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This course offers Live (in-person) and Livestream (virtual) attendance options
Course Directors: Steven L. Moran, M.D., Sanj Kakar, M.D., and Marco Rizzo, M.D
May 13 - 16, 2026 - Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Minnesota
This course is designed for orthopedic and plastic surgeons with a significant hand practice and covers the spectrum of disorders of the wrist and distal radioulnar joint. The format will be case-oriented, covering topics in bony and soft tissue trauma, degenerative disease, and inflammatory arthritis, to name a few. Videotaped surgery clips and cadaveric surgical dissection will be used to demonstrate complicated surgical procedures.
Course Highlights
- Hear about the latest advances in arthroscopy and arthroplasty from recognized experts in the field.
- Learn hands-on surgical techniques by attending the precourse cadaver lab.
- Interact with colleagues involved in wrist surgery.
In collaboration with International Wrist Arthroscopy Society (IWAS)
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| Hands-On Lab Live Only* May 13 - 14, 2026 | General Session (Live or Livestream) May 15 - 16, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Registration Fee(s) | $2500 | $1095 |
* Must attend the Live General Session to attend the Hands-on Lab.
* Limited availability
Wrist Arthroscopy Workshop – May 13-14, 2026 - Optional Hands-On Session
Elevate your surgical skill set with this immersive cadaveric skills lab, designed to provide unmatched, hands-on experience in wrist arthroscopy.
The workshop opens with concise, high-yield lectures reviewing essential arthroscopic techniques and pathology, setting the stage for intensive practice. You’ll then transition into cadaveric labs where every surgeon is paired with a peer of similar experience level, ensuring personalized pacing and collaboration. With a dedicated world-renowned wrist arthroscopy expert at every table, you’ll receive direct, one-on-one guidance throughout the training.
Interactive case discussions at the close of each day reinforce what you’ve learned, with opportunities to bring your own challenging cases for faculty consultation. By the end of this focused two-day session, participants will gain the confidence and technical mastery to perform procedures including ganglion excision, TFCC repair, arthroscopic scapholunate repair, scaphoid fracture management, and distal radius fracture treatment—all under arthroscopic visualization.
This workshop is your opportunity to learn shoulder-to-shoulder with the leaders in the field and bring new precision, efficiency, and expertise back to your practice.
Target Audience
This course is designed for orthopedic and plastic surgeons.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Evaluate the latest advancements both surgical and nonsurgical for the treatment of thumb arthritis.
- Review a diagnostic treatment algorithm for the treatment of scapholunate and perilunate injuries.
- Review a diagnostic treatment algorithm for ulnar sided wrist pain and DRUJ instability.
- Evaluate the latest advancements in arthroscopic surgical treatment of thumb arthritis.
Attendance at any Mayo Clinic course does not indicate or guarantee competence or proficiency in the skills, knowledge or performance of any care or procedure(s) which may be discussed or taught in this course.
Controversies in Wrist SurgeryPre Conference: Surgical Skills Lab & Lectures - Wrist Arthroscopy FundamentalsMay 13-14, 2026 (Optional add-on) | |
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | |
7:00 a.m. | Pre-Conference Registration and Breakfast Leighton Auditorium, Siebens Building 2nd Floor |
Session I: Basic Arthroscopic Techniques & Anatomy | |
8:00 a.m.
| Welcome and Introduction Steven L. Moran, M.D., Sanjeev (Sanj) Kakar, M.D. |
8:15 a.m.
| Review of Dorsal and Volar Portals |
8:30 a.m.
| Advancements in Diagnostic Inspection (TFCC, SL, LT) |
8:45 a.m.
| Ganglions Volar and Dorsal |
9:00 a.m.
| Ablative Techniques for TFCC, Synovitis and Ligament Shrinkage |
9:15 a.m. | How to Transition from Basic to Intermediate-Advanced Techniques |
9:30 a.m.
| TFCC Repair Techniques: Foveal Reattachments Lorenzo Merlini, M.D., Ph.D. |
9:45 a.m.
| Ulnar Shortening Lucian Lior Marcovici, M.D., Ph.D., FEBHS |
10:00 a.m. | Break |
Lab Session I: Establishment of Dorsal and Volar Portals, Practical Application of TFCC Foveal Repair Techniques Stabile 9 All Instructors | |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch & Group Photo Leighton Auditorium, Siebens Building 2nd Floor |
Session II: Ligamentous Instability & Initial Repair | |
1:00 p.m.
| Options for TFCC Reconstruction and Chronic Instability Andrea Atzei, M.D. |
1:15 p.m.
