PITTSBURGH, March 30, 2015 – UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh were well-represented at the recent American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Annual Meeting in Las Vegas. UPMC and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery hosted their annual cocktail reception during the meeting.
Faculty research also was featured in oral and poster presentations throughout the conference, including topics such as:
- Positive Outcome Bias in the Total Joint Arthroplasty Literature
Co-authors Carola Van Eck, MD (orthopaedic surgery resident), Adolph Yates Jr, MD
- Increasing Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Orthopaedic Surgery: A Pipeline Initiative
Co-author MaCalus Hogan, MD
- Improving Orthopaedic Resident Surgical Skills Curricula Through Problem-Based Learning
Co-contributors Adam Rothenberg, MD (orthopaedic surgery resident), MaCalus Hogan, MD, Vincent Deeney, MD, Freddie Fu, MD
- The Use of Remnant in Individualized Anatomic ACL Reconstruction
Co-contributor Freddie Fu, MD
- Prospective Evaluation of Sensitivity and Specificity of CTS-6 for Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Co-authors Brian Gander, MD (plastic surgery resident), Joseph Imbriglia, MD, John Fowler, MD, William Hagberg, MD
- Does Cross-sectional Area of the Median Nerve Correlate with Severity of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Co-authors Joseph Imbriglia, MD, William Hagberg, MD, John Fowler, MD
- Rational Radiology for Orthopaedic Tumors
Moderator Mark Goodman, MD
- Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: An Evidence-Based Assessment of Treatment Options and Outcomes
Faculty member James Kang, MD
- Radiographic Evaluation, Metabolic Bone Disease, and Osteomyelitis
Presenter Richard McGough III, MD
- Instructional Course: Surgical Management of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
Moderator James Kang, MD
- Spine III Paper Presentations
Moderator William Donaldson, MD
- Complications of Surgical Treatment
Presenter James Kang, MD
- Pro – Double Bundle Is Best
Presenter Freddie Fu, MD
As part of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) Specialty Day, Dr. Fu also gave the John C. Kennedy, MD, Lecture entitled, “Anatomic ACL Reconstruction—A Changing Paradigm.”
For more information about the AAOS annual meeting, please visit the conference page.
