IPOS®
IPOS® December 3-7, 2024
2024 Registration and Housing Closed
2024 CME
ACCME covers MDs, NPs, PAs Category I, and BOC will cover Athletic Trainers.
IPOS® 2024 CME Certificate
Practicing PediPod CME Certificate
> Past CME info can be found here >
Arabella Leet Residents and Fellows Forum
Sponsored by Shriners Children's™
Stephanie Buchan, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, UK, won the Arabella Leet Residents and Fellows Forum with the presentation titled, Apert Syndrome: Severe Right Proximal Humerus Deformity Reconstruction. Scholarship winners were asked to submit a case presentation, and the winner was chosen from the top ten.
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Top Gun Surgical Skills Competition
Congratulations to the IPOS® 2024 Top Gun Surgical Skills Competition winners: Tyler Mange, MD, first place; Ndeye Guisse, MD, second place; and Emma Berube, MD, third place. The focus of this competition is to raise the profile of surgical simulation in our field and to promote the practice of orthopaedic skills by trainees. Thank you to IPOS® faculty members and industry sponsors Arthrex, Globus Medical, MD Orthopaedics, Medtronic, Orthofix, and OrthoPediatrics for supporting this event.
Author's Preferred Techniques
The Author's Preferred Techniques video-based session is a highlight of IPOS®. Each participating faculty member presents her or his preferred surgical technique for a particular procedure. The audience then votes for the best presentation. Congratulations to Anthony Riccio, MD, for receiving the most votes for his technique on Subtalar Coalition Excision.
PRACTICING PEDIPOD PROGRAM
- Becoming a better teacher, speaker, mentor, and leader
- Practice Management
- Coding
- Leadership Styles
- Crucial Conversations and Providing Feedback
- Improving Performance
- Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship Update
- Skills for Chiefs and Chairs
- and more…
See What Each Subject Matter Expert Has Planned for IPOS® 2024
Share your research with IPOS® attendees by participating in the popular ePosters program. The ePoster submission must represent scholarly investigation into a topic important to pediatric orthopaedics. Because of this, we will not accept case reports.
December 3-7, 2024, Orlando, FL
| POSNA MEMBER | NON-MEMBER | Nurse/ Allied Health¹/ Physician Assistant |
Med Student | Orthopaedic Resident²/ Orthopaedic Fellow/ U.S. Military³/ POSNA Emeritus |
Delegates from Reduced Rate Low Income Countries (determined by World Bank) |
Practice PediPods Program |
| $1,470 | $2,120 | $985 | $985 | $1,275 | $1099 | $250 |
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POSNA Membership Requirement: IPOS® attendance fulfills POSNA Active and Candidate membership requirements. *Registration and attendance at Mid-Career Surgeon Program ONLY does not fulfill the POSNA membership requirements.
Loews Royal Pacific - Orlando, FL
Derek M. Kelly, MD, is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery for the University of Tennessee-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He serves as the Campbell Clinic Orthopaedic Residency Program Director and the Campbell Clinic Pediatric Orthopedic Fellowship Director. After graduation from medical school and orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR, he completed the Dorothy and Bryant Edwards Fellowship in Pediatric Orthopaedic and Spine Surgery at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, TX. He currently practices pediatric orthopaedics and spinal deformity surgery at Campbell Clinic and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Dr. Kelly is active in a number of professional societies, including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), American Orthopaedic Association (AOA), Scoliosis Research Society (SRS), and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA) where he has served on, or chaired, multiple committees. He is an active member of the International Perthes Study Group (IPSG), where he serves as Chair of the Membership Committee. He is also an active member of the Pediatric Foot Research Group (PediFoRG). He was a POSNA/EPOS Traveling Fellow in 2016, and an American British Canadian (ABC) Traveling Fellow to the UK, Australia, and New Zealand in 2019. In 2018, he was selected to receive the POSNA Special Effort and Excellence Award for his work as Chair of the POSNA Publications Committee for 4 years. He has contributed over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles to the orthopaedic literature as well as 16 chapters to orthopaedic textbooks.
