Dr. Klaassen’s Presentations

Dr. Klaassen has given hundreds of presentations on joint replacement and demonstrations of joint surgery in the United States and across the globe including the North ,Central and South America, Asia and Europe. Dr. Klaassen is asked to speak in other countries Orthopedic Societies and Joint Arthroplasty Organizations.

  1. “Bipolar Hip Prosthesis”; presented at the Tri State Orthopaedic Society, 84th Semi-Annual Meeting; Fort Wayne, IN.
    September 15, 1984.
  2. “Unusual Presentation of Ewings Sarcoma”; presented at the Indiana Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting; Elkhart, IN.
    April 18, 1986.
  3. “The Treatment of Non-union of Carpal-Scaphoid with Bone Graft by Herbert Screw Fixation”; presented at the IN Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting; Fort Wayne, IN.
    March 21, 1987.
  4. “Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release”; Elkhart General Topics, Snowmass, Aspen, CO.,
    January 1994.
  5. Trauma Training Course; DePuy Latin America. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    November 1994.
  6. Biomet Advance Instructional Course, “Total Joint Arthroplasty”. Chicago, Il.
    November 1994.
  7. Trauma Training Course – By Mark A. Klaassen, M.D. Presenter/Faculty: “Trauma Solutions”, Trauma Workshops. Buenos Aries, Argentina,
    October 25 – 30, 1994
  8. Biomet Advanced Instructional Course – Faculty. “Total Knee and Revision Arthroplasty”, Chicago, Il,
    October 6 – 8, 1995.
  9. Elkhart General Hospital – Topics at Snowmass. “Deep Vein Thrombosis”. Snowmass, CO,
    January 27 – February 3, 1996.
  10. “Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis”, Elkhart General Meeting, Snowmass, Aspen, CO.
    January 1996.
  11. Congreso Argentino de Orthopedia and Traumatologia. Introduction Nex Gen Total Knee Workshops.
    November 1996.
  12. “Fingertip Injuries”, Elkhart General Meeting, Snowmass, Aspen, CO.
    January 1997.
  13. Biomet: Difficult Case Presentation. San Francisco, CA.
    February 14, 1997
  14. Venezuelan Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Society, Society Barquisimito. Faculty Speaker – “Total Knee Techniques”, “Total Hip Revisions”.
    August 25 – 27, 1997
  15. “Sports Medicine and the Weekend Athlete”
    Good Morning Michiana, WSJV TV, Elkhart, Indiana
    October 8, 1998
  16. “Orthopedic Surgery Today”, “Treat Yourself With Care” – Seminar
    Greencroft Towers, Elkhart, Indiana
    October 15, 1998
  17. “Scoliosis and School Screening”
    Elkhart Community Schools, Elkhart, Indiana
    January 31, 1989
  18. “Total Joint Replacements”
    Good Morning Michiana, WSJV TV, Elkhart, Indiana
    September 1989
  19. “Pediatric Orthopedics”
    National Association of Orthopedic Nurses
    Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart, Indiana
    September 20, 1990
  20. “Putting the Trauma Victim Back Together”
    October 11, 1990 – Good Morning Michiana, WSJV TV, Elkhart, Indiana
  21. “Orthopedics Today”
    Indiana University Medical School, 2nd Year Students
    University of Notre Dame
    May 2, 1991
  22. “Orthopedic Hip Care”
    ICU Nursing In-Service
    May 20, 1991
  23. “Assuring Workplace Health and Safety”
    Elkhart Business Conference. Christiana Creek Country Club
    October 22, 1991
  24. “Carpal Tunnel Syndrome”
    Good Morning Michiana, WSJV TV, Elkhart, Indiana
    November 4, 1991
  25. “Orthopedic Surgery as a Career”
    IU Medical School, 2nd Year Students. University of Notre Dame
    December 2, 1991
  26. “Segmental Spinal Instrumentation”
    Case Presentation, ICU Nursing
  27. “Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release”
    Michiana Occupational Therapists
    November 13, 1992
  28. “Ski Injuries”
    Elkhart General Hospital Topics at Snowmass, Snowmass, Colorado
    February 1, 1993
  29. “Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release”
    AORN, Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart, Indiana
    March 9, 1993
  30. “Total Knee Techniques”; “Total Hip Revisions”
    Venezuelan Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology Society
    Society Barquisimito, Venezuela
    August 25 – 27, 1997
  31. Elkhart General Topics at Snowmass
    Snowmass, Colorado
    January 25 – 30, 1998
  32. “Revision Hip Arthroplasty”
