New Jersey Sports Medicine Seminar

Presented by Atlantic Sports Health & New Jersey Orthopaedic Institute (NJOI)

Date: Friday, November 21st

Time: 6:25am-12:00pm

Where: In Person at Morristown Medical Center - Malcolm Forbes Amphitheater OR Virtual

Target Audience: Physicians, Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists, Fellows & Residents

Preregistration required for both in person and virtual attendance.

Course Description

The New Jersey Sports Medicine Seminar is designed for medical professionals to improve competency, enhance performance-in-practice, and as a result, yield better patient outcomes. The scope of the topics is specific to meet the educational needs of sports medicine professionals. Lectures are evidence-based and current, keeping attendees up to date with relevant concepts, theories and practices in the evaluation and treatment of patients. Basic sciences and medical issues affecting the delivery of patient care will also be addressed.

Agenda

6:10am-6:25am: Registration & Breakfast

6:25am-6:45am: Welcome and Opening Remarks, Vincent K. McInerney, MD & Presentation of Superbowl Trophy, Bart Oates, Esq.

6:45am-7:00am: Management of Patellar Instability in Sports, Nichollas Avallone, MD

7:00am-7:20am: Foot and Ankle Injuries in Sports, Selene Parekh, MD

7:20am-7:40am: Stem Cells and Bone Health, Barbara Minkowitz, MD

7:40am-8:00am: Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tears, John D. Kelly IV, MD

8:00am-9:00am: Professional Athlete Highlight, Moderated by Damion Martins, MD

-Hamstring Injury Rehabilitation: Case Review, David Zuffelato, ATC

-Nutrition Considerations for Soft Tissue Injuries, Carmen Spencer, MS, RDN, LDN

-Nutritional Lithium: The Prime Mineral for the Mind and Brain, Sudir Gadh, MD

9:00am-9:20am: Evaluation of ACL Injuries, Diagnosis, and Treatment, K. Donald Shelbourne, MD



9:20am-9:40am: Compare Objective and Surgical Findings with ACL and PCL Injuries, K. Donald Shelbourne, MD

9:40am-10:00am: Questions / Fitness Break

10:00am-10:20am: Healthcare Provider Burnout and Gambling in Sports, Edward McDevitt, MD

10:20am-10:35am: Back Pain in Athletes, Andrew Sawires, MD

10:35am-10:55am: Shoulder Evaluation and Rehab, W. Ben Kibler, MD

10:55am-11:15am: Update on Legislation and Rules Regarding Sports, Donna de Varona, Moderated by Vincent McInerney, MD, Bart Oates, Esq, and Shep Hurwitz, MD

11:15am-11:35am: Top 5 Indications for Orthobiologics in Athletes, Don Buford, MD

11:35am-12:00pm: Questions and Final Announcements

The NJ Sports Medicine Seminar is free, but preregistration is required. If you plan to attend, please click on the appropriate link above to preregister for in-person OR virtual attendance.

For in-person attendees: Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email that will include pertinent information about the event on Friday, November 21st. We will also send a reminder email by Thursday, November 20th with detailed information for in-person attendees and instructions on how to receive credit through High Marks. Limited to 150 attendees. Registration for in-person attendance will close once we reach 150 registrants. Breakfast will be served.

For virtual attendees: Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email that will include the direct link to view the event on Friday, November 21st. We will also send a reminder email by Thursday, November 20th with the same link to view the lecture and instructions on how to receive credit through High Marks.

Registration will close at 10am on Wednesday, November 19th.

* Please ONLY sign up if you plan to attend! *

Presented by:

Topic: Management of Patellar Instability in Sports

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Summarize the evaluation and diagnosis of patellar instability.
• Evaluate risk factors for patellar instability and review how to obtain measurements from specific imaging modalities.
• Compare nonoperative and operative treatment strategies for patellar instability and medial patellofemoral ligament tears.

Topic: Foot and Ankle Injuries in Sports

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Recognize the spectrum of common foot and ankle injuries across athletic levels, from elite professionals to recreational athletes, and discuss how mechanisms of injury, biomechanics, and sport-specific demands influence diagnosis and management.
• Evaluate evidence-based treatment strategies for both acute and chronic foot and ankle conditions, including approaches for ligamentous injuries, tendon pathology, cartilage lesions, and stress fractures, with an emphasis on optimizing return-to-play outcomes.
• Apply principles of prevention, rehabilitation, and performance optimization by integrating advances in imaging, biologics, footwear design, and surgical innovation, including minimally invasive and 3D-printed solutions, to reduce recurrence and enhance athletic longevity.

Topic: Stem Cells and Bone Health

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Review how bone is made and kept in balance.
• Discuss bone formation at the cellular level.
• Review the drugs used to shift the balance to bone formation.

