Annual Meeting Thursday & Friday Symposia

Start Date: 11/05/2026 12:30 PM

End Date: 11/05/2026 2:00 PM

Austin 1-3

Sponsored by Smith+Nephew Delivering excellent clinical outcomes is fundamental to ASC success—but building and sustaining a high-performing ambulatory surgery center requires much more. Beyond Clinical Outcomes: The Business of Building a High-Performing ASC is an interactive program designed to explore the clinical, operational, financial, and strategic considerations that influence ASC performance. Through perspectives from experienced surgeons, ASC stakeholders, Smith & Nephew, and industry collaborators, the program will examine the real-world challenges involved in developing, operating, optimizing, and growing a successful surgery center. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/05/2026 12:30 PM

End Date: 11/05/2026 2:00 PM

Fort Worth 1-2

Sponsored by MicroPort -As alignment philosophies, implant technologies, and robotic platforms continue to evolve, surgeons are increasingly seeking solutions that improve reproducibility while preserving surgical flexibility and patient-specific decision-making. This symposium will explore the next evolution in total joint arthroplasty through the integration of advanced implant designs, personalized alignment strategies, and enabling robotic technology across both knee and hip reconstruction. The session will begin with total knee arthroplasty, highlighting the biomechanical advantages of a true medial pivot design. By incorporating a ball-in-socket articulation that more closely replicates native knee kinematics, this system delivers consistent stability throughout the range of motion and has demonstrated strong long-term survivorship and patient satisfaction. Particular emphasis will be placed on the growing role of personalized alignment philosophies, including kinematic alignment, and how implant design, instrumentation, and surgical technique must work together to reproducibly restore patient-specific knee function. The symposium will then expand into total hip arthroplasty, introducing a modern triple-taper femoral stem designed to enhance stability, support anatomic reconstruction, and provide versatility across a wide range of patient anatomies and surgical preferences. Special focus will be given to a “choose your path” philosophy, enabling surgeons to maintain their preferred alignment strategies and surgical approaches, including tissue-sparing techniques, while achieving optimal placement and predictable outcomes.

Start Date: 11/05/2026 12:30 PM

End Date: 11/05/2026 2:00 PM

Fort Worth 5-7

Sponsored by BRIJ - Five products became fifty, and incisions still fail. INCISION WARS drops five arthroplasty surgeons into the ring for five rounds covering the full closure — from the capsule to what the patient goes home wearing — and you're not just watching. Every round opens with an audience vote, and your vote is on the board before the first punch lands. The main event: the debut of a 1,000-patient comparative study pitting active tension offloading against glue-based closure. Come with an opinion. Leave with a different one. Faculty: Nirav Amin, MD · Vinod Dasa, MD · Samir Nayyer, MD · Blake Peterson, MD · Jeff Lawrence, MD NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/05/2026 12:30 PM

End Date: 11/05/2026 2:00 PM

San Antonio 1-3

Sponsored by Vertex Join Vertex's expert-led discussion on a treatment for acute pain in adults. Explore the product's clinical trial results and learn how to identify patients who may benefit from this treatment. Faculty: Scott Sigman, Alexander Sah

Start Date: 11/05/2026 12:30 PM

End Date: 11/05/2026 2:00 PM

Grapevine Ballroom B

Sponsored by Stryker Periprosthetic femur fractures present increasing complexity in the arthroplasty population. This session will focus on modern fixation strategies, including nail-plate combinations and dual plating constructs, to manage challenging cases. Through case-based discussion, faculty will share practical insights on construct selection, surgical decision-making, and techniques to optimize stability and outcomes. NOTE: As an-industry sponsored event, all attendees' primary e-mail and work address will be shared with the sponsor. (Home addresses are never shared without prior consent.)

