70th Annual LeRoy C. Abbott Society Scientific Program, 57th Annual Verne. T Inman Lectureship

The 2026 program will feature invited alumni talks, research papers, engaging clinical debates, focused symposia, and presentations from our esteemed invited professors (Dr. Leesa Galatz and Dr. Kevin Bozic).

1. Improve the management of the orthopaedic patient, including considerations for elective surgery.
2. Describe new developments in orthopedic oncology and spine surgery.
3. Evaluate the pros and cons of managing musculoskeletal injuries and conditions with and without surgery.
4. Discuss the most relevant updates in the various ?elds of orthopedics.
5. Evaluate the impact of differences in access to quality healthcare for vulnerable populations.
6. Improve patient outcomes by using best evidence and optimizing patient communication and shared decision-making.

Course Number: MOR26008

An account in the UCSF CE Portal is required to register. Click SIGN IN in the menu bar and enter your email address or UCSF MyAccess credentials to complete your profile and continue with registration. Your profile must include your degree and profession to be able to claim credit.

Bones Ball tickets must be purchased separately using this link. 

Registration will close on 05/05/2026 at 23:00 Pacific Time.  

Additional Fees or Information:

Course Number: MOR26008

Registration fees includes access to the course and course materials, continuing education credits, continental breakfast, breaks, and lunch on both days.

Pre-course instructions and online syllabus will be shared with registrants 1 week prior to the course, through the CloudCME platform. 

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

ACCME Credit: UCSF Office of CME designates this live Activity for a maximum of 13.25 AMA PRA Category 1™ Credit(s).

Advance Practice Registered Nurses and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 Credit^TM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

California Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are provided by entities approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM is acceptable to meeting the CE requirements for the California Board of Psychology. Providers in other states should check with their state boards for acceptance of CME credit.

BOC Credit: UCSF Office of CME (BOC AP#: JA0000302) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs). This program is eligible for a maximum of 13.25 Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing at least 30 days before the conference start date will receive a refund of registration fees minus a [10%] administrative fee. Requests received between 30 days and 14 days before the start date will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be issued within 14 days of the start date. Please send cancellation requests through our Refund Request form.
 
UCSF Office of CME reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred, such as non-refundable airline tickets, hotel penalties, or other related personal expenses.

Accessibility Statement
UCSF welcomes all participants to our events. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event because of a disability, please submit a learner support ticket as soon as possible.

UCSF Land Acknowledgment Statement
We would like to acknowledge the Ramaytush Ohlone people, who are the traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respects to the Ramaytush Ohlone elders, past, present, and future, who call this place, the land that UCSF sits upon, their home. We are proud to continue their tradition of coming together and growing as a community. We thank the Ramaytush Ohlone community for their stewardship and support, and we look forward to strengthening our ties as we continue our relationship of mutual respect and understanding.

For more information, visit https://opportunity.ucsf.edu/initiatives/ucsf-land-acknowledgment.

Location for On Site Learning

UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center

1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94143-3008

No Group Room Block

Area Hotels

• Hotel Luma

• Hotel Via

• Hyatt Place

Air Travel

United Airlines

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Booking fees are waived for United Meeting reservations.
International customers may contact their local United Reservation Desk.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

This UCSF continuing education activity was planned and developed to: uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and, include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.

UCSF adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including content planners, reviewers, authors, presenters, moderators, panelists, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Drew A Lansdown, MD
Dr.
University of California, San Francisco

Co-Director, Faculty

Non-Clinical Exception

Debbie Dang, MD
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group

Course Director, Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Syed Ali, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Sachin Allahabadi, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sports Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alicia Asturias, MD
Dr.
UCSF

Faculty

Non-Clinical Exception

Kelly Bach, MD
Dr.
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Jeff Barry, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Paid consultant-DePuy (Any division)|Paid consultant-Onkos Surgical|Paid consultant-Smith & Nephew (Any division)|Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Lineage Medical|Grant or research support-AAHKS|Grant or research support-Smith & Nephew (Any division)

Neil Bharucha, MD
The Permanente Medical Group

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Lisa Bonsignore-Opp, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kevin Bozic, MD
Chair
The University of Texas at Austin

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kevin Chen, MD
Resident Physician
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Monica Coughlan, MD
PAMF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alan Dang, MD
HS Clinical Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Orthopaedic Implant Company

John Dearborn, MD
Dearborn & Associates Institute for Joint Restoration

Faculty

Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Zimmer (Any division) (Relationship has ended)|Grant or research support-Zimmer (Any division)

Anthony Ding, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Non-Clinical Exception

Chloe C Dlott, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ashraf El Naga, MD, FAAOS FACS
University of California San Francisco - San Francisco, CA

Faculty

Non-Clinical Exception

Michael Flores, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Leesa Galatz, MD, MBA, Orthopedic Surgery
Dr
Mount Sinai Health System

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Anoop Galivanche, MD
Resident Physician
UCSF Medical Center

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Edgar Garcia-Lopez, MD
MD, MS
UCSF

Faculty

Grant or research support-UCSF|Grant or research support-ConMed (Relationship has ended)

Ramesh B Ghanta, MD
Resident
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Rachel Gottlieb, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Christopher Grimsrud, MD
The Permanente Medical Group

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alan Z Grusky, MD
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ryan T Halvorson, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Membership on Advisory Committees or Review Panels, Board Membership, etc.-OpenEvidence

