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2025 Winter CORD Conference and PEAL Forum

Date(s):
February 13 — 14, 2025
Time Zone:
(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Venue:
Sheraton Music City Nashville Airport
777 McGavock Pike
Nashville, TN 37214 
More event information:
https://www.aoassn.org/cord-conference/
Fee(s):
This event has a fee
Description:
2025 Winter CORD Conference and PEAL Forum

Program Education, Accreditation, and Leadership (PEAL) Forum Theme: Knowledge
The PEAL Forum is a 90-minute CME session designed specifically for new/aspiring residency and fellowship program directors, assistant program directors, residency and fellowship program coordinators, and anyone interested in orthopaedic surgery graduate medical education.

PEAL Forum Agenda
Thursday, February 13, 2025
1:00pm Opening Remarks/Welcome
1:05pm Residency Curriculum: Do You Teach for the Test or Clinical Practice?
1:20pm OITE Remediation: How To Do It and When To Do It
1:35pm ABOS Part 1: The How and the What
1:50pm Osteopathic Board Certification
2:30pm Adjourn/CORD Conference begins

CORD Conference Theme: Programmatic Assessment, Inside and Out
The CORD Conference is an 8-hour, comprehensive, CME activity which will explore all facets of programmatic assessment, including both didactic and interactive sessions.
Thursday, February 13, 2:30pm - 5:00pm CST
Friday, February 14, 8:00am - 2:00pm CST

CORD Conference Agenda
Thursday, February 13 - Day One
2:30pm Opening Remarks/Welcome
2:35pm Assessment of Competence in Orthopaedic Training Programs: How Many Pixels Are Enough to Get The Picture?
3:45pm Coordinator of the Year Award
4:00pm Panel Discussion: Best Practices for the Collaboration between Program Directors and Program Coordinators
5:00pm Adjourn/Cocktail Reception

CORD Conference Agenda
Friday, February 14 - Day Two
 7:00am Coffee and Conversations
 8:00am Opening Remarks
 8:05am Updates from ABOS, ACGME, AOBOS, ARCOS, JBJS
 9:00am Symposium 1: Understanding the Program Evaluation Committee in Orthopaedics
10:20am Symposium 2: Best Practices for Conducting Comprehensive Program Evaluations (Interactive Breakout Sessions)
12:45pm Symposium 3: FTE, eRVUs and so much more: How are Programs Addressing Education Remuneration?
 2:00pm Adjourn

Sessions information is not available at this time.

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Dr. S. Trent Guthrie, MD, FAOA
Title: Residency Program Director
Organization: Henry Ford Hospital
Speaker Type:

CORD/Academics Committee Chair


S. Trent Guthrie, M.D. is an orthopaedic traumatologist and Residency Program Director at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, MI. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Chemistry from Williams College, Williamstown, MA. Following this, he received an M.D. degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Guthrie did his residency training at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center in Orthopaedic Surgery with fellowship training in Orthopaedic Trauma at the University of Minnesota / Twin Cities Combined Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship.


Dr. Afshin E. Razi, MD, FAOA
Title: Department Vice Chair and Residency Program Director
Organization: Maimonides Medical Center
Speaker Type:

CORD Education Subcommittee Chair

Dr. Nicole Schroeder, MD, FAOA
Title: Associate Vice Chair of Education
Organization: University of California (San Francisco)
Speaker Type: Co-Moderator

2025 CORD Conference Program Co-Chair


Dr. Schroeder is Professor of Ortho Surgery at the Univ of San Francisco California and Chief of the Hand & Upper Extremity Division. She treats all conditions and traumatic injuries in the upper extremity. Clinical interests are traumatic hand and forearm injuries, tendinoses of the upper extremity, Dupuytren's contracture, arthritis, blood vessel and nerve problems, bone deformities, dislocations and fractures, joint problems, ligament and tendon injuries, and tumors. Clinical practice at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center and the UCSF Orthopaedic Institute.


Dr. Timothy S. Ackerman, DO, FAOA
Title: Program Director
Organization: UPMC Medical Education (Harrisburg) Program
Speaker Type: Co-Moderator

2025 CORD Conference Program Co-Chair


Dr. Timothy S. Ackerman is a highly accomplished orthopedic surgeon based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a career dedicated to sports medicine and orthopedic education. He has been practicing since 2005 and is currently with UPMC Orthopedics in Central PA. He plays a pivotal role in training the next generation of orthopedic surgeons as Program Director of the Orthopedic Surgery Residency Program. He completed his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and a fellowship in Orthopedic Surgery Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy at Hahnemann University.


