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Didactics

 
Wednesday Conferences
7am-8am:
8am-9am:
9am-9:30am:
9:30-10:30am:
10:30-11:30am:
Sports Medicine Conference (Dr. Mark Hutchinson)
Case presentations (Dr. Alfonso Mejia) or morbidity and mortality bimonthly
Resident clinical and administrative time
In-Training review - July through November, basic sciences review - November through June
Cadaver dissections, literature review, surgical techniques (various attending surgeons)

Saturday Conferences
Two assigned residents each perform case presentations including a comprehensive review of pertinent basic science, anatomy, diagnosis and management, including past and recent literature review. The conference is also attended by orthopedic surgeons from the community and alumni. The attending moderator and 2 panelists. There is now an attending 30 minutes lecture as well. Each conference topic changes weekly.

Site-Specific Conferences

University of Illinois at Chicago Orange Service
1. Monday morning sports conference (Dr. Mark Hutchinson)
2. Monday morning indications conference (Dr. Mark Hutchinson & Dr. Ben Goldberg)

University of Illinois at Chicago Blue Service
1. Tuesday morning hand conference (Dr. Boonmee Chunprapaph)
2. Thursday morning spine conference (Dr. Anis Mekhail)

Advocate Christ Hospital
1. Daily intake rounds (various attendings)
2. Friday morning grand rounds (various attendings)

Shriners Hospital

1. Monday morning indications conference (Drs. Ackman, Smith)
2. Monday morning gait lab (Drs. Ackman, Smith)
3. Tuesday morning spine conference (Drs. Ackman, Smith, Hammerburg, Sturm)
4. Wednesday morning lecture series (Various)
5. Thursday morning chief rounds (Dr. Peter Sturm)
6. Thursday morning grand rounds (Various)
7. Friday morning postop conference (Drs. Ackman, Smith, Sturm)
8. Morbidity and Mortality (monthly)

Weiss Memorial Hospital
1. Weekly upper extremity and adult reconstruction didactics (Dr. Gonzalez)

Illinois Masonic
1. Weekly trauma conference (Dr. Gourineni)
2. Bimonthly Morbidity and Mortality conference