Floor plan - 2013 Annual Meeting - American Association for Hand ...

(Broadway Books, 2004). In the book, Naam explores how
new technologies can serve as powerful tools in humans’
quest to improve themselves. Naam is regularly invited to
speak at software and nanotechnology conferences. He
is a fellow of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging
Technologies and the recipient of the 2005 H.G. Wells Award
for Contributions to Transhumanism. Naam recently
appeared in the PBS television show “The 22nd Century”
and has been profiled or reviewed in the New York Times,
Scientific American, Fast Company, Discover Magazine,
Business Week and numerous other publications.
He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana.
1:45pm – 2:15pm PANEL: Scaphoid Fractures
Joseph Slade, MD, Moderator
2:30pm – 3:30pm Instructional Courses
112 Complex Hand Trauma
This course will focus on the treatment of complex hand
trauma, including assessment and planning, initial treatment,
and delayed reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Treatment algorithms for managing vascular, nerve, skeletal,
and soft tissue injuries will be presented and discussed.
Nicholas Vedder, MD, Moderator
Steven Moran, MD
W. P. Andrew Lee, MD
113 Tumors of the Upper Extremity
Gene Deune, MD
114 Nerve and Tendon Transfer
This course will review nerve and tendon transfer options
for isolated and complex upper extremity injuries. Pre-
Operative evaluation, timing and planning, operative
technique and motor and sensory re-education will be
reviewed.
Susan Mackinnon, MD, Moderator
Neil Ford Jones, MD
Christine Novak, PT, MS
115 The Assessment and Treatment
of Peripheral Nerve Injuries in Children
This course will cover the gamut of peripheral nerve injuries
in children. The principles of diagnosis and assessment of
nerve injuries in children will be discussed. Subsequently,
the treatment of both acute nerve trauma and of late presentations
of nerve injuries will be highlighted. Importantly,
the role of the therapist on the evaluation process and during
the time of nerve recovery will be reviewed. Case
presentations will conclude the course with audience participation.
Scott Kozin, MD, Moderator
Howard Clarke, MD
Lynn Bassini, OTR, CHT
116 Anatomy and Care of the Perionychium
A summary of the anatomy of the perionychium and the
care of injury, reconstruction, and other conditions of the nail.
Elvin Zook, MD, Moderator
116-A Partial Ulnar Head Replacement
Arthroplasty: Why Resect the Entire Head?
This course will introduce a new Partial Ulnar Head replacement,
designed to allow preservation of the native ulnar styloid
and keep the critical soft tissue structures intact. This
workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of DRUJ
disorders, design rationale, patient selection, surgical technique
and post-op therapy. Cadaveric models will be used
to demonstrate the Ascension® First Choice® Partial Ulnar
Head Replacement surgical technique.
Brian Adams, MD
Sponsored by Ascension Orthopedics
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