This three-day course will provide an in-depth look at hot topics and techniques request-ed by young surgeons nation-wide. With evi-dence-based practices and personal experi-ences shared by our faculty of top Orthopedic, Medical, Political and Business leaders.

For a full agenda of topics, travel information, and comprehensive faculty list, see inside.

Foundations in Joint Fixation and Infection Management: A Multi-Day Education Event

Join Us February 21-23, 2020 Nashville, TN

Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBADirector of ResearchAssociate Professor of Orthopedic SurgeryBrigham & Women’s / Harvard Medical School

Steven B. Haas, MDJohn N. Insall Chair of Knee SurgeryProfessor Orthopedic SurgeryHospital for Special Surgery /Weill Cornell Medical College

Thorsten M. Seyler, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Orthopedic SurgeryMedical Director, Orthopedic Inpatient UnitDuke University Health System

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Orthopedic Education meets Music City

Nashville-based healthcare organizations control over 20% of U.S. hospital beds and generate over $73 billion in annual revenue.

In keeping with our goals of continued surgeon education and the sharing of best-class protocols to improve patient survivorship, ReduceRevisions.org is hosting a three-day education event focused on building successful practices, optimizing patient care, dealing with reimbursement, conquering joint migration to the outpatient setting, and navigating the explosion of emerging healthcare technologies.

In most cases, platinum sponsor Heraeus Medical will sponsor the costs of airfare, accommodations, ground transportation, and meals during the program. For more information on travel details, speak to your local Heraeus representative. Deadline to Apply is February 1, 2020.

Register online at ReduceRevisions.orgor by scanning the QR code here:

Course Agenda

Friday, February 21

Saturday, February 22

TKA Patient Anatomy & Implant SelectionPatient Demographics, Genetics, and Selection of Cemented v. Cementless DesignVarus v. Valgus, Constraint, and BearingCustom Printed Implants - Pros and ConsImplant Design and Implications for Cement Viscosity

TKA Cementing TopicsImpact of Cement Viscosity and Polymer on Interdigitation and Cement-Implant Bone StrengthIdeal Mantle Thickness, Viscosity, and Hand Packing v. Gun PressurizationBone Status (Sclerotic, Osteoporotic) and Cement ViscositySurface v. Full Cementation of ImplantPatella Resurfacing: Always? It Depends? Or Never?

To Tourniquet or NotImpact on Patient Pain, Blood Loss, Cement Fixation and Venous Embolic MaterialNarrated Video: Surgical Technique for Touniquetless TKA and Impact on Cement Viscosity

THA Cementing TopicsPatient Demographics and Selection of Cemented v. Cementless DesignStem Finish, Cement Viscosity and WearInsertion Technique: Restrictors, Pressurization, Stem Insertion Speed and Impact on RevisionNarrated Video: Cementing in the Posterior Lateral ApproachNarrated Video: Cementing in the Direct Anterior Approach

Patient TriagePanel - Who I Will Not Operate OnDenying Surgery for Modifiable Risk Factors Without Losing PatientsCare Setting and Implication for Patient Selection

Patient OptimizationWhat Tests and Consults Are Really Necessary?Nutritional OptimizationPsychological OptimizationPain OptimizationSpecial Consideration for Outpatients

PJI Prevention

Surgeons in the RoundClinical Trials I am Excited AboutThe Future of OrthopedicsThings I Wished I Knew Earlier in My Career

Mitigating MalpracticeLititgation in Adult ReconstructionThe Hospital PerspectiveThe Financial Planner Perspective

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Course Agenda

Sunday, February 23

Saturday, February 22

NavigationWhat are the Right Numbers to Hit?When and How to Use Robots to Justify Cost and Operative TImeNavigation in Value-Based Care and the ASC: Role for Accelerometer?

Adapting to Future Models of CareWhat’s Working and Not Working in OrthopedicReimbursementHow Policy Might Change with the 2020 ElectionBest Practices in a Bundles Care Environment

Technique Lab

Lunch KeynoteEMRs, Apps, and Wearables - A survey of technology in Orthopedics

Building a PracticeNetwork ReferralsDigital Media OptimizationFinancing Your PracticeBuilding an ASC: The Surgeon PerspectiveBuilding an ASC: The USPI PerspectiveHiring a Team

Offsite Dinner KeynoteBourbon, War, and Orthopedics - A History

Post-Operative ManagmentWound ManagmentPain ManagmentASC and Outpatient ConsiderationsStrategies in a Bundled Care World

Management of Aseptic ComplicationsWorkup of the Painful KneeIncision StrategyPatella FractureBone Loss During Revision: Porous Metaphyseal Cones/Sleeves v. Impaction Bone GraftingManagement of Ligament Instability

Management of PJIPrognostic Factors and Treatment TriageDebridement, Antibiotics, Irrigation and RetentionOne and 1.5-Stage Revision: Rationale and ConsiderationsTwo-Stage Revision: Rationale and ConsiderationsSalvage Strategies

