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Apr 16 - Apr 19, 2026

2026 California Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting & QME Course

Santa Barbara

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633 E Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103

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Join us at the 2026 Annual Meeting & QME Course. We are committed to organizing a thoughtfully planned meeting featuring fresh insights in orthopedics, designed to enhance your learning and elevate your practice. We can’t wait to see you in Santa Barbara!

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633 E Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103

07.00AM - 07.15AM
Registration Breakfast/Networking with Exhibitors
07.15AM - 08.00AM
Sponsored Educational Session A Case-Based Review of Xiaflex -Keenova Therapeutics
08.00AM - 08.20AM
Practical Issues for QMEs/AMEs
MOD:
Q&A
Should you Offer an Opinion on Injuries Outside of the MSK Injuries?
Should you Offer an Opinion on Injuries Outside of the MSK Injuries?
Should you Offer an Opinion on Injuries Outside of the MSK Injuries?
What to do if you Don't Receive the Relevant Medical Records
What to Look for In the Medical Records
What's Your Obligation in Reviewing Medical Records?
When Can a Supplemental Report Be Requested
08.20AM - 08.40AM
"Skin and Contents" Evaluations & “Glow in the Dark” Medicine
“Glow in the Dark” Medicine – When is it Appropriate to Order Diagnostic Imaging Testing
“Skin and Contents” Evaluations – How to Sort Out Relevant Injuries
Q&A
08.40AM - 09.00AM
How Handling Evaluations for Firefighters/Police Officers are Different
09.00AM - 10.00AM
Top 12 Rating Conundrums Within the 4 Corners of the AMA Guides - Part I
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Chondral defects of the knee
Cupital tunnel syndrome/carpal tunnel syndrome with or without diagnostic study confirmations
Lateral epicondylitis
Nonoperative treatment of meniscus tears
Plantar fasciitis
10.00AM - 10.30AM
Break/Networking with Exhibitors
10.30AM - 11.45AM
Top 12 Rating Conundrums Within the 4 Corners of the AMA Guides -Part I|
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Ankle Intar flexion weakness/Achilles
Chronic tendinitis (bicipital, tendinitis, proximal, or distal)
DeQuervains tenosynovitis
Forearm tendinitis confirmed with MRI consistent with tenosynovitis
Jamar grip loss in a patient with pain and is more or less one year post-surgery
Patient has substantial restrictions, but only 2% impairment
Wrist Fractures - grip loss
11.45AM - 12.00PM
Working Lunch
12.00PM - 12.30PM
Exhibitor-Sponsored Educational Session
Complying with Labor Code Section 4628 when using AI in the Forensic Record Review
12.30PM - 01.00PM
ACOEM Treatment Guidelines
MOD:
Q&A
01.00PM - 02.15PM
Kite,Vigil, and Almaraz-Guzman Case Law
Handout: 31 ADL Questionnaire: How do you Assess Levels of Pain?
Handout: Case Law Reference Sheets
Handout: Pain Chart
How do you decide whether the case applies?
How Does the Effects of ADLs Affect Applying Vigil?
If applying the case, how do provide the justification in your report?
02.15PM - 02.30PM
Judges' Perspective on Important Case Law
02.30PM - 03.00PM
Break/Networking with Exhibitors
03.00PM - 04.30PM
Practical Apportionment Tips for the Evaluating Orthopedic Surgeon in the California Worker's Compensation System - Tips and Tricks
Legal Foundation of Apportionment From a Defense Attorney's View
Legal Foundation of Apportionment From an Applicant Attorney's View
