CP Orthopedics Lunch & Learn Seminar Series

Children and young adults with medical complexity experience a myriad of risk factors for decreased bone mineral density and fragility-related fractures. Despite this known vulnerability, the true incidence of fragility-related fractures in this population is not well documented. Furthermore, there is no clear medical consensus about how best to mitigate this risk. Family and caregivers of individuals with medical complexity often experience unfair scrutiny, stigma, and reputational risk when fragility-related fractures occur.

In this seminar we covered:

• Evidence-based estimate of the incidence of fragility-related fractures.
• Define what is meant by the term “medical complexity".
• Review of bone health and metabolism and review the risk fractures associated with decreased bone mineral density in the medically fragile population.
• Current evidence-based recommendations for evaluation of decreased bone mineral density and mitigation of fracture risk.
• New language model that reframes our conversations about fragility-related fractures

Our speakers

Alvin Moyer, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Director of Palliative Care Services, Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center

Cemre Robinson, MD, Director, Pediatric Bone Health Clinic, Mount Sinai Hospital Clinical Research Director, Sanofi Pharmaceuticals

Hosted by Joshua E. Hyman, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon St. Giles Foundation Professor of Orthopedic Surgery Clinical Director, Weinberg Family CP Center

From clinical evaluation to treatment and surgical management, nurse practitioners cover the breadth of comprehensive care for individuals and families living with cerebral palsy. In this webinar, the Weinberg Family Cerebral Palsy Center's nurse practitioners will share:

• The crucial roles they play in the lifespan care of people with cerebral palsy
• How they support our providers
• Collaborative medical management with the multi-disciplinary team providers 
• Treatments and procedures provided independently by the nurse practitioner
• Referral process to a nurse practitioner 

Our speakers

Elisabeth Bates, CPNP, Nikki Bainton, CPNP-PC, Eduardo del Rosario, PhD, FNP-BC

The series kicked off on Thursday March 7th, 2024 with guest speaker pediatric physical therapist Lisa Yoon, DPT who discussed the topic of pre and post operative physical therapy to maximize recovery and outcome of orthopedic surgery in children with cerebral palsy. The seminar covered:

• Lisa Yoon, DPT - Pre-op & post-op therapy and how to restore function to before surgery
• Joshua Hyman, MD - A brief overview of hip surveillance and goals for hip surgery for children with cerebral palsy
• Discussion
• Questions and answers