CME OnDemand: Small Incisions, Big Results: MIS to the MAX

Pre-Meeting Course: Small Incisions, Big Results: MIS to the MAX

The 2025 Pre-Meeting Course, Small Incisions, Big Results: MIS to the MAX, takes an in-depth look at the evolution and expanding role of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in foot and ankle care—from historical bunion techniques to complex deformity correction, sports-related procedures, and advanced fusion techniques.

Course Chairs: Tyler A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA, and Jonathan R.M. Kaplan, MD

Symposium 1: Where It All Began... The Bunion
Moderator: Peter Lam, MD, MBBS

Historical Perspective on MIS Hallux Valgus
Joel Vernois, MD

PelCO
Jorge Javier del Vecchio, MD

Soup to Nuts HV
David Gordon, MD, MBChB, MRCS

MIS Lapidus
A. Holly Johnson, MD

Revision
Thomas A. McDonald, MD

Questions/Case Discussion

Symposium 2: The Rest of the Forefoot: What No One Wants to Deal With
Moderator: Rebecca A. Cerrato, MD

Hammertoes & Crossover Toes
Edward T. Haupt, MD

DMMO & Bunionette
Thomas G. Harris, MD

Metatarsus Adductus: TMT Fusion or Basilar Osteotomy
Elizabeth A. Martin, MD

Hallux Rigidus: Osteotomize the MT to Offload the Arthritis
Thomas L. Lewis, MBChB, MRCS

Cheilectomy with Scope
Alexander B. Peterson, MD

Questions/Case Discussion

Symposium 3: Rapid Fire Round Table
Moderators: Tyler A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA, and Jonathan R.M. Kaplan, MD

Starting MIS While Starting a Practice
Andrew E. Hanselman, MD

You CAN Teach an Old DAWG New Tricks: My Key Pearls for Starting Later on in Practice
David B. Thordarson, MD

Effectively Teaching MIS
R. James Toussaint, MD

Doing Research in MIS
Peter Lam, MD, MBBS

Panel Discussion

Symposium 4: Sports
Moderator: Eric I. Ferkel, MD

Insertional Achilles: Let's Focus on the Tendon
Anish R. Kadakia, MD

Insertional Achilles: Let's Leave the Tendon Alone
Oliver N. Schipper, MD

Achilles Ruptures: Suture Repair versus Anchor Into the Heel
Nicholas L. Strasser, MD

Achilles Ruptures: If It's Chronic, Do an Endoscopic Transfer
Fernando Raduan, MD

Peroneal Tendoscopy & Endoscopic Fibular Groove Deepening
Robbie Ray, MBChB, ChM(Tr&Orth)

All Inside Ankle Lateral Ligament Repair/Reconstruction
Daniel Baumfeld, MD

Questions/Case Discussion

Symposium 5: MIS Fusion and Beyond
Moderator: Bradley Sabatini, MD

MTP
Jesse F. Doty, MD

Doubles & Triples
Tyler A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA

Ankle
Ettore Vulcano, MD

Biplanar Midfoot Osteotomy & Fusions MIS… Pins to Jig?
Jonathan R.M. Kaplan, MD

Questions/Case Discussion

Symposium 6: Deformity: Cavus, PCFD, and Charcot
Moderator: Christopher E. Gross, MD

MIS TTC Fusions: Varus, Valgus… It Doesn't Matter, I Have the Answer for You
Christopher P. Miller, MD

MIS Diabetic Feet: All the Non-Fusion FIXINS
J. Benjamin Jackson III, MD

Cavovarus/CMT: It's Not Charcot but It's Still a Tough Deformity
Cary B. Chapman, MD

EBM Review: Proximal Medial Gastrocnemius Recession
Maneesh Bhatia, MBBS, FRCS(Tr&Orth)

MIS Techniques in PCFD
Markus Walther, MD, PhD

Questions/Case Discussion

Symposium 7: Trauma
Moderator: Amiethab A. Aiyer, MD

Deformity Correction in Acute & Chronic Settings: I Got a Hammer, What's My Nail?
Carson M. Rider, MD

Ankle Fractures: Fibula Nails, Perc Screws & Other MIS Tools I Love
Daniel J. Scott, MD, MBA

