Hello fellow ASES members,
We have had a busy few months since the annual meeting in Boston. Our first ASES Resident Course was chaired by Charlie Getz and Paul Sethi and was a resounding success. Special thanks to these fine surgeons and all who volunteered to teach in Chicago in January. Great job all.
Our fellowship committee, led by Leesa Galatz and Scott Steinmann, has been working very hard to establish the ASES fellowship program recognition requirements that will reward fellows and programs equally. These fine surgeons and their committee and task force members have put together a program that will lead fellowship education for years to come. Thank you Scott and Leesa. Thanks to some very hard work by our executive director Anna Quintanilla and Jon Ticker, ASES Foundation Chairman, we have secured some funding that will be available to all fellowships in the next couple of years. Additionally, a quick reminder to all ASES members who have fellows: our first Fellow’s Day at the SDSI meeting (Esch course) in San Diego, led by Nik Verma, Larry Field, Mark Mighell, Mark Pinto, Matt Provencher and Richard Ryu is coming up soon. Ask your fellows to send in their abstracts ASAP!
ASES continues to be involved in protecting our patients’ rights in a number of ways. Dr. Chris Schmidt has graciously agreed to be a part of the AAOS new CPG on the rotator cuff, the first step in the process of setting up performance measures and patient reported outcomes analysis. Led by former president Bernie Morrey and Larry Higgins, the Value Committee has truly done an amazing job guarding our profession and keeping ASES involved in this critical process.
The registry and Multi-center Study Taskforce led by Jed Kuhn has continued to make progress, thank you to all our members who have volunteered to help with this important process. Please keep an eye out for emails from Jed, as he is sending out a request for proposals soon. I have no doubt that this will be a huge benefit to all of us. Thank you Jed, what a great job and vision you have!
Lastly, congratulations to Jesse Jupiter and Specialty Day chairs April Armstrong and George Athwal for the great program in San Diego. What an outstanding education for nearly 700 attendees who came to listen and learn.
As always, thank you all for letting me serve our great organization. Please make plans to attend our annual meeting in New Orleans in October.
See you all soon,
Buddy Savoie
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AAHS/ASES/AAOS Combined FREE Webinar
Elbow Tendinopathy: Convincing Indications and Compelling Techniques for Surgical Success
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
8:15pm Eastern / 7:15pm Central / 5:15pm Pacific
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"Meeting in the Middle”, a combined Webinar from the AAHS, ASES and AAOS presented by hand surgeons (AAHS) and shoulder surgeons (ASES) who specialize in challenging elbow problems. Surgeons from both of the two specialty societies will offer case based presentations demonstrating innovative approaches and treatments for common elbow tendinopathies including distal biceps, distal triceps, as well as medial and lateral epicondylitis.
After the webinar, participants will 1) understand operative indications for partial tears of the distal biceps tendon, 2) learn techniques for operative repair of the distal biceps tendon and the distal triceps tendon, and 3) identify specific aspects and symptoms of medial and lateral epicondylitis that warrant operative intervention.
Webinar Overview:
Introduction and Overview
Seth D. Dodds, MD (AAHS) & Paul M. Sethi, MD (ASES)
Painful partial tear of the distal biceps tendon
Mark E. Baratz, MD
Complete tear of the athlete's distal biceps tendon
Paul M. Sethi, MD
Chronic, retracted tear of the distal biceps tendon
Laith M. Jazrawi, MD
Distal triceps tendon tear
Seth D. Dodds, MD
Recalcitrant tennis elbow
Michael Hausman, MD
Surgery for medial epicondylitis
George S. Athwal, MD, FRCS
This webinar is generously sponsored by Arthrex.
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ASES Fellowship Program Recognition
Requirements
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Applications Due by Thursday, March 30th
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In December 2016, ASES released the Fellowship Program Recognition Requirements for programs interested in participating in the ASES-recognized Fellowship Match. All existing fellowship programs that are not accredited by ACGME as well as those interested in starting new fellowships are invited to submit an application to ASES. The program requirements and application can be found in members-only section of the ASES website. Applications must be accompanied by a detailed description of educational curriculum, a list of qualifying shoulder and elbow cases and a representative clinical schedule for the fellow.
