University at Buffalo, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

University at Buffalo, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Residency Training Program Conference Schedule

June 2017 – June 2018

Conference is held in the Smith Auditorium, 3rd floor of the Erie County Medical Center, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215

Anatomy Sessions are held at the University South Campus, Anatomy Lab, 303 Biomedical Education Building

Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Grand Rounds are from 7:00 am – 9:00 am

****Remember to check website weekly for updates – www.smbs.buffalo.edu/ortho

Date / Time / Topic / Site / Resident / Presenter
Saturday, July 1, 2017 / 8:00 am / John Valvo Memorial Cast Clinic / ECMC Ortho Clinic – 1st floor / All Residents – Mandatory Attendance / Senior Residents
Thursday, July 6, 2017 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am
11:00 am / Faculty Expectations of Residents
Resident Administrative Meeting
Fatigue Training for all residents, fellows and faculty in the Department
Faculty & Resident Golf Day / ECMC / Christopher Mutty, MD
Joseph Fox, MD
1st Year Andrew Stegemann, DO
2nd Year Manos Grigoriou, MD
3rd Year Keely Boyle, MD
4th Year Richard Ahn, MD
Thursday, July 13, 2017 / 7:00 am
9:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference - Spine
OITE Questions - Chapter 43, 47 / ECMC / Joseph Fox, MD
Ross Cole, MD
Joseph Fox, MD / Joseph Kowalski, MD
Thursday, July 20, 2017
*Updated 06/14/2017 / 7:00 am
9:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference – Proximal Femur
OITE Questions – Chapter 34 / ECMC / Richard Ahn, MD
Jason Smoak, MD
Rishi Dave, MD / Sridhar Rachala, MD
Thursday, July 27, 2017 / 7:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference – Pelvis / ECMC / Basel Touban, MD / Mark Anders, MD
*Updated 06/14/2017 / 9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 33 / JP Farrell, MD
Richard Ahn, MD
Thursday, August 3, 2017 / 7:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference – Femur, Patella / ECMC / Rishi Dave, MD / Christopher Ritter, MD
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 38 / Jeff Jancuska, MD
Paul Phillips, MD
Thursday, August 10, 2017 / 7:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference – Tibia / ECMC / Basel Touban, MD / Christopher Mutty, MD
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 37 / Andrew Stegemann, DO
Basel Touban, MD
Thursday, August 17, 2017 / 7:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference – Foot and Ankle / ECMC / Paul Phillips, MD / Bernhard Rohrbacher, MD
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 40 / John Matthews, MD
Joseph Fox, MD
Thursday, August 24, 2017 / 7:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference – Pediatric Lower Extremity / ECMC / Joseph Fox, MD / Michael Ferrick, MD
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 57, 59 / Allyson Zakrzewski, MD
Richard Ahn, MD
Thursday, August 31, 2017 / 7:00 am
9:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference – Clavicle Scapula, Humerus
OITE Questions – Chapter 23 / ECMC / Paul Phillips, MD
Manos Grigoriou, MD
Rishi Dave, MD / Philip Stegemann, MD
Thursday, September 7, 2017 / 7:00 am
9:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference – Distal Humerus, Elbow, Forearm
OITE Questions – Chapter 27 / ECMC / Rishi Dave, MD
Corey Clyde, MD
Paul Phillips, MD / Joshua Jones, MD
