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IMACx 2026 | IMACx 2025 | IMACx 2024 | IMACx 2023 |

Sep 11 - Sep 13, 2025

2025 International Masters Anterior Course

Houston, TX

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Location

1709 Dryden Rd, Houston, TX 77030

Description

BASICS AND ADVANCED LABS SOLD OUT! WAIT LIST AVAILABLE

We have now sold out of space in both the Basics and Advanced Labs.

If you would like to be added to the wait list in case of cancellations, please follow these steps:

  1. Register as a non-lab participant.

  2. Send an email with your name and confirmation number to sdoanjohnson@foreonline.org, with the subject line IMACx Wait List.

  3. Please specify in the email whether you wish to be added to the Basics wait list or the Advanced wait list. 

Please note that the wait lists are available only to physicians in independent practice. Fellows and residents may still register as non-lab participants but will not be added to the wait lists. 

If a spot becomes open for you in one of the labs and you decide to accept it, you will be charged the difference between the non-lab registration fees and the lab fee. 

If a spot in one of the labs does NOT become available and you decide to cancel your registration, please remember that you will be charged a $50 fee if you cancel within 2 weeks of the course date.

 

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

  • Basics 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.

For more information on fees for this event, please visit: IMACx Registration Fees

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1709 Dryden Rd, Houston, TX 77030

