2026 Albert B. Ferguson, Jr, MD Resident Research Day
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Duquesne Club
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SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS:
8:15 am Welcome / Opening Remarks: MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA
JUNIOR RESIDENTS Moderator: John Fowler, MD
8:25 am Robotic vs. Navigated Spine Surgery Systems: A Comparison of Adverse Events Utilizing the FDA MAUDE Database
John Bonamer, MD
Faculty Advisors: Joon Y. Lee, MD; Richard A. Wawrose, MD
8:35 am Tibial Plateau Cartilage Thickness during Skeletal Growth in Porcine Knees
Sahil Dadoo, MD
Faculty Advisors: Volker Musahl, MD; Richard E. Debski, PhD
8:45 am Inflammatory Comorbid Conditions and Survival in Metastatic Osteosarcoma: A Single-Institution Retrospective Cohort Study
Lawrence Garvin, II, MD
Faculty Advisors: Kurt R. Weiss, MD; Ines Lohse, PhD
8:55 am Total Knee Arthroplasty Alters Patellar Kinematics During Stair Ascent
Elizabeth Plakseychuk, MD
Faculty Advisors: Kenneth Urish, MD, PhD; William Anderst, PhD
9:05 am 2026 FERGUSON VISITING PROFESSOR PRESENTATION:
Zen and the Art of Spine Maintenance: My >30 Years of Experience as a Spine Surgeon
James D. Kang, MD
2026 Albert B. Ferguson, Jr, MD Visiting Professor
Thomas S. Thornhill, MD and Karen N. Thornhill
Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Chair Emeritus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Boston, MD
10:05 am BREAK
CHIEF RESIDENTS Moderator: Albert Lin, MD
10:20 am Direct Comparison of Modified Jobe and Docking Reconstructions to UCL Repair with Internal Brace at Mid-Term Follow-Up
Stephen Bayer, MD
Faculty Advisors: Justin W. Arner, MD; James P. Bradley, MD
10:30 am Intraoperative Evaluation of Sarcoma Surgical Margins with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging: Results from an Observational Study
William Li, MD
Faculty Advisor: Kurt Weiss, MD
10:40 am The Pittsburgh Instability Tool Score Predicts Outcomes After Arthroscopic Anterior Shoulder Stabilization in Patients with Subcritical Bone Loss
Ehab Nazzal, MD
Faculty Advisor: Albert Lin, MD
10:50 am Orthotic-Related Changes in Motion of the Cervical Spine Relate to the Vertebral Level
Anthony Oyekan, MD
Faculty Advisors: William Donaldson, MD; Joon Lee, MD; Jeremy Shaw, MD; William Anderst, PhD
11:00 am What Distinguishes High- from Low-Spending Medicare Spine Surgeons? A Decade-Long Analysis of Volume, Case Type, and Coding Intensity
Kevin Byrne, MD
Faculty Advisors: Joon Y. Lee, MD; Richard A. Wawrose, MD
11:10 am Current Orthopaedic Ancillary Service Opportunities: Access Points and Options for Revenue Distribution
Stephen P. Canton, MD, MSc
Faculty Advisor: Peter L. Althausen, MD, MBA
11:20 am Preoperative Diagnostic Factors Associated with Early MCID Achievement in BCTQ Outcomes Following Carpal Tunnel Release
Brenda Iglesias, MD
Faculty Advisor: John Fowler, MD
11:30 am Rates for Aseptic Loosening and Reoperation Following Metaphyseal Cones Versus Sleeves in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty
Douglass Tucker, MD
Faculty Advisor: F. Johannes Plate, MD
11:40 am Closing Remarks: MaCalus V. Hogan, MD, MBA
ALBERT B. FERGUSON, JR., M.D.
(June 10, 1919 – August 20, 2014)
Dr. Albert Ferguson was born in New York City on June 10, 1919. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1941 and from Harvard Medical School in 1943. After spending three years with the U.S. Marines in the Pacific Area, Dr. Ferguson trained in surgery and orthopaedic surgery in Boston’s Children’s, Peter Bent Brigham, and Massachusetts General Hospitals. In 1953, he was appointed the Silver Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chairman of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, where he remained until his retirement in 1986.
Dr. Ferguson was an excellent surgeon, researcher and teacher in addition to being a sports medicine pioneer. His specialty was children with dislocated hips, and he used a new approach to minimize scarring that did not involve cutting through muscle. His research resulted in the invention of the I-beam nail to repair hip fractures. Soon after arriving in Pittsburgh, he would become the orthopaedic surgeon for the Pittsburgh Pirates and later, the company physician for the Pittsburgh Ballet.
Dr. Ferguson’s greatest legacy would be the students he trained. He would spend 33 years training several generations of orthopaedic surgeons, many of whom would go on to head orthopaedic departments in the United States and around the world.
“Do the right thing, take care of your patients, and they will take care of you.”
- Albert B. Ferguson, Jr., M.D.