AMSSM ANNUAL MEETING

General Sessions

MEETING KICKOFF



2:00 pm	President's Welcome	Marci Goolsby, MD, FAMSSM; AMSSM President


2:15 pm	Welcome and Announcements	Rebecca Myers, MD, FAMSSM; First Vice President Jennifer Malcolm, DO; Program Chair


2:30 pm	President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition Keynote	Keynote Speaker: TBD



SESSION #1	WELCOME TO MARYLAND - MORE THAN CRAB AND OLD BAY

3:00 pm	Introduction	Rajwinder Deu, MD, FAMSSM Matthew Silvis, MD, FAMSSM


3:05 pm	Equestrian Medicine	Kelly Danielle Ryan, MD


3:22 pm	Lacrosse	Kari Ellen Kindschi, MD


3:39 pm	Military Athletes	Nicholas Michols, DO


3:52 pm	The Role of Sports Medicine in the Performing Arts	Featured Speaker: Serap Bastepe-Gray, MD and Kiyomi Goto, DO


4:20 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #2	SHARED DECISION-MAKING - RETURN TO SPORT AFTER A MEDICAL EVENT

5:30 pm	Introduction	Claudia Dal Molin, DO Jason Zaremski, MD, FAMSSM


5:35 pm	CRN Spotlight: ORCCA Update	Kimberly Harmon, MD, FAMSSM


5:50 pm	Cardiac Conditions	Featured Speaker: Jonathan Kim, MD


6:05 pm	Chest and Abdominal Trauma	Jaron Santelli, MD


6:20 pm	Heat Illness and Rhabdomyolysis	Featured International Speaker: Prof. Yuval Heled, PhD, LLB


6:35 pm	Neurologic Conditions	Jeff Kutcher, MD


6:50 pm	Questions and Answers

RISING WITH RESEARCH	RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS



7:00 am



SESSION #3	3A-3D: CONCURRENT SESSIONS - RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

8:00 am	NATA Exchange Research Award Distinguished Scholar Presentation	Featured National Exchange Lecture Speaker: Shelby Elyse Baez, PhD, ATC


9:30 am	Oral Case Poster Session 1A



SESSION #4	OSTEOARTHRITIS MANAGEMENT

10:30 am	Introduction	Rajwinder Deu, MD, FAMSSM Melissa Novak, DO, FAMSSM


10:35 am	CRN Spotlight: Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis	Katherine Rizzone, MD, MPH


10:50 am	Orthobiologics: An Update on What the Evidence Shows in 2024	Featured Orthobiologics Speaker: Scott Rodeo, MD


11:10 am	Managing Pain in the Nonoperative Patient	Featured International Speaker: Kim Bennell, PhD


11:30 am	AOSSM EXCHANGE LECTURE: Emerging Procedures and Surgical Techniques	Featured National Exchange Lecture Speaker: Matthew Provencher, MD, MBA


11:50 am	Questions and Answers



PRESIDENTIAL KEYNOTE

12:05 pm	Presidential Keynote: USOPC Leadership	Presidential Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Finnoff, DO, FAMSSM



SESSION #5	5A: CONCURRENT SESSIONS: FROM THE BACK TO THE BUTT AND BEYOND

2:00 pm	Introduction	Monique Burton, MD Cleo Stafford II, MD, MS


2:05 pm	An Evidence-Based Pathway for Athletes with Lower Back Pain	Oluseun (Alfy) Olufade, MD, FAMSSM


2:20 pm	CRN Spotlight: Spondylolysis and Other Pediatric Considerations	Emily Sweeney, MD


2:35 pm	Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) for Lumbar Spine Pathology	Featured National Speaker: Mary Ambach, MD


2:50 pm	AAPMR EXCHANGE LECTURE: The Complexities of the SI Joint	Featured National Exchange Lecture Speaker: Aaron Yang, MD


3:05 pm	AIUM EXCHANGE LECTURE: Lower Extremity Entrapment Neuropathy	Featured National Exchange Lecture Speaker: Jon Jacobson, MD


3:20 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #5	5B: CONCURRENT SESSIONS: SUMMER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC SPORTS

