Past Meetings
ACPOC PAST MEETINGS
Committee on Prosthetic Research & Development
- 1972 — Springfield, Massachusetts — Shriners Hospital & Newington Children’s Hospital
- 1973 — Atlanta, Georgia — Egleston Children’s Hospital – Emory University
- 1974 — Montreal, QB, Canada — Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal
- 1975 — Seattle, Washington — Children’s Orthopaedic Hospital
- 1976 — Bal Harbour, Florida — University of Miami, Variety Children’s Hospital & West Palm Beach Juvenile
Amputee Clinic - 1978 — Grand Rapids, Michigan — Area Child Amputee Center
ACPOC
- 1979 — Memphis, Tennessee — Baptist Memorial Hospital & University of Tennessee
- 1980 — West Orange, New Jersey — Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
- 1981 — Los Angeles, California — Child Amputee Prosthetics Project – UCLA
- 1982 — Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Ontario Crippled Children’s Center
- 1983 — Salt Lake City, Utah — Shriners Hospital for Children – Intermountain
- 1984 — Baltimore, Maryland — The James Lawrence Kernan Hospital, Inc.
- 1985 — New Orleans, Louisiana — Tulane University School of Medicine
- 1986 — Milwaukee, Wisconsin — Milwaukee County Medical Complex
- 1987 — Vancouver, BC, Canada — British Columbia Children’s Hospital
- 1988 — Springfield, Massachusetts — Shriners Hospital & Newington Children’s Hospital
- 1989 — Chicago, Illinois — Shriners Hospital & Northwestern University
- 1990 — Valhalla, New York — Blythedale Children’s Hospital
- 1991 — Portland, Oregon — Shriners Hospital for Children
- 1992 — St. Louis, Missouri — Shriners Hospital for Children
- 1993 — St. Pete Beach, Florida — Shriners Hospital for Children – Tampa
- 1994 — Bloomington, Minnesota — Shriners Hospital for Children – Twin Cities
- 1995 — Vancouver, BC, Canada — British Columbia Children’s Hospital
- 1996 — Atlanta, Georgia — Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center
- 1997 — Dallas, Texas — Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
- 1998 — Grand Rapids, Michigan — Area Child Amputee Center
- 1999 — St. Pete Beach, Florida — Shriners Hospital for Children – Tampa
- 2000 — Banff, AB, Canada — Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary
- 2001 — Houston, Texas — Shriners Hospital for Children
- 2002 — Toronto, ON, Canada — Bloorview MacMillan Centre
- 2003 — St. Pete Beach, Florida — Shriners Hospital for Children – Tampa
- 2004 — Banff, AB, Canada — Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary
- 2005 — Orlando, Florida — with AAOP and Shriners Hospital for Children – Tampa
- 2006 — Sacramento, California — Shriners Hospital for Children, Northern California
- 2007 — Atlanta, Georgia — Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- 2008 — Montreal, QC, Canada — Centre de Readaptation Marie Enfant Hospital
- 2009 — Tempe, Arizona — Orthotic Specialists & Artificial Limb Specialists
- 2010 — Clearwater Beach, Florida — Shriners Hospital for Children – Tampa
- 2011 — Park City, Utah — Shriners Hospital for Children – Salt Lake City
- 2012 — Banff, AB, Canada — Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary
- 2013 — Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia — Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
- 2014 — Anaheim, California — Shriners Hospital for Children – Los Angeles
- 2015 — Clearwater Beach, Florida — Shriners Hospital for Children – Tampa
- 2016 — Broomfield, Colorado
- 2017 — Houston, Texas
- 2018 — Grand Rapids, Michigan
- 2019 — Clearwater Beach, Florida
- 2020 — Virtual Meeting
- 2021 — Virtual Meeting
- 2022 — Clearwater Beach, Florida
- 2023 — Minneapolis, MN
- 2024 — Denver, CO — Children’s Hospital Colorado
- 2025 — Dallas, TX — Texas Scottish Rite
ACPOC 2025 Annual Meeting!
April 9–12 | Dallas, TX | Renaissance Dallas
Thank You to our Meeting Host, Scottish Rite for Children!
Thursday Night Tour at Scottish Rite
Thursday, April 10th, 6–9pm
Scottish Rite for Children, 2222 Welborn Street, Dallas, TX 75219
Come join your fellow ACPOC friends at Texas Scottish Rite for Children for a tour, light bites & drinks, and a night of fun!
Registration is free!
Scottish Rite will provide transportation from the hotel right when the meeting ends at 5:30pm.
Please, direct any questions on this event to info@acpoc.org and we look forward to a fun Thursday night out of ACPOC attendees!
Friday Night Dinner/Networking Event
Friday, April 11th, 6–9pm
Peticolas Brewing Company, 1301 Pace Street, Dallas, TX 75207
Come join your fellow ACPOC friends at Peticolas Brewing Company for dinner, drinks, and a night of fun!
