The UAB Department of Orthopaedic Surgery will travel to White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia for the 39th Annual Southern Orthopaedic Association (SOA) meeting July 21-23. 

The SOA meeting will feature several UAB faculty, residents, fellows, and medical students as they deliver discussions and present research.

According to SOA, the objective of the annual meetings is to disseminate current clinical, research and practice innovations in orthopaedic medicine. The annual meeting has been created mainly for orthopaedic and trauma surgeons.

Overall Conference

On the last day of the conference, PGY-3 Kevin Wall, M.D., MPH, will recieve the SOA and Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) Resident Award and present his research “Liposomal Bupivacaine Provides Better Comfort than Interscalene Catheter following Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery.”

View the full event program here.

Quick Glance Program

July 21

• July 21 at 8:19 a.m. EST: Ezan A. Kothari, presenting “Validating the Severity of Illness Score for Children with Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis.” 

• July 21 at 8:23 a.m. EST: Joseph Elphingstone, M.D., presenting “Plasma ADAMTS13 and vWF in Patients Undergoing Elective Joint Arthroplasty.” 

• July 21 at 8:23 a.m. EST: Ezan A. Kothari, presenting “Weight for Age Z-Scores Are Associated with Complications after Scoliosis Correction in Patients with Cerebral Palsy.”

• July 21 at 8:30 a.m. EST: Joseph Elphingstone, M.D., “Posterior Tibial Slope is a Risk Factor for Male Pediatric Tibial Eminence Fractures.”

• July 21 at 8:38 a.m. EST: Joseph Elphingstone, M.D., presenting “Elective Hand Surgery is Delayed among Private Insurance Holders.”

• July 21 at 12:00 p.m. EST: Logan A. Reed, B.S., presenting “Utility of Next Generation Sequencing and Isothermal Microcalorimetry for Identification of Bacteria in Presumed Aseptic Thoracolumbar Revision Spine Surgery.” 

• July 21 at 12:04 p.m. EST: Joseph Elphingstone, M.D., presenting “Gender Disparities among Professional Team Sports Medicine Physicians.”

• July 21 at 12:23 p.m. EST: Henry V. Bonner, B.S., presenting “Psychomotor Testing and Orthopaedic Subspecialty Selection.”

• July 21 at 1:25 p.m. EST: Steven M. Theiss, M.D., presenting “Case-Based Discussion.”

July 22 

• July 22 at 8:04 a.m. EST: Sean Young, B.S., presenting “Isolated Gastrocnemius Recession for Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy: Patient-Reported Outcomes.”

• July 22 at 8:04 a.m. EST: Walter R. Smith, M.D., presenting “Ballistic Injuries of the Humerus: A Matched Cohort Analysis.”

• July 22 at 8:15 a.m. EST: Logan A. Reed, B.S., presenting “How Fellowship Affects Operative vs Nonoperative Management of Proximal Humerus Fractures.”

• July 22 at 8:15 a.m. EST: Sean Young, B.S., presenting “What Role Does BMI Play in Outcomes in Lateral Ligament Repair?”

• July 22 at 12:28 p.m. EST: Ezan A. Kothari, presenting “Complexity and Complication Rate of ATV-Associated Open Fractures in a Pediatric Population.”

July 23

• July 23 at 8:13 a.m. EST: Kelly Chandler, B.S., presenting “Resident Impact on Complication Rates in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty.”

• July 23 at 8:20 a.m. EST: Joseph Elphingstone, M.D., presenting “Systematic Review of Musculoskeletal Issues in Retired NFL Players.”

• July 23 at 10:20 a.m. EST: SOA/OREF Resident Award Winner Kevin C. Wall, M.D., MPH, presenting “Liposomal Bupivacaine Provides Better Comfort than Interscalene Catheter following Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery.” 

• July 23 at 12:25 p.m. EST: David A. Patch, M.D., ATC, Med, presenting “Treatment of 43C Pilon Fractures with Hindfoot Nailing vs. ORIF.”

• July 23 at 12:29 p.m. EST: Logan A. Reed, B.S., presenting “Mortality of Operative Spinal Fractures in COVID-19 Positive Patients Using Data from a US National Database.”

• July 23 at 12:33 p.m. EST: Ashish Shah, M.D., presenting “Is Patient Resilience Associated with Improved Outcomes following Brostrom-Gould?”

• July 23 at 12:44 p.m. EST: Logan A. Reed, B.S. presenting “Enhanced Recovery Pathway for Elective Spine Surgery.”