Fix the Calc Acutely with Small Incisions
John Y. Kwon, MD

Deltoid & AITFL Arthroscopically
Peter G. Mangone, MD

Questions/Case Discussion

CME Overview

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. AOFAS designates this enduring material "Small Incisions, Big Results: MIS to the MAX" course for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery's Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABOS credit

Faculty Disclosures

Amiethab Aiyer, MD (Moderator)
DJO, LLC - Consultant

Elsevier - Publishing

GLW - Consultant

Vilex LLC - Consultant

Wolters Kluwer - Publishing

Daniel Baumfeld, MD, PHD (Presenter)
Stryker - Consultant

Arthrex - Consultant

Maneesh Bhatia, FRCS (Tr & Orth) (Presenter)
Nothing to Disclose

Rebecca Cerrato, MD (Presenter & Moderator)
MIFAS - Fiduciary Officer

Intellectual Property - Other Intellectual Property

Stryker Corporation - Consultant

Vilex LLC - Consultant

ACUMED LLC - Speaker for resident education series

Cary Chapman, MD (Presenter & Moderator)
Enovis - Consultant

Conventus Orthopaedics, Inc.- Consultant

Javier Del Vecchio, MD, MBA (Presenter)
Nothing to Disclose

Jesse Doty, MD (Presenter)
Intellectual Property - Other Intellectual Property

Extremity Medical - Consultant

OSSIO INC - Consultant

GLW - Stock Option

Eric Ferkel, MD (Presenter & Moderator)
Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics - Consultant

OSSIO INC - Consultant

Arthrex, Inc. - Consultant

Medartis Inc. - Consultant

Tyler Gonzalez, MD MBA (Presenter, Program Planner)
DJO, LLC - Consultant

Exactech, Inc. - Consultant

Stryker - Consultant

SupraFusion Technologies - Consultant

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. - Consultant

Vilex LLC - Consultant

David Gordon, MB ChB MRCS MD FRCS (Tr & Orth) (Presenter)
Nothing to Disclose

Christopher Gross, MD (Moderator)
Nothing to Disclose

Andrew Hanselman, MD (Presenter)
Artelon - Consultant

Arthrex - Travel

International Bone Research Association - Speaking Fees

Surgical Fusion Technologies - Consultant

Thomas Harris, MD (Presenter)
Arthrex, Inc. - Consultant

Globus Medical, Inc. - Consultant

Paragon 28 - Royalties

Globus Medical - Royalties

Edward Haupt, MD (Presenter & Moderator)
Arthrex, Inc. - Consultant

Exactech, Inc. - Consultant

J. Benjamin Jackson, MD, MBA (Moderator)
Nothing to Disclose

Holly Johnson, MD (Presenter)
Novastep - Royalties

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. - Royalties

Motio - Royalties

Forma Orthopedics - Royalties

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. - Consultant

Altior Trauma - Stock Option

Carbon22 - Stock Option

Anish Kadakia, MD (Presenter)
Arthrex - Consultant

DePuy Synthes - Royalties

Jonathan Kaplan, MD (Presenter & Program Planner)
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society – Committee Member

Artelon - Consultant

Edge Surgical - Consultant

Exactech, Inc. - Other

GLW Medical Innovations - Consultant

GLW Medical Innovations - Stock Option

Surgical Fusion Inc - Consultant

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. - Consultant

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. - Stock

Vilex LLC - Consultant

Surgical Fusion Inc - Royalties

Vilex LLC - Royalties

Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. - Royalties

Enovis - Royalties

John Kwon, MD (Presenter)
Nothing to Disclose

Peter Lam, MBBS (Hons), FRACS (Presenter & Moderator)
Paragon 28, Inc. - Consultant

Renovis Surgical Technologies, Inc. - Consultant

Thomas Lewis, MBChB (Hons), BSc. (Hons), FRCS (Tr&Orth), MFSTEd (Presenter)
MIFAS - Grant / Contract