Panel Discussion:
Q&A
Six Common Mistakes Made by Evaluating Physicians
Ten Examples of Common Apportionment Issues for the Evaluating Orthopedic Surgeon
Welcome and Introduction
04.30PM - 04.45PM
Handling Causation in Post Termination Cases
Q&A
04.45PM - 05.30PM
Depositions
Don't be unreasonable in scheduling depo
How to prepare for and respond to attorney questions
Is it okay to change your opinion?
Q&A
What Attorneys Need out of a Deposition
What will trip you up in a depo - using an optic scanner/historian
Why asking to go off record is a bad idea
05.30PM - 06.00PM
We All Bring Our Own Biases to an Evaluation - Providing a fair evaluation to the injured worker
MOD:
Q&A
06.00PM - 06.00PM
Adjourn
07.00AM - 07.30AM
Registration
07.30AM - 08.00AM
Exhibitor-Sponsored Educational Session Scaling Your Orthopaedic Practice the Modern Way – Staffing for Doctors
08.00AM - 08.30AM
COA Advocacy Efforts on Your Behalf
MOD:
08.30AM - 08.50AM
Our Experience with CMS Episodes of Care Model
MOD:
08.50AM - 09.10AM
Building the Boutique Orthopedic Practice: Designing a Patient-Centric Experience That Commands Cash-Pay Value
09.10AM - 09.30AM
Dropping Insurance Without Dropping Patients: The Blueprint for a Cash-Based Orthopedic Practice
09.30AM - 10.00AM
CMS 2026 Coding Update
10.00AM - 10.30AM
Break Networking with Exhibitors
10.30AM - 11.20AM
Conversation on Surgeon Burnout, Moral Injury, and More
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Partner perspectives on practice stress. Avoiding poor family outcomes through personal introspection and honest communication.
11.20AM - 11.40AM
Co-Management Agreements - How to Successfully Negotiate With Your Hospital to be Paid for Services You Are Performing
11.40AM - 12.00PM
Federal Legislative Update
12.00PM - 01.00PM
Lunch & Breakout Workgroups
How do I balance multiple professional roles?
How do I design a career I actually want?
How do I make my practice sustainable long-term?
How do I thrive inside a large system?
What does the next phase of my career look like?
01.00PM - 01.20PM
Ergonomic Modifications Reinvigorating Surgeon HealthTrauma-Informed Care
01.20PM - 01.50PM
Trauma-Informed Care
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Trauma & Fracture Care
01.50PM - 02.10PM
Reinventing / Reengineering Trauma Care
MOD:
02.10PM - 02.15PM
Just Breathe
MOD:
02.15PM - 03.15PM
Trauma Pearls for the General Orthopaedist
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Clinical Pearls
Practice Pearls
03.15PM - 03.45PM
Break Networking with Exhibitors
03.45PM - 04.45PM
Foot & Ankle Care
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Clinical Pearls
Practice Pearls
04.45PM - 05.40PM
Hand / Upper Extremity Care
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Clinical Pearls
Practice Pearls
05.40PM - 05.45PM
Reinvigorating – The 7th Inning Stretch
MOD:
05.45PM - 06.15PM
Presidential Speaker
A 50 Year Reflection on Hand Surgery and a Vision of the Next 50
Presidential Reception
06.00AM - 07.00AM
5k Run
07.00AM - 07.00AM
Registration Breakfast
07.01AM - 07.15AM
Exhibitor-Sponsored Educational Sessions Clinical CBD – Integrating Clinical Grade CBD into Orthopedic Practice – Corganics
MOD:
07.15AM - 07.45AM
Exhibitor-Sponsored Educational Sessions An Oral Therapy for Treating Moderate to Severe Acute Pain – Vertex Pharmaceuticals
MOD:
07.45AM - 07.47AM
Resident Award Papers
07.47AM - 07.52AM
J. Harold LaBriola, M.D. Award
MOD:
Combined Root And Body (CRAB) Lateral Meniscus Tears in the Adolescent Population: An Underrecognized and Underreported