    American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    March 19 – 23, 1998
  33. “Total Joint Center Development”
    Tenth Annual Total Joint Symposium
    Warsaw, Indiana
    August 6 – 7, 1998
  34. “Surgical Approach in Total Knee Surgery”; “The Physician/Administrator Team”
    Total Joint Management, Tarpon Springs, Florida
  35. Elkhart General Hospital, Topics at Snowmass
    Snowmass, Colorado
    January 24 – 29, 1999
  36. Concepts and Controversies in Arthroplasty and Sports Medicine,
    Pinehurst, North Carolina – Faculty Member
    October 14 – 17, 1999
  37. V National Congress of Trauma and Orthopedics
    Panama City, Panama – Faculty Member
    October 20 – 23, 1999
  38. Orthopedic and Traumatology Convention
    Curacao, Netherlands Antilles – Faculty Member
    October 31 – November 6, 1999
  39. Total Joint Unit Development”
    Snowmass, Colorado
    February 4 – 11, 2000
  40. “Solutions for Revisions of Total Hips”; “Management of the Infected Total Knee”
    España, Merida, Mexico – III Reunion Internacional Para la Actualizacion de Implantes Articulares en Traumatologia y Orthopedia, Faculty Presenter
    April 23 – 30, 2000<
  41. “Issues in Total Knee Arthroplasty”; “Revision Acetabulum”; “Total Knee Infections”
    Sports and Joints, Faculty Member, Chairman
    Bay Harbor, Michigan
    June 6 – 10, 2000
  42. Congreso, Argentino de Reemplazo Articular y Reconstruccion de Rodilla; Invitado Internacional.
    Hospital Naval, Buenos Aires, Argentina – Hospital de Posadas, Posadas, Argentina
    September 9 – 26, 2000
  43. Congreso Costariqueña de Ortopedia y Traumatologia
    Invitado Internacional – San Jose, Costa Rica
    October 20 – 25, 2000
  44. VI Congreso Internacional de Ortopedia y Traumatologia
    Invitado Profesor – Panama City, Panama
    February 7 – 10, 2001
  45. “Total Joint Center”
    “ACL Reconstruction”
    Regional Focus Meeting, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
    April 26 – 27, 2001
  46. “The Art of TKA, Soft Tissue Balancing”
    “Revision Acetabulum Options”
    Thirteenth Annual Total Joint Symposium, Warsaw, Indiana
    August 9 – 10, 2001
  47. Temas Importantes en Reemplazo de Rodilla; Soluciones Para Caderas Deteceles; Maxim Workshop; Mallory Head Revision Hip Workshop
  48. XXXVIII Congresso Argentina y II Congreso Italo – Argentino – Brasileño de Ortopedia y Traumatologia.
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    December 2 – 6, 2001
  49. 69th AAOS Annual Meeting
    International Case Presentation – Biomet – Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
  50. 14th Annual Total Joint Symposium – Hip Revisions, Acetabular; Hip Revisions, Femoral; Clinical Uses of Platelet Gel
  51. “The Art of TKA: Soft Tissue Balancing”
    “Clinical Uses of Platelet Gel”
    “Solutions for Difficult Hip Revisions”
    Concepts and Controversies: Orthopedic Update 2002, Bay Harbor, MI. Chairman
  52. “Platelet Concentrate”
    Olympia Field Regional Orthopedic Meeting, Jolit, IL, Keynote Speaker
    September 20, 2002
  53. “Revision TKA”
    “Management of Infected Knee”
    “Revision Acetabulum”
    “Management of Soft Tissue in TKA”
    IX Congreso Centroamericano Y del Caribe
    VI Congreso de Ortopedia Y Traumatologia – Faculty
    San Jose, Costa Rica
    October 2 – 5, 2002
  54. Management of Fractured Knee
    Soft Tissue Balance in TKA
    ACL Reconstruction
    BMS / Washerloc
    Platelet Gel
    ACL Workshop
    XXXVIII Congreso Chyileno de Orthopedia Y Traumatologia, Faculty
    La Serena, Chile
    November 19 – 24, 2002
  55. OR Efficiency
    Platelet Gel
    Practice Management and Total Joint Arthroplasty, Key Largo, FL
    December 12 – 14, 2002
  56. “Platelet Concentrate”
    CRN Hospital
    Mexico City, Mexico – Faculty
    June 4 – 6, 2003
  57. Hip Dysplasia; Acetabular Reconstruction; Revision TKA; Soft Tissue Balancing
    AMECRA – Faculty
    Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
    June 6 – 8, 2003
  58. Clinical Uses of Platelet Gel; The Art of TKA
    Concepts and Controversies – Orthopedic Update 2003
    Bay Harbor, MI
    August 15 – 17, 2003
  59. AAOS – Palacos G Bone Cement Clinic Uses;
    March 10, 2004
  60. Advances in Total Joint Arthroplasty and Sports Medicine. Key West Florida. Palacos G. Clinical Uses; Platelet Autologous Grafting.
