Symposia

Symposia are educational sessions during the general sessions and are included in standard registration fees. These sessions are included as portions of the general Scientific Sessions for purposes of CME participation claim.

Thursday, September 6

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Grand Ballroom

Symposium 01

Highlighting the Achievements of the American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand

Moderators: Richard H. Gelberman, MD and Andrew J. Weiland, MD

Friday, September 7

8:00 - 8:45 AM

Grand Ballroom

Symposium 02

Thumb Reconstruction: Over 100 Years of Technical Refinement

Moderator: Kevin C. Chung, MD, MS

Columbus I L

Symposium 03

Tennis Elbow: Doing Something vs. Nothing

Moderator: Jennifer M. Wolf, MD

9:20 - 10:05 AM

Grand Ballroom

Symposium 04

Fast and Furious: Thumb CMC Arthritis in 5-Minute Bullets

Moderator: Amy L. Ladd, MD

Columbus I L

Symposium 05

My Favorite Flexor Tendon Repair and Why

Moderator: James Chang, MD

10:40 - 11:25 AM

Grand Ballroom

Symposium 06

Health Policy: Practicing Medicine with Increasing Governmental Regulation

Moderator: Bruce M. Leslie, MD

Columbus I L

Symposium 07

Evidence Based Medicine 2012 - The Use of Evidence in Daily Practice

Moderator: Warren C. Hammert, MD

1:35 - 2:20 PM

Grand Ballroom

Symposium 08

Hand Smackdown

Moderator: Thomas A. Wiedrich, MD
Emcee: Robert J. Strauch, MD,

Team Captains:
Amy L. Ladd, MD,
T. Greg Sommerkamp, MD

Saturday, September 8

8:00 - 8:45 AM Grand Ballroom	Symposium 09	The Distal Forearm Joint A – Z Moderator: Richard A. Berger, MD, PhD
Columbus I L	Symposium 10	Patients and Procedures - Those to Avoid and Those to Embrace Moderator: Martin A. Posner, MD
9:20 - 10:05 AM Grand Ballroom	Symposium 11	Innovative Treatment for Combat Injuries in the Upper Extremity Moderator: W. P. Andrew Lee, MD
Columbus I L	Symposium 12	PIP Joint Replacement: The International Perspective Moderator: Daniel B. Herren, MD
1:30 - 2:15 PM Grand Ballroom	Symposium 13	Evolving Indications, Role of Hemiarthroplasty and Salvage of the Failed Total Wrist Arthroplasty Moderator: Marco Rizzo, MD
Columbus I L	Symposium 14	Distal Motor and Sensory Nerve Transfers – A Changing Paradigm Moderator: Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
2:50 - 3:35 PM Grand Ballroom	Symposium 15	Fragility Fractures of the Upper Extremity: What Every Hand Surgeon Should Know Moderator: Tamara D. Rozental, MD
Columbus I L	Symposium 16	Treatment Options for the Scapholunate Ligament Complex Moderator: David J. Slutsky, MD