Start Date: 11/05/2026 12:30 PM

End Date: 11/05/2026 2:00 PM

San Antonio 4-6

Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson MedTech: Join leading arthroplasty experts as they reveal actionable, incremental strategies in wound closure and biosurgery proven to improve patient outcomes in total joint arthroplasty. Evidence you can apply tomorrow.​ Moderator: Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA NOTE: As an-industry sponsored event, all attendees' primary e-mail and work address will be shared with the sponsor. (Home addresses are never shared without prior consent.)

Start Date: 11/05/2026 3:00 PM

End Date: 11/05/2026 5:30 PM

Convention Center Circle Drive

Presented by AAHKS Women in Arthroplasty (WIA) | All Attendees Welcome! Core Educational Objectives | Participants should be able to: • Choose between ORIF vs arthroplasty in peri-articular fractures around the hip. • Perform primary arthroplasty for fractures around the hip and knee. • Execute revision arthroplasty in periprosthetic fracture settings around the hip and knee. • Execute ORIF for periprosthetic fracture settings around the hip and knee. • Manage complications (bone loss, periprosthetic fractures) NOTE: As an industry-sponsored event, all attendees' primary e-mail and work address will be shared with the sponsor. (Home addresses are never shared without prior consent.)

Start Date: 11/05/2026 4:30 PM

End Date: 11/05/2026 6:00 PM

Grapevine Ballroom B

Sponsored by DePuy Synthes This session delivers surgeon‑tested strategies to simplify complex revision TKA and THA. Through clinical cases, expert faculty will share systematic surgical approaches that support confident decision‑making while preserving flexibility for difficult anatomy and intraoperative challenges. Faculty: David Anderson, MD Wayne Moschetti, MD Robert Trousdale, MD Additional speakers TBA NOTE: As an-industry sponsored event, all attendees' primary e-mail and work address will be shared with the sponsor. (Home addresses are never shared without prior consent.)

Start Date: 11/05/2026 4:30 PM

End Date: 11/05/2026 6:00 PM

Fort Worth 1-2

Sponsored by Alteva RCM - This presentation explores the evolution of healthcare reimbursement and examines how standardized payment models, commercial insurance structures, and out-of-network reimbursement strategies influence the economics of modern specialty care. Designed for physicians, practice leaders, and healthcare executives across independent practices, health systems, ambulatory surgery centers, and academic medical centers, the session provides a practical understanding of concepts such as RVUs, self-funded employer plans, GAP exceptions, the No Surprises Act, and Independent Dispute Resolution. Attendees will gain strategic insights into how reimbursement methodologies shape physician autonomy, organizational growth, and long-term financial sustainability, while learning how reimbursement strategy can become a competitive advantage in today's evolving healthcare environment.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 7:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 9:00 AM

San Antonio 4-6

Sponsored by J&J MedTech: Burnout. It’s a term used to describe the emotional and physical fallout of prolonged exhaustion, stress and overwhelm. In hospitals, operating rooms and doctors’ offices around the world, burnout is a crisis that has long been simmering and creating high-stakes risks for the people—doctors, nurses, advanced practitioners and more—behind patient care. NOTE: As an-industry sponsored event, all attendees' primary e-mail and work address will be shared with the sponsor. (Home addresses are never shared without prior consent.)

Start Date: 11/06/2026 7:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 9:00 AM

Fort Worth 5-7

Sponsored by DePuy Synthes Join us to explore practical strategies for simplifying complex primary THA. Through case-based discussion, presenters will share insights on managing challenges in complex cases and highlight techniques, technologies, and tools that promote predictability, efficiency, and patient focused outcomes. Faculty: Timothy Alton, MD Alexander Sah, MD Additional speakers TBA NOTE: As an-industry sponsored event, all attendees' primary e-mail and work address will be shared with the sponsor. (Home addresses are never shared without prior consent.)

