Orthopaedic Surgeons Contribute to Education Program at 2026 AAOS Annual Meeting

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) hosted its annual meeting March 2-6, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Numerous members of the UPMC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery attended and contributed to meaningful sessions, interactive lectures, courses, and workshops focused on the latest breakthroughs in orthopaedics across all specialties and career stages. Learn more about their contributions below.

Courses/Lectures

Case Chats: Adult Reconstruction Hip IV Papers: Revision THA
Michael O’Malley, MD

Subcritical Bone Loss in Shoulder Instability in the Year 2026: It’s So Confusing! Arthroscopic Bankart, Remplissage, Open Bankart, or Bone Reconstruction?
Albert Lin, MD

Virtual Reality: Challenges and Solutions in Academic Program Adoption
Albert Lin, MD

Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A General Instructional Course Lecture - Single versus Double Row Repair: Technique and Clinical Outcomes
Albert Lin, MD

Arthroscopy is the way to go - arthroscopic Bankart repair with or without remplissage
Bryson P. Lesniak, MD

Management of the acute multiple ligament-injured & dislocated knee: An International Perspective
Volker Musahl, MD

Revision ACL and Associated Procedure (Slope HTO, Meniscus Transplant, LET , Medial side instability)
Volker Musahl, MD

Ultrasound in the setting of compressive neuropathy
John R. Fowler, MD

Sessions

Knee Osteotomy
Volker Musahl, MD

Do it ALL or LET it be?
Volker Musahl, MD

Failure Bankart Repair
Albert Lin, MD

Orthodome: Double Row Side-to-Side Rotator Cuff Repair with Tensionable Knotless Anchors for Transtendinous Supraspinatus Rotator Cuff Tears
Albert Lin, MD

Papers

Comparable Long-Term Survival after Medial Meniscus Posterior Root Repair for High and Low Preoperative Outerbridge Classification Grade
Bryson P. Lesniak, MD; Camila Grandberg, MD; Jonathan D. Hughes, MD; Robert Bilodeau, BS; Romano Sebastiani, MD; Volker Musahl, MD; Zachary Herman, MD

Demographic and Clinical Risk Factors for Failure Following Primary Arthroscopic Posterior Instability Stabilization
Albert Lin, MD; Cortez Brown, MD; Jenna L. Dvorsky, MS, BS; Joseph P. Mullen, BS; Matthew Como, BS; Ryan T. Lin; Yunseo Park, BS

Only 50% of Patients Return Back to Home at 30 Days Following Geriatric Hip Fracture Surgery
Abdulganeey Olawin; Daniel T. Altman, MD, FAAOS; Edward R. Westrick, MD, FAAOS; Gele Moloney, MD; George V. Russell, MD, MBA; Jahan Aslami, MS, BA; Joseph P. Mullen, BS; Matthew Gong, MD; Mike Z. Kuhn, MD; Rachit Saggar, MBBS; Warren P. Austin, BS

Posters

Short-Term Patellofemoral Chondrosis Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Does Graft Type Matter?
Ting Cong, MD; Robert Bilodeau, BS; Romed Vieider, MD; Sydney Scanlon, MS, BS; Volker Musahl, MD; Yunseo Park, BS

Bariatric Surgery Is Associated with Surgical Failure and Inferior Outcomes after Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Compared to a Matched Cohort
Albert Lin, MD; Audrey Chang, BA; Bryson P. Lesniak, MD; Camila Grandberg, MD; Emily Lau, MD; Fritz Steuer, BS; Ting Cong, MD; Jonathan D. Hughes, MD; Michael Fox, MD

Risk Factors for Subjective Hand Numbness Following Shoulder Arthroscopy
Albert Lin, MD; Charles Z. Jiang, BS; Christian Cisneros; Christopher Gonzalez, BA; Jenna L. Dvorsky, MS, BS; John R. Fowler, MD; Mohamed-Ali H. Jawad-Makki, BS

