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May 01 - May 04, 2025

2025 California Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting

Universal City, CA

Location

555 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA 91608

Description

This is the COA Annual Meeting/QME Course we all have been waiting for – Live and In-Person! We can’t wait to share it with you.

We are delighted to have a full agenda of insightful speakers and topics to meet your educational and practice needs. In addition to obtaining your CME hours, you will also be able to interact with your colleagues and friends from around California.

Don’t miss out on the education, the location, and networking with your ortho colleagues!

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Course chairs

Orthopaedic Surgeon - Trauma Specialty

Surgeon

Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedic Center

Orthopaedic Surgeon - Hand Specialty

Surgeon

Orthopedic Surgery Specialists

Faculty and Moderators

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Map

555 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA 91608

07.00AM - 07.30AM

Registration: Breakfast/Networking with Exhibitors

07.30AM - 08.00AM

Important Principles in Performing an Upper Extremity Evaluation

MOD:

08.00AM - 08.30AM

Important Principles in Performing a Lower Extremity Evaluation

MOD:

08.30AM - 09.15AM

The Lumbar Spine Paradox - Rating Lower Extremity Residuals With Lumbar Spine Injuries

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09.15AM - 09.30AM

Q&A

09.30AM - 10.00AM

Networking with Exhibitors

10.00AM - 10.45AM

Roundtable discussion with a Legal Expert - New Case Law

10.45AM - 11.25AM

What we Need from a QME/AME/ How do I Choose Which one to Use and Why - Goal No Deposition

11.25AM - 11.45AM

Q&A

11.45AM - 12.00PM

Working Lunch

12.00PM - 12.45PM

Avoiding Denials and Appeals by UR Reviewers

MOD:

12.45PM - 02.15PM

Mock Trial - Presiding Judge Robert Rassp

02.15PM - 02.45PM

Kite and Vigil Cases and Other Controversial Cases

02.45PM - 03.15PM

TBD

03.15PM - 03.45PM

Networking with Exhibitors

03.45PM - 04.15PM

How to Avoid Unconcious Bias When Performing an Evaluation

MOD:

04.15PM - 05.00PM

Required Elements in a Medical-Legal Report

05.00PM - 05.30PM

Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF)

05.30PM - 05.45PM

Expo Hall Raffle - Win tickets to Universal Studios/ Warner Bros. Studios

05.45PM - 06.00PM

Adjourn

Surgical Site Infection Prevention: Implementing a Bundle Approach to Improve Surgical Outcomes

MOD:

07.00AM - 07.30AM

Registration: Breakfast/Networking with Exhibitors

07.30AM - 08.00AM

Exhibitor-Sponsored Educational Session Making Your Practice an Efficient Machine

08.00AM - 09.00AM

Keynote Speaker: Innovation and Equity in Orthopedics ... Orthopaedic Care in 2030: Round Table Discussion

MOD:

09.00AM - 09.10AM

Protecting your Medical Records from Being Hacked – How to Reduce Your Risk?

09.10AM - 09.20AM

Q&A

09.20AM - 09.40AM

Smart Investing for Orthopaedic Surgeons

MOD:

09.40AM - 10.10AM

Break Networking with Exhibitors

10.10AM - 11.10AM

Employment and Collaboration with Healthcare Systems

MOD:

11.10AM - 11.40AM

Optimizing the Value that you Bring to Your Institution Panel and Q&A

11.40AM - 12.10PM

Exhibitor-Sponsored Educational Session Mitigating the Risk of Medical Adhesive Related Skin Injuries

MOD:

12.10PM - 12.25PM

Lunch

12.25PM - 01.40PM

Practical AI Applications in Orthopaedics

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12.25PM - 12.40PM

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Fundamentals and Practice Application - Where we came from and where are we now?