    April 29 – May 1, 2004
  61. Latin America Total Joint & Sports Medicine Symposium. Cancun, Mexico; Mid to Long Term Results, Tapuloc Hip Enhancement of Wound Healing with Platelets Principals of Femoral Reconstruction; Hip Revision Arthroplasty; Soft Tissue Balancing.
    June 16 – 19, 2004
  62. Latin American Microplasty Hip & Knee Cadaver Workshop
    Warsaw, Indiana.
    September 8 & 9, 2004.
  63. ACOT Annual Meeting. San Jose, Costa Rica. Invited Speaker Bone Mulch ACL Reconstruction; Aut6ologous Platelet Grafting; Microplasty.
    September 28 – October 2, 2004
  64. XIX SLAOT, Venezuela. Total Knee Arthroplasty; ACL Reconstruction with Hamstrings; Revision THA; Soft Tissue Balance in TKA; Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty; Palacos Cement.
    October 18 – 22, 2004
  65. Microplasty Knee Cadaver Lab. Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty Cadaver lab.
    April 28, 2005
  66. International Meeting of Advances in Shoulder and Knee Surgery. Garuja, Brazil. Rotator Cuff Anatomy; GPS – Growth Factors; Rapid Recovery Program; Unicompartmental Knee
    Arthroplasty; Rotator Cuff Repair with Arthrorivot Shoulder Instabilities.
  67. Curso Interncional de Atualizacao em Ombro e Joelho; (International Meeting of Advances in Shoulder and Knee Surgery). . Guaruja – SP.
    Fator de Crescimento
    Anatomia da Insercao do Manguito Rotador
    Rapid Recovery Program “OR Efficiency”
    Mesa Redonda Moderna: Joelho Unicompartmental
    Reparo Artroscopico do Mauito Rotador sem Nos Utilizando Arthrorivot
    Mesa Redonda Moderna: Ombro – Instabilidades
    August 4-6, 2005
  68. Avances en el Tratamiento Quirurgico de la Osteoartritis
    Management of the Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty
    Highly Cross Linked Polyethylene
    Minimally Invasive Total Hip Arthroplasty
    October 12 – 16, 2005
  69. Emerging Trends and Controversies in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
    Whistler, British Columbia
    GPS – Platelet Concentrate
    Don’t target the soft tissue balance
    Microplasty Hip with Posterior approach
    February 22 – 25, 2006
  70. Biomet Latin American Total Joint & Sports Medicine Symposium
    Posterior Approach, Minimally Invasive Total Hip
    Microplasty Total Knee
    Accelerating Wound Healing
    Techniques and Results of Revision Total Knee
    The Art of Soft Tissue Balance in Total Knee Arthroplasty
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 20 – 25, 2006
  71. Orthopedics Today
    MIS Hip
    MIS Knee
    GPS Platelet
    Metal on Metal Hip Replacement
    Magnum Hip
    Panama City, Panama
    March 9 – 15, 2006
  72. Northern Asia Joint Symposium
    Rapid Recovery Protocols after Arthroplasty
    Trispiked Cup: Midterm Clinical Results
    Management of the Revision Acetabulum
    Solutions for Failed Total Knee Arthroplasty
    Difficult Total Knee Panel
    Difficult Total Hip Panel
    Jeju Island, South Korea
    September 4 – 10, 2006
  73. Oxford Unicompartmental Lab
    Autologous Platelet Lab
    Warsaw, Indiana
    October 12, 2006
  74. Emergency Trends and Controversies in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.
    Minimally Invasive THA using Microplasty Instruments, Posterior Approach.
    Midterm Results of the Ringloc Tri-spike Cup
    Acetabular Revision Options
    Less Invasive Total Knee Arthroplasty
    Science and Use of Autologous Platelets in TKA
    Whistler, BC, Canada.
