The field of Orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery has flourished in the United States. Particularly over the past 40 years, the academic community in foot and ankle has increased dramatically. During this time period, surgical techniques, implants, hardware, and decision making has been refined. Unfortunately, the growth of orthopaedic foot and ankle has been much slower in other parts of the world.
In many countries globally, the surgical techniques for foot and ankle surgery are arcane. Much of the foot and ankle surgery is performed by the general orthopaedic surgeon. Although these individuals are performing cutting-edge arthroscopic surgeries and adult reconstructive surgeries, most of the scope of foot and ankle surgeries has been limited to foot and ankle trauma and external fixation work. The reconstruction and tendon pathologies have been largely ignored.
The Parekh Family Foundation, under the Foundation for Medical Education and Research (FMER) is a US-based non-profit organization. One of the missions of this organization is to increase the awareness and education of foot and ankle pathologies, decision analysis, and surgical techniques globally. Typically, this is done through live foot and ankle camps, surgeries, and a conference. However, given the COVID pandemic, this will not be possible for the foreseeable future. The pandemic has severely limited our ability to engage in any in-person training or charitable surgeries. However, it has presented an opportunity to provide innovative educational opportunities using technology.
To that end, we will be hosting a 24-hour Virtual Foot and Ankle Global Town Hall meeting. The meeting will start at 8 pm est on March 19, 2021. The first session will take place from 8:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Then, the next session will begin at 8:00 p.m. CST, for one hour. In this manner, there will be 24 sessions, for the 24 time zones of the world, with each session occurring at 8:00 p.m. in each time zone of the world.
Global Town Hall Course Agenda
This will be a 24-hour Virtual Foot and Ankle Global Town Hall meeting. The meeting will start at 8 pm est on March 19, 2021. The tentative agenda for the course will be announced on January 1, 2021.
Agenda Details
Day 1: March 19, 2021
TOPIC: Ankle arthritis/total ankle replacement
NYC/EST: 8:00 PM
Moderator: Mark Easley
Panelists: William Hodges Davis, Constantine Demetracopoulos, Tom SanGiovanni, Ned Amendola, & Timothy Daniels
TOPIC: Total Ankle Revision/Salvage
NYC/EST: 9:00 PM
Moderator: David Pedowitz
Panelists: Joe Daniel, Brian Winters, Justin Tsai, & Daniel Fuchs
Sponsor: Additive Orthopaedics
TOPIC: Management of Syndesmosis Injuries
NYC/EST: 10:00 PM
Moderator: Ken Hunt:
Panelists: Pieter D'Hooghe, Tom Clanton, Norm Waldrop, & NR
TOPIC: Peroneal tendons
NYC/EST: 11:00 PM
Moderator: Eric Giza
Panelists: Christopher Kreulen, Manuel Pelligrini, Anand Vora, & James Calder
Sponsor: Alafair Biosciences
Day 2: March 20, 2021
TOPIC: Ankle arthritis/total ankle replacement
NYC/EST: 12:00 AM
Moderator: Bruce J. Sangeorzan
Panelists: Ken Hunt, Alastair Younger, & Courtney Grimsrud
Sponsor: CurveBeam
TOPIC: Minimally Invasive Foot Surgery - The Way Ahead
NYC/EST: 1:00 AM
Moderator: Alastair Younger
Panelists: Beccy Cerrato, Peter Mangone, Andrea Veljkovic, & Kevin Wing
Sponsor: Stryker
TOPIC: OCL Why Alignment Matters
NYC/EST: 2:00 AM
Moderator: Andrea Veljkovic
Panelists: Eric Giza, Ken Hunt, Gowreeson Thevendran, & Cristian ortiz
TOPIC: Treatment of Hallux Valgus Deformities with Limited Resources - Scarf without Screws
NYC/EST: 3:00 AM
Moderator: Laurant Goubau
Panelists: Bernhard Devos Bevernage, Eduard Rabat, Adrien Ray, & Anthony Sakellariou
TOPIC: Current Concepts and advancements in Trauma. Syndesmosis injuries, Lis Franc Injuries,Talar OCD management
NYC/EST: 4:00 AM
Moderator: David Shepherd
Panelists: Pete Stavrou, Tim Schneider, Jeff Ling, & Dawson Muir
TOPIC: Calcaneal Fractures
NYC/EST: 5:00 AM
Moderator: Simon Platt
Panelists:Arvind Puri, Terence Chin, Nick Jorgensen, & Jefferey Peereboom
Sponsor: In2Bones
TOPIC: Subtalar Instability
NYC/EST: 6:00 AM
Moderator: Andy Goldberg
Panelists: Nicola Krähenbühl, Alexej Barg, Gino M.M.J. Kerkhoffs, & NR
Sponsor: Artelon
TOPIC: How I wish I did things differently : ' A Case that Taught Me So Much '
NYC/EST: 7:00 AM
Moderator: Gowreeson Thevendran
Panelists: Yeap Ewe Juan, Chayanin Angthong, Masato Takao, & NR
Sponsor: Breg
TOPIC: Acquired Flatfoot
NYC/EST: 8:00 AM
Moderator: Chuanshun Wang, M.D.
