2018 AAOP Meeting Schedule

PDF Schedule: 2018 Meeting Schedule

2018 PA/ MD/VA/DC AAOP CHAPTER MEETING SCHEDULE
Thursday, May 10th
7:00 am – 8:00 am :
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Welcome from Committee Chair, Joe Reagle, CPO, LPO

Workshop A
8:00 am – 10:00 am
(Orthotic Workshop) A: Brace Planning for Crouched Gait, Part 1, Keith Smith, Cascade DAFO
(Prosthetic Workshop) A: Microprocessor Knees, Mark Edwards, CP, Otto Bock

Workshop B
10:00 am – 12:00 pm :
(Orthotic Workshop) B: Brace Planning for Crouched Gait, Part 2, Keith Smith, Cascade DAFO
(Prosthetic Workshop) B: Advanced Programming of the Plié 3 Microprocessor Knee, Sarah Stilley, CPO, LPO, Freedom Innovations

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm : Lunch in Hallway
1:00 pm – 2:00pm : Latest Bionic Updates, Brad Scott, CP, Össur Americas
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm : Specialty Bracing, William Cox, CPO, Thuasne / Townsend Bracing Systems

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm : Improving Outcomes through Innovation, Sienna Newman, CPO, LPO, Ability Dynamics,
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm : Nexo Upper Extremity, Chris Fink, MSPO, CPO, LPO, Fillauer Companies, Inc.
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm : Exhibitor Showcase – 30 Exhibitors with 2 min each
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm : PA Academy Member Meeting in main ballroom
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm : Exhibitors Cocktail Party in Exhibit Hall

Friday, May 11th

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:00 am : Gait characteristics in Ankle Foot Orthotics / Knee Ankle Foot Orthotics, Chris Venus, PT, UPMC
9:00 am – 10:00 am : Internal Vacuum Systems, Clint Accinni, CPO, 5280 Prosthetics

10:00 am – 10:30 am : Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 am – 11:00 am : Partial Foot: What, Why and How to manage it. Dennis Janisse, CPed, Pedorthotic Service, Inc.
11:00 am – 12:00 pm : Keynote Speaker: Spina Bifida and Orthotic Interventions, Dr. Brad Dicianno, Medical Director HERL
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm : Lunch in the Exhibit hall with poster presentations

Workshops 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Workshop A
(Orthotic Workshop) A: Hands on Approach to Specialty Bracing, William Cox, CPO Thuasne / Townsend Bracing
(Prosthetic Workshop) A: Internal Vacuum Systems, Clint Accinni, CPO, 5280 Prosthetics

3:00-4:00 pm : Break in Exhibit Hall

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Workshop B
(Orthotic Workshop) B: Recognizing the many causes of heel pain and treatment. Dennis Janisse, Pedorthotic Service, Inc.
(Prosthetic Workshop) B:Can You Adjust? Creating Adjustable Check Sockets, Pam Hale, CPO, Click Medical

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Bowling at the Casino. Sponsored by PA Chapter of AAOP. All are welcome.

Saturday May 12th

7:00 am – 8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:00 am : Overview of Adjustable O&P Solutions, Pam Hale, CPO, Click Medical
9:00 am – 10:00 am : Understanding and Managing Charcot Neuroarthropathy, Dennis Janisse, National Pedorthic Services, Inc.
10:00 am – 11:00 am : 3D Printing for prosthetics fabrication, an Overview, 3D Printed Terminal Devices for Upper Limb prosthetics, Adam Duncan, MSPO, University of Pittsburgh Alumni 2018
11:00 am – 12:00 pm : Case Studies and interventions in Orthotics, Mark Gorman, CPO, Morgantown O&P

12:00 PM
Ending Comments, Conclusion, Peter Leimkeuhler, CPO, LPO

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