    March 1 – 3, 2007
  75. Advances and Controversies in Orthopedic Surgery.
    Solutions for Failed TKA
    Autologous Growth Factors in TKA
    Valencia, Spain
    June 2 – 6, 2007
  76. SPOT
    Autologous Platelets in Arthroplasty
    Revision Acetabulum Options
    Ponce, Puerto Rico
    August 30 – September 3, 2007 | CME – 12
  77. Emergency Trends and Controversies in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Conference
    Outpatient Partial Knee-tucks for ASC Arthroplasty
    Acetabular Revision Options
    Autologous Platelet Grafting in TKA
    Autologous Bone Grafting in Press Fit Arthroplasty
    Solutions for Failed TKA
    Total Hip Microplasty – Posterior Approach
    Midterm Results of the Ringloc Tri-spike Cup
    Whistler, BC, Canada
  78. Biomet Bioskills Cadaver Lab
    TKA, Resurfacing, By Ball
    Oxford
    June 3, 2008
  79. Latin American Orthopedic Symposium
    MIS THA Via the Posterior Approach
    Autologous Bone grafting technique in Press bet THA
    Techniques for Removal of Femoral and Acetabular components
    Acetabular Revision options
    Minimally Invasive TKA Results in Rapid Return of Function
    Avoiding Wound Complications with Autologous
    Techniques and Results of Revision TKA
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 19 – 21, 2008
  80. Vanguard Microplasty. Cadaver Skills Lab,
    Argentina
  81. Vanguard Microplasty. Cadaver Bioskills Lab,
    Chile
  82. Elkhart General Hospital
    Autologous Platelets in TKA
    February 11, 2009
  83. Indiana Orthopedic Society Annual Meeting
    Autologous Platelets in TKA
    Autologous Bone Grating in Press fit Arthroplasty
    Fort Wayne, IN
    April 23 – 25, 2009
  84. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    ReCap Resurfacing Cadaveric Demonstration
    Warsaw, IN
    October 22, 2009
  85. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    Panel Session
    Primary Hip Surgeon Panel: “Ask the Expert”
    Warsaw, IN
    October 22, 2009
  86. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    M2a Magnum/Taperloc Systems – Always getting a Press-fit
    Warsaw, IN
    October 22, 2009
  87. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    M2a Magnum/Taperloc Hip Cadaveric Demonstration
    Warsaw, IN
    October 22, 2009
  88. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    Panel Session
    Revision Hip Surgeon Panel: “What Would You Do?”
    Warsaw, IN
    October 22, 2009
  89. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    Review of Day One/Overview for Day Two
    Warsaw, IN
    October 23, 2009
  90. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    Cadaver Demo: Oxford Partial Knee Cadaveric Demonstration
    Warsaw, IN
    October 23, 2009
  91. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    Minimally Invasive PKA/TKA – Results in Rapid Return of Function
    Warsaw, IN
    October 23, 2009
  92. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    Cadaver Demo: Vanguard Primary Knee Cadaveric Demonstration
    Warsaw, IN
    October 23, 2009
  93. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    Panel Session: Revision Knee Surgeon Panel: “What Would You Do?”
    Warsaw, IN
    October 23, 2009
  94. Latin America Cadaver Workshop
    Techniques and Results of Revision TKA
    Warsaw, IN
    October 23, 2009
  95. Latin America Orthopaedic Hip Round Table
    Mini Posterior Approach: Easy Technique
    Oaxaca, Mexico
    December 4, 2009
  96. Latin America Orthopaedic Hip Round Table
    Interactive Case Session II – Resurfacing, Microplasty & Other Options
    Oaxaca, Mexico
    December 4, 2009
  97. Latin America Orthopaedic Hip Round Table
    Interactive Case Session I – How to deal with dislocations
    Oaxaca, Mexico
    December 4, 2009
  98. Latin America Orthopaedic Hip Round Table
    Attendee Interactive Faculty Discussions – Rapid Fire Questions and Answers
    Oaxaca, Mexico
    December 4, 2009
  99. Latin America Orthopaedic Hip Round Table
    Cup Selection Planning
    Oaxaca, Mexico
    December 5, 2009
  100. Latin America Orthopaedic Hip Round Table
    Interactive Case Session II – The Difficult Femur
    Oaxaca, Mexico
    December 5, 2009
  101. Latin America Orthopaedic Hip Round Table
    Attendee Interactive Faculty Discussions – Rapid Fire Questions and Answers
    Oaxaca, Mexico
    December 5, 2009
  102. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Current Trends in THA
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 17, 2010
  103. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Titanium PPS Works for Everybody
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 17, 2010
  104. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Dealing with Challenges in Hip Reconstruction
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 17, 2010
  105. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Indication for Liner Exchange in Revision THA
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 18, 2010
  106. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Revision Acetabulum Case Discussion – What would you do?
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 18, 2010
  107. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Closure of the Knee in Flexion
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 19, 2010
  108. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Correcting Flexion Contracture
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 19, 2010
  109. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Technical TKS Case Discussion – What would you do?
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 19, 2010
  110. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Techniques and Results in TKA
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 19, 2010
  111. Latin America Orthopaedic Symposium
    Revision Knee Case Discussion – What would you do?
