2nd Annual Workshop on Imaging Based Measures of Osteoarthritis
June 25th to 28th 2008
Boston, MA USA
From New England Baptist Hospital and supported by the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) and ISMRM.
In the late 1980s, the application of the superb soft tissue contrast of MRI to image the joint led to great optimism that inroads to understanding the natural history of, and applying therapeutics to, osteoarthritis would be quickly forthcoming. However, nearly 20 years later, much about clinical OA has yet to be discovered, there is yet to be a successful trial for a disease modifying OA drug (DMOAD), and radiography is still the mainstay of imaging of OA.
The goal of the proposed workshop is to bring together the communities of basic osteoarthritis researchers, orthopedists and rheumatologists, imaging scientists, instrument manufacturers, and pharmaceutical and regulatory representatives to delineate what the pressing questions are in OA research, what imaging science has contributed thus far, what questions imaging can start to address, and what resources are needed to accomplish this.
In addition to the presentations and podium discussions (see attached), there will be two poster sessions from submitted abstracts meant to further elucidate the pressing questions from the community.
Organizers:
Deborah Burstein, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA USA.; dburstei@bidmc.harvard.edu
David Hunter, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA USA. djhunter@caregroup.harvard.edu
Co-Organizer:
Felix Eckstein, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
For information, please contact: djhunter@caregroup.harvard.edu / dburstei@bidmc.harvard.edu, or
Congress Secretary: Carmen Morales, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA USA, Email cmorale1@caregroup.harvard.edu | Phone + 1 617 754 6732
Scientific Program Committee:
Dr Philip Conaghan; University of Leeds, UK
Dr Martha Gray; Harvard-MIT Division of H.S.T., Boston, MA
Dr Ali Guermazi; Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
Dr Young Jo Kim; Childrens Hospital, Boston, MA
Dr Grace Lo; Tufts University/NEMC, Boston, MA.
Dr. Linda Sandell; Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
Dr. Marie-Pierre Hellio Le Graverand-Gastineau; Pfizer, Groton, CT
Dr. Charles Mamisch; University Berne, Switzerland
Conference site: Situated on a picturesque stretch of Boston's north shore in Beverly, the Richard E. Wylie Conference & Education Center is a corporate meeting center providing a place designed to maximize learning and productivity.
R-PE_AllenRelationshipMeniscalTearAndPosition.pdf
June 11th, 2008
Potter Conference Room and Colonnade
4:30 PM Poster Session and Hors d'oeuvre
- Andrew Terrono, MD, "Splinting versus Early Mobilization following Carpal Tunnel Release: A Prospective Randomized Study"
- David Hunter, MD PhD, "Relation of Articular Cartilage Morphometry and Meniscal Position by MRI to JSW in the Lyon Schuss Radiograph of the Knee"
- David Hunter, MD PhD, "Cartilage Morphometry Region of Interest Analysis; By Selecting Regions with Denuded Areas Can We Detect Greater Amounts of Change?"
- James Chow, MD, "Evaluation of Intraoperative Pelvic Position In the Lateral Position During Hip Arthroplasty Using Computed Tomography/Radiography Matching"
- Laurie Katz, MD, "Factors of Failure and Outcomes of Failed SLAP Repairs"
- Brian McKeon, MD, "Development and Validation of an Intra-Operative Grading System to Define the Role of Synovitis after Meniscal Knee Injury"
- Carolyn Schwartz, ScD, "Synovial Cyst Injection Study Yields Different Results Comparing Retrospective Chart Review and Prospective Study Designs: Why Spine Research Should Avoid Retrospective Chart Review"
6:00 PM Welcome Remarks- David Hunter, MD PhD, Chief of the Division of Research
6: 05 PM Key Note Address- Eric Radin, MD, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
"Raising the Bar on Orthopedic Research"
6:30PM Podium Presentations
- Deborah Allen, MD, "The relationship Between Meniscal Tears and Meniscal Position"
- Carolyn Schwartz, ScD, "Long-Term Follow-Up of Complications of Iliac Crest Bone Grafting Harvesting"
- Maureen Spencer, RN, MEd, CIC, "Eradication of Methicillin Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Before Inpatient Orthopedic Surgery"
- Kenneth Larsen, DMin, PhD, ABMP, "A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Perioperative Administration of Olanzapine to Prevent Postoperative Delirium in Joint Repacement Patients" (supporting powerpoint presentation)
- David Kim, MD, "Polymorphic Variation of the COMT and GCH1 Genes In Patients Undergoing Surgical Treatment for Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease" (supporting powerpoint presentation)
7:30 PM Poster Award
Adjourn