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10/19/2026

Applications are OPEN for the 2027 Ronald Burkle AHF Fellowship.

We're inviting orthopaedic hip surgeons from low- and middle-income countries to join us in Miami Beach, April 15–17, for AHF 2027: Technique Unleashed.

The Fellowship Includes:
Surgical lab participation: Access to at least one lab on Thursday, April 15, offering additional exposure to surgical techniques and approaches.

AHF 2027 scientific program: Two days of practical surgical education, case discussions and presentations from experienced hip surgeons.

International connections: Opportunities to meet and exchange experiences with surgeons working in different healthcare systems.

Networking and collaboration: Access to AHF faculty, fellow attendees and the wider AHF surgical community.

The Fellowship includes financial support to help make participation possible.

https://anteriorhipfoundation.com/ahf-2027-the-ronald-burkle-ahf-fellowship/

Dr. Justin Chang came to the 2026 AHF Traveling Fellowship from Toronto already doing 95% of his primary hips from the f...
10/16/2026

Dr. Justin Chang came to the 2026 AHF Traveling Fellowship from Toronto already doing 95% of his primary hips from the front.

He joined the fellowship because he wanted to get better at complex cases, revisions and exposure, and to see how some of the most experienced anterior hip surgeons in the US actually work. What he came home with was bigger than that.

He did pick up some technical pointers he could use straight away. But there were also lessons in OR flow, efficiency, technology, patient communication and practice building.

And then there was the network he built. He still trades cases with his fellow travelers and can now call on the host surgeons he met on the fellowship for advice when something difficult comes through the door.

As he says in the latest AHF Podcast:

“Those two and a half weeks were invaluable to the progression of my career.”

Watch this final episode of the AHF Podcast's 2026 Traveling Fellows series,

▶️ Watch The View From Outside the US now on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/6t0IaEUXkXY

Interested in progressing your own career? Watch this space. AHF 2027 Traveling Fellowship applications open soon.

It's easy to follow a plan when a case goes perfectly. The real test is what you do when it doesn't.AHF 2027: Technique ...
10/14/2026

It's easy to follow a plan when a case goes perfectly. The real test is what you do when it doesn't.

AHF 2027: Technique Unleashed is built around those moments: difficult exposure, unforgiving anatomy, and the decisions that move a case forward. Through surgical video, candid case discussion and practical teaching, our faculty will share what works, what doesn't, and exactly how they got out of trouble.

Fundamentals and Revision tracks meet you wherever you are in your practice.

JOIN US | LEAVE BETTER.

Registration is now open:

https://anteriorhipfoundation.com/ahf-2027-technique-unleashed/

“Check your own pulse first.” That’s Dr. Stephen Duncan’s advice for the moment something goes wrong in the OR. A calcar...
10/09/2026

“Check your own pulse first.” That’s Dr. Stephen Duncan’s advice for the moment something goes wrong in the OR. A calcar crack while seating the stem. Bleeding that won’t let you see. A patient who dislocates in week two.

The latest episode of our surgeon roundtable series with Smith+Nephew is out, and it goes straight at those moments. Host Joseph Schwab is joined by Dr. Dr. Alexander D. Gaukhman MD - Baptist Health Orthopedic Surgery, Dr. Molly Hartzler and Dr. Stephen Duncan to talk about intraoperative and early complications, and what they actually do when things go sideways.

They cover a lot of practical ground: why poor exposure is behind so many femoral fractures, how far a crack has to run before you change your fixation plan, and why cementing your way out of a fracture often fails. Molly explains how she protects the TFL during head removal, Alex makes the case for chasing down the circumflex vessels early, and Steve shares a simple bone wax trick for bleeding from the femur into the socket.

All three came back to the same idea: stay calm, own the complication, check your ego and keep the patient at the centre.

(links in bio) Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcastshttps://youtu.be/X9uZNpReLJw

Jochen G. Hofstaetter is NOT a Lazy-S surgeon. In this presentation, he explains why he often avoids the traditional L...
10/07/2026

Jochen G. Hofstaetter is NOT a Lazy-S surgeon. In this presentation, he explains why he often avoids the traditional Lazy-S extension for complex femoral revisions.

His thinking: the proximal femur usually isn’t the hard part. The diaphysis is.

So rather than exposing the entire femur, he often combines an endofemoral approach proximally with a separate distal subvastus incision when he needs more access.

That's because it involves less dissection with better access to the part of the femur that actually needs it. And he gets to preserve the IT band whenever possible.

He walks through that strategy in cases ranging from stem removal and osteotomy to infected revision and total femoral replacement.

Watch the full presentation on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/awYMjv0SN4Q

“We’re sitting there playing checkers, and they’re playing 3D chess.”That’s how Dr. Clarence Kee (Jaydee) described watc...
10/02/2026

“We’re sitting there playing checkers, and they’re playing 3D chess.”

That’s how Dr. Clarence Kee (Jaydee) described watching some of the country’s most experienced anterior hip surgeons up close.