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 / 6:00 pm / Residency Program Journal Club – Trauma / Joseph Fox, MD
Thursday, September 14, 2017 / 7:00 am
9:00 am / Summer Fracture Conference – Hand and Wrist
OITE Questions – Chapter 29 / ECMC / Richard Ahn, MD
Andrew Gage, MD
Basel Touban, MD / Robert Ablove, MD
Thursday, September 21, 2017 / 7:00 am / Case Presentations – S&E (Allyson Zakrzewski, MD), BGH (Ross Cole, MD), CHOB (Andrew Gage, MD) / ECMC
*Updated 06/14/2017 / 8:00 am
9:00 am / How to build and run a practice
OITE Questions – Chapter 5 (updated 09/13/2017) / Alex Boiwka, MD
Ross Cole, MD
Basel Touban, MD / Leslie Bisson, MD
Thursday, September 28, 2017 / 7:00 am / Final Summer Fracture Conference – Pediatric Upper Extremity / ECMC / Joseph Fox, MD / Jeremy Doak, MD
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 53, 54 / JP Farrell, MD
Paul Phillips, MD
Thursday, October 5, 2017 / 8:00 am / City Wide Spine Conference & Case Discussions
Post-Operative Best Practice Functional Care Pathways
Chiropractic: Best Practices and Evidence-Based Care / GVI / Residents and Interested Faculty
Jeff Woodrich, PT
Jonathan P. Beck, DC, DIBCN, DIBE
10:00 am / OITE Questions / GVI / Drew Baron, MD
Richard Ahn, MD
Tuesday, October 10, 2017 / 6:00 pm / Residency Program Journal Club – Joints / Rishi Dave, MD
Thursday, October 12, 2017 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / Sports – Hip *Updated 07/06/2017
Hospital Safety & Infection Control *Updated 10/05/2017
OITE Questions – Chapter 11 / ECMC / Tyler Miller, MD
Paul Phillips, MD / Brian McGrath, MD
Angela Vacanti
Thursday, October 19, 2017 / 7:30 am / Anatomy Lab – Hip and Pelvis
OITE Questions – Chapter 31 (include in Anatomy Quiz) / Basel Touban, MD
Joseph Ferraro, MD
Clayton Del Prince, MD
Jeff Jancuska, MD / Christopher Mutty, MD
Sridhar Rachala, MD
Matthew Phillips, MD
Mark Anders, MD
Evgeny Dyskin, MD
Thursday, October 26, 2017 / 7:00 am
8:00 am / *Case Presentations – Prosthetic joint infection, Charcot Arthropathy, Lumbar stenosis – Corey Clyde, MD, John Matthews, MD & James Farrell, MD *Updated 10/05/2017
Pediatric Hip – SCFE, Perthes, DDH / ECMC / Joseph Fox, MD / Robert Galpin, MD
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 58 / Nicholas Valente, MD
Rishi Dave, MD
Thursday, November 2, 2017 / 8:00 am
9:00 am / John Border Lecture
OITE Questions / Keely Boyle, MD
Basel Touban, MD / Peter Cole, MD
University of Minnesota
Tuesday, November 7, 2017 / 6:00 pm / Residency Program Journal Club – Trauma / Basel Touban, MD
Thursday, November 9, 2017 / 7:00 am / Tumor OITE Review / ECMC / Jason Smoak, MD / Joseph Kuechle, MD PhD
8:00 am / OITE Review: Trauma (Touban), Pediatrics (Fox), Basic Science (Clyde),
Recon (Dave), Sports (Phillips), Foot & Ankle (Boyle), Shoulder and Elbow
(Ahn), Spine (Valente), Hand (Baron)
Saturday, November 11, 2017 / 8:00 am / OITE Examination / Smith Aud
Thursday, November 16, 2017 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / Case Presentations – BGH (Drew Baron, MD), ECMC (Keely Boyle, MD), WCHOB (Tyler Miller, MD)
Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty – Implants, biomechanics, indications
OITE Questions – Chapter 31, 32 / ECMC / Alex Boiwka, MD
Ross Cole, MD
Rishi Dave, MD / Matthew Phillips, MD
Thursday, November 23, 2017 / Happy Thanksgiving! No Conference
Thursday, November 30, 2017 / 7:30 am / Anatomy Lab – Femur/Knee/Proximal tibia
OITE Questions – Chapter 36 (include in Anatomy Quiz) / UB / Joseph Fox, MD
