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Please note: Registration provides access to both sessions. Whether you attend one or both nights, a single registration covers the full program.
​Once you complete your registration, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom.

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The Miami-Dade County Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Night 1 Agenda

Night 2 Agenda
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February 11, 2026 
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM (EST)

February 26, 2026 
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM (EST)

8:00 pm                     
Welcome & Introductions
Carmen Quatman, MD
President, IGFS
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
 
8:05 – 8:30 pm          
Panel Discussion:
CMS Age Friendly Requirements Impact on Geriatric Trauma Care Units – What We Learned & Where We Are Going
Ezenwa Onyema MD MS FACP FHM, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
Esteban Franco-Garcia, MD, AGSF, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

 
8:30 – 8:35 pm Discussion
 
8:35 – 8:55 pm           
Artificial Intelligence Image Analysis as a Screening Tool for Low Bone Density Using  Simple Hip and Pelvis Radiographs
William Dodd, MD
University of Iowa Health Care, North Liberty, IA
 
8:55 – 9:00 pm  Discussion
 
9:00 – 9:20 pm          
Leveraging Ambient Listening in Clinical Environments
Gabriel Alain, PT, DPT, PhD(c)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
 
9:20 – 9:25 pm Discussion
 
9:25 – 9:40 pm         
Updating the Blue Book
Naoko Onizuka MD PhD MPH
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
 
9:40 – 9:45 pm    Discussion
 
9:45 – 9:55 pm          
Looking Ahead to the 2026 IGFS/FFN USA Surgical Skills and Fracture Care Congress                                                
December 4-6, 2026, The Blackwell Hotel, Columbus, OH   
Megan Sorich, DO, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX
 
9:55 - 10:00 pm          
2025 IGFS/FFN USA Business Meeting – Session 1
 
10:00 pm                    
Adjourn

CME

None of the planners or faculty for this activity have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose except Patricia Donohue who is an Advisory Board member with Radius Pharm.  All relationships identified for these planners and faculty have been mitigated.
 
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Miami-Dade County Medical Association and The International Geriatric Fracture Society. The Miami-Dade County Medical Association is accredited by the Florida Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The Miami-Dade County Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
8:00 pm
Welcome & Introductions
Julie Switzer, MD
Past President, IGFS, Chair, FFN USA
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital, St Louis Park, MN
                                   
8:05 – 8:30 pm           
GLP-1RA Drugs and Osteoporosis    
Rozalina McCoy, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
 
8:30 – 8:35 pm      Discussion
 
8:35 – 8:50 pm           
Overview of the PCORI Osteoporosis Projects
Sarah Berry, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Denise Orwig, PhD
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
 
8:55 – 9:00 pm            Discussion      
 
Scientific Presentations
 
9:00 – 9:10 pm           
Effect of Osteoporosis, Bone Health Screening, and Medication Management on Complications and Reoperations Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
Tera Scott, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
 
9:10 – 9:20 pm           
The Implications of Language Barriers on Postoperative Outcomes Among Older Adults with Hip Fracture
Jessica Chao, Montefiore Einstein Orthopedic Surgery
 
9:20 – 9:30 pm           
Up and out: Factors Influencing Early Physical Therapy Following Traumatic Hip Fracture Surgery: A Multivariable Analysis
Vanessa Dellheim, Mass General Hospital
 
9:30 – 9:50 pm 
Poster Presentation Breakout Sessions: Attendees Self-Select Room, Change after 10 minutes

B/O Room 1:
Moderator: 
Impact of Osteoporosis on Postoperative Outcomes Following Rotator Cuff Repair
Tera Scott, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
 
B/O Room 2:
Moderator:
General Anesthesia Is Associated with Increased Postoperative Morbidity and Mortality in Frail Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery
Jared Sasaki, New York Medical College
 
B/O Room 3:
Moderator:
Operative Cost, Anesthesia Time, and Fracture Complexity Across Age Groups in Proximal Humerus Fixation: A Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing Analysis
Kehinde Agoro, TRIA Orthopaedic Center
                                   
B/O Room 4:
Moderator:
 Strength in Numbers: Group-Based Physical Therapy for Hospitalized Older Adults
 James Crick, The Ohio State University
 
9:50 – 10:00 pm         
2025 IGFS/FFN USA Business Meeting & Elections – Session 2

 
10:00 pm                    Adjourn                                  
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  • Home
    • About
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  • Membership
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    • AI Podcast
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    • Listen on youtube
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