Lecture Assignment for Week 35 Monday, February 23, 2015
1st Year Lecture
Foot & Ankle MRI: Bone and Soft Tissue Disorders


Steven Needell, MD
Director of Musculoskeletal Imaging
Boca Raton Community Hospital, Florida

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MRI has become vital to the diagnosis of many bone and soft tissue diagnoses. Dr. Needell provides an overview in this lecture of the bone and soft tissue disorders that MRI can visualize. He provides MRI examples of bone trauma, osteonecrosis, osteomyelitis, etc, and describes the MRI characteristics of these. He also talks of soft tissue masses, tarsal tunnel, and entrapment neuropathies.


2nd Year Lecture
Partial Foot Amputations


Suhad Hadi, DPM
Louis Stokes Veterans Administration
Akron Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Akron, OH

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In this lecture Dr. Hadi reviews the statistics and risk factors for amputations. She discusses the different types of partial foot amputations with emphasis on complications, morbidity and prevention of potential deformities.

This PRESENT lecture was made possible
by an Educational Grant from

Merz
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3rd Year Lecture
The Benefits of dHACM Allograft in the Surgical and Wound Care


Jeffrey Frenchman, DPM
Director of Limb Preservation
Atlanta VA Medical Center
Decatur, GA

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This lecture by Dr Jeffrey Frenchman DPM will focus on the molecular composition of the extracellular matrix as well as the properties of the amniotic membrane. It will also discuss the surgical applications for the amniotic membranes and provide case studies to support its use.

This PRESENT lecture was made possible
by an Educational Grant from

MiMedx
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Grand Sponsor
PharmaDerm

Major Sponsor
MiMedx

Merz
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Osiris Therapeutics
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Wright Medical
Amniox Medical
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Wright Therapy Products
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