2023 Annual Meeting - Agenda*

Friday, May 19, 2023

The Association gratefully acknowledges MOA Board Members Scott Ryan, MD and Eric Smith, MD for developing this educational program.

12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Registration/Lunch/Visit Exhibitors

12:30 – 12:50 p.m. MOA Business Meeting

Election of Officers & Board Members - Bojan Zoric, MD – MOA President

New President’s Address - Amna Diwan, MD - MOA Incoming President

12:50-1:15pm                     State Legislative Update

Ronna Wallace, MOA Lobbyist

1:15-1:30pm                       Orthopaedic Research Presentations

Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate is Not Associated with Increased Complication Risk Compared to Alternative Injectables In Orthopaedics:

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Presented by Jack Bragg, MD, Tufts Medical Center

  Total Ankle Arthroplasty is Associated with Decreased Risk of Postoperative Total Knee Arthroplasty Compared to Ankle Arthrodesis

Presented by Gloria Coden, MD, New England Baptist Hospital

1:30-1:55pm                       Scope of Practice Infringement - Nothing is Safe

Christopher Chiodo, MD - Section Chief, Foot and Ankle Surgery Service, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

1:55-2:20pm                       Break/Visit Exhibitors

2:20–2:35pm                      Orthopaedic Research Presentations

Primary Care Physicians’ Preferences Regarding Communication from Orthopaedic Providers Presented by Emily Parker, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Does Admission floor for Hip Fracture Patients Predict Time to Surgery or Post-Operative Mobilization Presented by Matthew Feldman, BS , Tufts Medical Center

2:35-3:05pm                       Ambulatory Surgery Centers Panel

Moderator – Eric Smith, MD, Chief of Arthroplasty, New England Baptist Hospital

Panelists:

David Passafarao – President, New England Baptist Hospital

Bill Bitterli – EVP& Chief Strategy Officer, Constitution Surgery Alliance

Carl Talmo, MD – Vice Chair of Research, New England Baptist Hospital

Ronna Wallace – MOA Legislative Consultant

Glen Ross MD – Chief, Sports Medicine; Section Chief, Shoulder & Elbow; New England Baptist Hospital

Anthony Schena, MD – Chief Medical Officer and Head team physician for the Boston Celtics, Boston Orthopaedic & Spine

David Drohlich, MBA – Eastern distributor for DePuy Synthes

3:05-3:15pm                       Orthopaedist Lifetime Achievement Award – Mark Gebhardt, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Boston Children’s Hospital

3:15-3:35pm                       BEAR ACL Update

Dennis Kramer, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Boston Children's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

3:35-3:55pm                       Break/Visit Exhibitors

3:55–4:10pm                      Orthopaedic Research Presentations

Did Implementation of the HIP ATTACK Protocol Change Time to Survey and Mobilization for Hip Fracture Patients? Presented by Jack Bragg, MD, Tufts Medical Center

Providone-Iodine Irrigation versus Saline Irrigation on Reduction of Surgical Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Total Knee and Total Hip Arthroplasty:

A Large Retrospective, Propensity Matched Cohort Study Presented by Andrew Grant, BA, New England Baptist Hospital

4:10-4:40pm                      Fix vs. Replace: Hip Fractures

Moderator – Scott Ryan, MD, Chief, Orthopedic Trauma, Tufts Medical Center; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Panelists:

Eric Swart, MD - Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Lahey Medical Center

Edward K. Rodriguez, MD, PhD -Chief, Department of Orthopaedics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery,

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Matthew Gordon, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon; Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine

Hans Van Lanker, MD - Vice Chair of Orthopedic Surgery and the Chief of the Orthopedic Trauma Service at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center;

Clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School 

Eric Smith, MD - Chief of Arthroplasty, New England Baptist Hospital

Matthew Werger, MD, FAAOS - Orthopedic Surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement procedures, Boston Sports Institute

Amna Diwan, MD – Orthopaedic Surgeon, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center

Michael Baratz, MD – Orthopaedic Surgeon, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

4:40-5:05pm                       Upper/Sports Extremity Arthroscopic vs. Open Latarjet

Joseph DeAngelis, MD – Orthopaedic Surgeon, New England Baptist Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Orthopaedic Surgery

5:05-5:25pm                       Don’t Just Nail It – Identifying Difficult to Nail Hip Fractures

Scott Ryan, MD, Chief, Orthopedic Trauma, Tufts Medical Center; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

5:25-5:30pm                       Resident Research Award Presentation

5:30-6:30pm                       Cocktail Reception/Visit Exhibitors

*SUBJECT TO CHANGE