2:00 pm	Introduction	Monique Burton, MD Kyle Goerl, MD Brett Toresdahl, MD


2:05 pm	CRN Spotlight: Injury Incidence/Prevention in Adaptive Athletes	Mary Dubon, MD


2:20 pm	Wheelchair Rugby	Featured National Speaker: Kenneth Lee, MD


2:32 pm	Rugby Sevens	Featured International Speaker: Jon Patricios, MBBCh, MMedSci


2:44 pm	Paralympic: Blind Football	Featured International Speaker: Richard Weiler, MBChB, MSc, SEM, MRCGP, PGCME


2:56 pm	Artistic Swimming	Selina Shah, MD, FAMSSM


3:08 pm	Paralympic Swimming	Stephanie Tow, MD


3:20 pm	Questions and Answers



ORAL CASE POSTER	1B (Exhibit Hall)

3:30 pm	Oral Case Poster Session 1B



SESSION #6	INJECTION THERAPIES: USING NON-BIOLOGICS TO IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES

4:30 pm	Introduction	Nathaniel Nye, MD Katherine Rizzone, MD, MPH


4:35 pm	Roles and Risks of Local Anesthetics in Sports Medicine	Cleo Stafford II, MD, MS


4:53 pm	Dextrose Prolotherapy	Joanne Borg-Stein, MD


5:11 pm	What's on the Horizon with Non-Orthobiologic Injection Therapies?	Jeremiah Ray, MD


5:29 pm	Placebo Effect or Something More? How Nontangible Factors May Influence Perceived Outcomes with Injection Therapies	Featured International Speaker: Peter Brukner, OAM, MBBS


5:50 pm	Questions and Answers

RISING WITH RESEARCH	RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS



7:00 am



SESSION #7A	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - SHARED DECISION-MAKING - MENTAL HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS

8:00 am	Introduction	Siobhan Statuta, MD, FAMSSM Shelley Street Callender, MD, FAMSSM


8:05 am	Mental Health Considerations and Shared Decision-Making in an Athlete Diagnosed with Severe Cardiac Disease	Featured International Speaker: Martin Halle, MD, PhD


8:20 am	Mental Health Considerations After Heat Illness	Yvette Rooks, MD


8:35 am	Stronger Together: Supporting Simone Biles on Her Olympic Journey from Tears to Triumph - And Still I Rise	Marcia Faustin, MD


8:50 am	Sports Psychiatry and Mental Health Counseling	Featured National Speaker: David McDuff, MD


9:05 am	Legal Perspectives	Featured National Speaker: Ashley Lyman, Esq.


9:20 am	Questions and Answers



SESSION #7B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS – CASE PRESENTATIONS

8:00 am	Case Presentations



POSTER SESSION	RESEARCH POSTER SESSION 2A (Exhibit Hall)

9:30 am



SESSION #8	STATE OF THE UNION FOR AMSSM/PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS/AWARDS

10:30 am	STATE OF THE UNION FOR AMSSM/ PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS/AWARDS


11:30 am	ANDERSON MEMORIAL LECTURE: Physician Leadership and Professional Development	Harriet Hopf, MD Leo Hopf, MBA



SESSION #9A	CONCURRENT SESSIONS –ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY

2:00 pm	Introduction	Carlin Senter, MD, FAMSSM Matthew Silvis, MD, FAMSSM


2:05 pm	Ankle Tendinopathy and Pronator/Arch Mechanics	Featured National Speaker: Patrick McKeon, PhD, CSCS, ATC


2:20 pm	CRN Spotlight: Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Tenotomy for Achilles Tendinopathy and Feasibility of a Standardized Ultrasound Imaging Protocol	Mederic Hall, MD


2:35 pm	Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) Treatment for Achilles Tendinopathy	Jennifer Soo Hoo, MD


2:50 pm	Orthobiologics for Achilles Tendinopathy	Featured National Speaker: Liaoning (Jenny) Yuan, MD, PhD


3:05 pm	The Athlete with Recalcitrant Achilles Tendinopathy: A Case-Based Approach	Monica Rho, MD


