HONG KONG - RIB FRACTURES, CHEST WALL, & SCAPULAR TRAUMA🙌 Superlative conference that took place in August! A heartfelt congratulations to Drs. Christian Fang and Cally Ho from HKU Medicine for hosting the inaugural combined CardioThoracic–Orthopaedic Chest Wall Trauma course.

Coming Soon—The Mini Boomerang Approach Orthopaedic Trauma Association 40th Annual Meeting in Montreal at ULTRA Session I presented this surgery on a collegiate football player who sustained a displaced anatomic neck fracture of the scapula.

For fractures occurring lateral to the vertebral scapular border, I created this less invasive exposure. This guy was so well developed I said, “His Teres Minor-Infraspinatus Interval was the best I’d ever seen, calling to mind the lips of Mick Jagger!”

“The Dreaded rTSA Scapula Spine Fracture” ULTRA  Upper Limb Trauma Association, Montreal At this year’s Orthopaedic Trauma Association, I had the opportunity to present on a very specific fracture thanks to Course Chair Dr. Andy Choo.

CWIS Minnesota RibFest It was a privilege to host the two great Chest Wall Injury Society Legends for only the 2nd US Regional RIBFEST, right here in Minnesota on November 8th. Dr. Thomas White, Founder and Chairman of the Board, and SarahAnn Whitbeck, CEO of the Chest Wall

XCE - Osteosynthesis for Chest Wall Stabilization - Cadaver Course JOIN US in Jacksonville from Feb. 28th - March 1st to take your expertise to the next level in fracture care! Take on an exclusive course focused on Chest Wall Injury & Treatment. This course will empower you to

Reflecting back a few months to the 5th Annual Minnesota Scapula Course — A SPECIAL EVENT — The Scapula Institute This course represents the only time and place to receive intensive training on scapula fractures in two days. When a participant with a strong orthopaedic trauma

For 20 years, Professor Peter A. Cole, MD has traveled to Switzerland to participate in the Annual #AODavosCourses. In his own words, the friendships are as rich as the privilege to teach, and from teaching multiplies learning, which yields ripple effects in patient care!

The Minnesota Scapula Course will provide attendees with the opportunity to learn from leading national and regional experts from multiple disciplines. This conference will include general lectures, cadaver labs, case studies, panels, and an operative procedure video presentation

I am very grateful to partner with et al. I am a surgeon—I operate. I am a researcher—I write. I am an educator—I teach. This is what I would rather do, more than mowing the lawn, fixing an electrical short, or managing finances; that’s why we have lawn people,

REGISTER NOW for the 6th Annual 2025 Minnesota Scapula Course — Spots are limited! The high incidence of scapula injuries nationwide compared to the limited number of trained surgeons underscores the critical need for this program. This is the only course in the world dedicated

The The Scapula Institute is one of the world’s leading research teams focused on shoulder girdle trauma. Scapula fractures are uncommon, and only a small number of surgeons are trained to surgically manage severe fracture variants. Most are treated nonoperatively—not always because

This terrific course is conducted by #CWISmembers - and if interested, we recommend checking out more details here!

Mini-Boomerang--Common Sense Applied It’s a combination of MIO and Extensile Judet for far lateral transpinous fractures or anatomical scapular neck variants lateral to the coracoid, which yields access to the spine or spinoglenoid notch as well as the glenoid neck. This

In the past I have designed implants myself with engineers, but this was better--a TEAM Tour de Force. The project was highly gratifying professionally and personally as we all grew in knowledge, skill, network, and wisdom. This team started with a clinical problem that had no

Many Surgeons are uber-excited about the new solution to Acromion Fractures & Nonunions occurring with shoulder replacements. There are approximately 5% of 150,000 US patients who desperately need help for something that previously had no good answer. I’m personally thankful to