Dr. Ransom (Left) and Dr. Meyer (Right)

UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery faculty led one instructional course, participated as lecturers in a second instructional course, and showcased six poster presentations at the 2020 American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS) and American Society for Peripheral Nerve (ASPN) annual meeting.

Soon-to-be UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Assistant Professor- Erin Ransom, M.D., as well as UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor Richard Meyer, M.D., organized and led one instructional course and were invited to participate in a second course as lecturers.

The first course was titled “Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: You Have Missed This Diagnosis More Than Once,” and taught alongside the Hospital for Special Surgery’s Alexandra MacKenzie, OTR/L, CHT. The second course was titled, “Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Comprehensive Treatment,” and Ransom and Meyer were invited to participate by Robert Hagan, M.D., and lectured alongside Giorgio Pietramaggori, M.D.

From left: Meyer, Ransom, Pietramaggori, and Hagan

Additionally, UAB faculty represented in the following poster presentations:

• Volar versus dorsal approach for first CMC intra-articular injections: a cadaveric study
  • Allison M Hunter, M.D.; Christopher Beaumont, M.D.; Jonathan Yu, M.D.; Karlee Lau, M.D.; Erin F Ransom, M.D.; James Hicks, M.D.; Aaradhana Jivendra Jha, M.D.; Ashish Shah, M.D.; Nilesh Chaudhari, M.D.
• Accuracy of the Ulnocarpal Approach for Wrist Intra-articular Needle Placement by Varying Levels of Training in an Academic Orthopedic Setting: A Cadaveric Study
  • Christopher Beaumont, M.D., Allison Hunter, M.D., Sierra Green Phillips, M.D., Megan Lameka, M.D., Henry Debell, M.D., and Nileshkumar Chaudhari, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
• Accuracy of Elbow Intra-articular Needle Placement by Approach and Level of Training in an Academic Orthopedic Setting: A Cadaveric Study
  • Christopher Beaumont, M.D., Allison Hunter, M.D., James Hicks, M.D., Karlee Lau, M.D., Sierra Green Phillips, M.D., Andrew McGee, M.D., and Nileshkumar Chaudhari, M.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
• Safety and Efficacy of Percutaneous Trigger Thumb Release: A Cadaver Study
  • Christopher Beaumont, M.D., Allison Hunter, M.D., Erin F Ransom, M.D., Karlee Lau, M.D., Jonathan Yu, M.D. and Nileshkumar Chaudhari, M.D.
• Comparison of Immobilization Techniques for Isolated Radial Styloid Fractures: A Cadaveric Study
  • Allison M Hunter, M.D., Christopher Beaumont, M.D., Tyler Montgomery, BS, Jun Kit He, BA, Gean Viner, M.D., Andrew McGee, M.D., Ashish Shah, M.D. and Nilesh Chaudhari, M.D.
• A Novel External Fixation Technique for Injuries of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint
  • Allison M Hunter, M.D., Matthew McCarley, M.D., Christopher Beaumont, M.D., Haley M McKissack, BA, Nileshkumar Chaudhari, M.D., Jean Oakes, M.D. and Joseph Sherrill, M.D.

The 2021 AAHS/ASPN Annual Meeting will be held on January 3-7 in Koloa, Hawaii.