2025 HSS Limb Reconstruction Course: Osteotomies Around the Knee

Join us in-person in New York City for a full day of lectures and sawbone labs. Participants will learn how to accurately assess indications for osteotomies around the knee in patients with varus and valgus deformities and patellofemoral pathologies. We will discuss preoperative planning, surgical technique, potential complications, and postoperative management to ensure optimal patient outcomes. Livestream available.

Highlights of the robust agenda include:

• Proximal Tibial Osteotomies (PTO)
• PTO Indications and Techniques
• Distal Femoral Osteotomies (DFO)
• DFO Indications and Techniques
• Double Level Osteotomies (DLO)
• DLO Indications and Techniques
• Slope Changing Osteotomies Indications and Techniques
• Patient Selection and Postoperative Care

Learning Objectives | HSS continuing medical education activities are intended to improve the quality of patient care and safety. At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Accurately assess indications for osteotomies around the knee in patients with varus and valgus deformities and patellofemoral pathologies.
• Describe various procedures including preoperative planning, surgical technique, and postoperative management.
• Identify and manage potential complications associated with knee osteotomies, ensuring improved patient outcomes and reduced surgical variability.

Target Audience | This activity is targeted to surgeons and physicians specializing in limb lengthening and complex reconstruction, pediatric orthopaedics, orthopaedic trauma, and/or musculoskeletal tumor and oncology, as well as residents and fellows. Physical therapists, podiatrists, prosthetists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, surgical technicians, and medical students may also benefit from attending this activity.

Faculty:

Activity Director:

Austin T. Fragomen, MD | Fellowship Director, Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service | Director, Limb Salvage and Amputation Reconstruction Center, Hospital | Director, Limb Lengthening Clinic | Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon | Hospital for Special Surgery | Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine | Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY

Guest Faculty:

Mitchell Bernstein, MD, FRCSC, FAAOS | Assistant Professor, Departments of Surgery & Pediatric Surgery | McGill University| Head, Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma | Montreal Children’s Hospital | Co-Director, Limb Deformity Unit | Shriners Hospital for Children – Canada | Orthopaedic Trauma & Limb Deformity Surgery | Montreal General Hospital
| Montreal, Quebec, Canada

HSS Faculty:

Jason S. Hoellwarth, MD | Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction | Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY

Taylor J. Reif, MD | Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery | Weill Cornell Medicine | Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon | NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital | New York, NY

Agenda

6:30 am | Registration / Exhibit Hall Open*

7:00 am | Visiting Professor Lecture, Introduction, and Keynote

7:00 am | Bonnie Reichman, MD, Honorary Lecture in Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction | Mitchell Bernstein, MD, FRCSC, FAAOS

7:45 am | Q and A | Moderator: Austin T. Fragomen, MD

8:00 am | Breakfast / Exhibit Hall Open*

8:30 am | Session 1 Begins

12:00 pm | Lunch / Exhibit Hall Open*

1:00 pm | Session 2 Begins

4:25 pm | Closing Remarks*

4:30 pm | Program Adjourns*

*Not for credit

Agenda and faculty subject to change

Acknowledgements | Funding support for the 2025 HSS Limb Reconstruction Course is pending.

Registration Information and Assistance | For registration assistance or any other questions, contact HSS Continuing Education at 212.606.1057 or [email protected].

Refund Policy | A handling fee will be deducted from the registration fee for cancellations. Refund requests must be received no later than one week prior to the course. No refund will be made thereafter.

Hospital for Special Surgery reserves the right to cancel this course. In the unlikely event the course is canceled, HSS will issue a full refund of the registration fee, but will not be responsible for any other charges incurred by the registrant due to the cancellation of the course.

Parking & Accommodations | For information on parking and accommodations, please view our neighborhood directory.

Local accommodations are limited and early reservations are recommended.

Transportation

Airport: LaGuardia (LGA) is 8 miles northeast of the city. Kennedy International (JFK) is 15 miles southeast of the city. Newark International (EWR) is 16 miles southwest of the city.

Bus: M72, M31 stop at East 69th Street and York Avenue.

Subway: Nearest line is the Q train stop at East 72nd Street and Second Avenue or the 6 train stop at Lexington Avenue and 68th Street.

Car (FDR Drive): Driving south, exit at 71st Street. Driving north, exit at 63rd Street. Continue on York Avenue.

Please Note | This program may be recorded, filmed or photographed. By attending this program, you give permission to Hospital for Special Surgery to use your voice and likeness for any purpose (promotional, educational, or other), in any medium, and without remuneration of any kind to you.

For More | Go to www.hss.edu/cme for a complete calendar of scheduled live and online CME activities.

Special Needs | Hospital for Special Surgery is accessible for individuals with disabilities or special needs. Participants with special needs are requested to contact HSS Continuing Education at 212.606.1057.

Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society-ASAMI: North America (LLRS) Endorsement

The executive board of the Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Society-ASAMI: North America (LLRS) has approved the endorsement of the 2025 HSS Limb Reconstruction Course.

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