2021 COA Annual Meeting
The 2021 COA Annual Meeting was held virtually from June 15-19, 2021. The conference was delivered over 4 evenings and 1 day of online education, including subspecialty programming, CORA and CORS sessions, presentation and networking opportunities. The hip and knee / arthroplasty programming included 3 paper sessions, 2 symposia, and 1 Guest Lecturer, Dr. Javad Parvizi. Their most popular session was the COA Symposium: Arthroplasty – Investigation and Management of the Painful Total Knee. You can consult their complete program below:
Thursday, June 17
COA Paper Session: Hip | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET
- Session Chairs:
- Etienne Belzile, CHU de Quebec – Universite Laval
- Lisa Howard, University of British Columbia
- Amir Khoshbin, St. Michael’s Hospital
COA Symposium: Arthroplasty – Investigation and Management of the Painful Total Knee | 7:15 PM – 8:15 PM ET
- Session Chair:
- Michael Dunbar, QE II Health Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University
- Presentations:
- Causes of the Painful Total Knee – James L. Howard, University Hospital
- Diagnosing the Painful Total Knee – Pascale Thibaudeau
- Treatment Options for the Painful TKA – Glen Richardson
- Discussion
COA Paper Session: Hip and Knee | 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET
- Session Chairs:
- William N. Dust, Royal University Hospital
- Lisa Howard, University of British Columbia
- Sarah Ward, St. Michael’s Hospital
Friday, June 18
COA Paper Session: Knee | 7:15 PM – 8:15 PM ET
- Session Chairs:
- James Howard, University Hospital
- Jennifer Leighton, Dalhousie University
- Pascal-Andre Vendittoli, Professor, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
COA Symposium: Arthroplasty Keynote Speaker – Investigation and Treatment of PJI in 2021 | 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM ET
- Session Chair:
- James Powell, Foothills Medical Centre
- CAS Keynote Speaker:
- Prosthetic Joint Infection: An Update – Javad Parvizi, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Javad Parvizi, MBChB, FRCS, MS
Professor
Vice Chairman for Research
Dept. of Orthopedics
Thomas Jefferson University
- Prosthetic Joint Infection: An Update – Javad Parvizi, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
- Discussion and Panel:
- Michael Tanzer, Montreal General Hospital
- Paul-Edgar Beaulé
2020 CAS Virtual Annual Meeting
The Canadian Arthroplasty Society (CAS) hosted their 9th CAS Annual Meeting virtually this year, every Wednesday at 8PM Eastern for 4 weeks from November 18th to December 9th. Attendance was at an all-time high. All those who registered to the virtual meeting will have access to the recordings.
Below is a quick overview of the program that was delivered during the virtual meeting. To see the full program details, please click here.
- Wednesday, November 18 at 8PM-10PM Eastern – Opening Session, including Invited Speaker Dr. Allan Gross
- Keynote Speaker Talk: “Acetabular Reconstruction in Arthroplasty” by Allan E Gross, MD, FRCSC, O.Ont. Dr. Gross is a full-time orthopaedic surgeon in the Division of Orthopaedics at Mount Sinai Hospital and a Full Professor of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. See below for Dr. Gross’ full biography.
- CJRR Update, Business & Research Meetings
- Keynote Speaker Talk: “Acetabular Reconstruction in Arthroplasty” by Allan E Gross, MD, FRCSC, O.Ont. Dr. Gross is a full-time orthopaedic surgeon in the Division of Orthopaedics at Mount Sinai Hospital and a Full Professor of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. See below for Dr. Gross’ full biography.
- Wednesday, November 25 at 8PM-9PM Eastern – Total Hip Arthroplasty
- Moderated by Dr. Gavin Wood
- Wednesday, December 2 at 8PM-9PM Eastern – Total Knee Arthroplasty
- Moderated by Dr. Michael Dunbar
- Wednesday, December 9 at 8PM-9:15PM Eastern – Management of PJI
- Moderated by Dr. James N. Powell