3:20 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #9B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS – MEDICAL ROUND ROBIN - ROOM 1: CARDIOPULMONARY

2:00 pm	Introduction	Emily M. Miller, MD


2:06 pm	Advances in Lipid Management and Exercise in Common Cardiac Conditions	Featured International Speaker: Martin Halle, MD, PhD


2:26 pm	Questions and Answers


2:34 pm	Shortness of Breath in Athletes	Andrew Getzin, MD


2:54 pm	Questions and Answers


3:02 pm	BASEM EXCHANGE LECTURE: Physical Activity and Health Disparities	Featured International Exchange Lecture Speaker: Dane Vishnubala, MBBS, PDCME, MRCGP, MSc, SEM, DipSEM


3:22 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #9B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS – MEDICAL ROUND ROBIN - ROOM 2: ENDOCRINE

2:00 pm	Introduction	Karin VanBaak, MD


2:06 pm	AMSSM Diabetes Position Statement	Robert Oh, MD, MPH


2:26 pm	Questions and Answers


2:34 pm	Contraception Use in Sports Medicine	Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH


2:54 pm	Questions and Answers


3:02 pm	CRN Spotlight: Female Bone Health Across the Lifespan	Karin VanBaak, MD


3:22 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #9B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS – MEDICAL ROUND ROBIN - ROOM 3: HEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

2:00 pm	Introduction	Valerie Cothran, MD


2:06 pm	AMSSM Mono Physician Statement Update	Siobhan Statuta, MD, FAMSSM


2:26 pm	Questions and Answers


2:34 pm	Infectious Arthropathies	Hamish Kerr, MD, MSc, FAMSSM


2:54 pm	Questions and Answers


3:02 pm	Bleeding Disorders and Anticoagulants Effect on Exercise	Valerie Cothran, MD


3:22 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #9B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS – MEDICAL ROUND ROBIN - ROOM 4: NEUROLOGY

2:00 pm	Introduction	Kari Sears, MD


2:06 pm	Advances in Migraine Care	Jeff Kutcher, MD


2:26 pm	Questions and Answers


2:34 pm	Can a Tele-Exercise Program Improve Physical Activity Outcomes in People with Multiple Sclerosis?	Irfan Asif, MD, FAMSSM


2:54 pm	Questions and Answers


3:02 pm	Sports Medicine Practice Pearls for Treating the Neurodivergent Population	George Pujalte, MD, FAMSSM


3:22 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #9B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS – MEDICAL ROUND ROBIN - ROOM 5: GASTROENTEROLOGY

2:00 pm	Introduction	Sameer Dixit, MD, FAMSSM


2:06 pm	Optimizing the Microbiome: Considerations for Health and Performance	Nailah Adams Morancie, MD, MS


2:26 pm	Questions and Answers


2:34 pm	The Athlete with Abdominal Pain and Keys to Management	Amy Hockenbrock, MD


2:54 pm	Questions and Answers


3:02 pm	Essential Updates on NSAIDs and the Athlete: Best Practices for Prescribing and When to Avoid	Brian Jacobs, MD


3:22 pm	Questions and Answers



RESEARCH POSTER SESS	RESEARCH POSTER (SESSION 2B) REFRESHMENT BREAK \| EXHIBITORS (Exhibit Hall)

3:30 pm



SESSION #10	CONCUSSION IN SPORT

4:30 pm	Introduction	Will Denq, MD Kyle Goerl, MD


4:35 pm	Update on Amsterdam Concussion in Sport Consensus Statement	Featured International Speaker: Jon Patricios, MBBCh, MMedSci


4:55 pm	1st Position Statement for Concussion Para Sport Group	Featured International Speaker: Richard Weiler, MBChB, MSc, SEM, MRCGP, PGCME


5:15 pm	CASEM EXCHANGE LECTURE: Concussion Management: Pediatric Considerations	Featured International Exchange Lecture Speaker: Laura Purcell, MD, FRCPC, Dip Sport Med, DRCPSC (CE)


5:32 pm	Concussion Management: The Para Sport Athlete	Featured National Speaker: Kenneth Lee, MD


