- The 2021 HTA-CA Hand Conference is 100% Virtual
- There are 5 themed sessions spread over 4 months
- Each session includes 4 speakers, awarding 4 CEU Hours
- Presenters will be live including a panel discussion
- Each session cost $55 for HTA-CA members and $85 for non-members
More Information for Session 1 March 27, 8:00 AM to 12:30 Pacific – An Open or Closed Case: Examining Dupuytren’s Treatment
- Dr. Joy MacDermid: Opening Keynote: The importance of Evidence Based Practice in Hand Therapy
- Dr. Keith Denkler: Dupuytren’s Disease: Incise, Excise, Dissolve
- Dr. Andrew Gutow: Open Release for Dupuytren’s Disease: The Gold Standard?
- Saba Kamal: Efficacy of Splinting for Dupuytren’s Disease
- Live Panel Discussion, Questions Moderated from Chat
More Information for Session 2 – April 24, 8:00 AM to 12:30 Pacific – Distal Radius Fractures: Complications, Controversies and Early Mobilization
- Dr. Marsha Lawrence: Distal Radius Under Attack: Why are some surgeons are sending their patients home instead?
- Dr. Jeff Yao: The Complicated DRF: Concomitant Ligament Injuries
- Dr. Edward Moon: Early Mobilization for DRF: Outcome Studies
- Dr. Megan Meisenheimer: Treatment Protocols for DRF: Efficacy and Outcomes
- Live Panel Discussion, Questions Moderated from Chat
More Information for Session 3 – May 22,8:00 AM to 12:30 Pacific – All Paths lead to the Carpal Tunnel: Multiple Treatment Methods
- Dr. Marsha Lawrence: CTS Conservative Care
- Robert Markison: Ultrasound Guided Release and Minimal Approach to Open Techniques
- Dr. Jaret Butler: Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release (and more!) under Local Anesthesia
- Dr. William Slikker: WALANT and Carpal Tunnel Surgery: Outcomes, Therapy
- Live Panel Discussion, Questions Moderated from Chat
More Information for Session 4 – June 5, 8:00 AM to 12:30 Pacific – Updates in Performing Arts Medicine
- Dr. Ian Bledsoe: FD or not FD? That is the Question: Differential Diagnosis for Focal Dystonia and Other Neurological Conditions
- Dr. Nancy Byl: Updates in Focal Dystonia Research
- Dr. Stephanie Greenspan, Dr. Luc Fecteau: The Show Must Go On: Managing Injuries in the Circus Artist
- Live Panel Discussion, Questions Moderated from Chat
Session 5 More Information and Registration – June 12, 8:00 AM to 12:30 Pacific – Happy Hand Therapy Week! Research, Lateral Epicondylitis, The Refractory Traumatic Hand
- Dr. Joy MacDermid: Strategies to Integrate Research into Clinical Practice
- Dr. Brice Blatz: Ultrasound Guided Conservative Care for Lateral Epicondylitis
- Dr. Igor Immerman: To Cut or Not to Cut?: Outcomes for Open Release of the Refractory Lateral Epicondylitis
- Dr. Rudy Buntic: The Refractory Traumatic Hand: What Drives the Decision for More Surgery?
- Live Panel Discussion, Questions Moderated from Chat