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  • Saturday, September 6, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Registration and Information Desk Open
  • 7:00 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    General Session: AOPA Awards Ceremony & Membership Meeting
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    (B7) Coding: Taking the Mystery Out
    Tanya Baer, CFom (she/her/hers) – Sierra Prosthetics-Orthotics
    Business Education
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    (D8) Advancing Prosthetic Care Through Digital Innovation, AI, and Performance Analytics
    Cara Negri, CP (she/her/hers) – Gainesville Prosthetics
    Digital
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    (C22) The Science of Offloading: Justifying and Implementing Volume Management in Advanced Lower Limb Orthotics
    Nathan Schmetter, MS CPO – Fabtech Systems
    David Hughes, CPO – Cornerstone Prosthetics and Orthotics
    Jason M. Wilken, PT, PhD – University of Iowa
    Joe Mahon – Click Medical
    Nathan Schmetter, MS CPO – Fabtech Systems
    Clinical Care: Orthotics
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    (C24) Use of Clinical Diagnostics to Inform Decision-Making Care
    Andreas H. Kannenberg, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Ottobock
    J. Megan Sions, PT, DPT, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Bretta Fylstra, PhD (she/her/hers) – Hanger Institute for Clinical Research and Education
    Jeffrey T. Heckman, DO – Department of Veterans Affairs
    Clinical Care
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    (C25) Prosthetic Free Papers: Interface Applications & Gait
    Clinical Care: Prosthetics
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    (P7/T7) Lab: Quantitative Safety Standards for Orthotic and Prosthetic Fabrication
    Niles Leonard – Leonard Industries
    Pedorthic/Technical
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    (C23/D7) Where to Begin with Digital/3D Printing in O&P
    Corey Baum, CO – Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
    Ben Wright, MS, C/LPO – Wright O&P
    Brent Wright, CP, BOCO – Advanced 3D
    Corey Baum, CO – Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
    Clinical Care
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Break
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (B8) Optimizing Operations & Leveraging Data
    Tanya Baer, CFom (she/her/hers) – Sierra Prosthetics-Orthotics
    Business Education
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (P8) Digital Workflows for 3D Printing Custom Orthotic Insoles
    Chris Lawrie – FIT360
    Pedorthic
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (T8) Lab: Molded Realities: The Art and Science of Plaster and Plastic
    Technical
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (C26) The Orthotist’s Role in Post-Surgical Cranial Orthoses: Featuring Insights on Cutting Edge Surgical Technology for Infants with Craniosynostosis by a Leading Cranial-Facial Plastic Surgeon
    John Reets, IV, CO(L) – Cranial Technologies
    Raj Sawh-Martinez, MD, MHS, FACS – AdventHealth Medical Group
    Adrienne W. Hill, MHA, CPO(L) (she/her/hers) – Kennesaw State University
    Clinical Care: Orthotics
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (C27) Prosthetic Treatment Guidelines for Patients Undergoing GLP-1 Medication Weight-Loss Therapy: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Managing the Rise of Ozempic Use in Individuals with Limb Loss.
    Cassandra M. Delgado, MSPO, CPO (she/her/hers) – Coyote Prosthetics and Orthotics
    Christopher D. Fink, Certified Prosthetist Orthotist (he/him/his) – Handspring Prosthetic Rehabilitation
    Mitchell T. Archer (he/him/his) – PSEG
    Cassandra Delgado, MSPO, CPO – Coyote Prosthetics and Prosthetic and Orthotic Associates
    Clinical Care: Prosthetics
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (C28) Prosthetic Free Papers: Microprocessor Knees
    Clinical Care: Prosthetics
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    (D9) Digital Showcase
    Digital
     Earn 2 CE credit
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (B9) New Models to Explore & Compliance
    Tanya Baer, CFom (she/her/hers) – Sierra Prosthetics-Orthotics
    Business Education
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (C29) Beyond the Textbook: Orthotic Solutions for Real- World Scenarios
    Katie Bisutti, CO (she/her/hers) – Westcoast Brace and Limb
    Katie Bisutti, CO (she/her/hers) – Westcoast Brace and Limb
    Clinical Care: Orthotics
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (C30) Exploring the opportunities of sensory feedback in improving usability and functionality of lower limb prostheses
    Rainer Schultheis (he/him/his) – Saphenus Medical Technology
    Noel F. So, MD – Paradigm
    Aaron Pitschl, CP – Saphenus Medical Technology
    Clinical Care
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    (C31) Orthotic Free Papers: Lower Extremity Applications
    Charles Kuffel, MSM, LPO, CPO, FAAOP – Arise Orthotics & Prosthetics
    Clinical Care: Orthotics
     Earn 1.5 CE credit
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Post-Show Workshop: Transforming Practice: The Science and Application of Advanced AFO Design Principles
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Post-Show Workshop: Upper Limb Prosthetics Fundamentals: Casting, Modifications, and Harnessing.
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    (PS3) Post-Show Workshop: Osseoprosthetics: Comprehensive Training for Bone-Anchored Prosthesis Management