State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Orthopaedics

Grand Rounds Conferences are held from 7:00 - 10:00 am at ECMC in Smith Auditorium
Please note that on the first Thursday of each month, there are no Orthopaedics Grand Rounds
Journal Club is held at the University Orthopaedic Center at Harlem Road, unless otherwise noted
Anatomy sessions are held in the Gross Anatomy Lab, 3rd floor of the Biomedical Education Building, University at Buffalo South Campus

The Erie County Medical Center
462 Grider Street
Buffalo, New York 14215
University Orthopaedic Center
4949 Harlem Road
Amherst, New York 14226


2011-2012 Conference Schedule
Date Time Topic Resident(s) Attending(s) Location
7-14-11 8:00 am Summer Fracture Conference
Femoral Head, Neck, Inter-trochanteric & Sub-trochanteric Fxs
Wilkins, Budny Mutty ECMC
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 31-45 Dyskin
7-21-11 7:00 am Sports Medicine Coding/Billing Smolinski ECMC
8:00 am Summer Fracture Conference - Femur and Patella Fxs Reed Rachala
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 46-40 Kuechle
7-28-11 Resident Golf Day - Links of Ivy Ridge - 12221 Main Road - Akron, New York
8-4-11 8:00 am Summer Fracture Conference - Tibia Fx Donnelly, Kuechle Ritter ECMC
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 61-75 Miladore
8-11-11 8:00 am Summer Fracture Conference - Foot and Ankle Fxs Barba, Kuwik Rohrbacher ECMC
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 76-90 Daoust
8-18-11 7:00 am Sideline Catastrophic Injury Planning and Management Bisson ECMC
8:00 am Summer Fracture Conference - Pediatric Lower Extremity West, Daoust Ferrick
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 91-105 Hagstrom
8-25-11 7:00 am The Female Athlete Sports Medicine Fellow ECMC
8:00 am Summer Fracture Conference
Clavicle, Scapula, Proximal Humerus and Humeral Shaft Fxs
Privitera, Dyskin Stegemann
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 106-120, 276-277 Budny
9-1-11 7:00 am Concussion Leddy ECMC
8:00 am Summer Fracture Conference - Distal Humerus, Elbow and Forearm Zivaljevic, Nodzo Duquin
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 121-135 Qvick
9-8-11 7:00 am Heat Related Illness/Dermatologic Problems White ECMC
8:00 am Summer Fracture Conference - Wrist and Hand Fxs Plocher, Miladore Paterson, Callahan
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 136-150 Feiner

9-13-11 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Harlem
9-15-11 7:00 am Cervical Spine (including stingers, transient quadriparesis, etc.) Kowalski ECMC
8:00 am Summer Fracture Conference - Pediatric Upper Extremity Reed, Feiner Galpin
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 151-164 Plocher
9-22-11 7:00 am Interesting Cases - Sports X2 and Hand (Summer Residents) All ECMC
8:00 am Pre-participation Exam, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Problems in Athletes Aquino
8:45 am Compartment Syndrome: Diagnosis and Management (including exertional) Privitera Mutty
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 165-178 Hohman
9-29-11 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Update - Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tears Bisson
8:45 am Knee Arthroplasty: Preop Planning, Surgical Technique and Post Op Care Hohman Phillips
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 179-192 West
10-4-11 6:00 pm Residency Program Journal Club - Trauma TBA Anders, Mutty TBA
10-6-11 7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Hip and Pelvis West, Dyskin Rachala, Phillips, McGrath BGH
8:00 am Thoracolumbar Spine Injuries in Athletes including Spondylolysis/Listhesis, Disc Herniation etc. Kowalski
10-11-11 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Harlem