Andrew Haskell, MD
Palo Alto Medical Foundation

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Advita

David A Hsiou, MD
St. Joseph's Medical Center - Stockton

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kevin Hwang, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Jaicharan Iyengar, MD
Chairman/Program Director
St. Joseph's Orthopedic Surgery

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Michaela Juels, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Donald Kephart, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Ari Khalameyzer, BS
UCSF Orthopedic Trauma Institute

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Hubert Kim, MD, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair
Professor and Vice Chair
UCSF

Faculty

Non-Clinical Exception

Todd S. Kim, MD
Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group, Sutter Health

Faculty

Non-Clinical Exception

Youjeong Kim, MD
Golden Gate Spine

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Henry Krigbaum, MD
TPMG

Faculty

Non-Clinical Exception

Natalie Kucirek, MD
Resident Physician
UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Jeffrey Wing Kee Kwong, MD, MS
Resident PHysician
UCSF

Faculty

Other: Travel and Conference Support-Stryker (Any division) (Relationship has ended)|Other: Travel and Conference Support-Smith & Nephew (Any division) (Relationship has ended)

Kevin Liu, MD
Orthopedic Surgery

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

C Benjamin Ma, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Stryker (Any division)|Consulting Fee-Zimmer (Any division)|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-ConMed|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Slack

Meir Marmor, MD
University of California San Francisco

Faculty

Non-Clinical Exception

Erik McDonald, MD,
PAMF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Saam Morshed , MD, PhD

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kiuante Murray, MD
UCSF Orthipaedic Surgery

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Kirstina Olson, MD

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Anna Park, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Joseph T Patterson, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery (Clinical Scholar)
University of Southern California

Faculty

Paid consultant-Stryker (Any division)|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Stryker (Any division)|Paid consultant-Globus Medical, Inc.|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Globus Medical, Inc.|Paid consultant-Johnson & Johnson (Relationship has ended)|Paid consultant-DePuy (Any division)|Paid consultant-SI-Bone|Paid consultant-Bodycad Laboratories|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Bodycad Laboratories

Kyla Petrie, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Caitlin Rugg, MD
Kaiser Permanente

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Douglas Sakes, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Aenor Sawyer, MD
Assoc Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Non-Clinical Exception

Nicole Schroeder, MD
Ucsf

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Rajiv Sethi, MD, PhD
Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Atec|Consulting Fee-Orthofix|Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Globus|Consulting Fee-Highridge

David Shearer, MD

Faculty

Joseph Sliepka, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Chris Stewart, MD
MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Paul Toogood, MD, MS
UCSF Health

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Thomas Vail, MD
Professor and Chair Emeritus
UCSF

Faculty

Royalties or Patent Beneficiary-Johnson & Johnson|Ownership-Hyalex

Lindsey C Valone, MD
California Pacific Orthopaedics

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Infab

Nyaluma Wagala, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Liam Wong, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Stephanie Wong, MD
Assistant Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Katherine Woolley, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Rosanna Wustrack, MD
Professor Orthopedic Surgery
University of California San Francisco

Faculty

Honoraria-ONKOS (Relationship has ended)

Angel X Xiao, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Alfred Kuo, MD
UCSF

Peer Reviewer

Nothing to disclose

Commercial Support

We welcome the support of this activity in the form of an educational grant. UCSF accepts unrestricted educational grants and commercial support for continuing education activities sponsored by UCSF. Funds should be directed to the Office of CME with a fully executed agreement, signed by both a representative of UCSF CME and the funder, outlining uses of the financial support and specifically agreeing to abide to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence. Questions concerning financial support should be directed to the Manager of Finance or the Director. 

View the full Management of Commercial Support of UCSF CME policy

Download a copy of UCSF’s payment information: UCSF W9

For information about commercial support opportunities, please contact: [email protected]

EXHIBITORS WELCOME - LIMITED SPACES REMAIN! 

Please find our exhibitor packages below and click the Exhibit at this Event button to register. 

Term & Conditions

UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education reserves the right to deny any application. UCSF OCME will acknowledge exhibitor(s) support in course materials as permissible by the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 

The exhibitor acknowledges that conducting marketing or promotional activities in any conference area except for their assigned exhibit space is prohibited. Exhibitors/Vendors may not engage in sales, promotional activities, or distribute product-specific advertisements while in the designated location of the CME activity. CME activity space includes, but is not limited to, lecture halls, breakout rooms, and laboratory areas. 

Exhibitors and UCSF OCME agree to abide by the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited CE. Any actions that are not in accordance with the above-stated policies may result in the removal of the exhibiting company and its representatives from the conference site, in which case no refund of exhibit fees will be allowed. 

Payment Deadline & Late Fee Policy

Exhibitor payment is due in full 30 days before the course. A $500 late fee will apply to any payments received after the posted deadline. 

To avoid a late fee and ensure participation, proof of payment (such as a check copy, electronic payment confirmation, or remittance advice) must be submitted by the deadline. 

Please note that exhibit placement and promotional benefits are not guaranteed until full payment and proof of payment are received. 

Cancellation Policy

There are no refunds for cancellations of exhibit registrations. 

Payment must be received prior to the event. 

Download a copy of UCSF’s payment information: UCSF W9 

For information about commercial support opportunities, please contact: [email protected]