Nicholas Crosby MD; Meredith Osterman MD, Jonathan Isaacs MD;Kyle Eberlin MD, Sanj Kakar MD MBA, David Ruch MD, Steven C. Haase MD FACS, Mark Rekant MD, Nash H. Naam MD, William W. Dzwierzynski MD; AAHS President, Stephanie Kannas OTR/L CHT, Aviva L Wolff EdD OTR CHT, Gayle K. Severance MS OTR/L, Thomas Berger DPT CHT, Peter M. Murray MD, A. Lee Osterman MD FACS, Loree Kalliainen MD; William C. Pederson MD; Jane Fedorczyk PhDCHT PT, William Geissler MD; Dean G. Sotereanos MD; Fraser Leversedge MD, J. Manuel De La Rosa MD, Aletha Maybank MD, Brad K. Grunert PhD Professor of Psychology Department of Plastic Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin
At the conclusion of this Annaul Meeting the learner will be able to:
- Develop relationships and mentoring that lead to successful hand research and contributions to better patient outcomes.
- Describe the new landscape of medicine leading to better patient care through the use of social media, the internet and understating new reimbursement models.
- Discuss clinical and basic scientific research on hand and upper extremity problems.
- Integrate principles of hand therapy with surgical management of hand and upper extremity problems.
- Evaluate surgical and nonsurgical principles of managing common hand and upper extremity problems.
- Compare the intellectual discourses through an integrated program with the related surgical societies (ASRM and ASPN) and resolve conflicts.
- Implement enhanced management of fractures, arthritis and congenital problems.
- Compare clinical and nonclinical hand therapy issues for a variety of hand problems and fractures.









