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Feb 23 - Feb 27, 2026
ACFAS 2026
Las Vegas, NV
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Location
The Venetian Las Vegas
Description
Confirmed, Invited & Past Faculty
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The Venetian Las Vegas
08.00AM - 04.30PM
Residents Day
08.00AM - 08.10AM
Residents Day: Introduction
08.10AM - 09.00AM
Don’t Gamble with Your Financial Future: Save and Invest!
02.40PM - 03.15PM
Coding Fundamentals
03.15PM - 03.30PM
Movement to Value-Based Healthcare
09.00AM - 03.30PM
Leadership Development Program
11.30AM - 06.00PM
RDF - Residency Directors Forum
12.10PM - 12.20PM
AACPM Residency Director of the Year Award
12.20PM - 12.30PM
Podiatry Residency Resource (PRR) Update
02.45PM - 03.30PM
Board Scores or Grit Scores: Redefining Resident Attraction and Selection
03.30PM - 04.15PM
Legal Considerations of Residency Oversight
01.00PM - 05.00PM
Pre-Conference Workshop - Flatfoot with Tendon Transfers
MOD: nicole brouyette DPM, Richard Derner DPM
01.00PM - 05.00PM
Pre-Conference Workshop - TAR
MOD: Spencer Monaco DPM, John Clements DPM, Melissa Galli DPM, MHA
07.00AM - 08.00AM
102 - Cutting Edge on Camera: A Video Masterclass in Foot and Ankle Surgery
07.00AM - 08.00AM
103 - MIScellaneous
07.00AM - 08.00AM
Updates in Surgical Anatomy
07.00AM - 07.10AM
Surgical Anatomy of the Hindfoot: Access Landmarks and At-Risk Zones
07.20AM - 07.30AM
Anatomical Variants in Foot and Ankle Surgery: Surgical Planning and Pitfalls
07.30AM - 07.45AM
Neurovascular Structures in MIS Foot Surgery Anatomical Risk Zones and Safe Zones
08.15AM - 09.30AM
Opening General Session
09.00AM - 09.30AM
Keynote Address by Kerri Strug
09.30AM - 10.15AM
Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall
09.30AM - 10.15AM
INDUSTRY EVENT: APEX 3D and Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Replacement
09.30AM - 10.30AM
Pod Patrol Podcast
10.15AM - 12.00PM
201 - Arthroscopic Debates
10.15AM - 10.27AM
Arthroscopy vs. Open: Ligament Repair
10.27AM - 10.39AM
Arthroscopy vs. Open: Ligament Repair
10.49AM - 11.01AM
Arthroscopy vs. Open: Ankle Fracture
11.23AM - 11.35AM
Debate: Ankle Fusion - Open
11.35AM - 11.47AM
Debate: Ankle Fusion - Arthroscopic
10.15AM - 12.00PM
202 - Balancing Act: Modern Soft Tissues Solutions in Foot & Ankle Reconstruction
10.15AM - 10.27AM
Deltoid Ligament Reconstruction in Acute Ankle Fractures: Should I?
10.28AM - 10.40AM
Chronic Deltoid Ligament Insufficiency
10.41AM - 10.53AM
What's New in the Lateral Ankle: A Practical Approach
10.54AM - 11.06AM
Contracted Cavovarus Reconstruction: It's Not the Bone
11.07AM - 11.09AM
Chronic Tendon Tear: Should I use Native Tissue, Allogenic Tissue, or Synthetic Tissue?
