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2026 ANNUAL MEETING

2026 PAS Scientific Session & Annual Meeting
for Personalized Hip and Knee Replacement

EARN UP TO 14.5 CME CREDITS*

• Knee Workshop on September 10, 2026
(separate registration is required)

• Main Meeting on September 11-12, 2026

St. James Theatre
Montreal, Canada

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This meeting supports the Society’s goal of bringing together the world’s most innovative surgeons and ingineers alongside the most forward-thinking companies in order to advance the state of personalized Hip and Knee arthroplasty to all patients, promoting the evolution of arthroplasty through education and discussion.

During this meeting, we will create clarity around the variations of the theme of personalized hip and knee surgery, while also considering the repercussions from surgical techniques, implant design and management of complex deformity in our space.

The world of arthroplasty is shifting from rudimentary systematic techniques to more sophisticated, personalized and physiological ones. If you share our vision and want to contribute to the paradigm shift, please join us at this grand mess of modern surgery!

Registration Fees

PAS MEMBERS

Registration Type Early Bird
through June 30, 2026		 Meeting Registration
July 1, 2026 –
September 9, 2026		 Onsite Registration
September 10, 2026 –
September 12, 2026
PAS Member $200 $350 $500
PAS Trainee Member $150 $300 $450

Knee Workshop on September 10th

ONLY 100 SPOTS

 $100 $200 $300
Gala Dinner Ticket $150 $180 $210
Additional Gala Dinner Ticket $150 $180 $210

NON-MEMBERS

Registration Type Early Bird
through June 30, 2026		 Meeting Registration
July 1, 2026 –
September 9, 2026		 Onsite Registration
September 10, 2026 –
September 12, 2026
Become a Member and Save on Registrations Fee
Non-Member $500 $650 $775
Trainee $325 $500 $625

Knee Workshop on September 10th

ONLY 100 SPOTS

 $100 $200 $300
Gala Dinner Ticket $150 $180 $210
Additional Gala Dinner Ticket $150 $180 $210
Additional Exhibitor Badges $300 $300 $300

Cancellation Policy:
Registration fees will be refunded, less a $50 USD processing fee, if PAS receives written notification of cancellation on or before July 31, 2026. No refunds will be granted after August 1, 2026. Cancellation requests must be submitted via email to execdir@personalizedarthroplasty.org.

Learning Objectives

Overall Meeting Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the conference, participants should be able to:

  • Differentiate the major personalized arthroplasty alignment philosophies (kinematic, restricted kinematic, functional) and select an appropriate strategy based on patient-specific anatomy.
  • Apply personalized principles to implant positioning, soft-tissue management, and surgical execution in hip and knee arthroplasty.
  • Evaluate the role of advanced technologies (robotics, imaging, artificial intelligence) in personalized clinical decision-making and operative planning.
  • Interpret anatomical and kinematic variability across patient populations to optimize individualized reconstruction.
  • Formulate management strategies for complex primary and revision arthroplasty scenarios using personalized approaches.
  • Implement perioperative strategies (prehabilitation, nutrition, pain control) that enhance recovery and patient outcomes.

Thursday, September 10 — Day 1 (Workshops)

Session Learning Objectives
Why Personalized Arthroplasty is the Future of Surgery

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Explain the clinical rationale driving the shift from mechanical to personalized alignment in hip and knee arthroplasty.
  • Identify the key technological and outcome-based drivers accelerating adoption of personalized approaches.
Teaching Session 1: Surgical Technique Video Sessions (uKA, rKA, FA, KA-UKA, THA fixed bearing, THA-KA, hip resurfacing)

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Differentiate caliper-based, robotic-assisted, and functional alignment workflows for knee and hip arthroplasty.
  • Demonstrate the key technical steps and pitfalls associated with each personalized surgical technique presented.
  • Select an appropriate alignment technique based on patient-specific anatomical and functional criteria.
Specific Cases Discussion: From Planning to Executing

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Formulate a personalized surgical plan for complex cases using pre-operative imaging and patient-specific data.
  • Justify intra-operative adjustments required when executing a personalized alignment strategy.
Workshops 1 & 2 (hands-on, non-accredited)

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Observe live demonstrations of personalized surgical techniques and instrumentation.
  • Practice key technical steps under expert supervision in a simulated setting.

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Friday, September 11 — Day 2

Session Learning Objectives
Surgery Demonstration: The Valgus Knee

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Analyze the anatomical and soft-tissue challenges specific to the valgus knee deformity.
  • Demonstrate a robotic-assisted personalized surgical approach for correcting valgus knee deformity.
Free Papers I — Alignment & Planning Research

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Critique current research findings on kinematic versus mechanical alignment philosophies.
  • Interpret the clinical implications of new evidence on soft-tissue phenotypes and postoperative stiffness.
Crossfire Session: My Best Personalized THA Option for the Young and Active Patient

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Compare resurfacing, fixed-bearing, dual-mobility, and ceramic-on-ceramic large-diameter-head options for young, active patients.
  • Defend a personalized implant-selection strategy based on patient activity level and anatomy.
Personalized TKA Technique: A Bone, Soft-Tissue, or Combined Operation?

