Don’t Drag Your Feet!
Join AOSSM and the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) for Specialty Day 2025 in San Diego at the AAOS Annual Meeting.
The course is designed to provide you the latest research and the most up to date treatment options for simple to complex foot and ankle conditions affecting our active patient population. The joint program will include international experts from both the Sports Medicine and Foot and Ankle worlds. Original research in conjunction with case presentations and panel discussions will bring you practice insights from around the world.
Following the combined morning sessions, we are honored to have AOSSM Past President and Co-Founder of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush Charles Bush-Joseph present the annual Kennedy Lecture.
Specialty Day will conclude with afternoon sessions on hip, shoulder, elbow, knee and general sports. Similar in format to the morning foot and ankle sessions, original research with case presentations and panel discussions will enhance your understanding of more common conditions to the most complex, challenging problems.
Learning Objectives
Understand and apply novel research on the evaluation and treatment of sports medicine conditions to clinical practice.
Analyze and implement surgical and non-surgical treatment recommendations for common to complex foot and ankle conditions.
Describe and implement both traditional and novel non-surgical and surgical treatment options for shoulder, elbow, hip and knee conditions.
Schedule at a Glance
Continental Breakfast & Check-In
The Union of AOSSM and AOFAS: A Welcome by Lutul Farrow, MD, Grant Jones, MD and Eric Ferkel, MD
Managing High Grade Ankle Ligament Injuries in the Athlete
Osteochondral Lesions of the Ankle
Achilles Tendon Injuries
Kennedy Lecture: The Sports Medicine Practice and Its Evolution in Today's Consolidating Environment
The origins of sports medicine date back more than 50 years and led to the formation of the AOSSM and other specialty societies. These practitioners and scientists have advanced our science and technique at a steady pace to the benefit of our patients. While the science has advanced, the practice of sports medicine remained static until the recent consolidation of medicine as a whole. This lecture will examine the evolving changes of practice, employment, patient acquisition, and compensation. System consolidation and value-based medicine will present the greatest challenges.