. Kristoff Corten, The European Hip Clinic
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Video Spotlight - How I approach revision through the anterior approach 10:45-11:05 AM
Dr. Jonathan Yerasimides, Louisville Hip and Knee Institute
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Inside-out anterior femoral osteotomy: as little or as much as you need 11:05-11:15 AM
Dr. Thomas Bradbury, Arthritis & Total Joint Specialists
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You did what through an anterior approach?
How to deal with complex cases 11:15-11:25 AMDr. Joseph Schwab, University of Fribourg
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Session 6 Panel Discussion 11:25 - 11:40 AM
Moderator: Dr. Joel Matta, The Steadman Clinic
Saturday Anterior Hip Advanced BioSkills Lab

- Saturday Anterior Hip Advanced BioSkills Lab 1:00-4:00 PM
Please join Zimmer Biomet for this hands-on experience.
Tentative agenda :
o 12:30pm Shuttle departs Encore/Wynn Hotel
o 1:00pm Lunch at the lab
o 1:30pm Anterior Hip Advanced BioSkills Lab
o 4:00pm Adjourn