Dr. Alexander W. Aleem, MD, FAOA
Title: Associate Professor & Vice Chair of Education
Organization: Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
Speaker Type: Moderator

2025 PEAL Forum Program Chair


Dr. Alexander Aleem, MD, MSc, is an Associate Professor, Vice Chair of Education, and Residency Program Director at Washington University in St. Louis. He specializes in shoulder and elbow surgery. Dr. Aleem graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a BS in biomedical engineering before matriculating at Washington University in St. Louis for medical school. He stayed at WashU for residency training. He then went to Thomas Jefferson University/The Rothman Institute for fellowship training focusing on shoulder and elbow surgery.


Bryan Ashman, MBBS, MSurgEd, FRACS
Title: Dean of Education
Organization: Australian Orthopaedic Association
Speaker Type: Keynote Speaker

Assessment of Competence in Orthopaedic Training Programs: How Many Pixels Are Enough to Get The Picture?


Dr. Ashman is an orthopaedic surgeon at Canberra Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor at Australian National University, Canberra, and Dean of Education at the Australian Orthopaedic Association. His clinical interests are spine surgery and paediatric trauma. Educational interests include competence assessment in surgical training; curriculum design and evaluation; and selection strategies for surgical training.


Dr. Raffi S. Avedian, MD, FAOA
Title: Program Director
Organization: Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - Symposium 1: Insights into the Program Evaluation Committee in Orthopaedics "Metrics that Matter: Developing Meaningful Criteria for Program Assessment."


Raffi Avedian, MD is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in musculoskeletal oncology. He completed his undergraduate studies with honors in Neuroscience at Pomona College and a medical degree at the University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco and concluded his training with a fellowship in Orthopaedic Oncology and Limb Reconstruction at the University of Chicago. He is associate professor, residency program director, and Vice Chair of Education at Stanford University.


Dr. Abhiram R. Bhashyam, MD, PhD
Title: Associate Program Director
Organization: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical Schl
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - Symposium 2: Making Meaningful Change: Best Practices for Conducting Comprehensive Program Evaluations - "Challenges with Geographically Distributed Learning"


Dr. Abhiram R. Bhashyam, MD PhD, is a hand and upper extremity surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and the associate program director for the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program. He has an active interest in the education of undergraduate students, medical students, residents and fellows from both a practical and research perspective.


Dr. Martin I. Boyer, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FAOA
Title: Assistant Program Director
Organization: Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 PEAL Forum - ABOS Part 1: The How and the What


Dr. Boyer graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and orthopaedic residency at the University of Toronto. He completed a trauma fellowship at Sunnybrook Medical Center in Toronto and a hand and microvascular surgery fellowship at Indiana Hand Center in Indianapolis. He is currently the Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and is Associate Residency Program Director. He specializes in hand and wrist surgery and microvascular surgery. He currently is a Director on the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and Past President of The American Society for Surgery of the Hand.


Dr. Gregory F. Domson, MD, FAOA
Title: Vice Chair
Organization: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - Symposium 1: Insights into the Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), "Metrics that Matter: Developing Meaningful Criteria for Program Assessment"


Dr. Domson is an orthopedic oncologist at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Virginia. He graduated from the University of Virginia a long time ago and then received his MD from Eastern Virginia Medical School. He completed residency at VCU and fellowship at University of Florida with Dr. Enneking. He went on to earn a Masters in Adult Education from VCU in 2013. He has been the program director at VCU for the past decade where he is also the vice chairman of education.


Dr. Steven L. Frick, MD, FAOA
Title: Professor and Associate Dean
Organization: Atrium Health
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - ABOS Update


Dr. Frick is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Associate Dean at Atrium Health Wake Forest University School of Medicine/Charlotte and pediatric orthopaedic surgeon with OrthoCarolina in Charlotte. He served as Vice Chair-Education and Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University. He was the founding Chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando, where he also served as Surgeon-in-Chief and Chairman of the Department of Surgery, and as faculty and residency program director at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.


Dr. Kenneth Robert Gundle, MD, FAOA
Title: Program Director
Organization: Oregon Health and Science University
Speaker Type: Moderator

2025 Winter CORD Conference - Symposium 3: eRVUs and So Much More: How are Programs Addressing Education Remuneration?


Dr. Gundle is an orthopaedic surgical oncologist and orthopaedic surgery residency program director at Oregon Health & Science University. He also treats patients with musculoskeletal tumors at the Portland VA Medical Center. Raised in Oregon and passionate about the beautiful pacific northwest, Dr. Gundle greatly enjoys guiding each new generation of orthopaedic surgeons as they become competent, independent, capable members of our field. Whether in research or in education, Dr. Gundle is a fan of data and converting good information into actionable insights.


