Rick Sasso, MD

Recently I attended and presented at the annual continuing medical education conference of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). This meeting was held in San Diego in February. One of the things that I did for this meeting was to plan one of the educational symposiums. This symposium was on the current concepts of spine trauma. As a part of this continuing medical education session, I brought together leaders throughout the world on cervical spinal trauma to be a part of the panel.

This two hour symposium covered the initial assessment of spinal trauma, imaging, and clearing of cervical trauma, as well as spine surgical techniques and more. In addition to moderating this session, I also presented on occipitocervical injuries, including odontoid fractures. Concluding the program, were presentations of case studies with a discussion and debate that included audience participation.

For a complete listing of this educational conference, visit this link.