Schedule at a Glance

ACFAS 2026 Schedule at a Glance

8:00 am – 3:15 pm

  • Resident’s Day

8:00 am – 5:30 pm

  • Coding and Billing for the Foot & Ankle Surgeon

12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Residency Directors Forum

 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm

  • Cavus Workshop
  • TAR Workshop
  • Flatfoot with Tendon Transfers Workshop

7:00 am – 8:00 am

  • Updates in Surgical Anatomy
  • Cutting Edge on Camera: A Video Masterclass in Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • MIScellaneous

8:15 am – 9:30 am

  • Opening Session

10:15 am – 12:00 pm

  • Arthroscopy Debates
  • Balancing Act: Modern Soft Tissues Solutions in Foot & Ankle Reconstruction
  • Complex Diabetic Foot Reconstruction Case Based
  • Manuscript Session 1
  • Manuscript Session 2

 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Workshop: Advanced Techniques in Diabetic Limb Salvage 

 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

  • MIS Drama: When Less Becomes A Lot More (Complicated)
  • Hindfoot Complications – Master vs. Apprentice
  • Perioperative Management: Medical ABC’s
  • Grounded Again.? Advanced Ankle Instability

 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

  • ACFAS Tumor Board: Ace Your Next LEAD Quarter
  • Masters at the Table: Case Based Strategies


     

7:30 am – 9:30 am

  • Primary TAR
  • Top 8 Manuscripts Published in JFAS & FASTRACT in 2025
  • Controversies in Arthrodesis

10:15 am – 12:00 pm

  • First Ray Focus: Contemporary Concepts in Bunion Surgery
  • From Peak to Pivot: The Mature Surgeon’s Path Forward
  • Manuscript Session 3
  • Manuscript Session 4

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

  • Hallux Limitus
  • International Hindfoot Ankle Reconstruction
  • Nerve Techniques
  • Military Session
  • Complex Cases Debates and Second Opinions

 4:15 pm – 5:30 pm

  • Crash, Burn, Recover – Complications Shaping Better Surgeons
  • Principles & Pearls in Hindfoot & Ankle Reconstruction

7:30 am – 9:30 am

  • The Complicated Diabetic Limb: Multidisciplinary Management and Surgical Intervention
  • Advanced Strategies in TAR
  • Minimal Access, Maximum Impact: Modern MIS Bunion Correction

10:15 am – 12:00 pm

  • Forefoot Complications: Unplanned, Unfiltered & Unforgettable
  • Comprehensive Achilles: Balancing Tension, Technique, and Outcomes
  • Surgical Mental Fitness: Preventing Burnout In the OR and Beyond
  • Trauma Tactics: Broken Not Beaten
  • International Sports

2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

  • Surgical Biomechanics of the Forefoot & Hindfoot: What Every Surgeon Should Know
  • Small Steps, Smart Solutions: Managing Common Pediatric Pathologies
  • Bureaucracy Meets Biology – The Art of Operating in the Worker’s Comp World
  • Surgical Controversies: I NEVER Open These…Well, Except…

 4:15 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Salvage: The End of the Road (Strategies After Failed Surgery)
  • Lack of Consensus but Standard of Care in Ankle Trauma

    Schedule is subject to change.

    The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. ACFAS has approved this activity for a maximum of 30 continuing education contact hours.