This year’s Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA) conference featured presentations by several key members of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) renowned orthopedics team.

Below, you’ll find more information on those presentations, as well as the CHOP faculty and current and previous CHOP trainees who took part in preparing them.

CHOP faculty members are underlined. Current or previous CHOP trainees are bolded.

Also of note: John M. Flynn, MD, Chief of the Orthopedic Center at CHOP and a nationally recognized leader in the field of pediatric orthopedic surgery, received the Distinguished Achievement Award.

And David A. Spiegel, MD, was inducted into the POSNA Hall of Fame in recognition of his long-term dedication to treating musculoskeletal conditions in children.

Podiums

• Twisted! Does Residual Malrotation Following Percutaneous Pinning of Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fracture Impact Long-Term Patient Reported Outcomes?
  Authors: Stefano Cardin, MD; Scott Mahon, BS; Casey Kuka; Amanda Pang; Divya Jain; Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA
  Session 1. Trauma: Supracondylar Fractures — Pathways, Pitfalls, and Pain Control
  Supported by POSNA grant
• Beneath the Surface: Unveiling Risk Factors for Fishtail Deformity Following Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fractures
  Authors: Andrew Kim; Robyn Joan Gawlik; Eric Edmonds, MD; Sulagna Sarkar; Scott Mahon, BS; Brendon Mitchell; Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA
  Session 1. Trauma: Supracondylar Fractures — Pathways, Pitfalls, and Pain Control
• Relief Without Risk: Ketorolac Can be Used for Pain Control in Pediatric Fracture Patients Without Increased Nonunion Risk
  Authors: Simon Blanchard; Edward Dockery; Ismael Cañete; Jason B. Anari, MD; Keith D. Baldwin, MD, MPH, MSPT; Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA
  Session 1. Trauma: Supracondylar Fractures — Pathways, Pitfalls, and Pain Control
• The Next Dimension: Addition of 3D Ultrasound Measurements Better Predicts Residual Acetabular Dysplasia Following Successful Pavlik Treatment of DDH Compared to 2D Metrics Alone
  Authors: Simon Blanchard; Carter Hall; Adam McArthur; Sulagna Sarkar; Jacob Jaremko; Wudbhav N. Sankar, MD
  Session 2B. Hip: DDH in Infancy — Imaging, Bracing, and Beyond
• Pushing Past the Palsy: Treatment of Infantile DDH After Femoral Nerve Palsy
  Authors: Elizabeth Wacker, MD; Carter Hall; Meg Morro; Nakul Talathi, MD; Christopher J. DeFrancesco, MD; Wudbhav N. Sankar, MD
  Session 2B. Hip: DDH in Infancy — Imaging, Bracing, and Beyond
• Agree to Disagree: Comparing Diagnostic Agreement Between Various Patellar Height Ratios Used in Adolescent Patients
  Authors: Stone Streeter; Caroline Kim; Martha Kebeh; Sulagna Sarkar; John Schlechter, DO; Lauren Redler; Sean Waldron, MD; Megan Kuba, MD; Elise Bixby; Eileen Crawford; Stephanie Logterman, MD; Matthew Veerkamp; Shital Parikh, MD, FACS; Brendan A. Williams, MD
  Session 3B. Sports: Patellofemoral Instability, Cartilage Lesions, and ACL Recovery
• The True Cost of Fracture Care: Comparing Surgeons and Advanced Practice Providers in the Treatment of Diaphyseal Forearm Fractures
  Authors: Amanda Moser; Sayaka Mori; Thompson Zhuang; Sulagna Sarkar; Tyler Manning; Meaghan Lutts; Alison Lehman; Edward Dockery; Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA
  Session 4B. Practice Improvement Potpourri: Infection, Pathways, and Pedagogy
• Hidden in Plain Sight: Incidence and Risk Factors of Scaphoid Fractures in Children With Suspected Fracture but Negative Screening Radiographs
  Authors: Simon Blanchard; Stone Streeter; Dev Laungani; Sayaka Mori; Edward Dockery; Sulagna Sarkar; Mary Claire Manske, MD, MAS, FAOA; Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA
  Session 4C. Hand/Upper Extremity: Brachial Plexus, Limb Differences, and Overuse Elbows
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Structured Training Program for Orthopedic Advanced Practice Providers in Pediatric Distal Radius Fracture Reduction
  Authors: Ambika Nair; Caroline Fay; Meg Bowen; Akbar Syed; Beverly Teti; J. Todd Lawrence, MD, PhD
  Session 4B. Practice Improvement Potpourri: Infection, Pathways, and Pedagogy
• Tumbling Athletes Exhibit the Highest Risk of Bilateral Elbow Osteochondritis Dissecans: A Call for Targeted Screening
  Authors: Brendon Mitchell; Kevin Landrum; Gavin Rallis; Stone Streeter; Monika Thothadri; Casey Kuka; Rishika Pasula; Akbar Syed; Joseph L. Yellin, MD; Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA; Theodore J. Ganley, MD; J. Todd Lawrence, MD, PhD
  Session 4C. Hand/Upper Extremity: Brachial Plexus, Limb Differences, and Overuse Elbows
• Thoracic Compensation After Pediatric Lumbar Spinal Fusion: Adaptations in the Sagittal Plane
  Authors: Eshan Sane; Jake Goldfarb; Christian Wright; Nicholas Speller; Gabriel Boebel; Ling Chen; Simon Tang; Michael Kelly, MD;  Blake K. Montgomery, MD
  Session 5A. Spine: Evolution of AIS Care — Fusion Strategies to Tethering
• Subsequent Isolated Meniscus Tears Following Pediatric Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction as an Indicator of Graft Failure: An Assessment of Hamstring and Quadriceps Tendon Autografts
  Authors: Morgan Swanson; Kevin Landrum; Christopher J. DeFrancesco, MD; Sulagna Sarkar; Kathleen J. Maguire, MD
  Session 5B. Sports: ACL and Meniscus
• Not Quite Perthes, but Not Quite Meyer: Characterizing Another Form of Epiphyseal Ossification Irregularity in Growing Hips
  Authors: Stone Streeter; Olivia Ullmann; Wudbhav N. Sankar, MD
  Session 5C. Hip: Perthes to PAO—Evolving Strategies in Hip Preservation
• Determination of Modified Waldenström Staging in Legg-Calvé Perthes Disease Using Deep Learning
  Authors: Joshua Bram; Seong Jun Jang; Carter Hall; Martha Kebeh; Omar Shareef; Christopher J. DeFrancesco, MD; Jennifer Laine, MD; Wudbhav N. Sankar, MD
  Session 5C. Hip: Perthes to PAO—Evolving Strategies in Hip Preservation
• A Novel Approach to Segmental Meniscus Repair – Can We Improve Biomechanical Performance of Meniscus Transplants and Reduce the Risk of Extrusion?
  Authors: Akbar Syed; Hisham Omar; Kevin Landrum; Jacob Sommer; Kevin Shea, MD; Michael Hast; Theodore J. Ganley, MD
  Session 5B. Sports: ACL and Meniscus
• OATS Harvesting From the Femoral Condyle Is Not Benign: Knee Outcomes After OATS vs. OCA for Elbow OCD in Children
  Authors: Kevin Landrum; Brendon Mitchell; Stone Streeter; Kevin Xu; Apurva S. Shah, MD, MBA; J. Todd Lawrence, MD, PhD; Theodore J. Ganley, MD; Joseph L. Yellin, MD
  Session 7. Award-nominated Papers Part II