The Annual Meeting registration form will indicate your section memberships and record any sections you join during the registration process. Section workshops/symposiums that are open to the public will display to all registrants, whereas closed will only display to section members. All section activities will require a response of “will attend” or “will not attend.”

If you are not an ORS Section Member but you are interested in attending closed workshops/symposiums, you can join the Section while registering for the ORS 2025 Annual Meeting.

Workshops

Friday, February 7
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
North 222

The overall goal of this workshop is to provide practical and actionable guidance on the steps needed to bring a technology from concept to product.

Organizers:
Alex Christ, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
Evan Goldberg, PhD, Global Center for Medical

Speakers:

Evan Goldberg, PhD, Global Center for Medical Innovation

Alex Christ, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Saylan Lukas, MBA, Global Center for Medical Innovation

Michelle Lott, RAC, Learn RAQA

Steve Charlebois, PhD, Med Institute 

David Nuckley, PhD, Stryker Spine

Lara Silverman, PhD, LIS Bioconsulting

Gregory Jay, MD, PhD, Brown University

David Safranski, PhD, Enovis

Agenda

Ticket Required (Please register for this event during your Annual Meeting registration process)

Friday, February 7
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
North 221

This workshop will cover elements of successful study design when working with both large and small animal models in musculoskeletal research. These elements include model selection, determining endpoints, and pain management, among others. Special considerations for working with industry and regulatory requirements will be discussed.

Speakers:

Jeremiah Easly, DVM, Colorado State University
Considerations for Animal Model Study Design when Working with Industry Partners

Thomas Schaer, VMD, University of Pennsylvania
Towards More Quantifiable Functional Outcomes for Musculoskeletal Research Using Large Animal Models

Leah Steyn, University of Arizona
Successfully Navigating Regulatory Requirements Related to Animal Model Research

Blaine Christensen, University of California-Davis
Maximizing Outcomes from Preclinical Animal Models

Agenda

Ticket Required (Please register for this event during your Annual Meeting registration process)

Symposiums

Closed for Spine Section Members Only 

Friday, February 7
2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
West 301BC

The Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) Spine Section is the premier professional body devoted to basic and translational spine research, and an indispensable scientific forum for investigators at all career stages. The objective of the Spine Section symposium will be to leverage and expand the mission of the ORS Spine Section in order to catalyze transformative basic and translational spine research through enhanced mentoring and collaboration across institutions and countries.

Speakers: 

Mauro Alini, PhD, AO Research Institute

Cheryle Seguin, PhD, The University of Western Ontario

Lilian Plotkin, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine

Amber Benedict, PhD, Arizona State Univesity

Lara Silverman, PhD, LIS Bioconsulting

Agenda

Ticket Required (Please register for this event during your Annual Meeting registration process)