Statement of Need
A need for this educational activity has been determined based on previous course evaluations and the AOFAS educational curriculum. The content of this course was based on current issues and topics provided by AOFAS membership and leadership. For more information on the AOFAS CME mission, visit aofas.org/education.
Accreditation
The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians.
Disclaimer
The material presented in this continuing medical education activity has been made available by the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) for educational purposes only. This material is not intended to represent the only, nor necessarily the best, methods or procedures appropriate for the medical situation discussed, but rather is intended to present an approach, view, statement, or opinion of the authors or presenters, which may be helpful or of interest to other practitioners. Methods, techniques, and procedures demonstrated and views and opinions expressed by speakers, presenters, and faculty are their own, and do not necessarily represent those of AOFAS, nor does presentation on the program represent or constitute endorsement or promotion by AOFAS. AOFAS expressly disclaims any warranties or guarantees, expressed or implied, and shall not be liable for damages of any kind in connection with the material, methods, information, techniques, opinions, or procedures expressed, presented, or demonstrated.
Disclosure of Conflict of Interest
Disclosure Statement
AOFAS mandates all instructors, planners, and other individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships that you have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies. An "ineligible company" is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All identified conflicts must be mitigated, and the education content vetted by the AOFAS for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and appropriateness. All disclosures will be provided in this final program distributed at the meeting to all program participants.
FDA Statement
Some drugs or medical devices demonstrated at this meeting have not been cleared by the FDA or have been cleared by the FDA for specific purposes only. The FDA has stated that it is the responsibility of the physician to determine the FDA clearance status of each drug or medical devices he or she wishes to use in clinical practice. AOFAS policy provides that "off label" uses of a drug or medical device may be described in its CME activities so long as the "off label" use of the drug or medical device is also specifically disclosed (i.e., it must be disclosed that the FDA has not cleared the drug or device for the described purpose). Any drug or medical device is being used "off label" if the described use is not set forth on the products approval label.
Faculty/Planner Disclosure Declaration
As an Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) provider, AOFAS has the obligation to ensure the delivery of education that is balanced and free of commercial bias. To achieve this, it is the policy of the AOFAS that all CME-related Board, committee members ("planners"), faculty, and appropriate staff disclose in writing to the learners all financial relationships that you have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies. An "ineligible company" is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In addition to faculty members, commentators from the floor are charged with verbally disclosing any interests immediately prior to speaking. All disclosures are provided in this final program distributed at the meeting to all program participants.
In accordance with AOFAS policy:
Faculty participation in this educational activity will be predicated upon timely submission and review of AOFAS disclosure. An individual who refuses to disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from being a planning committee member, a teacher, or an author of CME, and cannot have control of, or responsibility for, the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity. Non-compliance will result in a faculty member being stricken from the program.
An indication of the participant's disclosure appears after his or her name as well as the commercial company or institution that provided the support. AOFAS does not view the existence of these disclosed interests or commitments as necessarily implying bias or decreasing the value of the author's participation in this activity. In addition to ensuring that presentations be free of bias, faculty members are required to ensure that all material presented and discussed will be based on best-available evidence.
