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Oct 08 - Oct 10, 2026

2026 International Masters Anterior Course

Houston, Texas

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Location

1709 Dryden Rd, Houston, TX 77030

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Description

Save the Date for IMACx 2026! Registration and agenda details coming early in 2026.

Course Overview

The International Masters Anterior Course is designed to provide an intensive 3-day education on surgical techniques, including modifications and extensions, for primary and revision direct anterior approach total hip arthroplasty.

An internationally renowned faculty – all masters of the direct anterior approach – will share their expertise through a combination of didactic presentations, interactive case-based panel discussions, and surgical demonstrations.

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, while participants in the optional Advanced lab will focus on techniques for revision procedures and extensile approaches for more complex primary cases.

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1709 Dryden Rd, Houston, TX 77030

06.30AM - 06.55AM
Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
06.55AM - 07.00AM
Introduction and Announcements
07.00AM - 08.15AM
Good Outcomes from Bad Circumstances: My Most Challenging Cases
07.00AM - 07.07AM
Extending the DAA Approach
07.07AM - 07.14AM
Femoral Deformities
07.14AM - 07.21AM
Conversion Anterior THA and Removal of Fracture Implants
07.21AM - 07.31AM
Video Vignette: Isolated Cup Revision
07.31AM - 07.36AM
Rapid Fire: How to Pass Cables
07.36AM - 07.41AM
Rapid Fire: How to Deal with a Perforation
07.41AM - 07.46AM
Rapid Fire: How to Retrieve a Lost Trial Head
07.46AM - 07.51AM
Rapid Fire: How to Control Severe Bleeding
07.51AM - 07.56AM
Rapid Fire: Interpositional Screws for Intraoperative Calcar Fractures
07.56AM - 08.06AM
Video Vignette: ETO
08.06AM - 08.15AM
Q&A Discussion
08.15AM - 09.05AM
Avoiding and Treating Complications
08.15AM - 08.22AM
Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Neuropraxia
08.22AM - 08.29AM
Periprosthetic Fracture: Femur
08.29AM - 08.36AM
Periprosthetic Fracture: Acetabulum
08.36AM - 08.43AM
Instability
08.43AM - 08.50AM
Leg Length/Offset Inequality
08.50AM - 08.57AM
Psoas Tendon Pain
08.57AM - 09.05AM
Q&A Discussion
09.05AM - 09.35AM
Break - Exhibit Hall
09.35AM - 10.35AM
Tough Decisions in a Complex Case
10.35AM - 11.25AM
Revision THA
10.35AM - 10.42AM
Head/Liner Exchange and Acetabular Component Revision
10.42AM - 10.49AM
Acetabular Cup/Cage Revision
10.49AM - 10.56AM
Proximal Femoral Replacement
10.56AM - 11.03AM
Triflange Reconstruction
11.03AM - 11.10AM
Extended Trochanteric Osteotomy
11.10AM - 11.17AM
Anterior Window and other Osteotomies
11.17AM - 11.25AM
Q&A Discussion
Course Adjourns
07.00AM - 08.00AM
Registration/Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
08.00AM - 08.05AM
Welcome and Introductions
08.05AM - 08.30AM
Artificial Intelligence in Hip Replacement
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
Live Surgical Broadcast
09.15AM - 09.45AM
Break - Exhibit Hall
09.45AM - 10.15AM
What I Wish I Had Learned During My Fellowship
09.45AM - 09.55AM
Graduate of Ortho Carolina
09.55AM - 10.05AM
Graduate of Virginia Tech Carilion
10.05AM - 10.15AM
Graduate of Brown
10.25AM - 11.15AM
Total Joint Outpatient Program: What You Really Need to Know
10.15AM - 10.25AM
Patient Selection for Revision Anterior THA in the Surgery Center Implant Pricing and Payor Reimbursement for Revision THA in an Outpatient Setting
10.25AM - 10.35AM
How to Set Yourself Up for Success With Your Patients
10.35AM - 10.45AM
My Wound Care Protocol and Prevention of Infection
10.45AM - 10.55AM
Q&A Discussion
10.55AM - 11.55AM
Establishing a Complex Hip Reconstruction Program with Limited Resources
10.07AM - 11.19AM
