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Sep 11 - Sep 13, 2025

2025 International Masters Anterior Course

Houston, TX

Location

1709 Dryden Rd, Houston, TX 77030

Description

Make plans to join us for the 2025 International Masters Anterior Course (IMACx), taking place September 11-13, 2025, at The Westin Houston Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

The course will feature:

Intensive 3-day education on surgical techniques, including modifications and extensions, for primary and revision direct anterior approach total hip arthroplasty

Didactic presentations and interactive case-based panel discussions with an internationally renowned faculty of surgical masters in the direct anterior approach

Surgical demonstrations showcasing the latest advancements in the direct anterior hip approach

Basic and advanced bioskills labs to accommodate attendees’ different levels of experience.

Participants in the Basics lab will explore techniques for primary THA with the direct anterior approach.

Participants in the optional Advanced lab (which has limited availability) will focus on techniques for revision procedures and extensile approaches for more complex primary cases.

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Course chairs

Orthopaedic Surgeon - Adult Reconstruction Specialty

Surgeon

Joseph T. Moskal, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgeon - General Specialty

Surgeon

University of Maryland Medical Center

Orthopaedic Surgeon - Adult Reconstruction Specialty

Surgeon

INOV8 Orthopedics

Faculty and Moderators

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Map

1709 Dryden Rd, Houston, TX 77030

07.00AM - 08.00AM

Registration/Breakfast - Exhibit Hall

08.00AM - 08.05AM

Welcome and Introductions

08.05AM - 08.30AM

Outpatient Total Joints: The Very Basics

08.05AM - 08.13AM

Risk Stratification/Hard Stops/Clearance

08.13AM - 08.21AM

Why We Still Need Inpatient Arthroplasty in 2024

08.21AM - 08.30AM

Q&A Discussion

08.30AM - 09.15AM

Live Surgical Broadcast

09.15AM - 09.45AM

Break - Exhibit Hall

09.45AM - 10.25AM

What I Wish I Would have Learned During My Fellowship

09.45AM - 09.55AM

Matt Shirley-Graduate of Ortho Carolina

09.55AM - 10.05AM

John Horberg- Graduate of Virginia Tech Carilion

10.05AM - 10.15AM

John Cooper-Graduate of Rush

10.15AM - 10.25AM

Q&A Discussion

10.25AM - 11.05AM

Total Joint Outpatient Program: What You Really Need to Know

10.25AM - 10.35AM

Patient Selection for Revision Anterior THA in the Surgery Center Implant Pricing and Payor Reimbursement for Revision THA in an Outpatient Setting

10.35AM - 10.45AM

How to Set Yourself up For Success With Your Patients

10.45AM - 10.55AM

My Wound Care Protocol and Prevention of Infection

10.55AM - 11.05AM

Technology in the ASC

11.05AM - 11.55AM

Establishing a Complex Hip Reconstruction Program with Limited Resources

11.05AM - 11.20AM

Setting Up a Hip Program in Mexico (Past President of the Mexican Hip Society)

11.20AM - 11.32AM

Serving the Underserved in Chile. (Past President of the Chilean Hip Society)

11.32AM - 11.44AM

Setting Up a Hip Program at a Critical Access Hospital in Laramie, Wyoming

11.44AM - 11.55AM

Q&A Discussion

11.55AM - 12.55PM

Luncheon Symposium

12.55PM - 01.45PM

Legends from the Other Side: The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach

12.55PM - 01.05PM

The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach

01.05PM - 01.15PM

The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach

01.15PM - 01.25PM

The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach

01.25PM - 01.35PM

Before you Switch: Words of Reason and Caution

01.35PM - 01.45PM

Q&A Discussion

01.45PM - 02.25PM

IMACx Lifetime Achievement Award

01.45PM - 01.50PM

Introduction

01.50PM - 02.10PM

Trunionosis and ALVAL

02.10PM - 02.20PM

Metal Allergy

02.20PM - 02.25PM

Q&A Discussion

02.25PM - 03.00PM

The Femur: Part I

02.25PM - 02.34PM

Revisiting Cement in 2024

02.34PM - 02.41PM

Anterior Hip Hemiarthroplasty in 2024: Technique and Outcomes

02.41PM - 02.48PM

Prudent Use of Cementless Stems in 2024

02.48PM - 02.55PM

Making the Bikini Incision Work for You in Your Practice

02.55PM - 03.00PM

Q&A Discussion

03.00PM - 03.30PM

Break - Exhibit Hall

03.30PM - 04.15PM

Operative Preparation and Planning

03.30PM - 03.40PM

Preoperative Templating and Planning for Femoral Deformity

03.40PM - 03.50PM

The Learning Curve: The Cases You Should Not Do Until #100

03.50PM - 04.00PM

Handling Obese and Muscular Patients

04.00PM - 04.10PM

Complex Hips and Deformities

04.10PM - 04.15PM

Q&A Discussion

04.15PM - 05.10PM

Critical Steps In a Tough Case

05.10PM - 05.40PM

CHAIRS WELCOME RECEPTION - EXHIBIT HALL

05.40PM - 06.40PM

Fireside Chat with the Masters from Around the World

ADJOURN

06.00AM - 06.50AM

Breakfast - Exhibit Hall

06.50AM - 07.00AM

Introduction and Announcements

07.00AM - 08.20AM

The Acetabulum

07.00AM - 07.07AM

Acetabular Exposure: How I Do It

07.07AM - 07.14AM

Cup Positioning: Imageless

07.14AM - 07.21AM

Cup Positioning: Image Assist

07.21AM - 07.28AM

Cup Positioning: Navigation and Robotics

07.28AM - 07.35AM

Ramifications of Socket Position and Sizing: Impingement and Instability

07.35AM - 07.42AM

Managing the Dysplastic Acetabulum

07.42AM - 07.49AM

Managing the Protrusio Acetabulum

07.49AM - 07.59AM

Understanding the Hip-Spine Relationship in THA: How Does It Work? Why Does It Matter?

