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Lollapalooza 2010

I’m not sure what is going to be bigger in Chicago the weekend of August 6-8, 2010…Chicago Trauma Symposium or Lollapalooza? They both have big names performing. You may run into Lady Gaga, Green Day or Soundgarden at the Palmer House but they won’t be speaking on orthopaedic trauma.

What timing! If you enjoy great live music, people watching or general excitement this is a great weekend for you. Lollapalooza happens to be taking place the same weekend as the course almost just across the street at Grant Park. What a great way to relax after the course each evening.

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Hands-on Workshop: New Concepts in Peri-Prosthethic Plating

The Chicago Trauma Symposium hosts a rotation of 1 hour hands-on workshops to allow participants to learn more about evolving surgical and implant technologies. The workshops are led by our premier faculty lending their own personal tips and pearls to each procedure.

The Peri-Prosthetic workshop will utilize a 3.5mm Locking Attachment Plate as an alternative to cerclage cables. The plate is attached to existing Synthes locking compression plates (LCP) using a connecting screw, to augment stabilization of fractures.

The arms on each side of the plate offer the possibility of bypassing the prosthesis stem with 3.5mm locking screws (or 3.5 mm cortex screws). The locking capability is important for a fixed-angle construct in periprosthetic fractures and fractures in the presence of intramedullary implants, particularly in osteopenic bone where screw purchase is compromised. These screws do not rely on plate-to-bone compression to resist patient load, but function similarly to multiple, small, angled blade plates.

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Great Opportunity

The Chicago Trauma Symposium is a great meeting in a great city. Take advantage of this opportunity to obtain 30.5 credits while enjoying all that Chicago has to offer.

Here are a few pictures of past participants from Canada that enjoyed visiting Millenium Park and a Chicago Fire Soccer game while in Chicago. And yes, they were at the course all day long as well….I was there.

To say the enjoyed the Chicago Trauma Symposium would be an understatement.

AAOS President to present keynote address

We are honored with the privilege of having John Callaghan, MD, AAOS President, as a keynote speaker this year. We have been bestowed the honor of having the current AAOS President as a keynote speaker since 2003. We graciously thank the AAOS presidential line for their continued support and dedication to education.

Read an excerpt from
John J. Callaghan, MD, assumes the presidency
By Jennie McKee
© American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 2010

AAOS President John J. Callaghan, MD, has a strong vision for what the Academy will accomplish in the coming year. Enhancing quality in orthopaedics, he says, is at the top of the list.

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Baseball

There is nothing better than a sunny day spent at Wrigley Field. This is something everyone should do at some point in their life.

The Chicago Cubs will be in town Friday, Saturday and Sunday playing day games against Cincinnati. The course will be over in plenty of time for you to catch the Sunday 1:20 game.

You can take the El from the Palmer House directly to Wrigley Field, take the Red Line Monroe Stop to Addison.

You can purchase tickets here .

I can’t guarantee sun or a win but I will guarantee a great time!

The Chicago White Sox will be in Detroit during the course.

Disclosure: I root for the cubs.

Welcome

We will utilizing the blog to help communicate information regarding the Chicago Trauma Symposium. We will update you on course highlights, city happenings and many of our city favorites. We hope this will enable you to make the most of your participation in the Chicago Trauma Symposium and your visit to Chicago.