Start Date: 11/06/2026 7:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 9:00 AM

San Antonio 1-3

Sponsored by Bioventus - Integrating XCELL PRP with Interactive Hands- On Demonstration - NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 8:00 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 10:30 AM

Convention Center Circle Drive

Sponsored by Zimmer Biomet: The Anterior Hip Revision lab will focus on exposure and surgical techniques for acetabular and femoral revisions through the anterior approach. Under the direction of faculty, attendees will have the opportunity to utilize Arcos Modular Femoral Revision System and G7 Acetabular System. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 8:00 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 10:30 AM

Convention Center Circle Drive

Sponsored by Zimmer Biomet: Attendees at the Persona Revision Knee lab will learn how to utilize the Persona Revision Knee instruments and implants to provide the best solution for their patients when it comes to gap balancing, offset stem usage, cone/sleeve preparation, and bone loss management. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 9:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 11:00 AM

Fort Worth 5-7

Sponsored by Stryker Join to experience the next evolution in robotic-assisted knee replacement, designed with surgeon-driven innovation to revolutionize balancing, customize surgical workflows and empower confident decision-making. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 9:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 11:00 AM

San Antonio 1-3

Sponsored by BD This educational session will explore newly published Global Delphi Consensus findings on the use of surgical irrigation in periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Faculty will review the consensus methodology and key recommendations, examine the evidence and expert perspectives that informed the findings, and discuss their application to contemporary clinical practice. Through an interactive panel discussion, attendees will gain practical insights into evidence-based surgical irrigation practices and strategies to optimize patient outcomes. Faculty: Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS; Michael Mont, MD; Valentin Antoci Jr., MD PhD FAAOS NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 9:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 11:00 AM

Austin 1-3

Sponsored by Smith+Nephew This session showcases the CORI Surgical System, our new LEGION Porous MS Implant, the use of CORI in a knee revision case combined with the infection prevention solutions with PICO. 3 talks presenting how the Legion platform and PICO support surgeons treating patients from primary to revision driving excellence in precision with Cori and reduction in infection with PICO. Dr. Molly Hartzler, Dr. Brian Nickel & Dr. Paul Sousa. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 9:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 11:00 AM

Fort Worth 1-2

Sponsored by Zimmer Biomet: Explore the latest thinking in Kinematic Alignment and the technologies reshaping how personalized surgery is planned, performed and optimized. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 9:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 11:00 AM

San Antonio 4-6

Sponsored by DePuy Synthes Switching from mechanical to a kinematic alignment philosophy isn’t easy. It can challenge workflows, add variability, and create execution uncertainty. What if the planning was automated? AutoPlan on the VELYS™ Robotic-Assisted Solution brings planning automation to your kinematic alignment cases.† Join us to learn how one touch moves you beyond mechanical alignment. AutoPlan instantly generates a patient-specific kinematic plan from your preset profile within ATTUNE™ Knee’s 7° - 7° - 3° ranges*, reducing manual adjustments and cognitive load. Think cruise control for your surgical plan, with you firmly in command of the destination. * Verified up to 7° HKA varus, 7° tibial varus joint line, and validated up to 3° HKA valgus. † AutoPlan on VELYS™ Robotic-Assisted Solution may not be commercially available in all markets. DePuy Synthes and its affiliates. Study Planning TKA with VELYS Robotic-Assisted Solution AutoPlan Functionality and Surgeon Cognitive Load. 02/2026. Windchill # 502541880. Faculty: Ugo Ihekweazu, MD Sayfe Jassim, MD John Redmond, MD Additional speakers TBA NOTE: As an-industry sponsored event, all attendees' primary e-mail and work address will be shared with the sponsor. (Home addresses are never shared without prior consent.)