Low Reliability Found Between Motion Capture Sensors and Standard Goniometry: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
Albert Lin, MD; Sophia McMahon, BA; Ryan Lin, BS; Matthew Como, BS; Adam Popchak, PT, PhD

Reducing Last-Minute Cancellations in Shoulder Surgery: A Prospective Intervention Study
Albert Lin, MD; Sophia McMahon, BA; Ryan Lin, BS; Charles Patterson, BS; Tyler Williams, BS

Ex-Vivo Antimicrobial Efficacy of MDPB-Treated Cobalt-Chromium Implants Against Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis in Preventing Biofilm Formation
Adrian Santana, BS; Brian A. Klatt, MD; Gene Kulesha; Johannes Plate, MD, PhD; Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD; Michael F. Shannon, BS; Victoria R. Wong, BA

Debridement, Antibiotics, and Implant Retention (DAIR) Within 48 Hours for Acute Knee Periprosthetic Joint Infection Does Not Improve Success Rate
Andrew Frear, BS; Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD, FAAOS; Michael F. Shannon, BS; Robert E. Bilodeau, BS; Victoria R. Wong, BA

Higher Mortality Rates and Worse Postoperative Outcomes Following Total Hip Arthroplasty with General Compared to Spinal Anesthesia
Akeem A. Williams, MS, BS; Alexander Hoffman; Brian A. Klatt, MD; C. James Kim, BA; Johannes Plate, MD, PhD; Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD; Lawrence E. Garvin, MD; Ryan T. Lin

Length of Stay after Total Hip Arthroplasty Is Independently Associated with Higher Postoperative Complication Rates
Alexander Hoffman; Brian A. Klatt, MD; Johannes Plate, MD, PhD; Kelly A. Murphy, BS; Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD; Lawrence E. Garvin, MD; Logan Finger, MD; Michael O’Malley, MD

Effect of Weight Loss Drugs on Complications after Total Hip Arthroplasty
Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD

Treatment Failure Rates Significantly Decrease at 1.2 Years Following Initiation of Two-Stage Exchange for Chronic Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Total Knee Arthroplasty
Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD

Outcomes of Two-Stage Exchange Arthroplasty for PJI after TKA: Evaluating Success Using MSIS Outcome Reporting Tool Criteria
Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD

Body Mass Index Classification Did Not Significantly Increase Risk for 30-Day and 90-Day Complications after Aseptic Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD

Local Bone Density on Preoperative CT Predicts Failure in Well-Reduced Geriatric Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures
Gele Moloney, MD

Radiographic Sarcopenia as a Prognostic Marker of Early Clinical Outcomes in Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures
Gele Moloney, MD; George V. Russell, MD, MBA; Matthew Gong, MD

AAHS/ASSH Specialty Society Program

Snapping Triceps
John R. Fowler, MD

Validation of the Pittsburgh Instability Tool (PIT) Score: The PIT Score Predicts Outcomes Following Arthroscopic Anterior Shoulder Stabilization in Patients with Subcritical Bone Loss
Albert Lin, MD; Ryan T. Lin, BS; Shaquille Charles, MD, MS; Ryan Gilbert, BA; Andrew Liu, BS; Neel Bhardwaj, BS; Kyle Andrade-Bucknor, BS; Tyler Williams, BS; Sahil Dadoo, MD; Amin Karimi, MD; Pittsburgh Shoulder Institute

The Effect of Number of Preoperative Instability Episodes on Distance-to-Dislocation and Risk of Recurrent Instability After Arthroscopic Bankart Repair
Albert Lin, MD; Ryan T. Lin, BS; Amin Karimi, MD; Noah Feder, BS; Sophia McMahon, BA; Jenna Dvorsky, MS, BS; Joseph Mullen, BS; Asher Mirvish, BS; Shaquille Charles, MD, MS; Matthew Koelvar, MD; Jonathan D. Hughes, MD; Pittsburgh Shoulder Institute

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