5:47 pm	Questions and Answers

RISING WITH RESEARCH	RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS



8:00 am	Rising with Research



SESSION #11A	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - SPORTS MEDICINE ECONOMICS

9:00 am	Introduction	Yao-Wen Eliot Hu, MD, MBA Kari Sears, MD


9:05 am	Breaking Away from the Establishment and Embracing Entrepreneurship	Featured National Speaker: Clarence Lee, MD, MBA


9:27 am	Sports Medicine Physician Value: Employer and Employee Perspectives	Featured National Speaker: Ge Bai, PhD, CPA


9:49 am	Questions and Answers



SESSION #11B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - LEADING PHYSICIAN WELL-BEING

9:00 am	Introduction	Andrea Kussman, MD James MacDonald, MD, MPH, FAMSSM


9:05 am	Sports Medicine Physician Burnout: AMSSM Survey Results	Rahul Kapur, MD


9:15 am	Wellness: Evidence-Based Solutions and Best Practices	Elizabeth Albright, DO Emily M. Miller, MD


9:35 am	Wellness Across Cultures	Featured International Speaker: Helen Fulcher, MD


9:50 am	Questions and Answers



CASE POSTER SESSION	3A (Exhibit Hall)

10:00 am	Case Poster Session 3A



SESSION #12A	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - CURRENT TRENDS AND EVIDENCE OF INJURY AND ILLNESS PREVENTION IN SPORTS

11:00 am	Introduction	Ryan Kruse, MD Oluseun (Alfy) Olufade, MD, FAMSSM


11:05 am	CRN Spotlight: Lower Extremity Injury Prevention - Running Consortium Update	Brett Toresdahl, MD


11:15 am	Knee Injury Prevention in Soccer Athletes	International Traveling Fellow - New Zealand Featured International Speaker: Mark Fulcher, MBChB, MMedSci


11:30 am	CRN Spotlight: APTA EXCHANGE LECTURE: Hamstring Injury Prevention - NFL HAMIR Study	Featured National Exchange Lecture Speaker: Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD


11:50 am	Upper Extremity Overuse Injury Prevention in Overhead Athletes	Raul Rosario-Concepcion, MD


12:05 pm	Medicine Through Movement: Prescribing Physical Activity for Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease	Featured International Speaker: Jane Thornton, MD, PhD, CCFP, SEM Dip Sport Physician (IOC)


12:20 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #12B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MEDICINE CULTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES

11:00 am	Introduction	Carly Day, MD, FAMSSM Yuka Kobayashi, DO, MS


11:05 am	International Team Travel Logistics	Leroy Sims, MD, MSc


11:25 am	SASMA GLOBAL EXCHANGE LECTURE: Jet Lag and Sleep During Team Travel	Featured International Exchange Lecture Speaker: Prof. Christa Janse van Rensburg, MD, MMED(PHYSMED), MSc(SPORTS MED), MBChB


11:45 am	Learning from Sports Medicine Physicians Around the World: The Traveling Fellow Experience	Featured Intl. Speaker and Traveling Fellow: Martin Halle, MD, PhD Sr. Fellow: Gregory Landry, MD, FAMSSM Jr. Fellows: Giselle Aerni, MD, FAMSSM and Mark Peter Hilgers, MD, PhD, FAMSSM


11:55 am	Panel Discussion: Cultural Differences in Sports Medicine Around the World


12:20 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #13A	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - APPROACH TO THE ENDURANCE ATHLETE

2:00 pm	Introduction	Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH, FAMSSM Ian McKeag, MD, MS


2:05 pm	HOUGH MEMORIAL LECTURE: The Effect of Muscle Type on Performance	Keynote Speaker: James Moriarity, MD, FAMSSM


2:20 pm	Defining the Endurance Athlete and Their Unique Needs	Andy Pasternak, MD, MS


2:40 pm	Fueling the Endurance Athlete	Featured International Speaker: Peter Brukner, OAM, MBBS


3:00 pm	ACSM EXCHANGE LECTURE: Ultrarunners Longitudinal TRAcking (ULTRA) Study	Featured National Exchange Lecture Speaker: Martin Hoffman, MD


3:20 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #13B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - POINT COUNTERPOINT: NON-OPERATIVE VS. OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT

2:00 pm	Introduction	William Denq, MD Matt Leiszler, MD


2:05 pm	1st Time Shoulder Dislocation in the Pediatric Patient	Non-Operative: Teri McCambridge, MD Operative: Brian Shiu, MD (Featured National Speaker)


2:29 pm	Sports Hernia	Non-Operative: Garry W.K. Ho, MD, CIC, FAMSSM Operative: Katherine Lamond, MD (Featured National Speaker)


2:53 pm	Subacute ACL Tear	Non-Operative: Andrew Tucker, MD Operative: Leigh Ann Curl, MD (Featured National Speaker)


3:17 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #13C	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - RESIDENT AND STUDENT BOOT CAMP - PART 1

2:00 pm	RESIDENT AND STUDENT BOOTCAMP: PART 1	Nicolas Hatamiya, DO Isaac Syrop, MD



CASE POSTER SESSION	3B (Exhibit Hall)

3:30 pm



SESSION #14A	SHARED DECISION-MAKING - RETURN TO SPORT AFTER A MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY

4:30 pm	Introduction	Matt Leiszler, MD Anna Waterbrook, MD


4:35 pm	TPCC: Return to Play Consensus Statement	Stanley Herring, MD, FAMSSM Margot Putukian, MD, FAMSSM


4:50 pm	Nondisplaced Clavicle Fracture	Featured National Speaker: Leigh Ann Curl, MD


5:00 pm	Elbow Dislocation	Featured National Speaker: Leigh Ann Curl, MD


5:10 pm	PCL Tear	Featured International Speaker: Chris Hughes, MBBS, MSc


5:20 pm	MCL Tear	Featured International Speaker: Chris Hughes, MBBS, MSc


5:30 pm	Jones Fracture	Featured National Speaker: Amiethab (Tab) Aiyer, MD


5:40 pm	Metatarsal Stress Fracture	Featured National Speaker: Amiethab (Tab) Aiyer, MD


5:50 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #14B	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - LONG-TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEDIATRIC ATHLETE

4:30 pm	Introduction	Christina Master, MD, FAMSSM Karin VanBaak, MD


4:35 pm	CRN Spotlight: Recent Advances in Research Related to Youth Early Sport Specialization	Stephanie Kliethermes, PhD


4:54 pm	Foundational Motor Performance Abilities and Physical Literacy	Jeremy Ng, MD


5:13 pm	Common Training Errors in Youth and Solutions	Matthew Grady, MD, FAMSSM


5:32 pm	WTA 25 Year Age Eligibility Rule: Protecting the Youth Athlete	Featured Speaker: Neeru Jayanthi, MD


5:51 pm	Questions and Answers



SESSION #14C	CONCURRENT SESSIONS - RESIDENT AND STUDENT BOOT CAMP - PART 2

4:30 pm	RESIDENT AND STUDENT BOOTCAMP: PART 2	Nicolas Hatamiya, DO Isaac Syrop, MD

American Medical Society For Sports Medicine Annual Meeting

April 22 - April 27, 2025 | Kansas City, MO

General Sessions

RISING WITH RESEARCH	RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS



7:00 am	Rising with Research



SESSION #15	COVID AND EXERCISE

8:00 am	Introduction	Claudia Dal Molin, DO Nathan Krug, MD


8:05 am	Road to Recovery	Claudia Dal Molin, DO


8:20 am	Exercise in Acute COVID and Viral Syndromes: What is Safe and When is Evaluation Needed	Jonathan Drezner, MD, FAMSSM


8:35 am	Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19: Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation	Featured National Speaker: Alba Azola, MD


8:50 am	Rehabilitation in PASC and POTS	Featured National Speaker: Alfred Mears, DPT


9:05 am	Caring for the Athlete with Long COVID/POTS: Being Prepared	Featured National Speaker: Tae Chung, MD


9:20 am	Questions and Answers



SESSION #16	HOT TOPICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE

9:45 am	Introduction	Sameer Dixit, MD, FAMSSM Melody Hrubes, MD


9:50 am	Article Presentations


11:05 am	Questions and Answers