September 13-15, 2018
Grand Geneva Resort and Spa
7036 Grand Geneva Way, Lake Geneva, WI 53147

If you still need a hotel room, contact MWCAAOP at 860-967-4184 and ask for Elizabeth.

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Thursday, September 13, 2018
Registration in Foyer
1:00pm-5:00pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions (4 credits)
Linwood A: Prosthetic – Beyond Microprocessor Feet: Understanding All of your Options to Improve Gait, Mark Edwards, CP, Ottobock
Linwood B: Orthotic – Phat Braces: Energy Storing AFO Certification Course, Noel Chladek, CO
 
Friday, September 14, 2018
8:00am-9:00am Practice Management Sessions (1 credit)
Linwood A: Medicare Update, Stacie McMichel, Provider Outreach & Education, CGS Administrator
Linwood B: What you need to know about EPL & Sexual Harassment, Don Foley
Northshore: Nymbl Practice Management Software, Chad Feinberg
 
9:00am-10:00am Concurrent Breakout Sessions (1 credit)
Linwood A: Pros - Bone Anchored Prosthetics- Eliminating the Socket the OPRA System, Kurt Collier, CP
Linwood B: Orthotic – Adherence Amoung Users of Orthoses, John Brinkmann, MA, CPO/L, FAAOP(D)
Northshore: Pedorthic - The Shifting Paradigms of the Pedorthic Practice; Cast-to-Custom vs Central Fab vs Prefab, Dennis Janisse, CPed
 
10:00am Exhibit Hall Unopposed
 
11:00am-12:00pm     Concurrent Breakout Sessions (1 credit)
Linwood A: Prosthetic - What’s your Terrain? Transcending K2 Boundaries with the All-Terrain Knee,
Nick Vogel, CP
Linwood B: Orthotic – Cranial Remolding Orthoses Clinical Guidelines, Deanna Fish, CPO
Northshore: Pedorthic - Modalities for Falls Prevention in Our Geriatric Population, Dennis Janisse, CPed
 
12:00-1:00pm Lunch Break & Exhibit Hall Unopposed
 
1:00-2:00pm   Concurrent Breakout Sessions (1 credit)
Linwood A: Prosthetic – iFit Transtibial Prosthesis Workshop, Josh Mullins
Linwood B: Orthotic – Addressing Adults with Childhood Onset Disabilities, Deanna Fish, CPO
Northshore: Pedorthic - Management of the Partial Foot, Dennis Janisse, CPed
 
2:00pm-3:00pm   Exhibit Hall Unopposed
 
3:00pm-4:00pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions (1 credit)
Linwood A: Pros- Alternatives to Carbon Fiber, single stage laminations with built-in alignment and airtight locks, Jennifer Fayter
Linwood B: Orthotic – Challenging Orthotic Case Studies, Vari McPherson, CPO, Michael Socie, CPO, Brigid Driscoll, PT, CO
Northshore: Pedorthic - Understanding and Treating Charcot Foot, Dennis Janisse, CPed
 
4:00pm-5:00pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions (1 credit)
Linwood A: Prosthetic - New Solutions for the Transfemoral Amputee - A look at microprocessor control of stance and swing in a hydraulic 4-bar knee, Craig Armstrong, CP
Linwood B: Orthotic - State of the evidence for the patient benefits of the microprocessor stance and swing
control orthosis C-Brace, Russ Lundstrom
Northshore: Pedorthic - Recognize the Many Causes of Heel Pain and How to Treat Them, Dennis Janisse, CPed
 
5:00pm-6:00pm  - Cocktails with the exhibitors

    MWCAAOP 2018 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Back in the day...

