Fairview's family of orthopedic services is committed to helping people of any age and ability maintain an active lifestyle and participate in sports. As the area's largest network of sports medicine and orthopedic physicians, physical therapists and athletic trainers, we are a community leader in sports medicine treatment, research and education. We offer weekly sports medicine conferences and a number of one- and two-day conferences each year, reaching an estimated 4,000 professionals annually.

Continuing education conferences offer sports medicine and orthopedic physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and other sports-related health professionals the latest in sports medicine best practices and evidence-based sports medicine.

Mark Your Calendar 

2010 Current Concepts in Sports Medicine
8th Annual Spring Conference
From the mound to the mountains
Friday, April 30 & Saturday, May 1, 2010
Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, Minn.
for physicians, physician assistants, certified athletic trainers, physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, chiropractors, occupational therapists and other sports medicine providers.

The course fee includes materials, continental breakfast and lunch. You will receive a letter of confirmation and driving directions upon your completed registration. The registration deadline is Friday, April 23, 2010. Register by April 9 for the early enrollment rate. For information or to request special dietary needs or facility accommodations, call 612-273-4800. To learn more about the conference and to register click the link below.

Agenda & Registration

For your convenience, a printable version of the 2010 Current Concepts conference brochure.

Presentations by national, regional and local experts on orthopedic and sports medicine topics from throwing and the overhead athlete to extreme sports.

• Baseball and Softball Biomechanics and Injury
• Extreme Sports Medicine - Wilderness/Ski & Snowboard/Rodeo
• Updates in Concussion Management
• Current Concepts in Evaluation of the Shoulder, Hip, Wrist, Hand, Foot & Ankle
• Simulated On-Field Injury Assessment & Management
    ...and more
  

Keynote Presenters
 
Xavier A. Duralde, M.D.
Pitch Selection in Youth Baseball: What is Really Safe?
Evaluation and Treatment of Pain in the Throwing Athlete
Physician, Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia; Lead Orthopaedist, Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball Team; Assistant Clinical Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Assistant Clinical Professor, Atlanta Medical Center School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Christopher Van Tilburg, M.D.
Mountain Rescue Doctor: Anatomy of a Search
Fresh Tracks: Ski and Snowboard Medicine
Staff Physician, Mountain Medical Clinic, Mount Hood, Oregon; Editor-in-Chief, Wilderness Medicine; Medical Committee Member, Mountain Rescue Association; Author, Mountain Rescue Doctor: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature (St. Martins, 2007).

Featured Conference Presenters

Margot Putukian, M.D., F.A.C.S.M.
Concussion Management & Return to Play: Where Does Zurich Leave Us?
The Athlete Out of Breath: Select Pulmonary Issues
Director of Athletic Medicine, Princeton University; Associate Clinical Professor, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; President, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, 2004-05; Board of Directors, American College of Sports Medicine; Team Physician, US Soccer, New Jersey Sky Blue (Women’s Professional Soccer); Chair, US Lacrosse Sports Science & Safety Committee.

Sherry L. Werner, Ph.D.
Biomechanics of Softball Pitching: Implications for Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation
Breaking Down the Windmill Pitch: Mechanics and Pitching-Specific Training
Director, Center for Sport & Motion Analysis, Texas Metroplex Institute for Sports Medicine.

Brian Wolf, M.D.
SLAP Lesions: What Have We Learned, Where Are We Headed?
Video Examination: The Elbow
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa; Director, Orthopedic Sports Medicine Fellowship, University of Iowa; Head Team Physician, University of Iowa basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, swimming, gymnastics and rowing; Team Physician, University of Iowa wrestling and football.

Conference planning committee: Co-directors Christopher Larson, M.D. & Grant Morrison, M.D., CAQ; Elizabeth Arendt, M.D.; Sara Bryan, PT; Kecia Erickson, MS, PT, ATC; Michael Freehill, M.D.; Lori Glover, MS, ATC; Gregory Lervick, M.D.; Mike Muffenbier, PT, SCS; David Olson, M.D., CAQ; Steven Stovitz, M.D., FACSM, CAQ

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Event Supporter/Booth Exhibitor
Become an Event Supporter or a Booth Exhibitor for the 2010 Current Concepts in Sports Medicine conference. Click here for details.

Event Supporters and Booth Exhibitors are to confirm by February 1, 2010.

For more information, contact Sara Bryan at sbryan1@fairview.org
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Sports Medicine Weekly Grand Rounds    
Wednesdays 7:30-8:30 a.m.
September through May - check schedule for host site location.

Now at 3 convenient locations.
University of Minnesota Medical Center - Fairview
Brennan Center - Riverside East Building
2450 Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, Minn., 55454
Riverside parking map

Fairview Southdale Hospital
International Room
6401 France Avenue South
Edina, Minn., 55345
Adjacent ramp parking compliments of Fairview Southdale Hospital

Fairview Maple Grove Medical Center
2nd floor Conference Room, Cedar 2A-204
14500 99th Avenue North
Maple Grove, Minn., 55369
Maple Grove parking map & directions.

Spring 2010 Continuing Education
Sideline Review
A workshop for physicians, athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals. to review sideline sports medicine prior to the start of the fall sports season.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Fairview Southdale Hospital - International Room
6401 France Avenue, South
Edina, Minn 55345
7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Interested in supporting a continuing education conference? Call 612-273-6490 or email sbryan1@fairview.org