Elias Joseph, MD
Trevor Staub, MD
Jason Smoak, MD / Mark Anders, MD
Christopher Mutty, MD
Matthew Phillips, MD
Thursday, December 7, 2017 / 7:00 am
8:00 am / Patellofemoral Joint *Updated 07/06/2017
Damage Control Orthopaedics and Compartment Syndrome / ECMC / Rishi Dave, MD / Michael Rauh, MD
Evgeny Dyskin, MD
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 8, 9 / JP Farrell, MD
Richard Ahn, MD
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 / 6:00 pm / Residency Program Journal Club – Foot and Ankle / Rishi Dave, MD
Thursday, December 14, 2017 / 7:00 am
8:00 am / Case Presentations – ECMC (Tyler Miller, MD), BGH (Alex Boiwka, MD), CHOB (Nick Valente, MD)
Total Knee Arthroplasty Biomechanics and Gap Balancing / ECMC / Rishi Dave, MD / Sridhar Rachala, MBBS
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 35 / Jason Smoak, MD
Rishi Dave, MD
Thursday, December 21, 2017 / 7:30 am / 1st Residency Interview Date
(Pending approval) / ECMC
Thursday, December 28, 2017 / Happy Holidays!
No Conference
Thursday, January 4, 2018 / 7:30 am
8:00 am / Anatomy Lab – Foot and Ankle
OITE Questions – Chapter 16 (include in Anatomy Quiz) / Paul Phillips, MD
Amrit Vinod, MD
Trevor Staub, MD
Jason Smoak, MD / Jennifer Gurske-dePerio, MD
Christopher Ritter, MD
Bernhard Rohrbacher, MD
Thursday, January 11, 2018 / 7:30 am / 2nd Residency Interview Date
(Pending approval)
Thursday, January 18, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / Tumor Talk
Heel pain, OCD, ankle arthroscopy
OITE Questions – Chapter 15 / ECMC / Tumor PGY2
Keely Boyle, MD
JP Farrell, MD
Richard Ahn, MD / Joseph Kuechle, MD PhD
Jennifer Gurske-dePerio, MD
Thursday, January 25, 2018 / 7:00 am
/ Ralph & Mary Wilson Gift Lecture *Updated on 10/12/2017
Injury Prevention in Athletes / Timothy Hewett, PhD (Mayo Clinic)
10:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 18 / Andrew Stegemann, DO
Basel Touban, MD
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 / 6:00 pm / Residency Program Journal Club – Shoulder and Elbow / Richard Ahn, MD / Thomas Duquin, MD
Philip Stegemann, MD
Matthew DiPaola, MD
Robert Ablove, MD
Thursday, February 1, 2018 / 7:30 am / Anatomy Lab – Shoulder, Humerus and Elbow
OITE Questions – Chapter 26 / ECMC BOD / Paul Phillips, MD
Clayton Del Prince, MD
Elias Joseph, MD
Jason Smoak, MD (1/24/18) / Thomas Duquin, MD
Philip Stegemann, MD
Matthew DiPaola, MD
Thursday, February 8, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / Tumor Talk
Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
OITE Questions – Chapter 24 / ECMC / PGY2 Tumor resident
Tyler Miller, MD
John Matthews, MD
Joseph Fox, MD / Thomas Duquin, MD
Thursday, February 15, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / Case Presentations – ECMC (Corey Clyde, MD), BGH (Nicholas Valente, MD) & Sports (John Matthews, MD)
Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
OITE Questions – Chapter 25 / ECMC / Drew Baron, MD
Allyson Zakrzewski, MD
Richard Ahn, MD / Thomas Duquin, MD
Thursday, February 22, 2018 / 8:00 am
10:00 am / City Wide Spine Conference & Case Discussion
Resident Winter Activity / GVI / Faculty & Residents / Residents & Interested Faculty
Thursday, March 1, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / Interesting Cases (Allyson Zakrzewski, MD – WCHOB, Emmanouil Grigoriou, MD – ECMC, & Alexander Boiwka, MD – BGH) Updated 2/12/18
Acute and Chronic Elbow Instability
OITE Questions – Chapter 28 / ECMC / Corey Clyde, MD