Your ticket to attend includes:
- Buffet Dinner, includes three entrees, two sides and desserts to choose from
- Two drink tickets of bottled beer or house wine
- Each attendee will be responsible to pay for any additional food or drinks
Guests are welcome! Please be sure to add each guest in the Social Event registration form.
Petioles Brewing is 2-miles away from the Renaissance Dallas hotel and we recommend to take a cab or uber/lyft to the brewery.
Please, direct any questions on this event to info@acpoc.org and we look forward to a fun Friday night out of ACPOC attendees!
Featured Speakers for the 2025 Annual Meeting
Hector Kay Lecturer
Hank Chambers, MD
Hank Chambers, MD, is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. He also serves as a Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery at the University of California, San Diego. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Colorado in 1978. After medical school at Tulane University School of Medicine, he completed an orthopedic surgery residency at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX. He finished a pediatric orthopedic surgery fellowship in San Diego under the tutelage of David Sutherland, Scott Mubarak, and Dennis Wenger in 1990.
Dr. Chambers is currently the Director of the Southern Family Center for Cerebral Palsy Program at Rady Children’s Hospital. He is also the Medical Director of the David H. Sutherland MD Motion Analysis Laboratory. He is a former Director of the 360 Sports Medicine Program at Rady Children’s Hospital. Hank was the Chief of Staff at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego from 2004-2006. He is active nationally in many organizations, including the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is a Past President of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. He is also the Past President of PRiSM, a pediatric sports medicine research society he co-founded. He has authored over 150 publications and has written over 40 book chapters. He has been fortunate to have been a Visiting Professor at over 100 institutions throughout the world and has been recognized as one of the Top Doctors in San Diego, Best Doctors in America, Top Doctors in the US News and World Report, and Who’s Who in America and the World.
His wife, Jill, is active in many local and national patient advocacy groups and is a healing touch provider at Rady Children’s Hospital. His son, Sean (41), who has cerebral palsy, is currently living independently (with support) in San Diego, and his other son, Reid (40), is a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH.
Presidential Lecturer
Kyle Stepp, Elite Para Athlete
Kyle is an internationally ranked elite para-triathlete, speaker, and social impact leader, honored as a Business First 40 under 40 recipient.
Transforming personal challenges into platforms for advocacy, Kyle champions healthcare equity, outdoor access, disability rights, and LGBTQ+ inclusion. Becoming a national voice for disability and LGBTQ+ representation, playing key roles in critical legislative policy initiatives that impact the disability community and ensure equitable outdoor access.
With over 10 years of experience building and leading strategic partnerships with non-profits and brands, Kyle is a key advisor to numerous non-profit organizations, national advocacy initiatives, and brands to forge meaningful change.
Kyle currently serves as the Strategic Partnerships Lead for So Every BODY Can Move, a national disability rights movement championing legislation change to create equitable and life-changing access to prosthetic and orthotic care for physical activity. Their goal is to have legislative change in 28 states by the 2028 LA Paralympics, ultimately pursuing federal nationwide reform.
In addition to his full-time work, Kyle races for Team USA on the international stage with the World Triathlon, competes in para divisions in gravel races across the US, and is always seeking his next big mountain adventure.
He is dedicated to using sport as a catalyst for progress and demonstrates an unwavering commitment to systemic change.
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ACPOC 2024 Annual Meeting
April 24–27 | Denver, CO | Grand Hyatt Denver
Thank You to our Meeting Host, Children’s Hospital Colorado!
Friday Night Social Event
Friday, April 26th, 6–9pm
Wynkoop Brewing, 1634 18th Street, Denver, CO 80202
Your ticket to attend includes:
- Buffet Dinner, includes three entrees, two sides and desserts to choose from
- Two drink tickets of bottled beer or house wine
- Each attendee will be responsible to pay for any additional food or drinks
Guests are welcome! Please be sure to add each guest in the Social Event registration form.
Wynkoop Brewing is 0.7-miles away from the Grand Hyatt Denver hotel in Denver and is about a ten minute walk from the hotel.
Please, direct any questions on this event to acpoclinics@gmail.com and we look forward to a fun Friday night out of ACPOC attendees!
Hotel Information
Grand Hyatt Denver – 1750 Welton St, Denver, CO 80202
Featured Speakers for the 2024 Annual Meeting
Hector Kay Lecturer
Vincent Mosca, MD
Researcher and Expert in Management of Foot Deformities
Dr. Vincent Mosca is Professor Emeritus (Retired) in the Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a retired pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Seattle Children’s Hospital – as of April 28, 2022. He is a former Director of the Department of Orthopedics at Seattle Children’s and Chief of pediatric orthopedics at the University of Washington. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina, and then did a 1-year fellowship in pediatric orthopedics at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada before starting his practice in Seattle.
