(CHICAGO) - Leading orthopedic surgeons and other clinicians from Rush University Medical Center presented new basic and clinical research findings at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., on February 25-28. Highlights from some of the educational sessions led by orthopedic experts from Rush as well as some of the podium and poster presentations to be made by physicians from Rush follow:

Dr. Joshua Jacobs - Joint Reconstruction

* Educational session: Current Controversies in Bearing Surface Science, Wednesday, February 25, 8 a.m.
* Educational session: Technology 2009: Alternative Bearing Surfaces: The Good, Bad and Indifferent, Wednesday, February 25, 1:30 p.m.
* Educational session: Revision in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Understanding and Management of Osteolysis, Thursday, February 26, 10:30 a.m.
* Educational session: Worldwide Perspective on Hip Resurfacing, Thursday, February 26, 4 p.m.
* Scientific session: Local Metal Reactions after Metal-Metal Hip Arthroplasty, Saturday, February 28, 8:29 a.m.

Dr. Howard An - Spine, Back and Neck

* Educational session: Avoiding and Managing Complications in Cervical Spine Surgery, Wednesday, February 25, 10:30 a.m.

Dr. Bernard Bach - Sports Medicine

* Scientific session: Instability: Bone Grafts and Complications - Normalization of Glenohumeral Articular Contact Pressures after Either Latarject or Iliac Crest Bone Grafting Procedure: Impact of Graft Type, Positions, and Coracoid Orientation, Saturday, February 28, 11:20 a.m.

Dr. Richard Berger-Joint Reconstruction

* Educational session: Partial Arthroplasty of the Knee, Thursday, February 26, 8 a.m.
* Podium presentation: Problems from Allowing Knee Replacement to be Discharged the Day of Surgery, Thursday, February 26, 12:06 p.m.
* Educational session: MIS THA/TKA? Where Now, Where Next?, Friday, February 27, 4 p.m.

Dr. Charles Bush-Joseph - Sports Medicine, Knee, Shoulder and Hip

* Scientific session: Revision ACL, Saturday, February 28, 8 a.m.
* Podium presentation: Clinical outcome following hamstring over-the-top ACL reconstruction in skeletally immature patients, Wednesday, February 25, 5:12 p.m.

Dr. Brian Cole - Sports Medicine and Cartilage Restoration

* Educational session: Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff repair: An Evolution of Techniques, Are Our Patients Really Benefiting?, Thursday, February 26, 4 p.m.
* Educational session: Surgical Management of Articular Cartilage Defects of the Knee, Friday, February 27, 8 a.m.
* Educational session: The Active Patient with GH Arthritis: How Do We Prevent It and How Do We Treat It?, Friday, February 27, 4 p.m.