Panelists: Keen Wai Chong, Siu Wah Kong, Yuan Zhu, & Chua Yeok Pin
TOPIC: Arthroscopic Surgery in Foot and Ankle
NYC/EST: 9:00 AM
Moderator: Bavornrit Chuckpaiwong
Panelists: Chayanin Angthong, Jirun Apinun, Chamnanni Rungprai, & Songwut Thitiboonsuwan
Sponsor: Lasso
TOPIC: Midfoot Injury
NYC/EST: 10:00 AM
Moderator: Mandeep Dhillon
Panelists: Khairul Mohammed, Jiten Mangwani, Balwinder Rana, & Sampat Dhumbre Patil
Sponsor: Paragon 28
TOPIC: Neglected Foot & Ankle Injuries (Ankle, Calcaneus, Talus)
NYC/EST: 11:00 AM
Moderator: Rajiv Shah
Panelists: Yeok Pin Chua, Nurretin Heybelli, Siu Kwai Ming, & Andri Primadhi
TOPIC: Cavovarus foot deformity
NYC/EST: 12:00 PM
Moderator: Ezekiel Oburu
Panelists: Ossama Elshazly, Ahmed Kholeif, Amr Farouk, & NR
TOPIC: Charcot arthropathy
NYC/EST: 1:00 PM
Moderator: Mohamed Mokhtar
Panelists: Federico Usuelli, Altug Tanriover, Sundararajan Ramasamy, & Alan Yan
TOPIC: Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity
NYC/EST: 2:00 PM
Moderator: Lew Schon
Panelists: Scott Ellis, Cesar César de Neto, Jeff Johnson, & NR
Sponsor: SouthTech
TOPIC: Hindfoot trauma, Diabetic hind foot reconstruction, Hindfoot arthritis
NYC/EST: 3:00 PM
Moderator: Kartik Hariharan
Panelists: Chris Blundell, Mark. B. Davies, hiro Tanaka, & Senthil Kumar
Sponsor: MiRus
TOPIC: Forefoot surgery
NYC/EST: 4:00 PM
Moderator: Cristian Ortiz
Panelists: Gabriel Khazen, Eric Giza, Jorge Acevedo, & Manuel Pellegrini
Sponsor: Ossio
TOPIC: Ankle Fractures (bimal, post mal, deltoid, etc)
NYC/EST: 5:00 PM
Moderator: Diego Zanolli
Panelists: Pablo Mococain, Andres Keller, Stephane Elgueta, & Leonardo Lagos
Sponsor: MedComm Carolinas
TOPIC: Hallux Rigidus
NYC/EST: 6:00 PM
Moderator: Cesar de Cesar Netto
Panelists: Mark Drakos, Alexandre Godoy Santos, Michael Johnson, & Lauren Roberts
TOPIC: Judy’s Zoomers FOOT & Ankle Cases in Covid Times!
NYC/EST: 7:00 PM
Moderator: Mark Glazebrook
Panelists: Judy Baumhauer, Keith Wapner, Tim Daniels, & Sheldon Lin
Sponsor: Stryker
Location
The 24-hour Virtual Foot and Ankle Global Town Hall meeting will begin at 8 pm est on March 19, 2021. We expect about 1000 orthopaedic surgeons to attend this conference throughout this 24-hour event.
Dates and Times
The 24-hour Virtual Foot and Ankle Global Town Hall meeting will begin at 8 pm est on March 19, 2021. We expect about 1000 orthopaedic surgeons to attend this conference throughout this 24-hour event. Speakers are subject to change depending on the availability of speakers.
Registration
Registration will be required and is open now. Registration is open for all foot and ankle surgeons, health care providers, and the general public at large. Global opinion leaders from around the world will be selected as moderators and faculty for this course. The US and international faculty will be updated over the next few weeks.
Sponsors
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Acumed
AlafairBiosciences
Breg
CurveBeam
Lasso
Paragon 28
Smith + Nephew
SouthTech