Pediatric Orthopedic Christmas Course 2024

About the course

This 3 days hands on course will consists of group sessions (case discussions) and podium presentations and will focus on new methods and current treatment options in Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma treatment.

Course content

• Current principles and techniques of fracture/trauma management in children and adolescents
• Workshops using virtual reality, hands on saw bone and hands on special elbow simulator
• Workshops on Internal/External Fixation (incl. Taylor Spatial Frame)

Course language: English

Full program will be listed in August.

Time and Venue

December 11-13th, 2024

Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm

Who should attend?

This course is for pediatric orthopedic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons who are actively engaged in pediatric fracture care, pediatric orthopedic fellows and residents in orthopedic surgery.

Lecturers

Our guest lecturers will be:

• Phil Blyth, senior lecturer, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Søren Kold, professor/senior consultant Orthopedics, Aalborg, Denmark
• Dan Perry, professor/senior consultant, Children's Orthopedics Surgery, Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, Great Britain

Organizing comittée

Stephanie Böhm, MD, PhD, Karolinska University hospital and Karolinska Institute

Evgenia Manousaki, MD, PhD, senior consultant, Karolinska University hospital

Karol Gawelowicz, MD, orthopedic surgeon, Karolinska University Hospital