American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2023 Annual Meeting Presentations by Montefiore Medical Center Department of Orthopaedics Faculty and Residents 

Tuesday, March 7  

Spine Poster Session 1 

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

Academy Hall, Venetian Ballroom E 

Intraoperative 3D Navigation and Post-Operative Infection in Thoracolumbar Fusion 

Program Number: P0374 

Ananth S. Eleswarapu, MD, University of Miami; Daniel Berman, MD; Henry Hoang, BA; Jonathan Krystal, MD. 

Pediatrics Poster Session 1 

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

Academy Hall, Venetian Ballroom E 

Pulvinar and public cartilage measurements for the diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip: How do they compare to alpha angle and percentage bony coverage? 

Program Number: P0209 

Alexa J. Karkenny, MD; Eric D. Fornari, MD, FAAOS, Children's Hosp Montefiore Medical Center; John W. Skae; Leila Mehraban Alvandi, PhD; Marcus S. Bonoan, BA; Rona Orentlicher Fine, MD; Sean L. Boone, MD, Montefiore Medical Center.

Tuesday, March 7 continued 

Sports Medicine 

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

Academy Hall, Venetian Ballroom E 

Primary Repair of Medial Collateral Ligament Tears With Suture Augmentation 

Program Number: OVT142 

Gregory S. DiFelice, MD, FAAOS, Hospital For Special Surgery; Harmen D. Vermeijden, MD; Kurt S. Holuba,  BA, Hospital For Special Surgery; Robert J. O'Brien, PA; Xiuyi A. Yang, MD, MS. 

The Treatment of Infected Fractures and Nonunions 

ICL 132 

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 

Trauma 

Room 2303 

Moderator: Mani Kahn MD, FAAOS 

Learn from the experts how to work up infection after fracture surgery. Master the skills needed to navigate patients through infected fractures and nonunions. 

Practice Management/Rehabilitation I Papers 

Room 4103 

Prior Authorization is Burdensome for Total Joint Arthroplasty Surgeons: A Survey of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Membership 

3:30 PM - 3:35 PM 

Program Number: 046 

Adam J. Rana, MD, FAAOS; Charles P. Hannon, MD, MBA; Daniel Pereira, MD; Eli Kamara, MD, FAAOS

Wednesday, March 8  

The Management of Orthopaedic Emergencies for the Community Surgeon 

ICL 

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM 

Trauma 

Room 4001 

Mani Kahn, MD 

Be more confident when taking call at any center with this update focusing on open fractures, joint dislocations, compartment syndrome, and femoral neck fractures. 

Adult Reconstruction Knee II Papers 

Predicting Failed Same Day Discharge for Ambulatory Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in a Socioeconomically Disparate Community 

Room 2303 

3:35 PM - 3:40 PM 

Program Number: 205 

Danielle Putur, MD; Eli Kamara, MD, FAAOS; Hemant Reddy, MD; Nicket Dedhia, MD; Yossef C.  Blum, MD, FAAOS, Montefiore Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery; Zachary J. Coles, MS; Zeynep Seref Ferlengez, PhD, Montefiore Medical Center. 

Pediatrics II Papers 

Room 3105 

Nonsurgical Management of First-Time Patellar Dislocation in the Pediatric Population: Risk of Recurrence and Functional Outcomes 

3:40 PM - 3:45 PM 

Program Number: 176 

Alexandria Debasitis; Eric D. Fornari, MD, FAAOS, Children's Hosp Montefiore Medical Center; Kathryn R.  Segal, BA; Leila Mehraban Alvandi, PhD; Soroush Baghdadi, MD.

Thursday, March 9 

Adult Reconstruction Knee Poster Session 2 

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

Academy Hall, Venetian Ballroom E 

Social Media Use and its Impact on Physician Review Website Ratings in Hip and Knee Orthopedics Program Number: P0594 

David Berenfeld; Eli Kamara, MD, FAAOS; Jonathan Rubin, BS; Marcus S. Bonoan, BA; Shoran B. Tamura, BS; Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD, Montefiore Medical Center. 

Spine Poster Session 2 

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

Academy Hall, Venetian Ballroom E 

Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (Pseudogout) of the Lumbar Spine Predisposes to Higher Rates of Dural Tears and 90-Day Reoperations: Results of a Propensity Matched Analysis 

Program Number: P0855 

David O. Osei-Hwedieh, MD,PhD, Mass General Hospital; David Shin, BS, Massachusetts General Hospital; Joseph H. Schwab, MD, FAAOS, MGH Dept. of Ortho Surg.; Mitchell Fourman, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery; Tom M. De Groot. 