Serving the Underserved in Chile
10.55AM - 11.07AM
Setting Up a Hip Program in Mexico
11.19AM - 11.31AM
Setting Up a Hip Program at a Critical Access Hospital in Laramie, Wyoming
11.31AM - 11.43AM
Q&A Discussion
11.55AM - 12.55PM
Luncheon Symposium
12.55PM - 01.25PM
Three Cases I Wish I Could Redo
12.55PM - 01.05PM
My Three Cases
01.05PM - 01.15PM
My Three Cases
01.15PM - 01.25PM
My Three Cases
01.25PM - 02.15PM
Legends from the Other Side: 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
The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach
01.55PM - 02.05PM
The When, Why, and How I Adopted the Anterior Approach
02.05PM - 02.15PM
Q&A Discussion
02.15PM - 02.55PM
IMACx Lifetime Achievement Award
02.15PM - 02.20PM
Introduction
02.20PM - 02.40PM
TBD
02.40PM - 02.50PM
TBD
02.50PM - 02.55PM
Q&A Discussion
02.55PM - 03.35PM
The Femur: Part I
02.55PM - 03.02PM
Do We Still Need Cemented Stems in 2026?
03.02PM - 03.09PM
Is There A Role for Hemiarthroplasty in 2026? Anterior Aproach Technique and Outcomes
03.09PM - 03.16PM
The French are Coming: What a Paradox!
03.16PM - 03.23PM
Stick with the Traditional English Gold-Standard Cemented Technique
03.23PM - 03.30PM
Making the Bikini Incision Work for You
03.30PM - 03.35PM
Q&A Discussion
03.35PM - 04.25PM
Pre-Recorded Surgical Broadcast
04.25PM - 04.40PM
Break - Exhibit Hall
04.40PM - 05.25PM
Operative Preparation and Planning
04.40PM - 04.50PM
Preoperative Templating and Planning for Femoral Deformity
04.50PM - 05.00PM
The Learning Curve: The Cases You Should Not Do Until #100
05.00PM - 05.10PM
Handling Obese and Muscular Patients
05.10PM - 05.20PM
Complex Hips and Deformities
05.20PM - 05.25PM
Q&A Discussion
05.25PM - 06.20PM
Critical Steps in a Tough Case
06.20PM - 06.50PM
CHAIRS WELCOME RECEPTION - EXHIBIT HALL
06.50PM - 07.50PM
Fireside Chat with the Masters from Around the World
Bring your beverages, appetizers, and questions back in the General Session room!
Adjourn for the Day
06.00AM - 07.00AM
Breakfast - Exhibit Hall
07.00AM - 07.30AM
Walk to MITIE
07.30AM - 07.40AM
Introduction
07.40AM - 08.50AM
The Acetabulum
07.40AM - 07.47AM
Acetabular Exposure: How I Do It
07.47AM - 07.54AM
Cup Positioning: Imageless
07.54AM - 08.01AM
Cup Positioning: Image Assist
08.01AM - 08.08AM
Cup Positioning: Navigation and Robotics
08.08AM - 08.15AM
Ramifications of Socket Position and Sizing: Impingement and Instability
08.15AM - 08.22AM
Managing the Dysplastic Acetabulum
08.22AM - 08.29AM
Managing the Protrusio Acetabulum
08.29AM - 08.39AM
Lumbo-Pelvic Alignment: Is This as Much of a Concern with Anterior THA?
08.39AM - 08.50AM
Q&A Discussion
08.50AM - 09.40AM
Pre-Recorded Surgical Broadcast
09.40AM - 10.00AM
BREAK IN EXHIBIT HALL AND CHANGE INTO SCRUBS
10.00AM - 10.50AM
The Femur: Part II
10.00AM - 10.10AM
Are Femoral Problems a Concern in 2025?
10.10AM - 10.17AM
10 Reasons Why I Use a Special Table
10.17AM - 10.24AM
10 Reasons Why I Do Not Use a Special Table
10.24AM - 10.31AM
Femoral Preparation and Releases: A European Experience
10.31AM - 10.38AM
How I Perform a DA THA in the Lateral Decubitus Position
10.38AM - 10.45AM
Been There Done That, How I Look at Tables
10.45AM - 10.50AM
Q&A Discussion
10.50AM - 12.50PM
Primary Bioskills Lab for Revision Lab participants
10.50AM - 12.45PM
Session for Primary Lab participants (eg, Case Discussions, Re-Live Surgery)
12.50PM - 01.40PM
LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM
01.40PM - 02.05PM
Distinguished Scholar Address
01.40PM - 01.45PM
Introduction
01.45PM - 02.05PM
Orthopaedic Infections: Time for Thinking Outside the Box
02.05PM - 02.20PM
SURGICAL DEMONSTRATION
02.20PM - 02.35PM
SURGICAL DEMONSTRATION
02.35PM - 04.35PM
Primary Bioskills Lab / Revision Bioskills Lab
04.35PM - 04.55PM
Change Out of Scrubs and Return to Hotel
Adjourn for the Day
Event POLLS
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