2024 FACULTY LIST
Domestic Faculty
| Lindsay Andras, MD | Alexandre Arkader, MD | Donald Bae, MD |
| Andrea Bauer, MD | Jennifer Bauer, MD, MS | Jennifer Beck, MD |
| Maryse Bouchard, MD, MSc | Jaysson Brooks, MD | Robert Cho, MD |
| Jaime Denning, MD | Craig Eberson, MD, FAOA | Eric Edmonds, MD |
| Ron El-Hawary, MD, MSc, FRCS(C) | Henry Ellis, MD | Nicholas Fletcher, MD |
| John (Jack) Flynn, MD | Michael Glotzbecker, MD | Christine Ho, MD |
| Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, PhD | Simon Kelley, MBChB, PhD, FRCS | Derek Kelly, MD |
| Philip McClure, MD | Jennifer Laine, MD | Craig Louer Jr., MD |
| John Lovejoy III, MD | Scott Luhmann, MD | Jeff Martus, MD, MS |
| James McCarthy, MD | Thomas McPartland, MD | Todd Milbrandt, MD |
| Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC | Kishore Mulpuri, MBBS, MS, MHSc, FRCSC | L. Reid Nichols, MD |
| Kenneth Noonan, MD | David Podeszwa, MD | Anthony Riccio, MD |
| Wudbhav (Woody) Sankar, MD | Jeffrey Sawyer, MD | Jonathan Schoenecker, MD, PhD |
| Suken Shah, MD | Kevin Shea, MD | Benjamin Shore, MD, MPH, FRCSC |
| M. Wade Shrader, MD | Daniel Sucato, MD, MS | Vishwas Talwalkar, MD, FAAOS |
| Mihir Thacker, MD | Rachel Thompson, MD | V. Salil Upasani, MD |
| Michael Vitale, MD, MPH | Lindley Wall, MD, MSc | Ira Zaltz, MD |
International Faculty
| Franck Accadbled MD, PhD | Prof. Thomas Dreher | Deborah Eastwood, FRCS |
| Sebastian Farr, MD | Javier Masquijo, MD | Manoj Ramachandran, BSc(Hons), MBBS(Hons), MRCS(Eng), FRCS(Tr&Orth) |
Instructors
| Jason Howard, MD, FRCSC | Vedant Kulkarni, MD | Scott McKay, MD |
| Crystal Perkins, MD | Matthew Schmitz, MD | |
Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Faculty
| John Ansiaux, PA-C | Benjamin Carr, PA-C | Colleen Ditro, DNP, CPNP |
| Sarah Gilday, PA-C | Sheila Marceron, DNP | Morgan McCarver, PA-C |
| Amber Mizerik, PA-C | Kevin Moore, PA-C | Valerie Parrish, PA-C |
| Christopher Tremonti, PA-C | Nicole Tweedy, DNP-PNP | Paige Wheaton, PA-C |
Learning Objectives:
- Describe foundational aspects of pediatric orthopaedic principles and techniques
- Analyze and incorporate innovations and advances in pediatric orthopaedic surgery when applicable
- Identify potential for and apply improvements to your practice and treatment/outcomes optimization plans
- Practice hands-on techniques for a wide variety of procedures to improve performance
- Develop a growth mindset, soft skills, and emotional intelligence for practice success
Top 5 Reasons to Attend IPOS®
- Learn how to effectively diagnose common and uncommon pediatric orthopaedic conditions
- Hear about effective non-operative treatment of diagnoses in pediatric orthopaedics
- Understand the common surgical procedures that can effectively improve the lives of children with these conditions
- Be an active participant in the debate on the current controversies in this field
- Enjoy the interaction of other like-minded attendees and faculty
DEFINING TODAY’S STATE-OF-THE-ART PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC CARE
This four-day meeting covers the spectrum of pediatric and adolescent orthopaedic conditions – from frequently-seen problems to rare conditions that demand specialized care. Discover new insights and return to your practice with a greater knowledge of today’s leading-edge issues in pediatric orthopaedic surgery.
Recognizing the increasing complexity, diversity, and subspecialty interests within pediatric orthopaedics, IPOS® provides a format for registrants to customize their learning experience to their unique practice needs. In addition to focused lectures and case discussions, registrants may choose from over 40 breakout sessions, demonstrations, hands-on technical workshops, and industry-sponsored satellite sessions.