Topic: Shoulder Rotator Cuff Tears

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Recognize the importance of tear reduction and margin convergence in massive rotator cuff tears.
• Review the true prevalence of subscapularis tears in the massive cuff tear.
• Discuss the importance of inferior capsular release in getting humeral head coverage.

Professional Athlete Highlight

Topic: Hamstring Injury Rehabilitation: Case Review

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Summarize current MRI-based diagnostic criteria and imaging findings for hamstring injuries in adolescent athletes.
• Describe evidence-based rehabilitation protocols and strategies for safely returning high school athletes to sport following hamstring injuries, including management of tendon involvement.
• Evaluate the effectiveness and indications for biologic injection therapies in hamstring injury recovery and the impact on time to return to play.

Topic: Nutrition Considerations for Soft Tissue Injuries

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Discuss food and nutrient recommendations for soft-tissue injuries.
• Discuss evidence-based supplementation strategies for injury recovery.
• Review nutrition considerations during injury recovery and rehabilitation phases.

Topic: Nutritional Lithium: The Prime Mineral for the Mind and Brain

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Differentiate nutritional or low-dose lithium from psychiatric dosing and understand its safety profile for athletes and patients alike.
• Describe the role of nutritional lithium in neuroprotection and injury recovery, including its inhibition of GSK-3, reduction of inflammatory cytokines, and preservation of neurons following concussion or traumatic brain injury.
• Apply emerging evidence on lithium’s modulation of inflammation, performance, and longevity to clinical and athletic settings - supporting cognitive health, cardiac resilience, and overall recovery.

Topic: Evaluation of ACL Injuries, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Compare Objective and Surgical Findings with ACL and PCL Injuries

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Discuss the positive impact long term knee extension has on subjective outcomes following ACLR.
• Discuss the positive impact knee extension has on long term radiographs following ACLR.
• Explain the difference in radiographic findings based on normal and abnormal knee extension following ACLR.
• Outline the treatment algorithm for those sustaining multiple ligament knee injuries.
• Distinguish the difference between the treatment philosophy for lateral and medial side dislocations.
• Explain the data supporting the rationale behind conservative treatment for PCL tears.

Topic: Healthcare Provider Burnout and Gambling in Sports

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Identify the prevalence and patterns of sports gambling among athletes and active individuals to better understand its impact within sports populations.
• Assess the potential physical, mental, and behavioral health risks associated with sports gambling, including its influence on athletic performance and mental health.
• Implement effective screening, prevention, and intervention strategies for athletes at risk of or experiencing problematic sports gambling behaviors.

Topic: Back Pain in Athletes

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Recognize the etiologies of back pain in athletes.
• Apply evidence-based diagnostic and management programs.
• Integrate prevention strategies into athletic conditioning programs.

Topic: Shoulder Evaluation and Rehab

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Discuss how the kinetic chain serves as the basis for function and dysfunction, and clinical evaluation.
• Utilize the clinical pathway for dynamic scapular evaluation.
• Discuss the current concepts of clinically significant labral injuries.

Topic: Update on Legislation and Rules Regarding Sports

Moderators: Vincent McInerney, MD, Bart Oates, Esq, Shep Hurwitz, MD

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Explain how current artificial intelligence and wearable technologies are changing orthopedic screening, imaging interpretation, and injury risk prediction in youth and collegiate sports, including benefits and limitations.
• Outline school based strategies that promote musculoskeletal health in grammar and high school, with emphasis on nutrition literacy, physical education minutes, and safe movement mechanics informed by kinesiology.
• Summarize the most recent Title Nine and related policy scholarship that affects equitable opportunities and resources for girls and women in sport and translate these updates into practical compliance and advocacy steps for teams and schools.

Topic: Top 5 Indications for Orthobiologics in Athletes

Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

• Define which athlete presentations most reliably benefit from orthobiologic interventions, focusing on patellar tendinopathy, meniscal repair augmentation, rotator cuff repair augmentation, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction augmentation, and focal chondral pathology.
• Compare the relative strength of evidence for platelet rich plasma, bone marrow aspirate concentrate, patch or scaffold augmentation, and combination strategies, and apply these data to shared decision making with competitive athletes who value time to play and durability of outcome.
• Translate emerging trial and consensus guidance into practical treatment algorithms that integrate imaging markers, rehab progression, and return to sport timelines while identifying scenarios where orthobiologics are unlikely to add value.

To redeem credit through our virtual education portal, High Marks, participants must be able to do ALL of the following:



• Download Microsoft Teams Application
• Create profile on High Marks
• View the lecture through Microsoft Teams link on High Marks
• Complete and submit the lecture evaluation on High Marks
• Be sure to designate your specialty on your evaluation- Physician, Athletic Trainer, Physical Therapist, etc.
• Claim credit to receive a certificate on High Marks

Credits/hours subject to change. Seminar is currently undergoing review.