List of past MWCAAOP Meetings and Dates

2017 One Day Symposium 11/2017 Chicago, IL

2016 Annual Meeting 11/3-11/5/2016 Rosemont, IL

2015 Annual Meeting 5/27-5/29/15 Rosemont, IL

2014 1-Day Symposium 11/14/2014 Hickory Hills, IL

2014 Annual Meeting  The MWC held a  meeting during the national AAOP meeting in February.

2013 Annual Meeting 5/30/13  Lake Geneva, WI

2012 Annual Meeting 9/27/12 Lake Geneva, WI

2011 1-Day Symposium 11/12/11 Hickory Hills, IL

2011 Annual Meeting  6/2/11 Lake Geneva, WI

2010 Annual Meeting  9/16/10 Lake Geneva, WI
FINAL PROGRAM
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MWC members are 385.00
 
350.00 for the full conference. 35.00 for dues.
If you are eligible for MWC AAOP membership (WI, IL, IN) then your dues will automatically be included in your registration when you register as a member.  
 
Non members are 400.00 full conference.
One day registrations are 250.00 and are for ONE day only. If you are planning on coming for at least two days, you need to register as full conference since it will save you $$$.
Residents are 150.00
Technicians are 150.00* (If you need ABC/BOC credits, you must register as Full Conference).

Exhibitor Fees
One table, includes two exhibitors, is 700.00
Additional exhibitor is 200.00 (Max number at one table is three exhibitors, any more requires an additional table.)
Additional table is 600.00

Saturday, September 15, 2018
7:00-8:00am Registration
8:00am-4:30pm General Sessions (6 credits)
7:45-8:00am       Welcome, Michael Cavanaugh, CPO, MWCAAOP President
AAOP Update, Rick Miller, CO, FAAOP   
8:00-8:30am       ISOPP Update, Samantha Marek, CP/LP
8:30-9:00am       What AOPA is doing to support our profession in 2018, Michael Oros, CPO, FAAOP
9:00-10:00am    Exhibit Hall (Exhibit Hall Tear Down at 10:00am)      
10:00-10:30am   Tensile and Coefficient of Friction Testing of Textured Prosthetic Socket Specimens,  Julia Quinlan, PhD
10:30-11:00am  Patient satisfaction, so what..., J. Chad Duncan, PhD, CRC, CPO, Mike Hoggatt
11:00-11:20pm  Improved Outcomes with Energy Storing Partial Foot Prostheses, Noel Chladek, CO
11:20-11:40am  Teaching Professionalism and Ethics During Residency, John Brinkmann, CPO
11:40-12:00pm  Osseointegration and Facial Prosthetics for the Practitioners, Gregory Gion, MMS, CCA, BOCP
12:00-1:00pm     MWCAAOP Member Lunch with Speaker – 2018 ABC Update: The Practice of the Future: Successful Strategies, and Privileging Changes All While Remaining Compliant, Jim Lawson
1:00-1:20pm       Implementing a Digital Thread in your O&P Practice, Christopher Mowrer, CP
1:20-2:00pm       Benefits of Microprocessor Controlled Hydraulic Prosthetic Knee Joints to Limited Community Ambulators: A Systematic Review and Evidence-based Trial Fitting Recommendations, Russ Lundstrom
2:00-2:20pm       NCOPE Update, Chris Robinson, MS, MBA, CPO, ATC, FAAOP(D)
2:20-3:00pm       Sensorimotor and biomechanical factors of older adults with and without lower limb loss: Implications to gait and balance, Matty Major, PhD
3:00-4:30pm       Gunter Gehl Presentations
Measuring functional variables of K2 unilateral transtibial amputees utilizing K3 prosthetic feet: a pilot study, Brittany Moores, MSPO
Walking Performance of Transtibial Prosthesis Users Wearing Battery Powered Prosthetic Ankles, Spencer Leckrone, MSPO
Characteristics of Delphi Processes in Orthotics and Prosthetics Research, Kierra Falbo, MSPO
Creating a Mobile Application to Assist Transtibial Amputees with Prosthetic Sock Management in Silicone Suction Suspension (3S) Socket Systems, Kate Binder, MSPO
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