Great Lakes Region

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

The ACFAS Great Lakes Region met on Thursday, February 20 at ACFAS 2020 in San Antonio with 45 members in attendance. Daniel Zahari, DPM, FACFAS, Great Lakes Region President, led the meeting. The Region discussions included:

• ACFAS Great Lakes Region CME opportunities
• ACFAS Great Lakes Region elections
• ACFAS Great Lakes Region continued poster/manuscript support for Post Graduate Fellows and Residents

The Region Raffle prize winner of a $100 Amazon gift card was Timothy Miller, DPM, AACFAS from Wooster, OH.

ACFAS Region Scholars are funded by the ACFAS Region Presidents Council, specifically their home Regions, and are usually the president-elect of their local ACFAS Student Club. Their local Regions honor them as future leaders of the profession. The 2020 ACFAS Region Scholar from the Great Lakes Region is Hamidat Momoh from Kent State.

 Pictured are Alam MacGill, DPM, FACFAS, 2020 Region Presidents Council Chair and Hamidat Momohs Congratulations to Hamidat on being chosen as an ACFAS 2020 Region Scholar!

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 ACFAS 2020:

• A Novel Technique for Repair of an Osteochondral Talar Dome Fracture in a Pediatric Athlete: A Case Study
  Presenter: Christopher W. Hogue, DPM
• Treatment of Chronic Non-Healing Ulceration Utilizing A Transposition Flap With Vascular Delay Technique: A Case Report (3rd Place Award Winner - Case Studies)
  Presenter: Romesh G. Dhaduk, DPM, AACFAS
• Surgical Reconstruction of Bilateral Preaxial Polydactyly in an Adolescent: Case Report
  Presenter: Andrew M. Baker, DPM, AACFAS
• Utilization of Subchondroplasty for Recalcitrant Metatarsal Stress Fractures (2nd Place Award Winner - Case Studies)
  Presenter: Kaihua Wang, DPM
• An Unusual Case Report of a Stage IV Osteochondral Defect Imitating a Medial Malleolar Avulsion Fracture
  Presenter: Tyler W. Claveau, DPM
• Rare, Non-Displaced, Sagittal Plane Fractures of the Navicular Body: A Case Report
  Presenter: Rachelle L. Randall, DPM
• Excision of Ossifying Fibromyxoid Tumor with Genetic Testing and Closed Utilizing Extensor Digitorum Brevis Muscle Flap
  Presenter: Jake D. Eisenschink, DPM
• Correction of Hallux Abducto Valgus Deformity Utilizing Closing Base Wedge Osteotomy: A Study of 101 Patients
  Presenter: Hannah Khlopas, DPM
• Treatment of Chronic Peroneal Tendinopathies using Percutaneous Tenotomies: A Technique Guide and Case Series
  Presenter: Nunzio Misseri, DPM, AACFAS
• A Combination of a Dislocated Sagittal Plane Talar Body Fracture, Transverse Talar Neck Fracture, and a Medial Malleolus Fracture: A Case Report
  Presenter: Lance E. Reeves, DPM
• Atypical Presentation of Calcaneal Osteomyelitis with Pathologic Fracture Secondary to Corticosteroid Injection
  Presenters: David V. Tran, DPM and Justin J. Singh, DPM
• Peroneus Brevis Flap for Chronic Wound with Exposed Achilles Tendon
  Presenter: Kenneth J. Kysor, DPM
• Peroneal Tenodesis and Plantar Fasciotomy for Diabetic Forefoot Ulceration, Case Series
  Presenter: Michael D. Liette, DPM
• First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Arthrodiastasis with an Umbilical Cord Matrix Allograft: A Case Series
  Presenter: Hayley E. Iosue, DPM, AACFAS
• Evaluation of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome In the Lower Extremity with Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  Presenter: Elizabeth Chan, DPM
• Treatment of Drop Foot Via Nerve Anastomosis of the Motor Branch of Lateral Hemi-Soleus to Deep Peroneal Nerve Branches
  Presenters: Phuoc V. Bui, DPM and Lynette F. Meece, DPM
• Alternative Approach to Management of Arthritis to the Fourth-Fifth Tarsometatarsal Joints: Case Study and Surgical Technique
  Presenter: Stephanie L. Liette, DPM
• Adipose Fasciocutaneous graft with Tibial Calcaneal Arthodesis: Limb Salvage
  Presenter: Jacob Carmichael, DPM
• Total Ankle Replacement with Clubfoot multiplanar deformity using Agility Implant with Fourteen and a Half Year Follow Up
  Presenter: Clay B. Shumway, DPM
• Case Study: Bilateral Osseous Naviculo-Medial Cuneiform Coalitions and Surgical Management
  Presenter: Kevin N. Nguyen, DPM
• Total Ankle Replacement with a Staged Deformity Correction of a 20-degree Ankle Valgus and Medial Ankle Instability after Trauma - A 6-Year Follow-Up
  Presenter: Mohammed K. Hassan, DPM
• Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis with Fibular Inlay Graft for Biological Fixation
  Presenter: Derek J. Ley, DPM, AACFAS
• Comparison of Outcomes and Rates of Complications between Various Fixation Techniques for Jones Fractures of the Fifth Metatarsal: A Systematic Review
  Presenter: James M. Steriovski, DPM
• Posterior Ankle Scope Approach to Symptomatic Os Trigonum Removal
  Presenter: John M. Thompson, DPM
• Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Resident Authored Publications in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery: A Systematic Review
  Presenter: Dominick J. Casciato, DPM
• The Financial Implications of Podiatric Foot and Ankle Fellowship: Is Another Year Worth it?
  Presenter: Calvin J. Rushing, DPM, AACFAS
• Comparison on Cost and Success Rate of K-wire vs Implants For Hammertoe Repair, A Retrospective Study
  Presenter: Sharon K. Jay, DPM

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

• Attend the ACFAS Region Presidents Council (RPC) meeting on February 18, 2020 -San Antonio.
• Host ACFAS Great Lakes Region meeting on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at 1-2 pm in Expo Hall -San Antonio.
• ACFAS Great Lakes Region support of Resident & Post-Grad Fellow poster/manuscript presenters for ACFAS Scientific Conference on February 19-21, 2020 -San Antonio.
• ACFAS Great Lakes Region support for current and future residents.
• ACFAS Great Lakes Region promotion of research and education.