2025 Pre-course & Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting participants will apply the latest developments in the orthopedic subspecialties of limb lengthening and reconstruction, learn the principles of tissue generation by distraction, and improve their knowledge of surgical techniques of distraction histogenesis.

The one–day pre–course on Thursday, July 17 will be a unique, first–of–its–kind symposium dedicated to optimizing limb reconstruction surgeon life efficiency and wellness. With a world–renowned faculty, interactive panel discussions will focus on multiple provocative topics such as occupational distress, emotional intelligence, surgeon coaching, finding solutions to surgical stress, leadership skills and work–life integration. This course promises to provide potentially life–changing lessons for all limb reconstruction surgeons and should not be missed.

Alessandro Codivilla Guest Speaker: Achieving Excellence – Blake Leeper, two-time Paralympic Medalist

Generative Artificial Intelligence in Orthopedics – Alexander Cherkashin, MD

Wellness Lecture: Are We Morally Obligated to Be Well? – Nana Coleman, MD, EdM