10.15AM - 12.00PM
204 - Manuscript 1
10.15AM - 12.00PM
205 - Manuscript 2
11.00AM - 12.00PM
HUB Session: From Data to Decisions: Turning Research into Real World Impact
12.00PM - 02.00PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: APEX 3D and Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Replacement
12.00PM - 02.00PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: Lunch and Lab
12.00PM - 02.00PM
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12.15PM - 01.15PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: Innovating Stability: Hands-On Lab Featuring TightRope® PRO Implant and FibuLock® PRO Fibular Nail
MOD: Spencer Monaco DPM
12.15PM - 01.15PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: Reel Healing: The Versatile Role of Fish Skin Grafts in Treating Foot and Ankle Defects
12.30PM - 02.00PM
Poster Grand Rounds
12.30PM - 01.30PM
Region Membership Meetings
02.24PM - 02.47PM
02.48PM - 03.11PM
Failed Foot Reconstruction
03.12PM - 03.30PM
Evidence-Based Adoption: What Level of Evidence is Required Before New Technologies Become Part of the Standard of Care in Hindfoot Surgery?
02.00PM - 03.30PM
302- MIS Drama: When Less Becomes A Lot More (Complicated)
02.00PM - 02.12PM
02.13PM - 02.25PM
Overconfidence Syndrome: Expanding MIS Indications Too Quickly
02.39PM - 02.51PM
MIS Hindfoot Fusions Gone Wrong
02.00PM - 03.30PM
303 - Perioperative Management: Medical ABC's
02.00PM - 02.10PM
Why Perioperative Medical Optimization Matters and Practical Pre-operative Surgical Assessment in Foot & Ankle Surgery
02.10PM - 02.23PM
Anticoagulation, Antiplatelets & DVT Prevention
02.24PM - 02.36PM
Bone Healing: Medical Influences on Surgical Success
02.37PM - 02.49PM
Cardiac Disease and Medical Clearance
02.50PM - 03.02PM
Diabetes and Optimization for Elective Surgery
03.03PM - 03.15PM
Smoking - Not Just Tobacco - Vape, and Marijuana
02.00PM - 03.30PM
304 -Grounded Again? Advanced in Ankle Stability
02.00PM - 03.00PM
HUB Session: Making the Call Worth It: Navigating Hospital Call and Getting Paid
02.00PM - 02.10PM
Why Perioperative Medical Optimization Matters and Practical Pre-operative Surgical Assessment in Foot & Ankle Surgery
02.00PM - 06.00PM
Workshop - Advanced Techniques in Diabetic Limb Salvage
02.37PM - 02.49PM
Cardiac Disease and Medical Clearance
03.30PM - 04.15PM
Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall
03.30PM - 04.15PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: APEX 3D and Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Replacement
04.15PM - 05.30PM
401 - Lumps, Lesions & Lessons: Navigating Tumors
04.15PM - 05.30PM
402 - Masters at the Table: Case Based Strategies
05.30PM - 06.30PM
Resident and Student Club Member Reception (By Invitation Only)
06.00PM - 07.30PM
Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall
07.30AM - 09.30AM
501 - TAR Essentials: Indications, Techniques and Pitfalls
07.30AM - 07.45AM
Appropriate Patient Selection for Ankle Replacement
07.46AM - 08.01AM
Choosing the Correct Implant for Ankle Replacement
08.01AM - 08.17AM
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly about PSI. Does PSI Really Matter? What Does it Really Provide?
07.30AM - 09.30AM
502 - Top 8 Manuscripts published in JFAS & FASTRAC in 2025
07.30AM - 07.40AM
First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Implant Arthroplasty Reduces the First Intermetatarsal Angle Similar to First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Arthrodesis in Short-Term Follow Up
07.40AM - 07.50AM
07.50AM - 08.00AM
Use of Custom 3D Polyethylene-Ether Ketone Ketone (PEKK) Spacer in the Treatment of Charcot Neuroarthropathy: A Case Report
08.00AM - 08.10AM
Fourth Generation Minimally Invasive Hallux Valgus Surgery: A Technical Variation on Two-Screw Fixation and Case Series
08.10AM - 08.20AM
Patient Expectations in Hallux Valgus Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis
08.30AM - 08.40AM
08.40AM - 08.50AM
Iatrogenic Medial Malleolar Fracture and Stress Fracture Considerations in Total Ankle Joint Replacement: A Multicenter Retrospective Study.