Start Date: 11/06/2026 11:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 1:00 PM

Fort Worth 5-7

Sponsored by Think Surgical Join THINK Surgical and our esteemed faculty to experience the Implants Unlocked - The TMINI Miniature Robotic System Complete Open Implant Experience for total knee replacements. Learn how the TMINI Miniature Robotic System and it's growing list of compatible implant systems are being used around the US, giving choice back to surgeons. Watch surgical demonstrations of the TMINI System and the newest implant compatibilities. Hear from our panelists on case experiences spanning kinematic alignment, pre-resection gap balancing, complex case scenarios and more that will demonstrate the benefits of open platform robotics. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared. Faculty: Alexander Sah, MD, Eytan Debbi, MD, PhD, DA Rubin, MD, John Tiberi, MD

Start Date: 11/06/2026 11:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 1:00 PM

Fort Worth 1-2

Sponsored by Medacta From the six weeks before surgery to the 90th day of recovery, every hour of the total joint episode is now a financial and clinical event. In this peer-led panel discussion, hip and knee surgeons from a variety of practice settings examine what it takes to build a practice that performs across the full episode — from patient optimization and surgical efficiency to post-discharge engagement and facility strategy. This will be an honest and practical session for any surgeon looking for techniques and technologies to continue to improve patient care and practice performance. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 11:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 1:00 PM

Austin 1-3

Sponsored by Heron Therapeutics Pain management in the first 72 hours after surgery is critical. Inflammation peaks around 24 hours postoperatively and remains relatively high through these initial 72 hours. This period is considered the most painful of patient recovery, and when uncontrolled, this pain can impede patient rehabilitation. As the body’s inflammatory process unfolds, the surgical site becomes increasingly acidic, limiting the efficacy of local anesthetics, regardless of administration technique. Generic local anesthetics currently available on the market are not designed to provide pain relief beyond 8 to 12 hours. Other longer-acting local anesthetics, including liposomal bupivacaine and formulations delivered via wound infiltration catheters or pumps, exhibit limited and inconsistent efficacy beyond 12 to 24 hours. Most often, this gap is filled with the use of opioids. Opioid therapy holds an established place in postoperative pain management, but because it is associated with harmful adverse events and risk of abuse and addiction, it’s time to look for new alternatives. What if local anesthetics were capable of more? With longer pain relief, the use of opioids to treat pain could be significantly reduced, even eliminated. A dual-acting local anesthetic could help healthcare providers to manage postoperative pain by overcoming challenges of inflammation at the surgical site. By attending this symposium, you will learn how a non-opioid analgesic could change the paradigm of postoperative pain management. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 11:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 1:00 PM

San Antonio 4-6

Sponsored by Curonix - Full title: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Persistent Knee Pain: Expanding Treatment Options for Nonoperative and Postoperative Orthopedic Patients Join us for an educational symposium exploring the role of peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) for patients with persistent knee pain of peripheral nerve origin who have had limited treatment options after conservative therapy or surgery. Attendees will gain an understanding of how PNS works, the clinical evidence supporting its use, patient selection, and practical considerations for integrating the therapy into an orthopedic practice, including procedural workflow and implementation. Whether you're new to PNS or looking to expand treatment options within your practice, this session will provide practical insights into where PNS fits within the orthopedic care continuum for nonoperative and postoperative patients. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 11:30 AM

End Date: 11/06/2026 1:30 PM

San Antonio 1-3

Sponsored by NueHealth - Drawing on firsthand experience building a physician-owned network, panelists will take a practical look at what makes the model work, from two-sided risk and episode economics to the clinical strategies, case-level data, and infrastructure needed to underwrite and manage risk at scale. Surgeons will gain an understanding of where the opportunity lies, what the model requires, and what it takes to form or join a physician-owned network in their market. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 1:30 PM

End Date: 11/06/2026 3:00 PM

Fort Worth 1-2

Sponsored by Brixton Bioscience: Sponsored by Brixton Biosciences: This symposium brings together leading orthopedic surgeons and researchers to introduce the science and early clinical experience behind a novel thermal-based therapy for treating knee OA and lateral hip pain. Sessions cover the therapy's mechanism of action, a review of the clinical study protocol and real-world results, culminating in a patient's firsthand account of her experience and a candid conversation with former NBA All-Star Elton Brand about living with chronic knee pain. Distinguished faculty: William Hozack, MD Ayesha Abdeen, MD Yogesh Mittal, MD Wael Barsoum, MD Kelechi Okoroha, MD