Approximately 90% of his clinical work, research, teaching, lectures, and publications pertain to the understanding and treatment of foot deformities in children and adolescents. Dr. Mosca has authored or coauthored approximately 100 articles, book chapters, and monographs, including an extensive and comprehensive monograph on the biomechanics and practical principles-based application of the Ponseti method for clubfoot.
He has been an invited speaker/visiting professor in more than 130 medical centers and orthopedic conferences in the US, and in 87 orthopedic conferences in 37 countries outside the US. His book, published in 2014 and entitled Principles and Management of Pediatric Foot and Ankle Deformities and Malformations, is the culmination of his life’s work in the field. The second edition will be published this summer.
Dr. Mosca is on multiple orthopedic journal editorial boards. He is listed in 14 national/international Who’s Who directories and has been listed in the book, The Best Doctors in America, since 1996. He is also listed in The Leading Physicians of the World directory.
His greatest honor has been his induction into the Hall of Fame of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America in April 2023.
Presidential Lecturer
Wilsaan M. Joiner, PhD
Professor and Chancellor’s Fellow, UC Davis
Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine
Center for Neuroengineering
Center for Neuroscience
University of California, Davis
Dr. Joiner studies how we use different sources of information to aid behavior, ranging from visual perception to movement planning and updating. Specifically, he is interested in how external and internally-generated sensory information is integrated in healthy individuals, in comparison to certain disease and impaired populations (e.g., Schizophrenia and upper extremity amputees). Achieving this understanding may lead to better methods for diagnosing and treating impairments of the nervous system.”
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ACPOC 2023 ANNUAL MEETING
May 17–20, 2023 | Minneapolis, MN
Thank you to the over 160 attendees who joined us in Minneapolis, MN on May 17–20th, 2023 for 3 days of engaging educational sessions. We hope that you found the presenters and program educational and interesting, and we appreciate your support!
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ACPOC 2022 ANNUAL MEETING
April 6-9, 2022
Thank you to all 145 attendees who joined us virtually and in Clearwater, FL on April 6–9th, 2022 for 3 days of engaging educational sessions. We hope that you found the presenters and program educational and interesting, and we appreciate your support. Sessions from Thursday–Sunday will be recorded and available to view after the meeting. Stay tuned for more details about our 2023 Annual Meeting!
Accreditation Information
Accreditation:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Cine-Med and the Association of Children’s Prosthetic-Orthotic Clinics. Cine-Med 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.
Physicians
Cine-Med designates this live activity for a maximum of 21.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professionals
All other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, consult your professional licensing board.
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
ABCOP Credits
The ACPOC Annual Meeting has been awarded continuing education credits by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics. 19.75 Category 1 Scientific Credits will be awarded.
OPC Credits
The ACPOC Annual Meeting has been awarded continuing education credits by the Orthotics Prosthetics Canada (OPC) for a total of 18 MCEs (Reference #: #2022-030/2022-039).
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ACPOC 2021 VIRTUAL MEETING
April 22–24, 2021
Thank you to all who attended ACPOC’s 2021 Virtual Meeting!
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and accredited. Ciné-Med has approved the following continuing education credits:
CME:
Physicians can claim a maximum of 17.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ABCOP Credits:
The ACPOC Virtual Meeting has been awarded continuing education credits by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics for a total of 15.25 credits.
OPC Credits:
The ACPOC 2021 Virtual Meeting has been awarded continuing education credits by the Orthotics Prosthetics Canada (OPC) for a total of 17.25 MCEs.
If you are not able to attend the full meeting, we will be recording all of the sessions so you can watch at a time that is convenient for you! If you have colleagues who are unable to attend the live Virtual meeting, it will be available for purchase and CEU on our website for up to one year.
ACPOC 2020 VIRTUAL MEETING
5 Technical Workshops – May 21st
2-Day Conference with CEU Content – May 22nd and 29th
CEU Information
Physicians
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.
Ciné-Med designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.50 AMA PRA Category 1Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Credits are allocated as follows: May 22nd – 8.00 & May 29th – 7.50
All other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, consult your professional licensing board.
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
ABC Credits
The ACPOC Virtual Meeting has been awarded continuing education credits by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics. Category 1will be awarded as follows:
Day 1 = 8.00 possible credits & Day 2 = 7.50 possible credits. Total = 15.50
OPC Credits
The ACPOC Virtual Meeting has been awarded continuing education credits by the Orthotics Prosthetics Canada (OPC). Credits are allocated as follows: May 22nd – 8.00 & May 29th – 7.50. Total = 15.50
Credit Certificates
A link to the online form Credit Tracking / Evaluation form will be provided at the conclusion of the second day, Friday, May 29th to claim credits for both days.