All applications received by March 30, 2017, will be reviewed by the ASES Fellowship Program Review Committee and considered for acceptance. Programs that meet all requirements, will be added to the ASES-recognized fellowship match listing on the ASES website and invited to register for the forthcoming match cycle (i.e., register in August 2017 for match in March 2018, for training beginning 2019). The Fellowship Program Recognition Requirements can be found in members-only section of the ASES website.
Programs accredited through ACGME are not required to submit the ASES Program Application. However, these programs must submit to the society proof of the ACGME accreditation status along with an administrative fee of $150.
Fellowship programs that are not ACGME-accredited, and do not submit the ASES Fellowship Programs Application by March 30, 2017, will not be eligible for the ASES Match this year. These programs will be invited to re-apply the following year or provide proof of ACGME accreditation.
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ASES Call for Abstracts
Submissions Due by Tuesday, May 2nd
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The
Call for Abstracts
is now live on the ASES website for the following meetings:
- 2017 Annual Meeting, October 11-14, 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2018 Open Meeting/Specialty Day, March 10, 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana
Before logging in to submit an abstract for the above stated meetings, please read these instructions:
ASES Abstract Submission Guidelines
(This submission link can also be found within the meeting pages on the ASES website.)
***Please Note*** The deadline date for all abstract submissions is
Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 11:59pm CST.
Thank You!
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ASES Fellows Symposium
Friday, June 16, 2017
San Diego Shoulder Institute
Hilton Bayfront, San Diego, California
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Submissions Due by Tuesday, March 28th
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The American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons is partnering with the San Diego Shoulder Institute on a new symposium for graduating Shoulder & Elbow and Sports Fellows. The first ASES Fellows Symposium will be held on Friday, June 16, 2017, at the Annual San Diego Shoulder Institute Course in San Diego, CA. The symposium will feature short presentations by fellows who submit abstracts for consideration, and are accepted, culminating with Dr. Cofield’s Award for the best paper. This new ASES award will be granted for the first time.
The abstract submission page is now open. Please have your fellows submit their abstracts through the following link.
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JSES Open Access - Call for Papers
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JSES Open Access (JSESOA) is the official open access and online-only publication for eleven leading specialty organizations. This companion to Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery focuses on medical, surgical, and physical techniques for treating injury/disease of the upper extremity, including the shoulder girdle, arm, and elbow.
Clinically oriented and peer-reviewed, the Journal provides an international forum for the exchange of information on new techniques, instruments, and materials. JSES Open Access features vivid photos, professional illustrations, and explicit diagrams that demonstrate surgical approaches and depict implant devices. Topics covered include fractures, dislocations, diseases and injuries of the rotator cuff, imaging techniques, arthritis, arthroscopy, arthroplasty, and rehabilitation.
Types of articles that should be submitted to the JSESOA include: Review articles; Technique articles; Case Reports; National Arthroplasty Registry reports; Validation studies of outcome instruments; Database-Mining articles; and Original articles.
JSES Open Access (JSESOA) will be a quarterly publication, online only, that will be indexed into PubMed. With time, it will get an impact factor independent from the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES).
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
7:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Central / 4:00pm Pacific
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Rotator Cuff Tears: On Whom Should We Operate?
The prevalence of rotator-cuff tears is reportedly as high as 30% in people over the age of 60 years. Yet there is still no clear consensus on indications for surgical treatment of these tears.
This complimentary webinar, hosted jointly by The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (JBJS) and the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES), reveals findings from two recent Level I studies of rotator-cuff tears. One investigates how to predict which patients are most likely to opt for surgery after initial nonoperative management and the other compares outcomes of tendon repair versus physiotherapy over 5 years.
John Kuhn, MD, discusses findings from a prospective multicenter cohort study in JSES that identifies the characteristics with the greatest influence over whether patients choose surgery for a chronic, symptomatic, full-thickness rotator cuff tear. The results might surprise you.
Stefan Moosmayer, MD, reports results from a randomized controlled trial in JBJS that found interesting clinical-outcome differences between physiotherapy alone and tendon repair in patients for tears ≤3 cm.
This webinar is co-moderated by Andrew Green, MD, JBJS deputy editor and chief of the Division of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Bill Mallon, MD, past-president of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (JSES). The webinar will offer additional perspectives on the authors’ presentations from two rotator-cuff experts—Lawrence Higgins, MD and Leesa Galatz, MD. The last 15 minutes will be devoted to a live Q&A session, during which the audience can ask questions of all four panelists.
Registration information will be available soon.
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