Medical Education Program: Knee
Knee Congress of the Americas

Friday and Saturday, November 10-11, 2023
ArthroLab™ | Naples, FL 
DESCRIPTION
 
This technique-oriented program is designed to expose physician attendees to the latest surgical concepts in lower extremity surgical techniques. Practical hands-on lab and training sessions maximize physician exposure to the latest tools and techniques.
FACULTY
Moisés Cohen, MD
 
Universidade Federal de São Paulo and Hospital Albert Einstein
São Paulo, Brazil
 
Fellowship: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Daniel Esperante Gomes, MD

CORT Clinic
São Paulo, Brazil

Fellowship: Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo-Pavilhão Fernandinho Simonsen
São Paulo, Brazil
Gonzalo Ferrer, MD 

Hospital Clinico Mutual de Seguridad
Santiago, Chile

Fellowship: Universidad Autónoma
Barcelona, Spain 
Bruce A. Levy, MD

Consultant, National Basketball Association/National Basketball Players Association and Team Physician, US Snowboard Team

Fellowship: Minneapolis Sports Medicine Center
Minneapolis, MN
Travis G. Maak, MD

Head Orthopedic Team Physician, Utah Jazz
Salt Lake City, UT

Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
Patrick A. Smith, MD

Co-Director, Division of Sports Medicine and Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, University of Missouri
Columbia, MO

Fellowship: Hughston Orthopaedic Clinic
Columbus, GA
Alex Vaisman, MD

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile

Fellowship: Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Brian R. Waterman, MD

Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

Fellowship: Rush University
Chicago, IL
AGENDA
Day 1, Friday, November 10, 2023
 
6:30 AM Breakfast 
7:30 AM Registration
7:55 AM Welcome and Introductions – Medical Education
Didactic Session I: Primary ACL Tear Management
8:00 AM Primary ACL Tear: Let’s Repair!
8:10 AM Re-Live Surgical Technique: ACL Repair TightRope® Implant
8:30 AM My Algorithm for ACL Reconstruction Graft Choice
8:40 AM Time to Add Suture Augmentation in ACL Reconstruction?
8:50 AM Quad ACL: From Graft Harvest to Patient Outcomes
Didactic Session II: Addressing Intra-articular Pathology
9:00 AM Fixing Meniscal Injuries in the Competitive Athlete
9:10 AM My Algorithm for Treating Osteochondral Lesions
9:20 AM Fixing the Root of the Problem: SutureLoc™ Anchor              
9:30 AM
 		 Evolutions in Meniscal Management Case Presentations and Discussion
Didactic Session III: All Around the Knee
9:50 AM



 		 All-Suture Anchors for All Sorts of Problems
Overview of the New Knee FiberTak® Anchor
Onlay MPFL 
Extensor Mechanism Repair 
Discussion
10:10 AM Live Surgical Demo: Knee FiberTak Anchor for LET 
10:30 AM My Algorithm for Treating Patellar Instability 
10:40 AM
 		 Treating Extraarticular Knee Pathology Case Presentations and Discussion
Didactic Session IV: Football vs Futbol Injuries
11:00 AM Treating Elite Athletes Across the Americas Panel Discussion
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM ArthroLab Session I: Primary ACL Reconstruction, ACL Repair, Meniscal Repair, Meniscal Root Repair, LET, MPFL, Osteochondral Options
4:00 PM Adjourn 
Day 2, Saturday, November 11, 2023
 
6:30 AM Breakfast 
Didactic Session V: Collaterals and PCL
8:00 AM My Algorithm For Medial Knee Injuries 
8:10 AM Live Demo: MCL Repair (Knee FiberTak Anchor vs MCL Reconstruction
8:30 AM Paradigm Shift in PCL Reconstruction 
8:40 AM
 		 Live Demo: Socket Angles and Viewing Portals in PCL Reconstruction
9:00 AM My Algorithm for Lateral Knee Injuries 
9:10 AM Re-Live Surgical Technique: PLC Reconstruction
Didactic Session VI: Multiligament and Revision 
9:30 AM Approach to the Complex Knee
9:40 AM Complex Knee Pearls and Pitfalls 
9:50 AM Multiligament: Order of Operations
10:00 AM Multiligament Case Presentations and Discussion 
10:20 AM Revision Pearls and Pitfalls
10:30 AM Revision ACL Case Presentations and Discussion 
Didactic Session VII: Return to Sport After Surgery
11:00 AM Return to Sport Decisions Across the Americas
11:30 AM Lunch
12:30 PM
 		 ArthroLab Session II: MCL, LCL, PLC, Multiligament, Revision ACL, PCL, Collaterals
3:30 PM Adjourn
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