Every step had a reason. And often, that step was making something later in the case easier.

In part two of our 2026 Traveling Fellows series, indefatigable AHF Podcast host Joseph Schwab sits down with Dr. Kee of Bryan-College Station, Dr. Patrick Maher of EvergreenHealth and Dr. Leo Zalikha, a Stanford-trained reconstruction surgeon practicing in Long Beach.

All three already performed most of their primary hips from the front. They weren’t looking for a new approach, they were looking for the details.

Pat came home changing how he handles the capsule. Leo saw that great surgeons can take different routes to the same fundamental goals. Jadye described the experience as a “finishing school”; one that ended up changing parts of his knee and shoulder practice too.

But some of the biggest lessons happened outside the technical steps.

They saw OR teams where everyone knew what was coming next, staff who took personal ownership of efficiency, and mentors who would spend hours answering questions, then continue taking their calls once the fellowship was over.

At the end, Joe asked them to finish the same sentence:

“The biggest thing I took away from the AHF Traveling Fellowship wasn’t a technique. It was…”

Leo: what excellence as a surgeon and team looks like.

Pat: continual improvement.

Jadye: friendship and mentorship.

🎧 The Part Nobody Can Teach You is out now on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/4olFvJ83za0 or you can listen where you like to get your podcasts.
Links in bio.

The same surgery - but with less pay. That’s the reality that Nicholas Frisch MD MBA unpacks in this Business of Arth...
09/29/2026

The same surgery - but with less pay. That’s the reality that Nicholas Frisch MD MBA unpacks in this Business of Arthroplasty presentation.

He looks at how joint replacement reimbursement has changed over the past two decades, why inflation makes the decline even more significant, and what the latest Medicare payment changes mean for arthroplasty surgeons.

With reimbursement firmly back in the spotlight, this is a timely watch.

Watch the full presentation on our YouTube channel (it's not *just* surgical videos you know!): Link in bio or : https://youtu.be/nq-p3oAy_ow

"Four months ago, this would have stressed me out about 10 times more than it does right now." That's Dr. Alex Savage ta...
09/25/2026

"Four months ago, this would have stressed me out about 10 times more than it does right now." That's Dr. Alex Savage talking about a nail conversion he just booked. He watched one performed from the front on the AHF 2026 Traveling Fellowship, and now he's doing one himself.

Every year, we send a small group of early-career surgeons on the road for 2½ weeks to scrub in with some of the most experienced and innovative anterior hip surgeons in the country. On this podcast episode, host Joseph Schwab sits down with three of our 2026 Traveling Fellows: Dr. Alex Savage (Northwestern Medicine), Dr. Anoop Prasad (Mass General, via Imperial College London) and Dr. Brent Albracht (Banner Health).

Anoop went in wanting to know whether complex revisions could really be done well from the front. A few weeks after a cadaver lab, he was using what he learned there in a real case. Brent had tried anterior before and found the learning curve tough. One tip about the broaching angle changed that for him. And all three agreed that some of the best lessons came at dinner and in the car, not in the OR.

The biggest things they took away - not technique but confidence, approach to practice, perspective, and Shania Twain (you'll have to listen to get that one).

🎧 Scrubbing In With the Giants is out now. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KIx-wnlfki8 or listen on your favorite pod platform.

The hardest part of replacing a dysplastic hip is deciding where the cup should go. In this Complex Cases and Complica...
09/23/2026

The hardest part of replacing a dysplastic hip is deciding where the cup should go.

In this Complex Cases and Complications presentation, Omar Behery, MD, works through a series of dysplastic hip cases and the decisions that come with them:

- Do you restore the true hip center, or accept a higher one?

- Is the cup stable enough on its own, or does it need help from an augment or femoral head autograft?

- And how much coverage is actually enough?

He talks through those choices, shows the different ways he builds stability, and explains how they affect fixation, biomechanics and weight bearing.

Watch the full presentation on our YouTube channel: (link in bio or

https://youtu.be/CSItnvnxXjQ )

For surgeons starting to take on more revision work from the front, one message is particularly clear: Don’t rush the ex...
09/21/2026

For surgeons starting to take on more revision work from the front, one message is particularly clear: Don’t rush the exposure.

In this latest AHF Podcast Surgeon Roundtable, DrsEric M. Cohen, Kris J. Alden and Molly Hartzler join host Joseph Schwab to talk anterior approach revision, where it works, where it doesn’t, and what makes these cases reproducible.

They get into femoral exposure, old scars, lost landmarks, cup position, instability, dual mobility and constraint, plus where each of them draws the line on when to stay anterior and when not to.

It’s a very practical discussion of how experienced surgeons plan these cases, what can catch you out, and what they’ve changed with experience. Watch it now on our YouTube channel (link in bio or: https://youtu.be/hU5YGH1k8q0. )

Recorded in partnership with Smith+Nephew.

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