Dr. Christina Hardesty
Title: Program Director
Organization: Case Western Reserve University/ University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Speaker Type: Panelist

2025 Winter CORD Conference - Best Practices for the Collaboration between Program Directors and Program Coordinators


Dr. Hardesty is a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve, and Program Director for the Orthopaedic Surgery residency at Case Western. She received her MD and completed residency at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, and also completed two fellowships in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Neuromuscular Orthopaedics. Her specialties include Scoliosis and Spinal Deformities, Cerebral Palsy, Neuromuscular Disorders, Spasticity Management, and pediatric orthopaedic trauma.


Alicia Harrison, MD, FAOA
Title: Program Director
Organization: University of Minnesota
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - Symposium 2: Making Meaningful Change: Best Practices for Conducting Comprehensive Program Evaluations "So You Have the Data, Now What?"

Kristen Ward Hirsch, MBA
Title: Executive Director
Organization: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - ACGME Update


Ms. Hirsch began her career as Program Coordinator for General Surgery at Northwestern and then joined the GME office at the University of Chicago where she was Director for GME Operations, Accreditation, and Innovation. Her interests include the intersection of clinical, educational, and business data and the business/medical education continuum to explore collaborative solutions with health system leaders. In 2019, she became Director for the ACGME CLER Site Visit Program. She earned an MBA in Health Care Management from Loyola University and a bachelor’s from Northwestern.


Dr. Charles M. Jobin, MD, FAOA
Title: Program Director
Organization: New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - Symposium : Insights into the Program Evaluation Committee in Orthopaedics "Structuring an Effective PEC."


Dr. Jobin specializes in treating shoulder and elbow disorders in adults, which includes rotator cuff tears, shoulder instability, tendon and ligament injuries, arthritis and fractures. He is the Columbia Orthopedic surgery residency program director and associate director of the shoulder and elbow fellowship. He is among “a highly select group of orthopedists who are poised to impact the specialty now and in the future.” He is the team physician for Riverdale Country School and tends to the orthopedic needs of rugby, lacrosse, and club sports players at Columbia University.


Dr. Matthew D. Karam, MD, FAOA
Title: Program Director
Organization: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics Program
Speaker Type: Presenter


2025 Winter CORD Conference - Coordinator of the Year Award Matthew D. Karam MD is currently Vice Chairman of Education, Residency Program Director and Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedics in the Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Karam serves as the President of the Iowa Orthopaedic Research Foundation, is a founding Member and Chair of the Midwest Orthopaedic Surgical Skills Consortium. Dr. Karam’s clinical practice is devoted to the care and management of patients who sustain traumatic musculoskeletal injuries.


Dr. Stephen Alan Kennedy, MD, FRCSC, FAOA
Title: Program Director
Organization: University of Washington
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - Symposium 2: Making Meaningful Change: Best practices for Conducting Comprehensive Program Evaluations "The Residency Council and their input into PEC."


Dr. Stephen A. Kennedy, MD, is the Residency Program Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He completed his Doctor of Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the University of British Columbia, followed by fellowships in Hand & Microvascular Surgery at the University of Washington and in Sports Medicine and Upper Extremity Surgery at the University of Manitoba.


Ms. Maia Knox, C-TAGME
Title: Education Supervisor
Organization: Tria Orthopaedic Sports Medicine & Shoulder Fellowship Program
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - ARCOS Update


As Education Supervisor at TRIA Orthopedic Center in Minneapolis, Ms. Knox oversees the daily operations of the department, is Program Manager for the TRIA Sports Medicine & Shoulder Fellowship Program and the TRIA Orthopedic APC Fellowship Program, supports the University of Minnesota Orthopaedic Residency and Primary Care Fellowship Programs, and leads a team of Coordinators who manage all the learners at TRIA. She serves in professional groups and GME committees in the Twin Cities, and is President-Elect for the Association of Residency Coordinators in Orthopedic Surgery (ARCOS).


Dr. Drew A. Lansdown, MD
Title: Assistant Professor / Associate Residency Program Director
Organization: University of California (San Francisco)
Speaker Type: Speaker

2025 Winter CORD Conference - Symposium 2: Making Meaningful Change: Best Practices for Conducting Comprehensive Program Evaluations "How to Make the Data Available."


Dr. Drew Lansdown is an Associate Professor in Residence at UCSF and a surgeon who specializes in sports medicine and surgeries of the knee, shoulder and elbow. He treats a wide range of conditions, including knee ligament injuries, meniscus and other cartilage injuries, rotator cuff tears, shoulder instability, shoulder arthritis, and shoulder and elbow injuries related to throwing. He is an Associate Residency Program Director at UCSF, interested in innovations for improving surgical training, strategies to better evaluate trainee progress, and the effectiveness of programmatic efforts.


Sponsor information is not available at this time.