AGENDA – Doctor’s Program
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Exhibit Set-up
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm CPR CERTIFICATION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration/ Breakfast/ Visit Exhibitors
8:00 am – 8:45 am Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome; a new method to optimize outcomes and
diagnostic aids of other entrapment neuropathies
Greg Still, DPM, FACFAS, Denver, Colorado. Sponsored by Medtronic ENT
8:45 am – 9:15 am Hallux Limitus – Evaluation and Management
Millicent Vorkapich-Hill, DPM, Windsor, Ontario
9:15 am – 10:00 am Evaluation and Management of Peripheral Neuropathy
Greg Still, DPM, FACFAS, Denver, Colorado. Sponsored by Medtronic ENT
10:00 am – 11:00 am MBS Magnetic Biostimulation combined with Infrared Laser
Successfully Utilized in Podiatric Medicine
Hartley Miltchin, DPM, Toronto, Ontario
Sponsored by: Magne-tec Enterprises Inc.
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Buffet Lunch/Visit Exhibitors
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Computerized Gait Analysis: Utility in Analysis and Treatment of
Chronic Pain in Athletes
Bruce Williams, DPM, Breakthrough Podiatry, Merrillville, Indiana
Sponsored by: Tekscan, Inc.
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm Hemi-implant Arthroplasty: Indications and Surgical Technique
Vicki Anton-Athens, DPM, FACFAS, Brownstown, MI
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm Appreciating How the Foot Really Moves and the Relationship to
Chronic Sports Related Pain
Bruce Williams, DPM, Breakthrough Podiatry, Merrillville, Indiana
Sponsored by: Tekscan, Inc.
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Coffee Break/ Visit Exhibitors
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm Collaborative Conversations – Aligning Yourself for Effective
Communication
Suzanne Sherkin, CPO, Toronto, Ontario
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm The HPRAC Process – Steps and Timing
Don Gracey, CG Group
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Update from the College of Chiropodists of Ontario
Felecia Smith, Registrar, COCOO
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm OPMA Annual General Meeting
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
8:00am -8:30 am Continental Breakfast/ Visit Exhibitors
8:30am – 9:15am New Techniques in treating Fasciosis and Tendinosis
Thomas Brosky II, DPM, FACFAS, Oakwood, Georgia
9:15 am – 9:45 am Gait Analysis Case Studies of Injured Athletes
Bruce Williams, DPM, Breakthrough Podiatry, Merrillville, Indiana
Sponsored by: Tekscan, Inc.
9:45 am – 10:30 am Tendon Augmentation with OrthAdapt
Thomas Brosky II, DPM, FACFAS, Oakwood, Georgia
10:30 am – 11:00 am Coffee Break/ Visit Exhibitors
11:00 am – 11:45 am Opus Magnum Anchors and a Proposed New Bunion Technique
Thomas Brosky II, DPM, FACFAS, Oakwood, Georgia
11:45 – 12:15 pm Indications and Use of the Sinus Tarsi Implant
James Hill, DPM, FACFAS, Windsor, Ontario
11:00 am – 3:00 pm Exhibitor Tear-Down
12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch on own
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm How Applied Biomechanical Research Relates to your Practice
Christopher L. MacLean, Ph.D. Paris Orthotics Ltd., Vancouver, BC
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm 2nd MPJ INSTABILITY – Evaluation and Management
Lara Murphy, DPM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Coffee Break
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm Biomechanical Issues in the Diabetic Foot an Innovative Interventions
Christopher L. MacLean, Ph.D. Paris Orthotics Ltd., Vancouver, BC
4:45 pm – 5:15 pm Rheumatoid Foot
Lara Murphy, DPM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2008
8:00 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast
8:30am – 9:15 am First MTPJ Arthroplasty and Fusion: Review of the Literature
Johnny T.C. Lau, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Toronto, Ontario
9:15 am – 10:00 am Treatment of Office Emergencies
10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 am – 11:00 am Painless Injection Techniques, Workshop and Anesthetic Review
Sheldon Nadal, DPM, Toronto, Ontario
11:00 am -12:00 Noon Clinical Case Study Forum
Participants are encouraged to bring x-rays and notes on difficult,
interesting and challenging cases for discussion
AGENDA – Assistant’s Program
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm CPR CERTIFICATION
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008
This year’s Assistants Program will be highlighted by a communication workshop and feature several
relevant topics to improve practice efficiency, expertise and morale. Topics will include the assistant's
role in the Podiatric History & Physical, understanding heel pain and an interactive workshop allowing
each practice to compare business methods and details of practice management including managing
costs and supplies.
8:00 am - 8:30 am Registration/Breakfast/Visit Exhibitors
8:30 am – 9:30 am Understanding Heel Pain
Hartley Miltchin, DPM, Toronto, Ontario
Sponsored by: Magne-tec Enterprises Inc.
9:30 am – 10:00am The Complete Patient Chart – Assistant’s role in the Podiatric
History & Physical
Peter StavropoulosDPM, Kitchener, Ontario
10:00 am – 11:00 am Techniques in Taping, Padding and Bandaging
Lecture and Workshop
Millicent Vorkapich-Hill, DPM, Windsor, Ontario
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Buffet Lunch/Visit Exhibitors
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Collaborative Conversations – Aligning Yourself for Effective
Communication
Suzanne Sherkin, CPO, Toronto, Ontario
1:45pm – 2:30 pm X-ray Safety and Positioning
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Office Emergencies
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Coffee Break
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Practice Management Interactive/Collaborative Workshop
Participants are encouraged to bring examples of office forms,
day sheets, inventory checklists and other materials and forms relevant to
daily practice management to share with the other assistants.