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SUNY Upstate Medical university department of orthopedics

Full Course Outline

Day 1

Thursday, 19 April
0700-0730 Registration and Breakfast
0730-7045 Introduction
0745-0915 Cell Biology
Dr. R. Rosier
0915-0930 Break
0930-1100 Growth, Structure, Function, and the Pathophysiology of Disease
Dr. T. Smallman
1100-1200 Radiology I: Plain Film Interpretation
Dr. D. Fleming
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1400 Radiology II - Approach to Bone Lesions
Dr. D. Flemming
1400-1500 Introduction to Pathology/Clinical Case Scenarios
Dr. K. Shekitka
1500-1515 Break
1515-1615 Biomechanics I
Dr. R. Uhl
1615-1700 Clinical Cases
Clinical Team
1700-1800 Metabolic Bone Disease
Dr. S. Bukata

Day 2

Friday, 20 April
0700-0730 Breakfast
0730-0830 Growth Plate Physiology
M. Zuscik, Ph.D.
0830-0930 Treatment of Metabolic Bone Disease
Dr. S. Bukata
0930-0945 Break
0945-1100 Clincal Cases
Clinical Team
1100-1200 Biomechanics II
Dr. R. Uhl
1200-1300 Lunch
1300-1430 Anomalies
Dr. D Katz
1430-1515 Biomechanics III
Dr. J. Spadaro/F.Werner
1515-1530 Break
1530-1630 MRI Basics and Clinical Use
Dr. D. Flemming
1630-1715 Osseous Tumors
Dr. K. Shekitka
1715-1800 Clinical Cases
Clinical Team
1800-2000 Reception
Doust Board Room
Weiskotten Hall, Rm 9299

Day 3

Saturday, 21 April
0700-0730 Breakfast
0730-0830 Congenital Hip Dysplasia/ Perthes Disease
Dr. D. Katz
0830-0930 Pathophysiology of Infection
Dr. K. Shekitka
0930-0945 Break
0945-1100 Treatment Principles - Infection
Dr. B. Harley
1100-1200 Cartilage Tumors
Dr. K.Shekitka
1200-1300 Food for Thought: Clinical Cases
Clinical Team
1300-1315 Structure and Function of Joints
Dr. T. Smallman
1315-1400 Pathophysiology of Joint Disorders
Dr. K. Shekitka
1400-1500 Fibrous and Cystic Lesions Of Bone
Dr K Shekitka
1500-1515 Break
1515-1600 Clinical Cases
Clinical Team
1615-1715 Round Cell, Giant Cell  and Vascular Tumors
Dr. K. Shekitka
1715-1800 Clinical Cases
Clinical Team

Day 4

Sunday, 22 April
0700-0730 Breakfast
0730-0815 Circulatory Disorders
Dr. K. Shekitka
0815-0900 Fracture Healing
Dr. T. Smallman
0900-0920 Cell Biology of Fracture Healing
Dr. A. Evans
0920-0935 Break
0935-1010 Disorders of Repetitive Loading
Dr. T. Smallman
1010-1100 Clinical  Cases
Clinical Team
1100-1200 Nerve Structure & Function, Injury and Repair, Compression, Investigation
Dr. R. Weber
1200-1300 Lunch Lecture: Tendon/Ligament Structure and Function Soft Tissue Healing
Dr. B. Harley
1300-1430 Clinical Approach to Musculoskeletal Tumors
Dr. T. Damron
1430-1600 Trauma Complications
Dr. B. Simpson

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