2016 Annual Scientific Meeting
Saturday 30 APRIL 2016, Sydney NSW
Topics in Sports Medicine
The 20th Annual Scientific Meeting of The Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG).
REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN
*7 RANZCR CPD points can be claimed for attendance at the AMSIG 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting.
AMSIG 2016 Scientific Programme
Saturday 30 April
7:00 ~ REGISTRATION
08:00 - 10:00 PLENARY 1
JOINT INJURIES
Chair: Dr Phil Lucas
08:00 The acetabular rim: labrum, cartilage and FAI
Dr James Linklater
08:20 Musculoskeletal imaging: A surgeon's perspective
Dr Michael O'Sullivan
08:40 The frozen shoulder
Dr Paul O'Connell
09:00 Biceps, Rotator Interval and Subscapularis
Dr Jules Comins
09:20 Biceps pulley lesions… and the Latarjet procedure
Dr Allan Young
09:40 - 10:00 PANEL DISCUSSION
10:00 -10:30 ~ MORNING TEA BREAK / INDUSTRY EXHIBITION ~
10:30 - 12:30 PLENARY 2
- MUSCLE AND ENTHESIS INJURIES IN THE ATHLETE
Chair: Dr Sanjay Dhupelia
10:30 Imaging of hamstring injuries...what the surgeon needs to know
Dr Sebastian Fung
10:50 Surgery for hamstrings
Dr David Wood
11:10 Less common tendon (non-extensor) pathology around the knee
Dr Bill Breidahl
11:30 Achilles plantar fascia
Dr Faisal Rashid
11:50 Heel pain: a view from the sporting arena
Dr Michael Kinchington
12:10-12:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
12:30 - 14:00 ~ LUNCH / INDUSTRY EXHIBITION ~
13:15 - 14:00 ** AMSIG AGM **
14:00 - 16:00 PLENARY 3
AXIAL SKELETON INJURIES
Chair: Dr Ron Shnier
14:00 Imaging of lumbar spine and abdominal injuries in cricketers
Adj. Professor John Orchard
14:20 Lumbar spine stress fractures
Dr Ron Shnier
14:40 Pelvic instability: how radiology helps diagnosis and treatment specificity
Dr Barbara Hungerford
15:00 Groin
Dr John Read
15:20 Muscle contusion
Dr Alex Splatt
15:30 DOMS (muscle overuse)
Dr Yuan Ling
15:40-16:00 PANEL DISCUSSION
16:00 - 16:20 ~ AFTERNOON TEA / INDUSTRY EXHIBITION ~
16: 20 - 17:30 PLENARY 4
- RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION / NEUROTOMY
Chair: Dr George Koulouris
16:20 Introduction to Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) | RFA Basics
Dr Robert Wright
16:35 Radiofrequency Neurotomy of the head and neck
Dr Gus Ferguson
16:50 RF techniques for large joints
Dr Robert Wright
17:05 RFA of the sacroiliac joint
Dr Byron Oram
17:20 - 17:30~ CONFERENCE CLOSE ~
19:00 - LATE ~ GALA DINNER ~
The Gold Melting Room, The Mint, 10 Macquarie Street, Sydney
LOCATION:
Kerry Packer Education Centre
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
John Hopkins Drive
Camperdown, NSW.
{updated April 20 2016}
