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Special Education For Residents And Fellows At CCJR 2026

(All sessions are included with your full CCJR registration; registration is required.)

“Should be a mandatory event in every resident’s calendar. A stellar faculty covering every facet of arthroplasty one might require.”
— CCJR 2025 Attendee

Wednesday, December 9

6:00 AM – 3:45 PM

Location: Nicholson Center

AO Recon North America: Complex Total Hip and Knee Course for Residents and Fellows (Hands-On)

FREE with CCJR 2026 Registration

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The course will begin with registration and breakfast at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress. Round-trip transportation from the Hyatt to the lab will be provided, with buses departing promptly at 6:30 AM.

Organized by AO Recon North America; in-kind support received from DePuy Synthes

  • AO North America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    AO North America designates this live activity for a maximum of TBD AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    o   Didactic & Demonstration: TBD

    o   Bioskills Lab Session: TBD

  • At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

    • Describe a systematic clinical, laboratory, and radiographic evaluation in revision and complex primary arthroplasty

    • Optimize preoperative planning

    • Adopt a patient-centered approach

    • Optimize patients preoperatively to reduce complications

    • Describe and discuss safe and effective procedures for revision and complex primary arthroplasty

    • Discuss the management of early and late problems or complications

    • Communicate and facilitate a multidisciplinary team-based approach

    • Apply best practice to optimize and document patient outcomes

Chair: Young-Min Kwon, MD, PhD

Co-Chairs: TBD

Faculty: TBD

Wednesday, December 9

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Location: Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress | Room TBD

NON-CME Residents and Fellows Business Course: How and When to Choose Your First Job: Evaluating Practice Opportunities‍

FREE with CCJR 2026 Registration

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  • Moderator: Giles R. Scuderi, MD

    Panelists: James A. Browne, MD, P. Maxwell Courtney, MD, George J. Haidukewych, MD, Linda I. Suleiman, MD

    Discussion Topics:

    • What practice setting is right for you.

    • Practice models.

    • ASC migration and best practices.

    • Work RVUs, collections, expenses, and contribution margin.

  • Moderator: Michael Ast, MD

    Panelists: Elizabeth B. Gausden, MD, Charles L. Nelson, MD, William G. Hamilton, MD, Neil P. Sheth, MD

    Discussion Topics:

    • Finding your niche and building your brand.

    • How to be a good early practice partner.

    • How to be a good colleague at the hospital.

    • Time management tips and tricks.

    • Life-work balance.

  • Introduction: William G. Hamilton, MD

    Presenter: Levonti Ohanisian, MD, MBA, Founder, The Ortho Minute

  • Panelists: Olga Foley, CAE, Michael A. Mont, MD, Giles R. Scuderi. MD

  • Adolph V. Lombardi Jr., MD

Moderators:

  • Giles R. Scuderi, MD

  • Michael P. Ast, MD

Faculty:

  • James A. Browne, MD

  • P. Maxwell Courtney, MD

  • Olga Foley, CAE

  • Elizabeth B. Gausden, MD

  • George J. Haidukewych, MD

  • William G. Hamilton, MD

  • Michael A. Mont, MD

  • Charles L. Nelson, MD

  • Levonti Ohanisian, MD, MBA

  • Neil P. Sheth, MD

  • Linda I. Suleiman, MD