Vilex LLC - Grant / Contract

Peter Mangone, MD (Presenter)
Fruit Street - Stock

GaleAI - Stock

Kuros Bioscience - Consultant

OsteoCentric Technologies, Inc. - Consultant

OsteoCentric Technologies, Inc. - Stock Option

restor3d, inc. - Consultant

restor3d, inc. - Stock Option

Stryker - Consultant

Vilex LLC - Consultant

Ziptek - Stock Option

Stryker - Royalties

Arthrex Inc - Royalties

Elizabeth Martin, MD, ScM (Presenter)
CONMED Corporation - Consultant

Paragon 28, Inc. - Consultant

Thomas McDonald, MD (Presenter)
Nothing to Disclose

Christopher Miller, MD (Presenter)
Enovis, inc - Consultant

Alexander Peterson, MD (Presenter)
Nothing to Disclose

Fernando Raduan, MD (Presenter)
Nothing to Disclose

Robbie Ray, MB, ChB, ChM(T&O), FRCS(T&O), FEBOT (Presenter)
Arthrex Inc. - Teaching

DJO, LLC - Consultant

Carson Rider, MD (Presenter)
Arthrex, Inc. - Consultant

Exactech, Inc. - Consultant

Brad Sabatini, MD (Moderator)
CONMED Corporation - Consultant

Paragon 28, Inc. - Consultant

Sabatini Consulting LLC - Owner

Science & Bio Materials - Consultant

Oliver Schipper, MD (Presenter)
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society - Committee Member

Exactech, Inc. - Consultant

GLW - Stock Option

Pressio Spine - Stock

restor3d, inc. - Consultant

restor3d, inc. - Stock Option

Daniel Scott, MD, MBA (Presenter)
Arthrex, Inc. - Grant / Contract

DePuy Synthes Products LLC - Consultant

Orthofix Medical, Inc. - Grant / Contract

Paragon 28, Inc. - Grant / Contract

Nicholas Strasser, MD (Presenter)
Arthrex - Consultant

DePuy Synthes Products LLC - Consultant

Stryker - Data And Safety Monitoring

Vilex LLC - Consultant

David Thordarson, MD (Presenter)
Ortho Solutions Inc - Consultant

Paragon 28, Inc. - Consultant

Extremity Medical - Consultant

DJO, LLC - Consultant

Intellectual Property - Other Intellectual Property

Rull James Toussaint, MD (Presenter)
Nothing to Disclose

Joel Vernois, MD (Presenter)
Extremity Medical - Consultant

Vilex LLC - Consultant

Ettore Vulcano, MD (Presenter)
Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. - Consultant

Vilex LLC - Consultant

Markus Walther, MD (Presenter)
German Orthopedic Society - Committee Member

CONMED Corporation - Consultant

Darco International, Inc. - Consultant

Geistlich Pharma, North America, Inc. - Consultant

Marquardt Medizintechnik - Consultant

ON Foundation - Consultant

Stryker - Consultant

European Foot and Ankle Society - Council Member

German Foot and Ankle Society - Head of the Scientific Committee

Summary

Availability:

On-Demand

Cost:

Member: $175.00
Non-Member: $225.00

Credit Offered:

7.5 CME (MD) Credits

7.5 MOC Points

7.5 CME (PA/NP/RN) Credits

7.5 CEU (AT) Credits

7.5 CE (PT) Credits

7.5 CME (DPM) Credits

Symposium 1: Where It All Began... The BunionModerator: Peter Lam, MD, MBBS

Symposium 2: The Rest of the Forefoot: What No One Wants to Deal WithModerator: Rebecca A. Cerrato, MD

Symposium 3: Rapid Fire Round TableModerators: Tyler A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA, and Jonathan R.M. Kaplan, MD

Symposium 4: SportsModerator: Eric I. Ferkel, MD

Symposium 5: MIS Fusion and BeyondModerator: Bradley Sabatini, MD

Symposium 6: Deformity: Cavus, PCFD, and CharcotModerator: Christopher E. Gross, MD

Symposium 7: TraumaModerator: Amiethab A. Aiyer, MD

Symposium 1: Where It All Began... The Bunion
Moderator: Peter Lam, MD, MBBS

Symposium 2: The Rest of the Forefoot: What No One Wants to Deal With
Moderator: Rebecca A. Cerrato, MD

Symposium 3: Rapid Fire Round Table
Moderators: Tyler A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA, and Jonathan R.M. Kaplan, MD

Symposium 4: Sports
Moderator: Eric I. Ferkel, MD

Symposium 5: MIS Fusion and Beyond
Moderator: Bradley Sabatini, MD

Symposium 6: Deformity: Cavus, PCFD, and Charcot
Moderator: Christopher E. Gross, MD

Symposium 7: Trauma
Moderator: Amiethab A. Aiyer, MD