07.59AM - 08.09AM

Lumbo-Pelvic Alignment- Is This as Much of a Concern with Anterior THA?

08.09AM - 08.20AM

Q&A Discussion

08.20AM - 09.10AM

Pre-Recorded Surgical Broadcast

09.10AM - 09.30AM

Break - Exhibit Hall

09.30AM - 10.15AM

The Femur: Part II

09.30AM - 09.40AM

Are Femoral Problems a Concern in 2024?

09.40AM - 09.47AM

10 Reasons Why I Use a Special Table

09.47AM - 09.54AM

10 Reasons Why I Do Not Use a Special Table

09.54AM - 10.01AM

Femoral Preparation and Releases: A European Experience

10.01AM - 10.08AM

How I Perform a DA THA in the Lateral Decubitus Position

10.08AM - 10.15AM

Q&A Discussion

10.15AM - 11.00AM

Hip Preservation Through the Anterior Approach

10.15AM - 10.35AM

My Indications and Technique for Open Anterior Hip Preservation

10.35AM - 10.45AM

In 2025, Is Anyone Too Young for a THA?

10.45AM - 10.55AM

THA after Previous Hip Preservation Surgery

10.55AM - 11.00AM

Q&A Discussion

11.00AM - 11.50AM

Luncheon Symposium

11.50AM - 12.35PM

Distinguished Scholar Address

11.50AM - 12.15PM

Introduction

12.15PM - 12.35PM

Orthopaedic Infections: Time for Thinking Outside the Box

12.35PM - 01.20PM

Literature Review: Latest and Greatest

Technology in THA: When do You Want to Get on the Bandwagon

12.50PM - 01.00PM

Dual-Mobility Bearings

01.00PM - 01.15PM

DAA Hip: Where Is the Literature Argument Today?

01.15PM - 01.20PM

Q&A Discussion

01.20PM - 01.40PM

Pre-Recorded Surgical Demonstration

01.40PM - 02.00PM

Transfer to Bioskills Workshop

02.00PM - 04.00PM

Basics Bioskills Lab

Surgical techniques for primary THA

04.00PM - 04.30PM

Lab Transition

04.30PM - 06.30PM

BIOSKILLS LAB II: ADVANCED REVISION

Surgical techniques for revision THA and extensile approaches for more complex primary cases

06.30PM - 06.50PM

Change Out of Scrubs and Return to Hotel

ADJOURN

06.00AM - 06.50AM

Breakfast - Exhibit Hall

06.50AM - 06.55AM

Introduction

06.55AM - 08.05AM

Good Outcomes from Bad Circumstances: My Most Challenging Cases

06.55AM - 07.02AM

Extending the DAA Approach

07.02AM - 07.09AM

Femoral Deformities

07.09AM - 07.16AM

Conversion Anterior THA and Removal of Fracture Implants

07.16AM - 07.26AM

Video Vignette: Isolated Cup Revision

07.26AM - 07.31AM

Rapid Fire: How to Pass Cables

07.31AM - 07.36AM

Rapid Fire: How to Deal with a Perforation

07.36AM - 07.41AM

Rapid Fire: How to Retrieve a Lost Trial Head

07.41AM - 07.46AM

Rapid Fire: How to Control Severe Bleeding

07.46AM - 07.56AM

Video Vignette: ETO

07.56AM - 08.05AM

Q&A Discussion

08.05AM - 08.55AM

Avoiding and Treating Complications

08.05AM - 08.12AM

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Neuropraxia

08.12AM - 08.19AM

Periprosthetic Fracture: Femur

08.19AM - 08.26AM

Periprosthetic Fracture: Acetabulum

08.26AM - 08.33AM

Instability

08.33AM - 08.40AM

Leg Length/Offset Inequality

08.40AM - 08.47AM

Psoas Tendon Pain

08.47AM - 08.55AM

Q&A Discussion

08.55AM - 09.45AM

SURGICAL BROADCAST

09.45AM - 10.15AM

BREAK - EXHIBIT HALL

10.15AM - 11.15AM

Tough Decisions In a Complex Case: Part 2

11.15AM - 12.05PM

LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM

12.05PM - 12.55PM

Revision THA

12.05PM - 12.12PM

Head/Liner Exchange and Acetabular Component Revision

12.12PM - 12.19PM

Acetabular Cup/Cage Revision

12.19PM - 12.26PM

Proximal Femoral Replacement

12.26PM - 12.33PM

Triflange Reconstruction

12.33PM - 12.40PM

Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy

12.40PM - 12.47PM

Anterior Window and other Osteotomies

12.47PM - 12.55PM

Q&A Discussion

Course Adjourns

Invited Faculty

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