    Cancun, Mexico
    June 19, 2010
  112. Rejuvenate Modular THA with the ADM Dual Mobility Cap
    Stryker w/Dr. Nesslar
    Conference – Ruth Chris Steak House
    Mishawaka, IN
    June 25, 2010
  113. Biomet Higher Ground FY11
    Clotalyst System
    Colorado
    July 15, 2010
  114. Oxford Masters Course – Faculty
    Presentation – Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty: When and Why
    Ken Stewart Lodge
    Akron, OH
    9/15/2010
  115. The Oxford Partial Knee Advance Instructional Course
    Presentation – Uncompartmental Knee
    When and Why
    Biomet
    Atlanta, GA
    January 27, 2011
  116. Latin America
    BIOMET Hip and Knee Surgical Skills Workshop & Lecture Series (Faculty)
    Presentation – Taperloc Systems – Always Getting a Press-Fit!
    Warsaw, Indiana
    March 17, 2011
  117. BIOMET Hip and Knee Surgical Skills Workshop & Lecture Series (Faculty)
    Presentation – Oxford Partial Knee System: Indications and Clinical Results
    Warsaw, Indiana
    March 18, 2011

  118. Hip and Knee Surgical Skills Workshop (Faculty)
    Presentation – Taperloc Surgical Techniques and Concepts
    Primary Case Discussion: Difficult Femur in Primary
    Demonstration: Taperloc/RingLoc Hip Surgical Skills – Cadaver Lab
    Revision Case Discussion: Difficult Acetabular Revision
    Cadaveric Presentation of Posterior Approach of Extended Femoral Osteotomy
    Warsaw, Indiana
    May 12, 2011
  119. Oxford Uni-Knee Techniques and Outcomes
    Primary Knee Case Discussion (Moderator)
    Primary Knee Case Discussion: Severe Patella Femoral Arthritis
    Demonstration: Vanguard Primary Knee Surgical Skills – Cadaver Lab

    Revision Knee Case Discussion: Infection
    Demonstration: Revision Knee Surgical Skills (Moderator)
    Warsaw, Indiana
    May 13, 2011

  120. Use and Application of Growth Factors in Orthopedics
    Presentation:
    Use of PRP in Joint Arthroplasty
    Caracas, Venezuela
    September 8, 2011
  121. Controversies in Metal on Metal Hip Arthroplasty
    Presentations:
    Design and Technique of Metal on Metal Hips
    Posterior Approach in THA
    Anterior Approach in THA
    Caracas, Venezuela
    September 9, 2011
  122. Two Hemispheres – One Solution / Medical Education from Smith & Nephew (Faculty)
    Presentations:
    The Valgus Knee, Surgical Approach and Soft Tissue Balancing
    Hip Osteoarthritis and Surgical Approaches – Direct Anterior/Posterior
    Primary THA – The Simple THR
    Atlanta, GA
    September 17-18, 2011
  123. Hip and Knee Surgical Skills Workshop
    Presentations:
    Taperloc Femoral Hip System – Surgical Techniques
    Taperloc Microplasty; When and When Not – Surgical Techniques/Concepts
    M2a-Magnum Acetabular System – What’s Best for My Patients?
    Bearing Surfaces and Articulation Discussion
    The Vanguard Total Knee System: Surgical Technique and Design Rationale
    Surgical Planning and Restoration of Joint Line in Revision
    Warsaw, IN
    October 14-15, 2011
  124. BIOMET Knee Surgical Skills Workshop
    Presentations:
    Oxford Uni-Knee-Techniques and Outcomes
    Vanguard Primary Knee Surgical Skills Demonstration (Cadaver Lab)
    Surgical Planning and Restoration of Joint Line in Revision TKA
    Revision Knee Discussion: Revision for Instability
    Revision Knee Surgical Skills Demonstration
    Warsaw, IN
    January 20, 2012
  125. BIOMET Oxford Partial Knee ( Faculty )
    Advanced Instructional Course ( FDA Required)
    Denver, Colorado
    January 26-27, 2013
  126. BIOMET Partial Knee with Signature™
    Personalized Patient Care Technology
    Presentation:
    The Oxford Signature Knee Experience
    San Francisco, CA
    February 8, 2012
  127. BIOMET Advances in Hip, Knee and Shoulder Arthroplasty
    Presentation(s):
    – Evaluating Hip Pathology and Which Surgical Approach Should I Use? – Anterior Supine Intermuscular (ASI)
