I'm Jim Stone, president of ANNA, and I'm here to welcome you to the ANNA BA Specialty Day program. You know, when I think of the reasons that ANNA educational programs are so popular for both ANNA members and non-members alike, there's a common theme. You know that when you attend an ANNA program, whether it's our annual meeting, a hands-on cadaver course at the Learning Center, or Specialty Day, you're going to hear about cutting-edge orthopedic procedures presented in unbiased format and using evidence-based medicine that will have a direct impact on your practice. When we were thinking of a group to partner with for this program, I immediately thought of the Biologics Association. And when approached, BA president Ken Zasloff was all in for the collaboration. The topic of biologics is timely in that there's a high level of interest both on the part of our orthopedic surgeons and from our patients. And especially in a business climate where there are a lot of unproven claims being presented to the public, it's most important for all of us to be up-to-date on what the evidence shows and to present options honestly to our patients. This program will achieve that goal. I expect that each of you will exit this room at the end of the day with new information that will change some component of your clinical practice for the better. Mike O'Brien has worked on the ANA side for the BA program with Scott Rodio to develop a fantastic program that you see here today combining shoulder and knee topics along with updates on the rapidly changing field of biologics. I'd like you to enjoy your day with the ANA and the BA. And I'd like to now present President Ken Zasloff. Thanks, Jim. Thank you all for getting up so early on a Saturday morning in Vegas. I want to thank Jim. He's been such a great partner all year. Not only for this meeting, but a real partner in the Biologic Association. As you can see from the slide up, the Biologic Association, many of you may not know, it's not a membership organization of individuals. It's a unique association of associations. And we have many of the groups that you are familiar with in not only the biologic space, but the orthopedic and PM&R space. And we all work together for one mission, and that is to give truth about biologics and to try to keep standards about biologics and to then push forward with our research in this area, which we think is promising. But as many of you know, the internet is full of things that are mistruths. So we're trying to keep everybody honest, and we've been very excited. And now, with our partnership with the OREF and the AAOS as well, we feel that we can all speak as a unified voice in the musculoskeletal space. I want to thank Michael O'Brien and his group. They've been great to work with, with my team, Scott Rodeo and Jason Dragoo. And I think you guys will find this a really interesting day. So thanks to everyone, including all the staff from ANA. That's been a pleasure to work with. Thank you. Good morning, everybody. I'm Mike O'Brien. I want to thank you all for being here. I want to congratulate Dr. Stone and Dr. Zaslava on their presidential terms, and a special thank you to Dr. Scott Rodeo. So Dr. Rodeo and Jason Dragoo kind of helped formulate this plan for today. So we hope to cover a lot of the greatest, newest, best cutting-edge techniques in arthroscopy for both shoulder, hip, and knee. And we're really focusing on how to incorporate biologics into your practice. So I want to thank you all for being here. And without further ado, we will get started with our next session. So I'll invite Travis Decker and Jennifer Smith up to start our instability talk. Thank you.

ANNA BA Specialty Day

orthopedic procedures

biologics

clinical practice

arthroscopy