07.30AM - 09.30AM
503 - Principles for a Successful Arthrodesis
07.57AM - 08.07AM
Allograft vs Autograft in Foot and Ankle Arthrodesis: Autograft
08.08AM - 08.18AM
Allograft vs Autograft in Foot and Ankle Arthrodesis: Allograft
08.25AM - 08.40AM
Open vs MIS: Open
08.40AM - 08.56AM
Open vs MIS: MIS
09.14AM - 09.24AM
Static vs Dynamic: Dynamic
09.30AM - 10.15AM
Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall
09.30AM - 10.15AM
INDUSTRY EVENT: APEX 3D and Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Replacement
10.00AM - 11.00AM
HUB Session: ACFAS Chris Mahaffey Leadership Development Program
MOD: James Sang DPM, Raymond Lee DPM
10.15AM - 12.00PM
601 - First Ray Focus: Contemporary Concepts in Bunion Surgery
10.15AM - 10.27AM
HAV – Pre and Postoperative evaluation of Radiographic Parameters
10.28AM - 10.43AM
Anatomical Considerations of 1st metatarsal Head in Distal MIS HAV Surgery
10.44AM - 10.56AM
HAV with Metatarsus Adductus - Attacking the Entire Deformity?
11.10AM - 11.22AM
HAV with Flatfoot Deformity Debate - Do I Need to Address the Flatfoot?
10.15AM - 12.00PM
602 - From Peak to Pivot: The Mature Surgeon's Path Forward
10.15AM - 10.25AM
Session Overview
10.25AM - 10.35AM
Career Transition
10.35AM - 10.45AM
Staying Motivated
10.45AM - 10.55AM
What's Next?
10.55AM - 11.05AM
Employment and Hospital Politics
11.05AM - 11.15AM
Career Options
10.15AM - 12.00PM
604 - Manuscript 4
11.00AM - 12.00PM
HUB Session: I want to be involved but feel like I’m spinning my wheels? Learning the art of saying yes strategically (and sometimes no, thoughtfully)
MOD: Brian Houng DPM
12.00PM - 02.00PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: APEX 3D and Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Replacement
12.00PM - 02.00PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: Vantage Innovations Lab by Advita Ortho
12.00PM - 02.00PM
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12.15PM - 01.15PM
ACFAS Honors and Awards Ceremony
12.15PM - 01.15PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: Advancing First-Ray Solutions With MIS and Lapidus
12.15PM - 01.15PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: Beyond the Standard of Care: Rethinking Bone Infection Management with CERAMENT® G with Gentamicin
01.00PM - 02.00PM
HUB Session: AI In Your Practice
MOD: Shital Sharma DPM, Heraj Patel DPM, Steven Cooperman DPM
01.00PM - 02.00PM
Poster Grand Rounds
01.00PM - 02.00PM
Region Membership Meetings
02.00PM - 03.30PM
701 - Hallux Limits
02.00PM - 02.15PM
Medial Double Arthrodesis with Calcaneal Osteotomy
02.15PM - 02.30PM
Spring Ligament Reconstruction
02.45PM - 03.00PM
Dos and Dont's with Total Talus
03.00PM - 03.15PM
An Approach to Failed Ankle Fusion
02.00PM - 03.30PM
703 - Nerve Techniques
02.00PM - 02.15PM
Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring as a Guide to Epineurotomy After External Neurolysis
02.15PM - 02.30PM
Midfoot Neuroectomy
02.30PM - 02.45PM
Target Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) Technique for Unresolved Sural Nerve Pain
02.45PM - 03.00PM
Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface (RPNI) & Nerve Allograft Coaptation/Relocation
03.00PM - 03.15PM
Common Peroneal Nerve Release for Traction Neuropathy and Dropfoot
02.00PM - 03.30PM
704 - Military Session
02.00PM - 02.10PM
Bunion Procedure Selection for Patients Necessitating Immediate Weightbearing Postoperative
02.20PM - 02.30PM
Minimally Invasive Haglund’s Repair
02.30PM - 02.40PM
Use of Telemedicine for podiatry in OCONUS Settings
02.40PM - 02.50PM
Monday Morning Head Scratchers: Cases Studies of Unique Pathologies in Active-Duty Soldiers
