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Chicago Air & Water Show
Thinking of bringing the family with you to the course this year? Chicago Air & Water Show is a must see event August 17-18, 2019. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the Royal Air Force Red Arrows were recently announced as this year's headliners. This is the largest FREE show of its kind in the United States. The show can be viewed along ...Read more...
Keynote to Raise Awareness of Physician Suicide
Dean Lorich, MD Memorial Keynote will be presented by Pamela Wible, MD. When not treating patients, she devotes herself to medical student and physician suicide. In his memory we hope to raise awareness and continue the conversation. Take time to watch her TED talk and join the conversation Saturday, August 18th. https://www.tedmed.com/talks/s...Read more...
Register for the upcoming course
15th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium Advocate Health Care designates this educational activity for a maximum of 30 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.Read more...
Save the Date!
15th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium will be held August 1-5, 2013 at the Palmer House Hilton. Mark your calendars to attend this comprehensive review of the standard of care and latest techniques for complex orthopaedic trauma and fracture care. Three and one half days of lectures, debates, case presentations and hands-on workshops are punctuat...Read more...
Zimmer- Hands-on Workshop
Zimmer Trauma provides a full portfolio of innovative solutions for orthopaedic trauma. Zimmer Trauma is known for being the first company to introduce pre-contoured periarticular plates. Over the past few years Zimmer Trauma has also introduced a new line of polyaxial locking plates, the NCB (Non-Contact Bridging) Plating System, which provi...Read more...
Smith & Nephew- Hands-on Workshop
“We will be presenting the Trigen Intertan for an Intertrochanteric fracture lab. The Trigen Intertan uses a unique integrated screw construct that gives the surgeon the ability to achieve active linear compression while controlling rotation in intertrochanteric fractures.” The Trigen Intertan nail is indicated for fractures of the femur, inclu...Read more...
Brainlab- Exhibitor
About BrainlabOrthopedic TraumaBrainlab develops, manufactures and markets software-driven medical technology that supports targeted, less-invasive orthopedic trauma procedures. Core products include computer-assisted surgery (CAS) systems and software that provide real-time information for fluoroscopic image enrichment, driving improved speed, f...Read more...
ETEX- Hands-on Workshop
ETEX Corporation, a pioneer in bone repair and reconstruction, offers a platform of products that combine the chemical and mechanical attributes of nanocrystalline calcium phosphate with the biological activity of proteins, cells, and therapeutic agents. ETEX’s composite products have the advantage of being biocompatible, bioresorbable and phys...Read more...
ZymoGenetics- Exhibitor
ZymoGenetics Founded in 1981, ZymoGenetics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutic proteins. As a leader in recombinant technology with three decades of drug discovery and development experience, ZymoGenetics discovered and/or developed eight recombinant proteins that are currentl...Read more...
Angiotech- Exhibitor
The Quill™ device is a knotless tissue closure device indicated for soft tissue approximation. The unique barb design within the Quill™ device allows for distribution of tension across the entire length of the wound or tissue being approximated, and eliminates the need for an interrupted suture technique or knot-tying.Read more...