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Event Conclusion by 1:00 PM

Course Directors

Faculty

Orthopedic Faculty

Matthew J. Dietz, MDAssociate Professor of Orthopedic SurgeryAssociate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cell BiologyWest Virginia University

Alexander Sah, MDDirector, Outpatient Joint Replacement ProgramWashington Hospital

Matthew W. Squire, MD, MSAssistant Professor of Orthopedic SurgeryUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Ritesh Shah, MDAssistant Clinical Professor of OrthopedicsUniversity of Chicago, Illinois

Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBADirector of ResearchAssociate Professor of Orthopedic SurgeryBrigham & Women’s / Harvard Medical School

Steven B. Haas, MDJohn N. Insall Chair of Knee SurgeryProfessor Orthopedic SurgeryHospital for Special Surgery /Weill Cornell Medical College

Thorsten M. Seyler, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Orthopaedic SurgeryMedical Director, Orthopedic Inpatient UnitDuke University Health System

Non-Orthopedic Faculty

Congressman Jim CooperU.S Representative for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional DistrictAfter graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead Scholar in 1975, Congressman Cooper attended Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar where he studied economics and politics. He then earned his juris doctorate at Harvard Law School before first entering Congress in 1982. A moderate Democrat and member of the Blue Dog Coalition, he is consistently ranked as one of the most bipartisan members of the House of Representatives. He is currently a member of the House Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on the Budget. He has played a key role in several important healthcare related bills including co-authoring the Bipartisan Healthcare Reform Plan of 1990 and voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

Matt Cybulsky, PhD, MHSA, MBAFounder, IONIA ConsultingDr. Cybulsky is an expert on the intersection of human behavior, technology and health and has leveraged his knowledge of human behavior to create lasting change in healthcare. As the cohost of the Voice of Healthcare podcast and organizer of the Voice of Healthcare Summit at Harvard Medical School, he is deeply involved in the emergence of voice-controlled healthcare technologies. He holds Masters Degrees in Bioethics, Health Administration, and Business, and earned his Doctorate of Philosophy in Behavioral Sciences from the University of Alabama. He is an adjunct professor at both the Rochester Institute of Technology and Regis University.

Tod FetherlingFounder and CEO, Perception HealthLed by Mr. Fetherling, Perception Health provides deep intelligence on healthcare market dynamics. Perception’s models can predict patient utilization of services and demonstrate referral patterns which help providers maximize market share capture. He has led strategy and marketing for several healthcare organizations (HCA, Jewish Hospital Louisville) and multiple ventures in healthcare that provide online health information to patients (The Health Network, ConnectivHealth). He is the former director of the Nashville Technology Council and has served on the boards of the Tennessee HIMSS Chapter, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and the Tennessee Biotechnology Association.

AJ GhergichPresident & Chief Technology Officer, BradoMr. Ghergich received a Bachelors in Fine Art from Kansas State University and immediately became immersed in the world of search engine optimization. In 2012, he founded Ghergich & Co, now Brado, which provides clients with integrated SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing Services. Brado is one of only 250 Google Premiere Partners in the world and uses deep-data mining and artificial intelligence to understand what, how, and when online questions are being asked. This intelligence enables firms to uniquely position their online content to meet the needs of consumers and bolster lead capture.

Billy RolfeVice President of Business Development, USPIMr. Rolfe has been involved in Orthopedics since the early 1990s and the Ambulatory Surgery Center space since 2008. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Mr. Rolfe served in sales roles for Smith & Nephew and DePuy before joining United Surgical Partners International, Inc. where he is the Vice President of Business Development and head of the Outpatient Joint Replacement Strategy Group.

Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA, MPHChief Medical Officer and SVP of Clinical Affairs, ZipongoDr. Shurney leads Medical Affairs for Zipongo, a digital health and wellness company that focuses on enabling healthy eating. An expert on patient wellness, he is President of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and has co-authored the book “Integrating Wellness into your Disease Management Programs.” He is also on the board of the Global Business Group on Health and the National Association of Managed Care Physicians and served as the most recent Chair of CDC/National Diabetes Education Program Business Strategies Committee. He has served as Chief Medical Officer for several insurance plans, editor of the Journal of Managed Care Physicians and was the American College of Medical Quality’s delegate to the American Medical Association

Austin Weaver, MBAVice President of Network Innovation, OptumCare at UnitedHealth GroupMr. Weaver is an expert on adapting clinical practice to changing policy and leads OptumCare’s Hospital consultancy practice for bundled care initiatives. After earning a degree in Finance and Theology from Notre Dame, Austin earned his MBA in Healthcare at Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. He joined the Advisory Board Company in 2011 and became a partner in 2017, prior to its acquisition by Optum.

Blake WilsonVice President and Division Head, TMA Medical BankMr. Wilson is an expert in healthcare banking and leads the banking partnership between INSBANK and the Tennessee Medical Association, TMA Medical Bank. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Finance and Business from Vanderbilt University and graduated from the Southeastern School of Banking. He is a recipient of the Nashville Business Journal’s Health Care Heroes Award, the Nashville Medical News’ InCharge Award, and the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Association Developing Leader Award.

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