10^th Orthopedics & Rheumatology Annual Meeting & Expo August 31-01, 2018 Toronto, Canada

Jennifer Doherty-Restrepo is a Clinical Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Athletic Training in the Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Florida International University. Her areas of expertise include andragogy, simulation-based instruction, and professional as well as continuing education in athletic training. Jennifer serves the Athletic Training Profession as a manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Athletic Training and the Athletic Training Education Journal. She is an Associate Editor for the Athletic Training Education Journal. Jennifer serves the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education as a site visitor. Additionally, she is the Chair of the University and College Athletic Training Student Committee of the Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida. In recognition of her service and contributions to athletic training education, Jennifer was the recipient of the 2015 Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida University and College Athletic Trainer of the Year award.

Denis Larrivee is a Visiting Scholar at Loyola University Chicago and has held professorships at the Weill Cornell University Medical College in New York City and Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. A former fellow at Yale University's Medical School and Department of Biology he received the Association for Research in Vision and Opthalmology's first place award for studies on photoreceptor degenerative and developmental mechanisms. He is the current editor of a text entitled Brain-Computer Interfacing and Brain Dynamics with InTech Publishing and an editorial board member of the journals Annals of Neurology and Neurological Sciences (USA) and EC Neurology (UK). An International Neuroethics Society Expert he is the author of more than 50 papers and book chapters in such varied journals/venues as Neurology and Neurological Sciences (USA), EC Neurology (UK), Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Religion and Mental Health, and IEEE Explore.

Russell D Weisz is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who began his medical training at the State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He then completed his orthopedic surgical residency at the Hospital for Joint Diseases/New York University and concluded his training with a one-year fellowship in orthopedic traumatology at Tampa General Hospital. Weisz is the director of orthopedic trauma at Delray Medical Center, a level one trauma center in Palm Beach County Florida. He specializes in the treatment of complex fractures and the reconstruction of fractures that have not healed or have become infected. Weisz is a clinical affiliate Assistant Professor at the Department of Surgery, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E Schmidt College of Medicine. Weisz is involved in clinical research and is a principal investigator of the study “Assessing the efficacy of IV ibuprofen for treatment of pain in orthopedic trauma patients”.

Franz Muller is Consultant and Senior Surgeon in the largest catholic hospital in Germany. He is specialist in all kinds of orthopedic trauma incl. spine and pelvic, as well as endoprosthesis incl. revision surgery. He is fi rst and senior author of more than 20 original papers, especially in spine surgery and trauma. In his vacations he is also working for Medecins Sans Frontieres.