    – Hip Replacement with a Normal O.R. Table
    – Rapid Recovery Strategies and Policy – Outpatient UKA
    – Knee Replacement Implant Technology – PMMA Factoids and Use in 2012
    Charlotte, NC
    March 15-16, 2012
  128. 2012 Indiana Orthopaedic Society Annual Meeting; Race to Indy
    Presentation:
    Techniques for a Successful Primary Uni
    Indianapolis, IN
    April 19-21, 2012
  129. BIOMET National Sales Meeting
    Presentation/Panel Discussion:
    E-Poly Comparison to Highly Crosslinked and ArCom
    Las Vegas, Nevada
    July 19 and 20, 2012
  130. “Arthroplasty: Refined Joints and Approaches:
    Presentation
    Elkhart General Hospital Continuing Medical Education
    Elkhart, Indiana
    September 18, 2012
  131. Movement for Better Health: Orthopedic Specialist Gives Tips on What you “Kneed” to
    Know to Manage Chronic Joint Pain and Stay Active (Satellite Interviews)
    Afternoon Session (Presentation): Arthritis Solutions and Partial Knee Replacements
    AARP Convention
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    September 21, 2012
  132. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. Anterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty
    Dinner Symposium
    South Bend, IN
    October 11, 2012
  133. Latin America Hip Surgical Skills Workshop – BIOMET Orthopaedic Skills Academy (Faculty)
    Warsaw, Indiana October 25 -26, 2012
    Presentation(s):
    Taperloc Hip System – Surgical Technique, Concepts & Clinical Results
    PANEL SESSION: Primary Hip Case Review
    ASI Approach/Indications
    Anterior Supine Intramuscular (ASI) Hip Technique-Indications, Learning Curve and Surgical Pearls
    DEMONSTRATION: ASI/Taperloc/RingLoc Surgical Skills Demonstration
    Case Reviews
    CADAVER WORKSHOP: ASI/Taperloc/RingLoc Surgical Skills Demonstration
    Revision Acetabular Options – How to make your job easier!
    PANEL SESSION: Revision Hip Case Review
    The Dislocating Hip
    DEMONSTRATION: Arcos Revision Hip System Surgical Skills Demonstration
    CADAVER WORKSHOP: Arcos Revision Hip System Surgical Skills Demonstration
    Biomet Oxford Partial Knee with Signature (Faculty)
    Atlanta, Georgia
    November 1, 2012
  134. BIOMET Oxford® Partial Knee (Faculty)
    Advanced Instructional Course (FDA Required)
    San Diego, CA
    November 8-9, 2012
  135. BIOMET Oxford® Partial Knee with Signature™ Guidance
    Presentation (Speaker)
    Virginia Beach, VA
    January 10, 2013
  136. BIOMET Oxford® Partial Knee with Signature™ performed “LIVE” surgery for
    International Congress for Joint Reconstruction Presentation
    Vail, CO
    January 17, 2013
  137. Economic Outlook, WNIT TV; Smart Knee Technology
    Presentation (Speaker)
    Elkhart, Indiana
    February 22 and 24, 2013 (TV Broadcast)
  138. Biomet at the AAOS Annual Meeting
    Presentation (Speaker)
    Oxford® Signature™ Technology
    Modern Cementing Technique
    OrthoSensor® Application for Vanguard® TKA Balancing
    Chicago, IL
    March 20-22, 2013
  139. Biomet Advances in Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
    Instructional Tour
    (Moderator) for Cadaveric Demonstrations
    Vanguard® 360 Knee Revision
    Arcos® Modular Femoral Revision System
    Warsaw, IN
    April 26, 2013
  140. BIOMET Oxford® Signature Partial Knee
    Presentation
    Macon, Georgia
    May 2, 2013
  141. BIOMET Vanguard Total Knee Arthroplasty with Signature
    Biomet Orthopedic Skills Academy (Faculty)
    Japanese Surgeons
    Cadaver Lab
    Warsaw, Indiana
    May 10, 2013
  142. BIOMET National Sales Meeting
    Presentation(s) (Three)
    “How Technology Convergence will Transform my Orthopedic Practice”
    Orlando, Florida
    July 17-July 18, 2013
  143. World-Wide Webcast (Asia and South America)
