Register Now: 24th Annual Southeastern Orthopaedic Foot Club Conference

Dr. Lew Schon

The University of South Alabama Department of Orthopaedic Surgery will host its 24th annual Southeastern Orthopaedic Foot Club conference May 16, 2013, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Ala.

The conference, held in conjunction with the Alabama Orthopaedic Society Meeting, will feature Dr. Lew Schon, director of foot and ankle services at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore, Md.

Dr. Schon will lecture on “Advances in Treating the Achilles and Posterior Tibial Tendon Disorders” and “Ankle Reconstructions Via a Lateral Approach: Autograft, Allograft and Arthroplasty.”

Additional conference speakers include: Dr. Melanie Clark, USA; Dr. John Gould, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Dr. John Kirchner, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Dr. Angus McBryde, University of South Carolina; Dr. Raoul Rodriguez, Tulane University; Dr. Zhiqing Xing, USA; and Drs. Mason Florence, Beatriz Garcia, and Kavita Iyengar, fellows at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

At the conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to utilize procedural and ambulatory care for the disorders of the foot and ankle; recognize and incorporate therapeutic options for clinical problems of the foot and ankle; and apply these new diagnostic and treatment modalities and technical knowledge in the treatment of children and adults with foot and ankle abnormalities, as well as the highly trained athlete.

CEU’s will be available. Deadline for registration is May 3, 2013. To register, click here.

For more information, call (251) 665-8250 or click here. You can also get conference updates on Facebook here.