12.40PM - 12.55PM

AI Medical Assistant

12.55PM - 01.10PM

Predictive Analytics - Machine Learning Predicting Hip Fractures

01.10PM - 01.25PM

AI in the Operating Room - Accuracy and Efficiency

01.25PM - 01.40PM

Q&A

01.40PM - 02.40PM

Cultural Competency

MOD:

01.40PM - 01.55PM

Impact of Value-Based Care - Social Dependents of Health and How to get Paid

01.55PM - 02.10PM

Why Does it Matter in Small Groups and Practices

02.10PM - 02.25PM

What is the Role of an In-Clinic Social Worker, Why is This Important

02.25PM - 02.40PM

Q&A

02.40PM - 03.10PM

Break Networking with Exhibitors

03.10PM - 03.40PM

The Future in Orthopaedics

MOD:

03.40PM - 04.10PM

Blue Shield Episode of Care (Shared Savings) Program - It is Working?

MOD:

04.10PM - 04.40PM

Presidential Speaker

04.40PM - 05.40PM

Residency Programs - How They Help Enhance Your Practice and Elevate Orthopaedic Care

MOD:

05.40PM - 06.00PM

$2.8 Billion for Physicians in Blue Cross/Blue Shield Settlement

06.00PM - 06.10PM

Empowering Physicians: Unleashing the Art of Advocacy in Your Practice

MOD:

06.10PM - 06.30PM

State Legislation Update

06.30PM - 06.30PM

Adjourn

Hollywood Glam Presidential Reception

06.00AM - 07.00AM

5K Fun Walk & Run - Meet in hotel lobby

MOD:

07.00AM - 07.30AM

Registration: Breakfast/Networking with Exhibitors

07.30AM - 07.35AM

Resident Award Papers

MOD:

07.35AM - 07.40AM

J. Harold LaBriola, MD Resident Award

MOD:

07.40AM - 07.45AM

Lloyd W. Taylor Resident Award

MOD:

07.45AM - 07.50AM

The Luskin Orthopaedic Institute for Children

MOD:

07.50AM - 07.55AM

OREF Resident Award

MOD:

07.55AM - 08.00AM

Q&A

08.00AM - 08.30AM

Regenerative Medicine

08.30AM - 09.30AM

Great Debates and Updates - Hand/Upper Extremity

09.30AM - 10.00AM

Break Networking with Exhibitors

10.00AM - 11.00AM

Great Debates and Updates - Trauma

MOD:

11.00AM - 12.00PM

Challenging Trauma Cases for the General Orthopaedist

11.00AM - 12.00PM

Resident and Fellow lunch session - Press Room How to Adjust to life as an Attending

12.00PM - 12.00PM

Adjourn

12.00PM - 07.00PM

Golf Tournament

Seafood Buffet Gala Dinner

07.00AM - 07.30AM

Registration: Breakfast/Networking with Exhibitors

07.30AM - 08.00AM

Business Meeting

MOD:

08.00AM - 08.30AM

Resident Award Papers | COA Resident Awards

08.02AM - 08.07AM

Fracture Lines and Patterns in Intra-articular Distal Femur Fractures

08.07AM - 08.12AM

Decompression and Fusion for Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis is Associated with Higher Early Morbidity and Risk of Perioperative Complications Compared to Decompression Alone

08.12AM - 08.17AM

Post-surgical Follow Up in the Medicaid Orthopaedic Trauma Population

08.17AM - 08.22AM

Posterior Shoulder Instability in Adolescents: Distinct Presenting Clinical and Imaging Characteristics When Compared to Anterior Instability

08.22AM - 08.27AM

Did the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 2018 Policy Change Removing Total Knee Arthroplasty from the Inpatient-only List Affect Overall Patient Outcomes in the Medicare Population?

08.27AM - 08.30AM

Q&A

08.30AM - 09.30AM

Radiation Safety Unique to Orthopaedics

09.30AM - 10.30AM

Latest Trends and Technologies In Joints

MOD:

10.30AM - 10.45AM

Break Networking with Exhibitors

10.45AM - 11.45PM

Great Debates and Updates - Sports Medicine

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11.45AM - 12.45PM

Great Debates and Updates - Foot and Ankle

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Final Raffle (Must be present to win)

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