Manos Grigoriou, MD
Basel Touban, MD / Robert Ablove, MD
Thursday, March 8, 2018 / AAOS
No Conference
Thursday, March 15, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / What I learned at AAOS
Wrist Instability and Arthritis
OITE Questions – Chapter 30 (1/24/18) / ECMC / Richard Ahn, MD
Andrew Stegemann, DO
Rishi Dave, MD / Joshua Jones, MD
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 / 6:00 pm / Residency Program Journal Club – Hand / Richard Ahn, MD
Thursday, March 22, 2018 / 7:00 am / Case Presentations BGH (Tyler Miller, MD), Hand (Andrew Baron, MD), ECMC (Kathleen Boyle, MD) / ECMC
8:00 am
9:00 am / Tendon Transfers
OITE Questions – Chapter 20 / Richard Ahn, MD
Andrew Gage, MD / Robert Ablove, MD
Paul Phillips, MD
Thursday, March 29, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / Interesting Cases – Hand (Andrew Gage, MD), WCHOB (Allyson Zakrzewski, MD), ECMC (Jason Smoak, MD)
Flexor Tendon Injury and Repair
OITE Questions – Chapter 2 / ECMC / Tyler Miller, MD
John Matthews, MD
Basel Touban, MD / John Callahan, MD
Thursday, April 5, 2018 / 7:30 am –
10:30 am / Anatomy Lab – Forearm, Wrist and Hand
OITE Questions – Chapter 14 / Richard Ahn, MD
Amrit Vinod, MD
Joseph Ferraro, MD
JP Farrell, MD / Robert Ablove, MD
Joshua Jones, MD
John Callahan, MD
Thursday, April 12, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am / Interesting Cases – BGH (Alex Boiwka, MD), ECMC (Corey Clyde, MD), CHOB (John Matthews, MD)
Hand: Soft tissue coverage, infections / ECMC / Drew Baron, MD / Robert Ablove, MD
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 21 / Andrew Stegemann, MD
Basel Touban, MD
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 / 6:00 pm / Residency Program Journal Club – Spine / Basel Touban, MD
Thursday, April 19, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / Tumor Talk
Pediatric Spine (Updated 02/21/2018)
OITE Questions – Chapter 46, 50 / ECMC / Jason Smoak, MD
Kathleen Boyle, MD
Jeffrey Jancuska, MD (1/24)
Joseph Fox, MD / Jeremy Doak, MD
Thursday, April 26, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am / Interesting Cases – ECMC (JP Farrell, MD), BGH (Nicholas Valente, MD), CHOB (John Matthews, MD)
Adult Spine Deformity (updated 02/21/2018)
OITE Questions – Chapter 56 / ECMC / Nicholas Valente, MD
Andrew Gage, MD
Richard Ahn, MD / Christopher Hamill, MD
Thursday, May 3, 2018 / 8:00 am / Gillespie Lecture / Conventus, Alfred Aud Room 2397 / William Mihalko, MD
Thursday, May 10, 2018 / 7:00 am
/ Resident Research Practice Presentations / ECMC
Thursday, May 17, 2018 / 7:00 am / The 19th Ralph and Mary Wilson Gift Lecture / ECMC - Smith Aud / Peter Millett, MD
Vail, CO
Thursday, May 24, 2018 / 7:00 am
8:00 am / Tumor Talk
Skeletal Dysplasias / ECMC / Jeffrey Jancuska, MD
Basel Touban, MD / Joseph Kuechle, MD,PhD
Michael Ferrick, MD
9:00 am / OITE Questions – Chapter 62 / Corey Clyde, MD
Paul Phillips, MD
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 / 6:00 pm / Residency Program Journal Club – Pediatrics / Joseph Fox, MD
Thursday, May 31, 2018 / 8:00 am / City Wide Spine Conference & Case Discussions / GVI / Residents & Interested Faculty
Thursday, June 7, 2018 / 8:00 am / Graduation Activities / ECMC
Friday, June 8, 2018 / 8:00 am / Graduation Activities / ECMC
Thursday, June 14, 2018 / 8:00 am / Resident Jeopardy / ECMC
Thursday, June 21, 2018 / 8:00 am / Resident Oral Exams / ECMC / PGY 1 – PGY 4

*Denotes a basic Orthopaedic case, to emphasize basic principles of practice