02.00PM - 03.30PM
705 - Complex Cases Debates and Second Opinions
02.00PM - 02.15PM
Case Presentation
02.15PM - 02.31PM
Case Presentation
02.32PM - 02.47PM
Case Presentation
02.48PM - 03.06PM
Case Presentation
03.07PM - 03.22PM
Case Presentation
02.00PM - 06.00PM
Workshop - Game-Ready: Advanced Foot & Ankle Surgical Techniques for Sports Medicine
MOD: nicole brouyette DPM, Melissa Galli DPM, MHA
03.00PM - 04.00PM
HUB Session: Building Your Brand: Strategies for Personal and Professional Growth in Foot and Ankle Surgery
MOD: Alan MacGill DPM
03.30PM - 04.15PM
Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall
03.30PM - 04.15PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: APEX 3D and Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Replacement
03.30PM - 04.15PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: Treace Cadaver Lab
04.15PM - 05.30PM
801 - Crash, Burn, Recover - Complications Shaping Better Surgeons
04.15PM - 05.30PM
802 - Principles & Pearls in Hindfoot & Ankle Reconstruction: Planning to Execution
06.00PM - 07.30PM
Fellowship Fair (By Invitation Only)
07.30AM - 09.30AM
901 - The Complicated Diabetic Limb: Multidisciplinary Management and Surgical Intervention
MOD: Katherine Raspovic DPM
07.30AM - 07.43AM
Pre-Operative Planning for Limb Salvage Reconstruction; What Matters Most?
07.43AM - 07.56AM
Flap Coverage
07.56AM - 08.09AM
Antibiotics and Limb Salvage Surgery; The Infectious Disease Specialist's Perspective
08.09AM - 08.22AM
How Do We Reconstruct After Bone Loss Due to Infection? What Are the Options?
08.22AM - 08.35AM
TTT
07.30AM - 09.30AM
903 - Minimal Access, Maximum Impact: Modern MIS Bunion Correction
07.30AM - 07.40AM
Radiographic Healing and the Invisible Variables: What We Still Do Not Know and How to Jumpstart Healing
08.03AM - 08.13AM
Revisional MIS Bunion Surgery: Pitfalls and Principles
08.14AM - 08.24AM
Why I Don’t Perform Lapidus Anymore: A Seattle Surgeon Explains
08.25AM - 08.35AM
Why I have not adopted MIBS?
08.36AM - 08.46AM
MIBS Fringe to Frontline: MIS Bunion is the Standard
08.47AM - 09.12AM
Case Studies: The Future of MIS Bunion: Where Do We Go From Here?
09.30AM - 10.15AM
Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall
09.30AM - 10.30AM
Dean's Chat Live Stream
09.30AM - 10.15AM
INDUSTRY EVENT: APEX 3D and Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Replacement
10.00AM - 11.00AM
HUB Session: ACFAS Fellowship Initiative: Program Directors Meeting
10.15AM - 12.00PM
1001 - Forefoot Complications: Unplanned, Unfiltered & Unforgettable
10.15AM - 12.00PM
1002 - Comprehensive Achilles: Balancing Tension, Technique, and Outcomes
10.15AM - 10.30AM
Debate: Soft Tissue Reconstruction vs. Tendon Transfer
10.31AM - 10.46AM
Debate: Soft Tissue Reconstruction vs. Tendon Transfer
11.03AM - 11.18AM
Debate: Open vs. MIS Repair Midsubstance Rupture
11.19AM - 11.34AM
Open vs. Percutaneous Approach to Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy
11.35AM - 11.50AM
Open vs. Percutaneous Approach to Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy
10.15AM - 12.00PM
1003 - Surgical Mental Fitness: Preventing Burnout In the OR and Beyond
10.15AM - 10.25AM
Burnout in Surgery: The Hidden Complication - High Pressure Environment & Cognitive Load
10.26AM - 10.36AM
I Gotta Get Some Sleep: Dealing with the Difficult Surgical Patient
10.37AM - 10.49AM
Curveball, Chaos, Courage – When Life Knocks You Down and You Get Back Up
10.50AM - 12.00PM
Audience/Panel Discussion
10.15AM - 12.00PM
1004 - Trauma Tactics: Broken not Beaten
10.15AM - 10.30AM
Early Weight-Bearing After Ankle Fracture Fixation: Safe or Risky?