| SL Instability and the Importance of the DCIS and DIC Ahlam Arnaout, M.D. |
1:30 p.m. | Volar Capsuloligamentous Sutures for Intrinsic and Extrinsic Ligament Injuries Fernando Corella, M.D. |
1:45 p.m.
| Ligament Specific Reconstruction for Caral Instability Mark Ross, MBBS, FRACS |
2:00 p.m.
| Case Discussion Sanj Kakar, M.D., Steven Moran, M.D. |
2:30 p.m. | Break |
2:45 p.m.
| Lab Session II: Arthroscopic Techniques for TFCC and SL Repair |
5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Thursday, May 14, 2026 | |
Sessions III: Surgical Skills Lab & Lectures - Advanced Arthroscopy & Controversial Techniques Moderator: | |
7:15 a.m. | Breakfast Leighton Auditorium Siebens Building, 2nd floor |
7:55 a.m.
| Welcome Steven Moran, M.D. |
8:00 a.m.
| Arthroscopic Management of Scaphoid Fractures and Non-Union Pedro Delgado, M.D., FEBHS, FEBHS |
8:15 a.m.
| Arthroscopic Management of Distal Radius Fractures Gustavo Mantovani, M.D. |
8:30 a.m.
| Arthroscopic Treatment of Perilunate Variants and PLIND Lesions Gustavo Gomez Rodriguez, M.D. |
8:45 a.m.
| Arthroscopic Treatment of LT Injures Eric Wagner, M.D. |
9:00 a.m.
| Intercarpal Fusion Margaret Fok, MBChB, FRCSEd, FHKCOS, FHKAM |
9:15 a.m.
| My Technique for Management of Radiocarpal Arthritis Martin Caloia, M.D. |
9:15 a.m.
| Midcarpal Instability Andrea Atzei, M.D. |
9:30 a.m.
| Morning Break Walk to Stabile Building, 9th floor |
Lab Sessions III: Techniques for Arthroscopic-Assisted Management of Distal Radius Fractures, Scaphoid Fractures and Intra-Carpal Fusions 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Moderator: | |
12:00 p.m.
| Lunch Leighton Auditorium, Siebens Building, 2nd Flr |
Sessions IV: CMC, Kienbock’s and Complications | |
1:00 p.m.
| Kienbock’s Arthroscopy Martin Caloia, M.D. |
1:15 p.m.
| The Arthroscopic Management of Thumb Base Arthritis Pedro Delgado, M.D., FEBHS, FEBHS |
1:30 p.m. | Novel Reconstructive Techniques for CMC Arthritis with Arthroscopy |
1:45 p.m. | Complications in Wrist Arthroscopy J. Henk Coert, M.D., Ph.D. |
2:00 p.m. | Complex Case Discussion Wrap Up Steven Moran, M.D., Sanjeev Kakar, M.D. |
2:15 p.m. | Break |
2:30 p.m. | Lab Sessions III: Afternoon Lab: Smal Joint Arthroscopy (2:30PM – 4:00pm) |
4:00 p.m.
| Optional Arthroplasty Skills Lab: Total Wrist and Thumb Arthroplasty (No CME - Medartis) Joris Duerinckx, M.D., Ph.D. |
5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Controversies in Wrist Surgery General Session May 15 – May 16, 2026 Mayo Clinic Leighton Auditorium | |
Friday, May 15, 2026 | |
7:30 a.m. | Registration and Breakfast |
8:00 a.m.
| Welcome and Introduction Leighton Auditorium, Siebens, 2nd floor Steven Moran, M.D., Sanjeev Kakar, M.D. |
Acute Trauma - Scaphoid Moderator: Lauren Tagliero, M.D., Steve L. Moran, M.D. | |
8:05 a.m.
| Current Controversies in Scaphoid Fracture Management Overview Lauren Tagliero, M.D. |
8:20 a.m.
| Radiographic Assessment MRI, CT or US? What is Best? Nicholas Rhodes, M.D. |
8:35 a.m.
| Debate: Casting Versus Screw Fixation for Acute Scaphoid Fractures: What’s the Evidence? Lauren Tagliero, M.D., Courtney Carlson-Strother, M.D. |
9:05 a.m.