07.52AM - 07.57AM
Lloyd Taylor, M.D., Award
MOD:
Under-prescribed and Underutilized: National Trends in Osteopo-rosis Medication Use After Fragility Fracture
07.57AM - 08.02AM
Luskin Orthopaedic Institute for Children Award
MOD:
Correction of Fixed Knee Flexion Deformity in Patients with Cere-bral Palsy Using Suture Anchors for Anterior Distal Femur Hemi-epiphysiodesis
08.02AM - 08.07AM
OREF Award
MOD:
A Video-Based Intervention for Increasing Health Literacy in Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients at a Safety-Net Hospital: A Prospective Single-Blind Cohort Study
08.07AM - 08.15AM
Q&A
08.15AM - 08.25AM
Reinvigorating MSK Research
08.25AM - 08.35AM
Research in the Private Practice Setting
MOD:
08.35AM - 08.50AM
Reinventing - Orthopaedic Innovation
MOD:
08.50AM - 09.00AM
Reinventing the Orthopaedic Surgeon
MOD:
09.00AM - 10.00AM
Keynote Speaker
Lessons from Space: What Orthopods Can Learn from Astronauts
10.00AM - 10.30AM
Break/Networking with Exhibitors
10.30AM - 10.50AM
Beyond the Hype: Proven Clinical Value of AI in Orthopaedics
MOD:
10.50AM - 11.10AM
What Should Board Certification Really Look Like?
MOD:
11.10AM - 11.30AM
ASC Strategies to Optimize Mutual Benefits
11.30AM - 12.00PM
In-Office Orthopedic Ultrasound –Clinical Applications and Hands -On Training – Esoate
12.00PM - 12.15PM
Adjournment
12.15PM - 01.00PM
Resident and Young Ortho Roundtable Lunch and Discussion
01.00PM - 02.00PM
Golf Tournament
MOD:
02.00PM - 05.00PM
Pickleball Tournament & Gala Diner - Moxi Museum
05.00PM - 06.00PM
Museum Exploration
Dinner on Rooftop of Museum
07.00AM - 07.00AM
Registration
07.01AM - 07.30AM
Business Meeting - Election of New COA Officers
07.30AM - 08.00AM
Exhibitor-Sponsored Educational Session Heron Therapeutics
MOD:
08.00AM - 08.30AM
COA Resident Award Papers
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08.02AM - 08.06AM
Performance of ChatGPT Versus Spine Surgeons as an Emergency Department Spine Call Consultant
08.06AM - 08.10AM
Fractures in the System: Local Voices and Global Strategies for Orthopaedic Reform in Nigeria
08.10AM - 08.14AM
Patients Receiving GLP-1 Agonists Have Reduced Odds of Pseudoarthrosis Following Lumbar Decompression and Fusion
08.14AM - 08.18AM
MRI Anatomic Analysis of Patients with Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy
08.18AM - 08.22AM
Lateral Extra-Articular Procedures Increase Risk of Arthrofibrosis After ACL Reconstruction in Adolescents: A Multi-Institutional Propensity Matched Study
08.22AM - 08.25AM
How Safe Are Minimally Invasive Photodynamic Intramedullary Implants?
08.25AM - 08.26AM
Research in the Private Practice Setting
08.26AM - 08.30AM
Q&A
08.30AM - 08.45AM
AI in Orthopaedic Education
MOD:
08.45AM - 09.00AM
Reinvigorating - Peak Performance as a Surgeon
MOD:
Longevity in the Era of High Volume Joint Replacement Surgery
Tools for Self Care to Optimize Patient Care
09.00AM - 10.00AM
Radiation Safety Unique to Orthopaedics
10.00AM - 10.15AM
Break
Arthroplasty / Joint Preservation
10.15AM - 10.30AM
Diagnosis and Management of Gluteus Medius and Minimus Tendon Tears
MOD:
10.30AM - 11.30AM
Arthroplasty
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Clinical Pearls
Practice Pearls
11.30AM - 12.00PM
Orthobiologics
MOD:
12.00PM - 12.45PM
Sports Medicine Pearls for the General Orthopaedist
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Clinical Pearls
Practice Pearls
12.45PM - 01.00PM
Final Raffle
Adjournment
Event POLLS
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