Great Lakes Region

 ACFAS Membership Meeting - Great Lakes Region: (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio) 

The Great Lakes Region held a membership meeting on Saturday, February 16 during ACFAS 2019 in New Orleans. More than 60 members attended the event. Several topics were discussed:

• Educational activities held in the Region in 2018 and planned for 2019
• The need to find a member located in Kentucky and Indiana to become involved with the Region leadership
• Encourage residents and attendings to get involved in research
• Welcome environment for input from all members to enhance region activities.

The Region meeting raffle prize of a $100 Amazon gift card winner was Tina Shahin, DPM, a Resident member from North Canton, OH.

Pictured are Tina Shahin, DPM, and Bruce Kaczander, DPM, FACFAS, Immediate Past President, ACFAS Great Lakes Region.

In an effort to support research activities, the ACFAS Great Lakes Region provided funding to the following residents and postgraduate fellows as poster presenters at the 2019 Annual Scientific Conference in New Orelans:

• Evaluation of Post Operative Opioid Use for Lower Extremity Procedures
  Resident Presenter: Elizabeth Chan, DPM, The Jewish Hospital - Mercy Health
• Comparison of Total Procedure Cost for Lapidus Performed in a Surgery Center Using Crossing Screws Versus Plate with Screws Versus Two Staples
  Post Graduate Fellow Presenter: Amanda M. Lutter, DPM, AACFAS, Reconstructive Foot and Ankle Surgery Fellowship
• Incidence of Nonunion of the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Arthrodesis After Failed Implant Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review
  Resident Presenters: Matthew D. Wilson, DPM; John M. Thompson, DPM, Grant Medical Center
• Structures at Risk during Percutaneous Extra-Articular Chevron Osteotomy for the Inexperienced Minimally Invasive Surgeon
  Post Graduate Fellow Presenter: Travis M. Langan, DPM, AACFAS, Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Center Fellowship
• Correlation of Radiographic Measurements after Double Calcaneal Osteotomy
  Resident Presenter: Mohammed K. Hassan, DPM, Northside Medical Center (WRHE)
• Outcomes and Incidence of Complications following Endoscopic Gastrocnemius Recession: A Systematic Review
  Resident Presenter: James M. Steriovski, DPM, Grant Medical Center
• The Incidence of Nonunion of the Naviculocuneiform Joint Arthrodesis: A Systematic Review
  Resident Presenter: Anson K. Chu, DPM, Grant Medical Center
• Infection Following Open Ankle Fracture: The Predictive Value of Classification
  Resident Presenter: Christopher J. Kennedy, DPM, Detroit Medical Center
• Evaluating the Use of Tranexamic acid in Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery
  Resident Presenter: Emlyn K. Forsung, DPM, East Liverpool City Hospital
• Osteochondral Allograft Transplant for 1st MTPJ Hallux Rigidus
  Resident Presenters: Tonda W. Silva, DPM; William O. McGlone, DPM, Jewish Hospital & KentuckyOne Health
• Evaluating the Use of Tranexamic acid in Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery
  Resident Presenter: Emlyn K. Forsung, DPM, East Liverpool City Hospital
• Osteochondral Allograft Transplant for 1st MTPJ Hallux Rigidus
  Resident Presenters: Tonda W. Silva, DPM; William O. McGlone, DPM, Jewish Hospital & KentuckyOne Health
• A Novel Technique Utilizing Fresh Cryopreserved Chondral Allograft for the Repair of First Metatarsal Head Osteochondral Defects: A Cadaveric Study and Review of Literature
  Resident Presenters: Vincent H. Mandas, DPM; Chandana Halaharvi, DPM, Grant Medical Center
• Resection and Use of a Processed Nerve Allograft for Reconstruction of the Tibial Nerve following Traumatic Injury: A Case Report
  Resident Presenter: Christopher Stucke, DPM, St Rita's Medical Center
• Osteochondral Defect of the Calcaneocuboid Joint: A Case Study
  Resident Presenter: Emily E. Zulauf, DPM, Grant Medical Center
• Bilateral Total Ankle Replacement as a Viable Treatment Option for Severe Ankle Arthritis Secondary to Hemophilia C
  Resident Presenter: Hannah Khlopas, DPM, Beaumont Hospital - Wayne
• Treatment of Adenocarcinoma of the Prostate Metastasized to the Calcaneous
  Resident Presenter: Sarah E. Sample-Eppinger, DPM, DVA - Dayton
• Puncture Wound Complicated by Rare Mycobacterium Septicum Infection: A Case Report
  Resident Presenter: Lauren M. Coe, DPM, Mercy Health Regional Medical Center
• A Slow Growing Tumor of the Ankle: An Atypical Case of Basal Cell Carcinoma in the Lower Extremity
  Resident Presenter: Damian J. Hilbert, DPM, Beaumont Hospital - Wayne

Congratulations to these resident and post graduate fellow authors on their research efforts!

• Great Lakes Region support of On the Road with ACFAS - Fixing a Flat: Comprehensive Approach to Pes Valgus, November 1-2, Cincinnati, OH.
• Great Lakes Region support of a surgical techniques and complications seminar in Michigan and Ohio.
• Great Lakes Region support of the Kent State podiatry school with workshops.
• Great Lakes Region preparation to support Annual Scientific Conference posters and manuscripts.
• Great Lakes Region preparation to develop a Michigan seminar.
• Participation at the Region Presidents Council meeting in October (Chicago).