10-13-11 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BHG, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Shoulder: Biceps Tendon Disease/Subscapularis Tears Fineberg
8:45 am Hand Flaps and Grafts Plocher Callahan
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 193-206, 234-247 Reed, Wilkins
10-20-11 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am The Ralph and Mary Wilson Visiting Professor Lecture
- Rationale and Technique for Anatomic ACL Reconstruction
- When and How I do Double Bundle ACL Reconstructions
Visiting Professor - Freddie H. Fu, M.D.
David Silver Professor & Chairman
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pittsburgh
9:00 am Case Presentations Sports Medicine Fellows
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 207-219, 248-261 Zivaljevic, Donnelly
10-27-11 7:00 am Interesting Cases - Sports X2 and Hand All ECMC
8:00 am Glenohumeral Instability Bisson
8:45 am Adult Spine Deformity Barba Hamill
10:00 am OITE Review - Questions 220-233, 262-275 Barba, Privitera
11-1-11 6:00 pm Residency Program Journal Club - Total Joints TBA Krackow, Phillips, McGrath, Santilli, Anders, Mutty, Rachala TBA
11-2-11 2:00 pm John Border Lecture - Case Presentations ECMC
4:00 pm ARDS after Pulmonary Contusion Lawrence B. Bone, M.D.
11-3-11 6:45 am John Border Lecture - breakfast reception to follow Lawrence B. Bone, M.D. ECMC
11-8-11 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Harlem

11-10-11 7:00 am Elbow Injuries/Arthroscopy/Distal Biceps/Triceps Wind ECMC
8:00 am Final OITE Review All
11-12-11 7:30 am OITE Exam All ECMC
11-17-11 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Upper Extremity Compression Neuropathies Wheeler
8:45 am Ankle Arthritis and Reconstruction Qvick Ritter
10:00 am Basic Science: Articular Cartilage Repair - Chapter 19 Nodzo

11-22-11 6:00 pm Tumor Unknown Conference McGrath Harlem
11-24-11 No Conference - Happy Thanksgiving!
12-1-11 7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Foot and Ankle Donnelly, Kuechle Ritter, Rohrbacher, Gurske de Perio UB - 350S
8:00 am Wrist and Hand Problems in Athletes Tetro
12-6-11 6:00 pm Residency Program Journal Club - Hand TBA Paterson, Callahan, Moy, Wheeler, McGrath, Kelly, Brown TBA
12-8-11 7:00 am Statistics in Sports Medicine Research Buyea ECMC
8:00 am First Resident Interview Date All Residents to be available in AM

12-13-11 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Harlem
12-15-11 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am How to Build and Run a Practice Bisson
8:45 am Rotator Cuff Tears & Rotator Tear Arthropathy Zivaljevic Stegemann
10:00 am Basic Science: Form & Function of Skeletal Muscle - Chapter 12 Miladore
12-22-11 7:00 am Failed Glenohumeral Instability including Bony Defects Marzo ECMC
8:00 am Knee: ACL Fineberg
10:00 am Basic Science: Orthopaedic Pharmacology - Chapter 17 Kuwik
12-29-11 No Conference - Winter Break - Happy Holidays!
1-3-12 6:00 pm Residency Program Journal Club - Shoulder and Elbow TBA Stegemann, Duquin, Paterson, Callahan, McGrath TBA
1-5-12 7:00 am Drug Testing and Ergogenic Aids White ECMC
8:00 am Second Resident Interview Date All Residents to be available in AM
1-10-12 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Harlem

1-12-12 7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Femur, Knee, Proximal Tibia Wilkins Marzo, Mutty, Phillips UB
Hip Problems in Athletes, including Impingement McGrath ECMC
1-19-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - Hand, ECMC, WCHOB All ECMC
8:45 am Principles of Fracture Fixation Hagstrom Mutty
10:00 am Basic Science: Bone Repair - Chapter 18 Kuechle
1-26-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - Sports X2 and Lipoma - E.R. Mindell, M.D. All ECMC
8:00 am Knee - Anatomy, Biomechanics and Gait Sports Medicine Fellow
8:45 am Hip Arthroplasty: Pre-op Planning, Surgical Technique and Post Op Care Daoust Rachala
10:00 am Basic Science: DVT & Infection - Chapters 6 and 16 Dyskin
2-2-12 No Conference - Annual Resident Ski Day
2-9-12 No Conference - AAOS

