Course Program

Advanced Foot & Ankle Virtual Course: Advanced Techniques, Applied 

November 12-14, 2026

Course Chair: Jeremy T. Smith, MD
Course Co-Chairs: Michael C. Aynardi, MD, and Max P. Michalski, MD

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, learners should be able to:

• Compare and contrast approaches for treating routine and complex foot and ankle deformities and conditions

• Describe patient selection and treatment strategies for revision procedures

• Outline the ways to identify and manage complications

• Determine and apply strategies to improve patient outcomes
  

The American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. AOFAS designates this blended event (live activity and enduring materials), for a maximum of 11.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery's Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABOS credit.

For more information on AOFAS accreditation and educational policies, visit the Program Overview page.

Program

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12

4:00 – 5:30 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 1 – Trauma/Pilons
Moderator: Max P. Michalski, MD

Pilon Fusions
Max P. Michalski, MD

Frames for Definitive Treatment
Michael D. Johnson, MD

Total Ankle as Primary Treatment
Kyle M. Schweser, MD

Why Not Just Fix It?
John Y. Kwon, MD

Cases and Discussion

5:30 – 7:00 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 2 – Ankle Instability
Moderator: Michael C. Aynardi, MD

My Algorithm for the Deltoid
Joseph S. Park, MD

Arthroscopic Ligament Reconstruction
Peter G. Mangone, MD

Global Ankle Instability
Arianna Gianakos, DO

What If My Brostrom Fails?
C. Thomas Haytmanek Jr., MD

Cases and Discussion

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13

4:00 – 5:30 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 3 – Instructional Endoscopy/Arthroscopy
Moderator: Jeremy T. Smith, MD

Peroneals
Andrea N. Veljkovic, MD, MPH

Posterior Ankle and FHL
MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA

Endoscopic Compartment Release
Eric M. Bluman, MD, PhD

Endoscopic Plantar Fascia Release
Thomas G. Harris, MD

Cases and Discussion

5:30 – 7:00 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 4 – Revision Forefoot Using MIS
Moderator: Max P. Michalski, MD

Lesser Metatarsal Osteotomies
Rebecca A. Cerrato, MD

Failed Hammertoe
Tyler A. Gonzalez, MD, MBA

MIS Salvage of Open Failure
Christopher P. Miller, MD

Open Salvage of MIS Failure
Jason T. Bariteau, MD

Cases and Discussion

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14

9:00 – 10:30 am Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 5 – Osteomyelitis
Moderator: Michael C. Aynardi, MD

Calcaneal Osteomyelitis
Irvin Oh, MD

Creative Antibiotic Delivery Solutions
Michael C. Aynardi, MD

Management of Bone Loss
Amgad M. Haleem Amin, MD, PhD

Osteomyelitis in the Young Patient
Jacob R. Zide, MD

Cases and Discussion

10:30 am – noon Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 6 – Revision TAR
Moderator: Michael C. Aynardi, MD

Infection
Edward T. Haupt, MD

Fracture
David I. Pedowitz, MD, MS

Loosening
Scott J. Ellis, MD

Impingement
Sara Lyn Miniaci-Coxhead, MD

Cases and Discussion

Noon – 1:30 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 7 – Aging Pediatric Foot
Moderator: Jeremy T. Smith, MD

Residual Clubfoot
Christopher W. Reb, DO

What to Do with Sinus Tarsi Implants
Susan T. Mahan, MD, MPH

Coalitions
Samuel E. Ford, MD

Juvenile Bunion
Bonnie Y. Chien, MD

Cases and Discussion

1:30 – 2:45 pm Central Time (UTC-6)
Symposium 8 – Trauma in the Athlete: Tips and Tricks for Delayed Presentation
Moderator: Jeremy T. Smith, MD

Syndesmosis
Lauren E. Geaney, MD

Turf Toe
Jeremy T. Smith, MD

5th Metatarsal Fractures
J. Turner Vosseller, MD

Navicular Fractures
Jeremy J. McCormick, MD

Cases and Discussion