Subspecialties | Canadian Arthroplasty Society (CAS)

Meetings

Upcoming Events

Queen’s Arthroplasty Course for Residents

July 26-28, 2024, Kingston, Ontario

This course is aimed at PGY 2-5 orthopaedic residents to prepare them for the Royal College exam, improve their understanding of arthroplasty principles, and enhance their knowledge and preparedness for clinical practice.

  • Chair: Dr. Gavin Wood
  • Faculty: Drs. Steve Mann, Aaron Campbell, Fernando Diaz Dilernia, Jesse Wolfstadt, David Backstein.
  • Day 1: Basic science, biomechanics, clinical assessment, routine and complex primary knee arthroplasty, robotics, and computerized navigation.
  • Day 2: Revision knee indications, assessment of bone loss, instability, extensor mechanism disruption, loosening, eriprosthetic fractures, infection and their different reconstructive techniques.
  • Location: Donald Gordon Center, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
  • Course Fee: $200/person includes:
    • 2 nights’ accommodation
    • Friday reception
    • Course dinner on Saturday evening

Register before Monday, May 20, 2024 by email to: Kari Hurst at kari.hurst@kingstonnhsc.ca

Toronto Orthopaedics Comprehensive Hip & Knee Course

November 28-29, 2024, Toronto, ON

This course will now be offered to all fellows across Canada! This course has been designed to advance the knowledge and practice of orthopaedic clinical fellows. It is comprised of both didactic lectures and hands-on cadaveric surgical skills stations. Fellows will participate in interactive, evidence-based didactic sessions covering current state-of-the-art arthroplasty are of patients with hip and knee arthritis and related pathology. This includes pre-operative planning, surgical approaches, clinical and economic outcomes and maximizing value of care.

As we are expanding this year, we are pleased to offer accommodation bursaries to our fellows coming in from outside of the greater Toronto area (GTA).

  • Location: Temerty Advanced Surgical Education & Simulation Centre at the Michener Institute of Education at UHN
  • Course Chairs: Dr. Amir Koshbin, Dr. Jesse Wolfstadt and Dr. Michael Zywiel
  • Target Audience: Canadian Orthoppaedic Fellows
  • Course Fee: $200.00 / person

Direct links to registration will be shared with all Canadian Orthopaedic Fellows. Stay Tuned!

14th ISAR congress

February 19-21, 2025
Christchurch, New Zealand

2024 CAS Annual Meeting

Save the Date!
November 29-30
InterContinental Hotel, Downtown Toronto.

Call for abstracts for this 2-day, accredited educational program will open this summer.

Stay tuned for more information!

Past Events

CAS Intro to Arthroplasty Fundamentals for Residents

The Complex Primary Knee and Hip Replacement

Learn the basics of complex primary hip and knee arthroplasty in this virtual 2-part didactic and interactive course for junior residents. Led by experts in lower extremity arthroplasty from across Canada, each 90-minute module covers a wide range of fundamental topics and includes case-based breakout discussions.

Open to all residents in Canadian orthopaedic training programs, but best suited for PGY 1-3 residents. Free registration includes access to both Part I (Knee – January 31) and Part II (Hip – February 21) virtual modules.

Session 1 – Complex Primary Knee Replacement, Session 2 – Complex Primary Hip Replacement

Click here to request access to the session recording

CAS 2023 Annual Meeting – Thank you for attending!

The 12th CAS Annual Meeting welcomed 80 delegates from across the country for a two-day in-person educational program in Toronto that included a research session and tips and tricks discussions.  The CAS Executive were pleased to welcome the Hip Society’s Rothman-Ranawat Traveling Fellows as invited guest speakers, as well as highlight Canadian arthroplasty research through over 30 podium presentations from renowned hip and knee arthroplasty experts.  Congratulations are extended to Dr. James Howard (Western University) for  leading the program as Chair of the Education Committee, to newly-inducted CAS President, Dr. Jason Werle (University of Calgary) and immediate Past President, Dr. Eric Bohm (University of Manitoba) on their leadership appointments.

Dates: Friday, November 24th, and Saturday, November 25th, 2023.

Location: Toronto, ON at the InterContinental Toronto Hotel, 225 Front St W, Toronto, ON M5V 2X3

Programming and Schedule: Click here to view the full program!