Schedule at a Glance

8:00 am – 3:15 pm

• Resident’s Day*

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

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

 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

• Workshop: Advanced Techniques in Diabetic Limb Salvage 

 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

 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

• ACFAS Tumor Board: Ace Your Next LEAD Quarter
• Masters at the Table: Case Based Strategies
  
  
   

7:30 am – 9:30 am

• Primary TAR
• Top 8 Manuscripts Published in JFAS & FASTRACT in 2025
• Controversies in Arthrodesis

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

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

• Hallux Limitus
• International Hindfoot Ankle Reconstruction
• Nerve Techniques
• Military Session
• Complex Cases Debates and Second Opinions

 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

• Crash, Burn, Recover – Complications Shaping Better Surgeons
• Principles & Pearls in Hindfoot & Ankle Reconstruction

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

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

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…

 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*