Tim Thompson, PA-C, discusses proximal humerus fractures and considerations for treatment. Tim also covered proximal humerus fractures at the 2023 Ortho in the West conference. Join us at Ortho in the West 2024, happening in February in Phoenix, AZ.

Of our top 10 interviews from 2023, we're sharing Sam's 3 favorites. In the final installment on E&M coding, Sam and Cindi Crenshaw, CPC, cover details on billing specific to orthopedics, including medications. Be sure to listen to the rest of the interview on the orthoPAc! Check out PAOS.org for Category I Enduring Credit CME, including Cindy Crenshaw's discussion of Coding Updates. Nonmembers may purchase PAOS on Demand at AAPA.org.

Of our top 10 interviews from 2023, we're sharing Sam's 3 favorites, starting with Chad Silverberg, DO. Dr. Silverberg is a fellowship-trained Musculoskletal Radiologist and spoke at our 2023 subspecialty conference, Extremities in the Carolinas, on the Basics of Trauma Imaging. Be sure to listen to the rest of the interview with Dr. Silverberg on the orthoPAc! Included here are three slides to accompany this discussion: https://youtu.be/s_6YbaBkcZI Check out PAOS.org for Category I Enduring Credit CME, including Dr. Silverberg's two talks on MRI. Nonmembers may purchase PAOS on Demand at AAPA.org.

Kristin Freitas, PA-S, is one of our 2023 Susan Lindahl Memorial Scholarship winners. She shares with us her research on orthopaedic treatment and prevention of Rickets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Learn more about the scholarship here: paos.org/scholarship

Lucy Bowers, PA-S. is a 2023 winner of the Susan Lindahl Memorial Scholarship. Here, she discusses her poster presentation. Learn more about the scholarship for future Ortho PAs here: https://paos.org/scholarship

Chris Carrier, PA-C shares with us more clinical pearls on the diagnosis and management of hand injuries. With a distal radius fracture, how much angular deformity can you accept at different age groups, knowing that the fracture will remodel?

Chris Carrier, PA-C, specializes in hand and wrist. He presented recently at our Ortho Boot Camp and we asked him to join us on the podcast to cover important considerations for hand injuries. In part 2, we discuss a case of a professional baseball player with pain while swinging the bat and a case of a cat bite.

Chris Carrier, PA-C, specializes in hand and wrist. He presented recently at our Ortho Boot Camp and we asked him to join us on the podcast to cover important considerations for hand injuries. In part 1, we discus a displaced intraarticular middle phalanx base fracture and the importance of the v sign in a PIP joint fracture, the Seymour fracture, and the perilunate injuries.

This week Sam is back with Dr. G. Peter Maiers II, a sports medicine specialist with a specialty in hip and knee injuries. As head team physician for the Indianapolis Colts, Dr. Maiers utilizes the same methods and techniques developed for athletes to treat those who are injured at home, at play or in the workplace. He is actively performing research on the arthroscopic treatment of hip impingement and arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. For part three they will discuss more of Dr. Maiers' clinical experience with different hip conditions and how they are managed.

This week Sam is back with Dr. G. Peter Maiers II, a sports medicine specialist with a specialty in hip and knee injuries. As head team physician for the Indianapolis Colts, Dr. Maiers utilizes the same methods and techniques developed for athletes to treat those who are injured at home, at play or in the workplace. He is actively performing research on the arthroscopic treatment of hip impingement and arthroscopic ACL reconstruction. For part two they will discuss Dr. Maiers' clinical experience with different hip conditions and how they are managed.