The Orthopaedic Trauma Association has been selected to be our ORS 2022 Guest Clinical Society. OTA members have contributed significantly to field of orthopaedic research. Bringing our organizations together in our new Guest Clinical Society program will only strengthen those bonds and improve collaboration toward our common goals.

Spotlight Speaker

Todd McKinley, MD
Indiana University

Precision Approaches for Polytrauma:  Measuring Patient-Specific Injury Signatures to Optimize Outcomes in Multiply Injured Patients with Fractures

Unmet Clinical Needs: Brainstorming Ideas to Address Clinical Shortcomings in Trauma

Sunday, February 6
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Program Lead: Chelsea Bahney, PhD and Michael Archdeacon, MD (OTA)

Identifying novel solutions to unmet clinical needs requires cross-disciplinary expertise and creative brainstorming find targeted and feasible approaches to previously unsolved clinical problems. This Session includes a presentation from an industry leader to explain the power and process of effective brainstorming followed by 3-4 short presentations by surgeons describing an unmet clinical need in their field of expertise. Attendees will then be divided according to their background into small groups and participate in guided brainstorming of solutions that could address one of the unmet clinical needs. The session will conclude with a report-out and discussion of the brainstorming results.

Speakers:

Successful Innovator Case Presentation
Michael Archdeacon, MD

When Damage is Not Isolated: The Challenges in Polytrauma
Todd McKinley, MD

Beyond the Bone: Unmet needs in Soft Tissue Management following Trauma
Joseph Hsu, MD

How Understanding Molecular Mechanisms in Fracture Repair can Lead to Novel Therapeutic
Phillip Leucht, MD

Training in Effective Brainstorming
Chelsea Bahney, PhD