| Blood Supply to the Scaphoid: When to Worry Steven Moran, M.D. |
9:20 a.m. | Acute Arthroscopic Scaphoid Reduction and Screw Fixation: Tips and Tricks Martin Caloia, M.D. |
9:35 a.m. | Scaphoid Fractures in the Athletes: One Screw to Two, Plates or Pins? A. Bobby Chhabra, M.D. |
9:50 a.m. | Dorsal vs Volar Percutaneous Approaches for Acute Scaphoid Fractures: Which is Superior? Alexander Shin, M.D. |
10:05 a.m. | Risk Factors and My Algorithm for Scaphoid Nonunion Management: A Controversial Perspective James Higgins, M.D. |
10:20 a.m. | Break Leighton Auditorium, Siebens 2nd floor |
10:35 a.m. | Scaphoid Malunion and Chronic Non-Union Arthroscopic Management Gustavo Mantovani, M.D. |
10:50 a.m. | Do We Ever Need to Perform Open Scaphoid Surgery? |
11:05 a.m.
| Panel Discussion & Audience Polling: "The Troublesome Proximal Pole - To Save or Replace" James Higgins, M.D., Pedro Delgado, A. Bobby Chhabra, M.D., Alexander Shin, M.D., Gustavo Mantovani, Martin Caloia |
12:00 p.m.
| Lunch Leighton Auditorium, Siebens Building, 2nd Floor |
Distal Radius Fractures & Associated DRUJ Injuries Moderator: Nicholas A. Pulos, M.D. | |
1:00 p.m.
| Current Controversies in Distal Radius Fixation, Overview, Classification Challenges Nicholas Pulos, M.D. |
1:15 p.m.
| Volar Plates: Underrated or Overused? Limitations and Failures Youssra Majora, M.D, M.D. |
1:30 p.m. | Case Discussion David Dennison, M.D. |
1:45 p.m. | Arthroscopic Repair of Complex Fractures: The New Standard or Overkill? Gustavo Gomez Rodriguez, M.D. |
2:00 p.m. | Nonunion, Malunion and Loss of Fixation: Treatment Algorithms Peter Murray, M.D. |
2:15 p.m. | Management of Special Situations: Osteoporosis, Rheumatoid, Ongoing Bisphosphonate and Immunomodulating Medications TBD |
2:30 p.m. | Break Leighton Auditorium, Siebens Building, 2nd floor |
2:45 p.m.
| Assessment and Identification of Soft Tissue Injuries Associated with DRF: Overlooked or Over Diagnosed? Andrea Atzei, M.D. |
3:00 p.m.
| TFCC Following Acute Trauma: Identification and Treatment Lorenzo Merlini, M.D, Ph.D. |
3:15 p.m.
| Reduction of Coronal Plane Translation and Effect on DRUH Stability in Distal Radius Fractures: Clinical Significance? Mark Ross, MBBS, FRACS, M.D. |
3:30 p.m.
| Arthroscopic Management of Partial SLIL Injuries with DR Fractures: Is it Worth It? Lucian Marcovici, M.D., Ph.D., FEBHS |
3:45 p.m.
| Perilunate Injury: Recognition and Management Sanjeev (Sanj) Kakar, M.D. |
4:00 p.m.
| Panel Discussion: "The Challenging DRUJ: Persistent Instability After Fracture" |
5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Saturday, May 16, 2026 | |
6:30 a.m. | Breakfast Leighton Auditorium, Siebens Building, 2nd floor |
6:55 a.m. | Welcome |
Chronic Conditions and Controversial Topics Moderator: | |
7:00 a.m.
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Kitty Wu, M.D., Lorenzo Merlini, M.D
Joris Duerinckx, M.D., Ph.D.
J. Henk Coert, M.D., Ph.D., Jan-Ragnar Haugstvedt, M.D., Ph.D., Nicholas Pulos, M.D. |
Chronic Ligamentous Injury & Scaphoid Nonunion/Malunion Moderator: | |
8:00 a.m.
| Current Controversies in Scapholunate Instability: What Have We Learned (or Not)? Mark Ross, MBBS, FRACS, M.D. |
8:15 a.m.
| Radiology in the Diagnosis of Radial Sided Wrist Pain. The Validity of MRI and MR Arthrography Gavin McKenzie, M.D. |
8:30 a.m.
| Scapholunate Injury: Kinematics, Classification and the Enigmatic Role of Proprioception |
8:45 a.m.
| Arthroscopic Dorsal SL Repair is All That You Need Ahlam Arnaout, M.D. |
9:00 a.m.
| Arthroscopic Volar SL Approaches and Their Indications Sanjeev Kakar, M.D. |
9:15 a.m.
| Volar and Dorsal Anatomical Reconstruction – The Holy Grail or Just Another Option? Eric Wagner, M.D. |
9:30 a.m.
| Arthroscopic Ligament Reconstruction Fernando Corella, M.D. |
9:45 a.m.