Start Date: 11/06/2026 1:30 PM

End Date: 11/06/2026 3:00 PM

San Antonio 4-6

Sponsored by Total; Joint Ventures: Four consecutive years of Medicare professional fee reductions have made one thing clear: the professional fee is no longer a reliable foundation for a hip and knee practice, and advocacy has not reversed it. The durable unit of value in arthroplasty is the episode, not the procedure or the physician fee. The joint-specific ASC is the critical piece of that episode, and building and running one well is what makes everything else work. It is not, however, the only way a surgeon stays influential in how care is designed, delivered, and paid for. Six surgeons who have built and operate comprehensive hip and knee episodes will discuss this as a panel rather than a lecture series: why the specialized center outperforms the alternatives, what separates a high-performing center from one that merely exists, how to organize an ownership group, what actually drives margin, and the levers outside the facility walls—from patient selection and the clinic front end to direct and bundled contracting. Other strategies include second opinion models, cash rates, and employed MD investment options. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 1:30 PM

End Date: 11/06/2026 3:00 PM

Fort Worth 5-7

Sponsored by Stryker - This symposium will identify key challenges surgeons face in primary and revision total hip arthroplasty and explore how Stryker’s hip implant portfolio when combined with Mako Total Hip technology can support preoperative planning, intraoperative decision-making and reproducible execution to help address complex clinical scenarios.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 1:30 PM

End Date: 11/06/2026 3:00 PM

Austin 1-3

Sponsored by Smith+Nephew In this session participating delegates will hear and discuss from our expert faculty surgeons how a modern short stem can address the diverse femoral morphologies through any surgical approaches, including advanced anterior approaches. NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/06/2026 1:30 PM

End Date: 11/06/2026 3:00 PM

San Antonio 1-3

Sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals: Please join us in this session for a comprehensive clinical overview of suzetrigine, a nonopioid pain signal inhibitor, in the management of moderate-to-severe acute pain, including postoperative pain. In this session we will explore the role of NaV1.8 in pain signaling, suzetrigine’s mechanism of action, and findings from our clinical studies evaluating suzetrigine. We will then gain clinical insights on the incorporation of its use in practice through discussions on real-world experience with suzetrigine. Moderator: Jennifer Burg, MD Associate Medical Director, Medical Affairs, Pain Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Boston, MA Speaker: Adam C. Brekke, MD Orthopaedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon Duke Regional Hospital & North Carolina Orthopaedic Clinic, Durham, NC NOTE: As an industry sponsored event all attendees' office contact information will be shared with the sponsor. Home contact information will not be shared.

Start Date: 11/07/2026 11:50 AM

End Date: 11/07/2026 12:50 PM

Grapevine Ballroom A

Sponsored by DePuy Synthes, Enovis, Smith+Nephew, Stryker, Zimmer Biomet - Hip and knee surgeons pride themselves on technical excellence and outcomes. But in a high-acuity, team-based environment, how we show up for each other and our patients matters just as much as the surgical technique or the implants we choose. This session brings together past presidents and senior leaders of AAHKS to explore the value of diverse teams and diverse ways of thinking — and how shared experiences can make our organizations, patient care, and decision-making better. Through candid stories and practical examples, panelists will discuss how their own internal biases have shaped interactions with colleagues, trainees, and patients; why it’s normal to have biases; and how high-performing teams create cultures that surface and correct them. We’ll focus on the role of humility, psychological safety, and respect in the OR and clinic, and how leaders can set expectations that make it easier to speak up and harder for disrespect to go unchecked. Attendees will leave with concrete, realistic steps they can take to strengthen team culture, support diverse talent, and deliver more trustworthy care — without turning diversity into a political battle.