2-14-12 6:30 pm Sports Medicine Journal Club Harlem
2-16-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Bone Graft Options Guest Lecturer - Christopher Sabatino, Ph.D. - Medtronic Spinal & Biologics
10:00 am Basic Science: Neuromuscular Disease - Chapter 24 Nodzo
2-23-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:45 am Acute and Chronic Elbow Instability Reed Duquin
10:00 am Basic Science: Biomaterials - Chapter 4 Miladore
3-1-12 7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Shoulder and Humerus Privitera Stegemann, Duquin, Bernas ECMC
8:00 am Pediatric ACL and Tibial Eminence Sports Medicine Fellow
3-6-12 6:00 pm Residency Program Journal Club - Sports Medicine TBA Bisson, Marzo, Fineberg, Wind, Smolinski, Bernas, Rauh TBA
3-8-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Knee: MCL, PLC Wind
8:45 am Malignant Bone Tumors Zivaljevic McGrath
10:00 am Basic Science: Molecular Basis of Cancer - Chapter 21 Kuwik
3-15-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Shoulder: Adhesive Capsulitis Bernas
8:45 am Forefoot Disorders West Rohrbacher
10:00 am Basic Science: Tendons and Ligaments - Chapter 11 Budny
3-22-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Patellofemoral Joint: Biomechanics and Treatment Rauh
8:45 am Avascular Necrosis Hohman Anders
10:00 am Basic Science: Form and Function of Bone - Chapter 8 Daost
3-29-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - Sports X2 and Hand All ECMC
8:00 am Pediatric Sports Medicine: Upper Extremity Ferrick
8:45 am Limb Deficiencies Reed Ferrick
10:00 am Basic Science: Genetics and Growth - Chapters 2 and 7 Budny
4-3-12 6:00 pm Residency Program Journal Club - Foot and Ankle TBA Rohrbacher, Ritter, Gurske dePerio TBA
4-5-12 7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Elbow and Forearm Zivaljevic T. McGrath, Duquin UB - 350S
8:00 am Pediatric Sports Medicine: Lower Extremity Galpin
4-12-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:45 am Adult Acquired Flatfoot Deformity Feiner Gurske de Perio
10:00 am Basic Science: Kinesiology - Chapter 15 Qvick
4-19-12 8:00 am Gillespie Lectureship - Guest Lecturer - Michael D. Neel, M.D. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Memphis, Tennessee BGH Swift AUd
4-26-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Athletic Pubalgia Bisson
8:45 am Extra-articular Sources of Hip Pain (Diagnosis & Management) West McGrath
10:00 am Basic Science: Articular Cartilage/Meniscus - Chapters 9 & 10 Kuechle
5-1-12 6:00 pm Residency Program Journal Club - Pediatrics TBA Galpin, Ferrick, Blum TBA
5-3-12 7:30 am Anatomy Lab - Wrist and Hand Plocher Moy, Paterson, Callahan ECMC
8:00 am Sports Nutrition and Supplements Darling
5-10-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Blunt Trauma - Abdomen (including spleen, kidneys, etc.) Hartrich
8:45 am Elbow Arthritis & Reconstruction Budny Duquin
10:00 am Basic Science: Osteoarthritis & Rheumatoid Arthritis - Chapter 22 Bryan, Dyskin
5-17-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Ocular Trauma Siedlecki
8:45 am Pediatric Hip: SCFE & Perthes Qvick Galpin
10:00 am Basic Science: Metabolic Bone Disease - Chapter 23 Kuechle
5-24-12 7:00 am Stress Fractures Sports Fellow ECMC
8:00 am Practice Resident Research Presentations
5-31-12 7:00 am Interesting Cases - ECMC, BGH, WCHOB All ECMC
8:00 am Ankle Trauma (including OCD, sprains and fractures) Ritter
8:45 am Knee Dislocation Multi-Ligament Knee Injuries Feiner Rauh
10:00 am Basic Science: Biomechanics - Chapter 3 Brown, Kuwik Clark
6-5-12 6:00 pm Residency Program Journal Club - Spine TBA Hamill, Kowalski, Clark TBA

The objective of this program is to cover current topics in orthopaedics. It is approved for two hours of credit per session.
This program is sponsored by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, through the Department of Orthopaedics, to offer AMA/PRA Category I credit.
The University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University designates each session for up to 2.0 AMA PRA Category I credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conference Change Policy: Any changes to the schedule must be coordinated directly between the parties involved, after which the Department Office must be notified in writing as to the changes made.

For questions or information regarding this schedule, please call Tammy Smith at (716) 898-5053



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