Trauma Poster Session 2 

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

Academy Hall, Venetian Ballroom E 

Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes for Femoral Neck Fracture Fixation with Femoral Neck System versus Multiple Cannulated Screws 

Program Number: P0963 

D'Arcy A. Marsh, MD; David E. Komatsu, PhD, Stony Brook University; David Swanson, MD, Stony Brook University Hospital; Michael Doany, MD, Stony Brook University Hospital; Nicholas Divaris, MD, FAAOS; Samer Al-Humadi, MD, Stony Brook Orthopedics.

Thursday, March 9 continued 

Trauma Poster Session 2 

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

Academy Hall, Venetian Ballroom E 

Comparison of Outcomes for Reverse Obliquity Fractures Treated with Long Versus Short Cephalomedullary  Nails 

Program Number: P0999 

Ariana T. Meltzer-Bruhn, BA; Connor P. Littlefield, BA; Garrett Esper, BA; Kenneth A. Egol,  MD,FAAOS, NYU Langone Medical Center; Nicket Dedhia, MD; Rachel Ranson, DO, MS; Sanjit R. Konda, MD,FAAOS, NYU Langone Medical Center; Sara J. Solasz, BA, NYU Langone Health. 

Pediatrics III Papers 

Room 2103 

The Impact of Mental Health on Postoperative Outcomes for Adolescents Undergoing Posterior Spinal Fusion for Idiopathic Scoliosis at Tertiary Care Children's Hospital in Underserved Region 

8:50 AM - 8:55 AM 

Program Number: 329 

Alexandria Debasitis; Eric D. Fornari, MD, FAAOS, Children's Hosp Montefiore Medical Center; Jacob F.  Schulz, MD, FAAOS; Jaime A. Gomez, MD, Montefiore Medical Center; Jorden L. Xavier; Kathryn R.  Segal, BA; Leila Mehraban Alvandi. 

The Treatment of Malunited Fractures 

ICL 1.5-Hour 

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

Trauma 

Room 4301 

Moderator 1 

Stephen Quinnan MD, FAAOS 

Learn to plan and execute osteotomies, gradual and acute deformity correction techniques, and novel methods to manage limb length discrepancy and soft tissue defects. 

Mani D. Kahn, MD, FAAOS

Overcoming the Hurdles and Headaches of Prior Authorization in Your Practice 

ICL 1.5-Hour 

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM 

Practice Management/Rehabilitation 

Room 3303 

Moderator 1 

Charles Hannon MD, MBA 

Orthopaedic surgeons continue to see increased prior authorization (PA) requirements in their daily practices.  Without reforms, the issue of PA will further create administrative burdens and unnecessary barriers to patient care. This session is co-branded with the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons. 

Eli Kamara, MD 

Friday, March 10 

Spine VI Papers 

Room 3301 

Impact of Preoperative Sagittal Imbalance on Long-Term Postoperative Outcomes following Minimally Invasive Laminectomy 

3:30 PM - 3:35 PM 

Program Number: 490 

Andre Samuel, MD; Avani Vaishnav, MD; Daniel Shinn, BS; Junho Song, BS, Hospital For Special Surgery; Mitchell Fourman, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery; Pratyush Shahi, MS (ORTH), MBBS, Hospital For Special Surgery; Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA, FAAOS, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery; Sidhant S. Dalal, BS, HSS; Sravisht Iyer, MD.

Pediatrics IV Papers 

Room 2301 

Femoral Head Core Decompression and Bone Marrow Concentrate Injection in Pediatric Sickle Cell-Related Avascular Necrosis 

4:00 PM - 4:05 PM 

Program Number: 507 

Eric D. Fornari, MD, FAAOS, Children's Hosp Montefiore Medical Center; Irene Chern; Leila Mehraban  Alvandi, PhD; Soroush Baghdadi, MD. 

Saturday, March 11 

MSTS Specialty Society Program 

Room 2101 

Proximal tibia reconstruction study group update 

Musculoskeletal Oncology 

2:55 PM - 3:05 PM 

John H. Alexander, MD; Mitchell Fourman, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery.