AAOS Safe and Accessible Playground Build Kick-Off Ceremony
Palabra Viva
3145 S. Mojave Rd., Las Vegas, Nevada 89121

Daily Poster Tours

AAOS Safe and Accessible Playground Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Palabra Viva
3145 S. Mojave Rd., Las Vegas, Nevada 89121

• Child pedestrians more likely to be struck by motor vehicles in the spring months, while unsupervised, near schools and bus stops
  
  
• Routine bisphosphonate treatment for women over age 65 who sustain a wrist fracture could prevent nearly 95,000 hip fractures, but at a significant cost
  
  
• Spinal surgery diminishes low back pain, improves sexual function
  
  
• The price of delirium: New study finds nearly half of patients have delirium before and after hip fracture surgery, diminishing outcomes and increasing care costs
  
  
• Hip replacement patients may be able to safely drive as early as two weeks following surgery
  
  
• Running barefoot may increase injury risk in older, more experienced athletes
  
  
• Men have a higher level of function before and after total knee replacement surgery
  
  
• Diabetes, previous joint pain and overall physical health predicts arthritis pain

• Orthopaedic surgeons on top of the world, building a playground for the Palabra Viva community
  
  
• Orthopaedic surgeons address the dangers of distracted walking in 2015 public service campaign

Daily Poster Tours

9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Expert Roundtable Discussion
“Shifting Medicare reimbursements from volume to value: The impact on orthopaedic practice and patient care”
Thomas C. Barber, MD, chair of the AAOS Council on Advocacy
Media Interview Room #103

Background:
http://www.aaos.org/news/aaosnow/mar15/advocacy4.asp
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2015pres/01/20150126a.html
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1500445

Opening Ceremony
Presidential Address
Venetian Ballroom E, Venetian/Sands EXPO

• Majority of parents, caregivers of youth baseball pitchers unaware of safe pitching practices designed to prevent overuse injuries
  
  
• Study identifies smoking, obesity, alcohol abuse and depressive disorders as low back pain risk factors

Daily Poster Tours

9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Venetian Ballroom E, Venetian/Sands EXPO

William D. Bugbee, MD
Robert L. Mauck, PhD
Steven A. Olson, MD
Stuart Weinstein, MD
AAOS Press Room #102

Media Demonstration
“Utilizing 3-D Printing for Orthopaedic Innovation”
Jason L. Koh, MD, and Joseph B. Cohen, MD
Academy Hall G, Booth #23

• Middle-age hip replacements nearly double from 2002-2011, outpacing growth in elderly population
  
  

• Women fare better than men following total knee, hip replacement

  
  

• Stem cells may significantly improve tendon healing, reduce retear risk in rotator cuff surgery
  
  

• Black, Hispanic patients more likely to be readmitted to the hospital for a complication within 30 days following hip or knee replacement surgery
  
  

• Kappa Delta Awards recognize innovative orthopaedic research

  
  

• Chicago orthopaedic surgeon Bonnie Simpson Mason, MD, receives American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Diversity Award
  
  

• Retired Jacksonville, Fla., orthopaedic surgeon John F. Lovejoy Jr., MD honored for lifetime of humanitarian work
  
  

• Andrew J. Weiland, MD, receives American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ highest leadership honor

• David D. Teuscher, MD, becomes president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

  
  

• Gerald R. Williams, Jr., MD, becomes first vice president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  
  

• William J. Maloney III, MD, elected American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ second vice president
  
  

• Ken Yamaguchi, MD, MBA, is new treasurer of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  
  

• David J. Mansfield, MD, named Academy Board of Councilors’ chair
  
  

• David Alexander Halsey, MD, of Vermont, named Academy Board of Specialty Societies’ chair
  
  
• Howard R. Epps, MD, elected to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Board
  
  
• Daniel C. Farber, MD, elected to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Board
  
  
• Ken Sowards appointed lay member of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Board of Directors

Daily Poster Tours

Exhibits Open

Game changers: A recap of 14 AAOS 2015 Annual Meeting research/presentations most likely to impact patient treatment, care and outcomes over the next several years

Room 2001, Venetian/ Sands EXPO
Steven L Frick, MD, Nemours Children’s Hospital
Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, The Rothman Institute

• More than one-third of Division I college athletes may have low vitamin D levels

AAOS Specialty Day

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine has press releases available online:  http://www.sportsmed.org/Media/News-Room/
Read news releases from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine.
Read news releases from the North American Spine Society.