10.30AM - 10.45AM
Current Best Practices in Achilles Tendon Rupture Management: Surgical Repair vs. Functional Bracing
10.45AM - 11.00AM
Role of 3D Imaging and Navigation in Foot and Ankle Trauma: Game-Changer or Gimmick?
11.00AM - 11.15AM
Fragility Ankle Fractures: We Know What Should Be Done, But Do We Do It?
11.15AM - 11.30AM
Complex Ankle Fractures in the Elderly: When Is Arthroplasty Indicated? Are We There Yet?
10.15AM - 12.00PM
1005 - International Sports
11.59AM - 12.00PM
HUB Session: The Fellowship Experience: How to Set Yourself Up for Success
MOD: Roberto Brandao DPM
12.00PM - 02.00PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: APEX 3D and Trabecular Metal Total Ankle Replacement
12.00PM - 02.00PM
INDUSTRY EVENT: Treace Cadaver Lab
12.00PM - 02.00PM
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
01.00PM - 02.00PM
HUB Session: Everything You Need to Know About ABFAS Board Certification
02.00PM - 03.30PM
1101 - Surgical Biomechanics of the Forefoot & Hindfoot: What Every Surgeon Should Know
MOD: Ronald Ray DPM
02.00PM - 02.30PM
First Ray
02.30PM - 03.00PM
Cavus Foot
03.00PM - 03.30PM
Evans Calcaneal Osteotomy with medial column stabilization: First Metatarsal Cuneiform fusion or Cotton Osteotomy
02.00PM - 03.30PM
1102 - Small Steps, Smart Solutions: Managing Common Pediatric Pathologies
02.12PM - 02.22PM
02.24PM - 02.34PM
Posterior Arthroscopy Approaches in the Growing Child
02.36PM - 02.46PM
The Toe Walker
02.48PM - 02.58PM
The Complexity of Pain in the Pediatric Patient
02.00PM - 03.30PM
1103 - Bureaucracy Meets Biology - The Art of Operating in the Worker’s Comp World
02.12PM - 02.24PM
Managing Administrative Aspects and Legal Requirements Associated with Worker’s Compensation Cases
02.24PM - 02.36PM
Identifying Strategies for Avoiding Long Term Unnecessary Disability
02.36PM - 02.48PM
Evidence Bases/Scientific Documentation and Treatment Plans for Return-To-Work Decision Making
02.48PM - 03.00PM
Managing the Patient with True Long Term Disability
03.00PM - 03.30PM
Multiple Worker’s Comp Injuries - Case Based Debates
02.00PM - 03.30PM
1104 - Surgical Controversies: I NEVER Open these... Well, Except....
02.00PM - 02.12PM
I Never Open Acute Achilles Ruptures. Well Except…
02.12PM - 02.24PM
I Never Open Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy. Well Except…
02.24PM - 02.36PM
I Never Open Lateral Ankle Stabilizations. Well Except…
02.36PM - 02.48PM
I Never Open Intra-Articular Ankle Pathology. Well Except…
02.48PM - 03.00PM
I Never Open Charcot Reconstructions. Well Except…
03.30PM - 04.15PM
Break/Scan for CECH
04.15PM - 06.00PM
1201 - Salvage: The End of the Road (Strategies After Failed Surgery)
MOD: Alan MacGill DPM
04.15PM - 06.00PM
1202 - Lack of Consensus but Standard of Care in Ankle Trauma
08.00AM - 03.00PM
Coding and Billing for the Foot and Ankle Surgeon
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