Webinar Faculty Disclosures
Samuel Adams, MD
4web: Paid consultant
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Arthrex, Inc: Paid presenter or speaker
Exactech, Inc: Paid consultant
Medshape: Paid consultant; Stock or stock Options
Orthofix, Inc.: Paid consultant
Regeneration Technologies, Inc.: Paid consultant
Stryker: Paid consultant
David Pedowitz, MD
Arthrex, Inc: Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker
Integra: IP royalties; Paid consultant
Integra life sciences: Paid presenter or speaker; Research support
MiRus: Paid consultant
Zimmer: IP royalties; Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker
Constantine Demetracopoulos, MD
Exactech, Inc: IP royalties; Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker
Integra LifeSciences: Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker; Research support
Paragon 28: Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker
Royal Biologics: Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker
RTI Surgical: Paid consultant
Stryker: Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker
Wright Medical Technology, Inc.: Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker
Steve Haddad, MD
AAOS: Board or committee member
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Foot and Ankle International: Editorial or governing board
Tornier: Stock or stock Options
Wright Medical Technology, Inc.: IP royalties; Paid consultant
Jeremy McCormick, MD
AAOS: Board or committee member
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Arthrex, Inc: Other financial or material support
Foot and Ankle International: Editorial or governing board
Midwest Stone Institute: Other financial or material support
Midwest Stone Institute, inc: Research support
Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery: Editorial or governing board
Wright Medical Technology, Inc.: Other financial or material support; Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker; Research support
EDUCATION AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE DISCLOSURES
Jonathon D. Backus, MD
AAOS: Board or committee member
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member Foot and Ankle Online: Editorial or governing board
JMEA: Stock or stock Options
W Hodges Davis, MD
AAOS: Board or committee member
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Tulane Medical Alumni Association Board: Board or committee member
Amniox: Paid consultant; Research support
Arthrex, Inc: IP royalties; Paid consultant; Research support
DJ Orthopaedics: IP royalties; Other financial or material support; Paid consultant Foot and Ankle International: Editorial or governing board
Nuvasive: Paid consultant
Wright Medical Technology, Inc.: IP royalties; Other financial or material support; Paid consultant;
Scott Ellis, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member Foot and Ankle Online: Editorial or governing board
Paragon 28: Paid consultant
Wright Medical Technology, Inc.: Paid consultant
Daniel C Farber, MD
AAOS: Board or committee member
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
DJ Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Foot and Ankle Online: Editorial or governing board
JMEA: Stock or stock Options
Trace Medical Concepts: Paid consultant
Alena Frey
Staff
This individual reported nothing to disclose
Lauren Elizabeth Geaney, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Arthrex, Inc: Research support
Connecticut Orthopaedic Society: Board or committee member Paragon 28: Paid consultant
Techniques in Orthopaedics: Editorial or governing board
Thomas M Hearty, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Orthobullets: Editorial or governing board
Kelly K. Hynes, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose
Anish Raj Kadakia, MD
AAOS: Board or committee member Acumed, LLC: IP royalties
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Arthrex, Inc: Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker; Research support
Biomedical Enterprises: IP royalties
DePuy, A Johnson & Johnson Company: IP royalties
Elsevier: Publishing royalties, financial or material support
LWW: Publishing royalties, financial or material support
James Robert Lachman, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose
Elizabeth Martin, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
G Andrew Murphy, MD
Allostem,: Research support
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Arthrex, Inc: Research support
Biomimetic: Research support
Ferring Pharmaceuticals: Research support
Foot and Ankle International: Editorial or governing board
Saunders/Mosby-Elsevier: Publishing royalties, financial or material support
Smith & Nephew: Research support
Wright Medical Technology, Inc.: IP royalties; Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker; Research support
Julie Murkowski
Staff
This individual reported nothing to disclose
Irvin Oh, MD
Innomed: IP royalties
Christian A. Ortiz, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose
Vinod Kumar Panchbhavi, MD, FACS
AAOS: Board or committee member
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Foot and Ankle InternationalTechniques in Foot & Ankle SurgeryOrthopedia.com: Editorial or governing board
Stryker: Paid presenter or speaker
Wolters Kluwer Health - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Publishing royalties, financial or material support
Ruth Lourdes Thomas, MD
AAOS: Board or committee member
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member Foot and Ankle International: Editorial or governing board
Johnson & Johnson: Stock or stock Options
Pfeizer: Stock or stock Options
Ruth Jackson Orthopaedic Society: Board or committee member
Stryker: Stock or stock Options Teva: Stock or stock Options
Zimmer: Stock or stock Options
David B Thordarson, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
Bio 2: Stock or stock Options
Foot and Ankle International: Editorial or governing board; Publishing royalties, financial or material support Paragon 28: Research support; Stock or stock Options
Stryker: Paid consultant; Paid presenter or speaker
João Filipe Vide, MD
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society: Board or committee member
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology: Board or committee member
Brian M Weatherford, MD
BESPA Global: Paid consultant
Orthobullets: Paid consultant
Synthes: Paid presenter or speaker
Wang Xu, MD
This individual reported nothing to disclose
Jacob Rothschild Zide, MD
Orthofix: Paid consultant
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.