| When and Why do I do Open SL Reconstructions Steven Moran, M.D. |
10:00 a.m. | Break Leighton Auditorium, Siebens Building, 2nd floor |
Rapid Fire Panel: The Chronic Scaphoid Nonunion: Save, Salvage, Replace Moderator: Jan-Ragnar Haugstvedt, M.D., Ph.D. | |
10:15 a.m.
| Scaphoid Nonunion Arthroscopic Bone Grafting Pedro Delgado, M.D. |
10:25 a.m.
| Scaphoid Nonunion Management: MCF Alexander Shin, M.D. |
10:35 a.m.
| Scaphoid Nonunion Management: MFT James Higgins, M.D. |
10:45 a.m.
| Scaphoid Nonunion Management: Proximal Hamate Nina Suh, M.D. |
10:55 a.m.
| Scaphoid Nonunion Management: Distal Pole Resection Andrew Chin Yuan Hui, MBBS, FRCS, FAMS |
11:05 a.m.
| Discussion Jan-Ragnar Haugstvedt, M.D., Ph.D. |
Current Controversies in the Management of Radiocarpal Arthritis Moderator: Courtney R. Carlson Strother, M.D. | |
11:15 a.m.
| Current Controversies in the Management of Radiocarpal Arthritis Courtney Carlson-Strother, M.D. |
11:30 a.m. | PRC - Who Does it Work for? Meredith Osterman, M.D. |
11:45 a.m. | Four Corner Fusion: Arthroscopic or Open, and for Who? Andrew Chin Yuan Hui, MBBS, FRCS, FAMS |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch Leighton Auditorium, Siebens Building, 2nd floor |
Radiocarpal Arthritis, BRUJ Instability & CMC Arthritis Moderator: Courtney R. Carlson Strother, M.D., Kitty Y. Wu, M.D. | |
1:00 p.m.
| Current Controversies in the Management of Radiocarpal Arthritis Courtney Carlson-Strother, M.D. |
1:15 p.m. | Salvage of Intra-Articular Injury: My Approach Eric Wagner, M.D. |
1:30 p.m.
| Arthroscopic Fusions: Tips and Tricks -Are They as Reliable as Open Fusions? Lorenzo Merlini, M.D. |
1:45 p.m.
| Nonvascularized Articular Bone Grafting in Arthritis: Overrated or Underutilized? J. Henk Coert, M.D., Ph.D. |
2:00 p.m.
| Debate: Radioscapholunate Fusion vs. Denervation for Chronic Wrist Pain: Comfort vs. Function?
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2:30 p.m. | Break Leighton Auditorium, Siebens Building, 2nd floor |
Current Controversies in DRUJ Instability and Arthritis Moderator: Nina Suh, M.D. | |
2:45 p.m.
| Current Controversies in DRUH Instability and Arthritis Nina Suh, M.D. |
3:00 p.m.
| DRUJ Instability: 15 Years of Experience with The Adams-Berger Procedure - Has it Stood the Test of Time? |
3:15 p.m.
| Darrach and Sauve Kapanji Procedure - Who Does it Work for and What if it Fails Margaret Fok, MBChB, FRCSEd, FHKCOS, FHKAM |
3:30 p.m. | DRUJ Replacement: Total Constrained Implant – Dutch Experience and its Limitations |
3:45pm
| Controversies in CMC Arthritis: Can we do Better Than Trapeziectomy Alone? |
4:00 p.m.
| CMC Arthritis: A New Perspective on the Intermetacarpal Ligament |
4:15 p.m.
| CMC Arthritis: Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Decade of European Results Joris Duerinckx, MD., Ph.D. |
4:30 p.m.
| Pyrocarbon Arthroplasty: Is There a Benefit? Panelists: |
4:45 p.m.
| Case Debate: Complications Following the Treatment of Thumb Arthritis. Panelists: |
5:05 p.m.
| Wrap up and Discussion Sanjeev (Sanj) Kakar, M.D. |
5:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
May
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Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science designates this live activity for a maximum of 30.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
A record of attendance will be provided to all registrants for requesting credits in accordance with state nursing boards, specialty societies or other professional associations.
| Session | Day | Credit(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Hands-On Lab Live Only* May 13 - 14, 2026 | Wednesday | 7.25 |
| Thursday | 7.50 | |
| Total Hands-On Lab | 14.75 | |
| General Session May 15 - 16, 2026 | Friday | 7.25 |
| Saturday | 8.75 | |
| Total General Session | 16.00 | |
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Available Credit
- 30.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 30.75 Attendance
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