    Live Surgery – Biomet Oxford Signature Partial Knee Replacement
    Elkhart General Hospital (Beacon Health System)
    Elkhart, Indiana
    August 7, 2013
  144. Ask A Expert – WNIT (PBS) Broadcast Special on Total Joint
    Live Broadcast – Public Call-in with Questions
    Elkhart General Hospital (Beacon Health System)
    Elkhart, Indiana
    August 29, 2013
  145. BIOMET Brazilian Upper Extremity Sports Medicine and Total Joints (Faculty)
    Surgical Skills Workshop
    Presentation(s):
    “Comprehensive® Primary and Reverse Shoulder System” (Moderator)
    “Comprehensive® Primary Discussion/Questions-Comprehensive® Reverse Overview”
    (Faculty Panel)
    “Comprehensive® Reverse Discussion/Questions” (Faculty Panel)
    “Case Review and Course Conclusion: Sports Medicine and Total Shoulder Arthroplasty “Ask the Expert”
    September 5-6, 2013
    Warsaw, Indiana
  146. BIOMET Advances in Hip, Knee and Shoulder Arthroplasty: Emerging Trends & Technologies in Joint Replacement (Faculty)
    An Orthopaedic Skills Academy Initiative Course
    Presentation(s):
    Treating the Failed Hip” Moderator
    “Acetabular Reconstruction; Getting It Out & Putting It In”
    “Patient Specific Instrumentation for Medial Compartment UKA”
    “Modern Cementing Technique: Creating A Good Foundation for Arhroplasty”
    TKA with OrthoSensor Technology”
    September 26-27, 2013
    Scottsdale, AZ
  147. BIOMET Japan Surgeon Tour: Introduction and Oxford/Signature Market Overview
    Cadaver Lab/Presentation – Surgical Technique and Case Review
    OSA Oxford Room
    Warsaw, Indiana
    Elkhart General Hospital Live Surgery – Oxford Signature
    October 17-18, 2013
  148. BIOMET Oxford® Partial Knee (Faculty)
    Advanced Instructional Course (FDA Required)
    Austin, TX
    November 21-22, 2013
  149. BIOMET Oxford® Partial Knee (Faculty)
    Advanced Instructional Course (FDA Required)
    Faculty Panel and Lab
    Salt Lake City, UT
    January 23-24, 2014
  150. Biomet Latin American Upper Extremity Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstruction
    Surgical Skills Workshop (Faculty)
    PRIMARY AND REVERSE SHOULDER SYSTEM
    SURGICAL SKILLS FACULTY DEMONSTRATION
    Comprehensive Shoulder System
    FACULTY PANEL: Comprehensive Primary Discussion/Questions-Comprehensive Reverse Overview
    CASE REVIEW: “Ask the Expert” – Sports Medicine and Shoulder Arthroplasty
    Warsaw, IN
    March 20-21, 2014
  151. Biomet AVP Meeting
    Keynote Speaker: Outpatient UKA Partial Knee with Signature Guidance
    Orlando, Florida
    April 3, 2014
  152. Biomet ASI with and without Specialized Table (Faculty)
    Cadaver Lab
    Warsaw, IN
    April 11, 2014
  153. Advances in Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
    Instructional Course (Faculty)
    Modular Spacer Molds in Two-Stage Revisions (Mark A. Klaassen, MD)
    Arcos Modular Femoral Revision Systems (Moderator)
    Tampa, FL
    April 25, 2014
  154. ASI Surgical Technique and Pearls
    ASI Cadaver Lab (Faculty)
    Parsippany, New Jersey
    May 3, 2014
  155. BIOMET Oxford Partial Knee
    Advanced Instructional Course (FDA Required) (Faculty)
    Faculty Panel Discussions and Labs
    Newport Beach, California
    June 19-20, 2014
  156. BIOMET International
    Revision Hip and Knee
    Surgical Skills Workshop (Faculty)
    Modular Spacer Molds in Two-Stage Revision (Mark A. Klaassen, MD)
    Vanguard 360 Surgical Skills Demonstration (Mark A. Klaassen, MD)
    OSS Surgical Skills Demonstration (Moderator)
    Warsaw, Indiana
    July 9-11, 2014
  157. BIOMET Japan Surgeon Program and Oxford Course
    Oxford Partial Knee Instructional Course Program (Faculty)
    Sapporo Japan Master Course Program (Faculty)
    Luncheon Lecture – Knack & Pitfall of the Signature Oxford Surgical Technique (Presenter: M. A. Klaassen, M.D.)