07.00AM - 08.00AM
Registration/Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
08.00AM - 08.05AM
Welcome and Introductions
MOD:
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Session Files
08.05AM - 08.30AM
Artificial Intelligence in Hip Replacement
MOD:
08.05AM - 08.13AM
Artificial Intelligence in the Clinical Practice of Joint Reconstruction
08.13AM - 08.21AM
Artificial Intelligence and Research in THA
08.21AM - 08.30AM
Q&A Discussion
08.30AM - 09.15AM
Surgical Broadcast
MOD:
09.15AM - 09.45AM
Break - Exhibit Hall
09.45AM - 10.25AM
What I Wish I Would have Learned During My Fellowship
MOD:
09.45AM - 09.55AM
Graduate of Ortho Carolina
09.55AM - 10.05AM
Graduate of Virginia Tech Carilion
10.05AM - 10.15AM
Graduate of Rush
10.15AM - 10.25AM
Graduate of University of Utah
10.25AM - 11.15AM
Total Joint Outpatient Program: What You Really Need to Know
MOD:
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 - 11.15AM
Q&A Discussion
11.15AM - 12.15PM
Establishing a Complex Hip Reconstruction Program with Limited Resources
MOD:
11.20AM - 11.32AM
Setting Up a Hip Program in Mexico
11.32AM - 11.44AM
Serving the Underserved in Chile
11.44AM - 11.56AM
Setting up a Hip Program in Brazil
11.56AM - 12.08PM
Setting Up a Hip Program at a Critical Access Hospital in Laramie, Wyoming
12.08PM - 12.15PM
Q&A Discussion
12.15PM - 01.15PM
Luncheon Symposium
01.15PM - 02.15PM
Legends from the Other Side: The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach
MOD:
01.15PM - 01.25PM
The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach
01.25PM - 01.35PM
The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach
01.35PM - 01.45PM
The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach
01.45PM - 01.55PM
Before you Switch: Words of Reason and Caution
01.55PM - 02.05PM
Q&A Discussion
02.15PM - 02.55PM
IMACx Lifetime Achievement Award
02.05PM - 02.10PM
Introduction
02.10PM - 02.30PM
Trunionosis and ALVAL
02.30PM - 02.40PM
Metal Allergy
02.40PM - 02.45PM
Q&A Discussion
02.55PM - 03.30PM
The Femur: Part I
MOD:
02.45PM - 02.54PM
Revisiting Cement in 2025
02.54PM - 03.01PM
Anterior Hip Hemiarthroplasty in 2025: Technique and Outcomes
03.01PM - 03.08PM
Prudent Use of Cementless Stems in 2025
03.08PM - 03.15PM
Making the Bikini Incision Work for You in Your Practice
03.15PM - 03.20PM
Q&A Discussion
03.30PM - 04.20PM
Surgical Broadcast
MOD:
04.20PM - 04.35PM
Break - Exhibit Hall
03.50PM - 04.00PM
Preoperative Templating and Planning for Femoral Deformity
04.00PM - 04.10PM
The Learning Curve: The Cases You Should Not Do Until #100
04.10PM - 04.20PM
Handling Obese and Muscular Patients
04.20PM - 04.30PM
Complex Hips and Deformities
04.30PM - 04.35PM
Q&A Discussion
04.35PM - 05.20PM
Operative Preparation and Planning
MOD:
05.20PM - 06.15PM
Critical Steps In a Tough Case
MOD: , ,
06.15PM - 06.45PM
CHAIRS WELCOME RECEPTION - EXHIBIT HALL
06.45PM - 07.45PM
Fireside Chat with the Masters from Around the World
MOD:
ADJOURN
06.00AM - 06.50AM
Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
06.50AM - 07.00AM
Introduction and Announcements
MOD:
07.00AM - 08.10AM
The Acetabulum
MOD:
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
Lumbo-Pelvic Alignment- Is This as Much of a Concern with Anterior THA?
07.59AM - 08.10AM
Q&A Discussion
08.10AM - 09.00AM
SURGICAL BROADCAST
09.00AM - 09.20AM
BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL AND CHANGE INTO SCRUBS
09.20AM - 10.05AM
The Femur: Part II
MOD:
09.20AM - 09.30AM
Are Femoral Problems a Concern in 2025?
09.30AM - 09.37AM
10 Reasons Why I Use a Special Table
09.37AM - 09.44AM
10 Reasons Why I Do Not Use a Special Table
09.44AM - 09.51AM
Femoral Preparation and Releases: A European Experience
09.51AM - 09.58AM
How I Perform a DA THA in the Lateral Decubitus Position
09.58AM - 10.05AM
Q&A Discussion
10.05AM - 10.40AM
New Frontiers in the Direct Anterior Hip Approach
MOD:
10.05AM - 10.15AM
Fix or Replace for the 50 Year Old with a Femoral Neck Fracture?
10.15AM - 10.25AM
Is Anyone Too Young for a THA in 2025?
10.25AM - 10.35AM
THA After Previous Hip Preservation Surgery
10.35AM - 10.40AM
Q&A Discussion
10.40AM - 11.30AM
Luncheon Symposium
11.30AM - 11.55PM
Distinguished Scholar Address
11.30AM - 11.35AM
Introduction
11.35AM - 11.55AM
Orthopaedic Infections: Time for Thinking Outside the Box
11.55AM - 12.40PM
Literature Review: Latest and Greatest
MOD:
11.55AM - 12.10PM
Technology in THA: When do You Want to Get on the Bandwagon
12.10PM - 12.20PM
Dual-Mobility Bearings
12.20PM - 12.35PM
DAA Hip: Where Is the Literature Argument Today?
12.35PM - 12.40PM
Q&A Discussion
12.40PM - 01.00PM
Surgical Demonstrations
01.00PM - 01.30PM
Transfer to Bioskills Workshop
01.30PM - 03.30PM
BIOSKILLS LAB I: BASICS
Surgical techniques for primary THA
03.30PM - 04.00PM
Lab Transition and Refreshments
04.00PM - 06.00PM
BIOSKILLS LAB II: ADVANCED REVISION
Surgical techniques for revision THA and extensile approaches for more complex primary cases
06.00PM - 06.20PM
Change Out of Scrubs and Return to Hotel
ADJOURN
06.30AM - 06.55AM
Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
06.55AM - 07.00AM
Introduction
MOD:
07.00AM - 08.15AM
Good Outcomes from Bad Circumstances: My Most Challenging Cases
MOD:
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
08.15AM - 09.05AM
Avoiding and Treating Complications
MOD:
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
09.05AM - 09.35AM
BREAK - EXHIBIT HALL
09.35AM - 10.35AM
Tough Decisions In a Complex Case: Part 2
MOD: , , , ,
10.35AM - 11.25AM
Revision THA
MOD:
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 ADJOURN
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