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ForwardRobert E. Eilert Children's Orthopedic Day 2026
The Robert E. Eilert Children’s Orthopedic Day brings together distinguished visiting faculty of Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine. The day is designed with lectures and research case presentation of interest to surgeons, researchers, and allied health professionals whose practice includes children with orthopedic disorders.
Target Audience
The target audience for this activity includes physicians, physicians assistants and any other clinical staff within an orthopedic practice setting.
Learning Objectives
- Identify common and uncommon presentations of pediatric orthopedic conditions, including DDH, scoliosis, and pediatric trauma.
- Apply current evidence and clinical guidelines to formulate management plans for pediatric orthopedic disorders.
- Evaluate indications for surgical versus nonsurgical treatment options in conditions such as limb deformity, neuromuscular disorders, and fractures.
- Integrate risk–benefit considerations into decisions regarding growth-modulation and minimally invasive procedures.
- Apply quality improvement principles to standardize care pathways and reduce variation in treatment.
Additional Information
7:15 am
| Registration and Continental Breakfast |
7:45
| Welcome Klane White, MD |
7:50 | Announcements Sayan De, MD and Mark Erickson, MD |
7:55 | REE Award Session Mark Erickson, MD |
8:00
| MAGEC ROD: Do They All Need to Be Removed? Ryan Sefcik, MD |
8:15 | Hip Dysplasia After Fetal Versus Postnatal Myeloningocele Repair: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis Kevin Schauer, MD |
8:30 | The Relationship Between Injury Status, Sport Specialization Level, And Low Energy Availability Risk in Adolescent Female Athletes Catharine Kral, MD
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8:45 | Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Where Are We Going? Peter Newton, MD |
9:30 | Faculty Talk Nancy Hadley-Miller, MD
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9:45 | Immediate Physical Therapy for Adolescent Athletes with Spondylolysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Emily Sweeney, MD |
10:00 | Major Improvement for The Past 30 Years Mark Erickson, MD |
10:15 | Case Presentation 1: Hybrid Technique (PSF/VBT) in an Ambulatory Patient with Myelomeningocele Sumeet Garg, MD, Timothy Mulvihill, MD |
10:35 | Break (Visit Exhibits) |
10:45 | Describe Issues with Misclassification of The Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Phenotype in Adult Populations Included in Large Healthcare Database Patrick Carry, PhD |
11:00 | Femoral Fracture Remodeling Julia Sanders, MD |
11:15 | Examination of Inter-Limb Differences in Bone Quality at the Distal Tibia Metaphysis in Children with Mild Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy Kellen Krajewski, PhD, CSCS |
11:30 | Case Presentation 2 Erika Valentine, MD |
11:50 | Q&A |
12:00pm | Lunch (Visit Exhibits) |
1:45 | Navigating Surgical Innovation Peter Newton, MD |
2:30 | Spine and Tibial Growth with Vosoritide Therapy in Achondroplasia: Results of a 52-week Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study Klane White, MD |
2:45 | Peri-Hardware Fractures After Pediatric Both Bone Forearm Fracture Sungmin Kim, BS |
3:00
| Faculty Talk Alexander Aretakis, MD |
3:15 | Pediatric ACL from Rady Children’s Fellowship to Today Jay Albright, MD
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3:30 | Case Presentation 3: Management of a Chronic Severe Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Sayan De, MD, Kevin Schauer, MD
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3:50 | Q & A |
4:00 | Adjourn |
The Robert E. Eilert Orthopedic Day 2026 conference is being hosted in-person at Children's Hospital Colorado.
Conference participants are encouraged to park in Visitor Lot 10 -- access this free lot from Victor Street. Please do not park in the patient parking structure.
Please check-in at the main hospital entrance at the front of the building and allow plenty of time to check-in and follow screening protocol at the hospital front desk.
Guest Speakers
Peter Newton, MD
Chief, Division of Orthopedics & Scoliosis
Surgeon-in-Chief, Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego
Clinical Professor, UC San Diego School of Medicine
Faculty
University of Colorado
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Jay Albright, MD
Associate Professor
Alexander Aretakis, MD
Assistant Professor
Patrick Carry, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Mark Erickson, MD
Professor
Sungmin Kim, BS
Pediatric Orthopedic Skeletal Health and Dysplasia Program
Kellen Krajewski, PhD, CSCS
Assistant Research Professor
Catharine Kral, MD
Fellow
Nancy Hadley-Miller, MD
Professor
Julia Sanders, MD
Assistant Professor
Kevin T. Schauer, MD
Fellow
Ryan Stephen Sefcik, MD
Fellow
Emily Sweeney, MD
Associate Professor
Klane White, MD
Professor
Medical
Children’s Hospital Colorado is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Children’s Hospital Colorado designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Others
A general certificate of attendance will be available after the completion of the online evaluation. Claim only credit commensurate of your conference attendance.
Available Credit
- 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.25 Attendance
- 6.25 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™