    Sapporo Japan
    August 30 – 31, 2014
    Complications of Oxford Partial Knee
    Outpatient UKA
    Hospital Visitation – Small Seminar (Presenter: M.A. Klaassen, MD)
    Osaka Japan
    September 2, 2014
  158. BIOMET Advances in Hip, Knee and Shoulder Arthroplasty:
    Emerging Trends & Technologies in Joint Replacement (Faculty)
    Advances in Technology, Innovation & Patient Satisfaction
    Modern Cementing Technique-Building a Solid Foundation (Mark Klaassen, MD)
    There’s an App for That? – Ligament Balancing with OrthoSensor (3rd Gen)
    (Mark Klaassen, MD)
    Introduction to the Vanguard XP Total Knee System Cadaver Lab (Mark Klaassen, MD) et al
    Scottsdale, AZ
    October 2-3, 2014

  159. BIOMET Vanguard XP Total Knee System:
    Advanced Instructional Course ( Faculty )
    Celebration, FL
    October 16-17, 2014
  160. 2015 CME Multidisciplinary Symposium – Meeting & Talk
    “Rapid Recovery with Anterior Approach to Hip Arthoplasty (Presenter: M.A.Klaassen, MD)
    Anterior Approach to Hip Arthoplasty
    Rehabilitation Advantages / Evaluate Candidates for Anterior Approach
    Salt Lake City, Utah
    January 14 – 17, 2015
  161. Operation Walk Guatemala – Volunteer Mission Trip
    Participant / Surgeon
    JRSI Foundation, Inc., not-for-profit volunteer medical services organization
    Guatemala City
    February 22-27, 2015
  162. ZIMMER BIOMET – Surgeon Network (Faculty), (Live Surgical Event)
    Simplifying the Complex: Arcos Hip Revision System
    Anteriror Supine Incision THA w/Normal OR Table
    Short Stem Technology
    Complex Hip Revision Cases
    El Santuario Hotel, Valle de Bravo, Mexico
    September 11, 2015
  163. ZIMMER BIOMET Institute – UK (England)
    Latin America Upper Extremity Sports Medicine and Reconstruction
    Surgical Skills Workshop (Faculty)
    Cadaver Lab – Vanguard/Vanguard 360
    Taperloc Complete/ Arcos
    September 23, 2015
  164. ZIMMER BIOMET Institute
    Latin America Upper Extremity Sports Medicine and Reconstruction
    Surgical Skills Workshop (Faculty)
    “Ask the Expert” – Sports Medicine and Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
    September 24-25, 2015
  165. BEACON CME Winter Symposium Meeting & Talk
    “Hip Replacement by Anterior Approach
    “Ligament Preservation Knee Arthroplasty: Toward the Normal Knee
    Park City, Utah
    January 13-17, 2016
  166. Operation Walk Guatemala – Volunteer Mission Trip
    Participant / Surgeon
    JRSI Foundation, Inc., not-for-profit volunteer medical services organization
    Nicaragua
    January 23-31, 2016
  167. ZIMMER BIOMET Institute
    46th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Replacement Arthroplasty
    Ligament Preservation Arthroplasty Striving for the “Normal Knee”
    Advantage and Indications for Bi-Cruciate preserving Arthroplasty Ligament
    Osaka, Japan
    February 24 -28, 2016
  168. CME Multidisciplinary Symposium – Meeting & Talk
    “Hip Replacement by Anterior Approach” (Presenter: M.A.Klaassen, MD)
    “Ligament Preservation Knee Arthroplasty: Toward the Normal Knee”
    Salt Lake City, Utah
    January 13 – 17, 2015
  169. Colegio Mexicano De Orthopedia Y Traumatologia A.C.
    ATR retencion de cruzandos ( historia y diseno)
    Rentencion de cruzadoa ( tecnia quirurgical)
    Rentencion de cruzados ( curva de aprendizaje)
    Rodillas inteligentes (futuro electronico hoy)
    Abordaje anterior de cadera (sin mesa especial)
    Mexico City, Mexico
    April 28-30, 2016
  170. ZIMMER BIOMET Institute
    Latin America Knee Sports Medicine and Reconstruction Surgical Skills Workshop (Faculty)
    Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty (presenter: M.A. Klaassen, MD)
    Primary Knee Surgical Skills Demonstration (presenter: M.A. Klaassen, MD)
    Vanguard SSK and 360 Revision Knee System (presenter: M.A. Klaassen, MD)
    Warsaw, IN
    June 8-10, 2016
  171. ZIMMER BIOMET Institute
    Latin America Knee and Shoulder Sports Medicine Surgical Skills Workshop (Faculty)
    Shoulder Sports Medicine Surgical Skills Demonstration
    SLAP, Bankart and Distal Biceps Repair ( presenter: M.A. Klaassen, M.D.)
    AC Joint Repair and Rotator Cuff Repair ( presenter M.A. Klaassen, M.D.)
    Warsaw, IN
    July 13-15, 2016
  172. SUTURE CLASS 2016
    Presentation: Basic Suturing / Demonstration / Workshop Lab
    Elkhart General Hospital
    Elkhart, IN
    December 3, 2016
  173. BEACON CME Winter Symposium Meeting & Talk
    “Outpatient Arthroplasty State of the Art Care”
    Park City, Utah
    January 11-14, 2016

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