Schedule at a Glance

8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Resident’s Day*

9:00 am – 11:45 am

Leadership Development Program

12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Residency Directors Forum*

 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Cavus Workshop*

TAR Workshop*

Flatfoot with Tendon Transfers Workshop*

7:00 am – 8:00 am

Updates in Surgical Anatomy

Cutting Edge on Camera: A Video Masterclass in Foot and Ankle Surgery

MIScellaneous

8:15 am – 9:30 am

Opening Session

9:30 am – 10:15 am

Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall

10:15 am – 12:00 pm

Arthroscopy Debates

Balancing Act: Modern Soft Tissues Solutions in Foot & Ankle Reconstruction

Complex Diabetic Foot Reconstruction Case Based

Manuscript Session 1

Manuscript Session 2

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch in Exhibit Hall

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

ACFAS Region Membership Meetings   

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Diabetic Limb Salvage Workshop*

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

MIS Drama: When Less Becomes A Lot More (Complicated)

Hindfoot Complications – Master vs. Apprentice

Perioperative Management: Medical ABC’s

Grounded Again? Advanced Ankle Instability

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

Lumps, Lesions & Lessons: Navigating Tumors

Masters at the Table: Case Based Strategies

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Resident and Student Club Member Reception 
By invitation only

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall

 

7:30 am – 9:30 am

TAR Essentials: Indications, Techniques and Pitfalls 

What's New in Foot & Ankle Surgery: Top 10 Papers of the Year  

9:30 am – 10:15 am

Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall

10:15 am – 12:00 pm

First Ray Focus: Contemporary Concepts in Bunion Surgery

From Peak to Pivot: The Mature Surgeon’s Path Forward

Manuscript Session 3

Manuscript Session 4

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch in Exhibit Hall

12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

ACFAS Honors and Awards Ceremony

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

ACFAS Region Membership Meetings   

2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Game-Ready: Advanced Foot & Ankle Surgical Techniques for Sports Medicine Workshop*

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Hallux Limitus

International Hindfoot and Ankle Reconstruction

Nerve Techniques

Military Session

Complex Cases Debates and Second Opinions

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall

4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

Crash, Burn, Recover – Complications Shaping Better Surgeons

Principles & Pearls in Hindfoot & Ankle Reconstruction

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Fellowship Fair

7:30 am – 9:30 am

The Complicated Diabetic Limb: Multidisciplinary Management and Surgical Intervention

Advanced Strategies in TAR

Minimal Access, Maximum Impact: Modern MIS Bunion Correction  

9:30 am – 10:15 am

Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall

10:15 am – 12:00 pm

Forefoot Complications: Unplanned, Unfiltered & Unforgettable

Comprehensive Achilles: Balancing Tension, Technique, and Outcomes

Surgical Mental Fitness: Preventing Burnout In the OR and Beyond

Trauma Tactics: Broken Not Beaten

International Sports

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Lunch in Exhibit Hall

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Surgical Biomechanics of the Forefoot & Hindfoot: What Every Surgeon Should Know

Small Steps, Smart Solutions: Managing Common Pediatric Pathologies

Bureaucracy Meets Biology: The Art of Operating in the Worker’s Comp World

Surgical Controversies: I NEVER Open These…Well, Except…

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Break/Scan for CECH in Exhibit Hall

4:15 pm – 6:00 pm

Salvage: The End of the Road (Strategies After Failed Surgery)

Lack of Consensus but Standard of Care in Ankle Trauma

8:00 am

Coding and Billing for the Foot and Ankle Surgeon*