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Contrast bone-referencing and soft-tissue-balancing philosophies in personalized TKA.
  • Appraise the evidence supporting combined bone- and soft-tissue-based personalization strategies.
Crossfire Session: How to Best Replicate Knee Kinematics

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Compare dual-pivot, medially-constrained, medially-congruent, and bi-cruciate retaining implant designs.
  • Evaluate how each implant design influences restoration of native knee kinematics.
International Session on Lower Limb Anatomical Variations

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Recognize population-specific anatomical variations in lower-limb alignment across five global regions.
  • Integrate regional anatomical variability into personalized pre-operative planning.
Free Papers II — Outcomes & Instability Research

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Appraise recent findings on dislocation risk, dynamic impingement, and patellofemoral kinematics.
  • Apply emerging evidence to refine personalized planning and reduce complication risk.
Keynote — Stephen Howell: My Journey Personalizing Knee Replacement Surgery

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Trace the historical evolution of kinematic alignment in TKA from early concepts to current practice.
  • Reflect on lessons from long-term clinical experience to inform future personalized practice.

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Saturday, September 12 — Day 3

Session Learning Objectives
Part of the Game (Relative LLD, Lateral Hip Pain, Lower Limb as a Whole)

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Assess relative leg-length discrepancy and its impact on patient-reported outcomes after THA.
  • Diagnose and manage lateral hip pain related to gluteus medius pathology.
  • Integrate whole-limb biomechanical considerations into personalized hip and knee planning.
Care Personalization (Prehabilitation, Nutrition, Pain Control, Patient Experience)

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Design a personalized prehabilitation and nutrition protocol to optimize surgical readiness.
  • Implement opioid-sparing pain-control strategies following arthroplasty.
  • Describe strategies to enhance the personalized patient experience across the care pathway.
Free Papers III — Gait & Kinematics Research

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Interpret gait-based kinematic data relative to static alignment measures in predicting TKA outcomes.
  • Evaluate functional knee phenotypes and their implications for personalized alignment targets.
What Tells Us the Lower Limb Dynamic Evaluation?

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Analyze dynamic gait and kinematic data to characterize native knee motion patterns.
  • Apply dynamic evaluation findings to guide bearing and alignment selection.
Personalized Knee Revision Surgery

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Identify metal hypersensitivity and other etiologies contributing to arthroplasty failure.
  • Formulate a personalized revision strategy for failed UKA and TKA.
Emerging Frontiers in Personalized TKA: Patella Navigation, Augmented Reality, and AI

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Explain how patellar-tracking navigation can improve personalized TKA outcomes.
  • Evaluate potential clinical applications of augmented reality and artificial intelligence in personalized arthroplasty.
Free Papers IV — Surgical Technique & Precision Research

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Compare manual versus patient-specific instrumentation for precision in unrestricted kinematic-alignment TKA.
  • Critique sex-specific surgical targets and outcomes data for robotic-assisted TKA.
Keynote — Larry Dorr Lecture (delivered by Mark Pagnano): My Journey Personalizing Hip Replacement Surgery

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

  • Trace the evolution of personalized concepts in total hip arthroplasty over the presenter’s career.
  • Relate historical lessons in hip arthroplasty to current and future personalized practice.

Note: Registration, breakfasts, coffee breaks, lunches, the opening remarks, closing remarks, cocktails, gala dinner, and board meeting are non-accredited components of the program and are not associated with formal learning objectives.

Schedule

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 – Knee Workshop

**Seperate Registration is required to attend**
Start Time End Time Session Title Presenter
8:00 9:15 Registration, Coffee, and Refreshments (unaccredited)
9:15 9:30 Why Personalised Arthroplasty is the Future of Surgery Pascal-André Vendittoli
Annual Meeting Chair
Teaching Session 1 – Surgical Technique Video Sessions
9:30 9:45 uKA calliper based John Mercuri
9:45 10:00 rKA robotic assisted Pascal-André Vendittoli
10:00 10:15 FA robotic based Martin Roche
10:15 10:35 Question & Answer
10:35 11:00 Coffee Break (unaccredited)
11:00 11:15 KA UKA Hiranaka Takafumi
11:15 11:30 THA with Modular Fixed Bearing Gavin Wood
11:30 11:45 THA KA Charles Riviere
11:45 12:00 HIP Resurfacing James Pritchett
12:00 12:15 Question & Answer
12:15 13:20 Lunch and Posters* (unaccredited)
13:20 14:20 Specific Cases Discussion from Planning to Executing
14:20 16:20

Sponsored Workshop 1 – VRAS KA with Dr. Vasarhelyi (unaccredited)

Sponsored Workshop 2 – Calipered technique with SheriKA (unaccredited)

Sponsored Workshop 3 – Personalized Knee Arthroplasty using CORI Surgical System with Digital Tensioner with Dr. Morteza Meftah (unaccredited)

Sponsored Workshop 4 – Persona MC with Rosa (unaccredited)
16:30 Closing Remarks for Knee Workshop Pascal-André Vendittoli

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2026: DAY 1 OF MAIN MEETING
Start Time End Time Session Title Presenter
7:30 8:45 Registration, Coffee, and Refreshments (unaccredited)
8:45 9:00 President’s Opening Remarks
Vision & Mission Statement		 Mort Meftah
PAS President
Surgery Demonstration: The Valgus Knee
9:00 10:00 -Surgery Demonostration: The Valgus Knee
-rKA Robotic Assisted Surgery		 Vincent Massé
Free Papers
10:00 10:04 Comparison of Prosthetic to Native Trochlear Anatomy with Kinematic versus Mechanical Alignment Philosophies Stefano Bini
10:04 10:08 Impacts of Soft-tissue Assessments and Surgical Planning Philosophies on Soft-tissue
Phenotypes in Total Knee Arthroplasty		 Adam Ryals
10:08 10:12 Identifying Preoperative Anatomical and Intraoperative Planning Factors Associated With Postoperative Stiffness Following Image-Based Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis Carmelo Burgio
10:12 10:21 Question & Answer
10:21 10:55 Coffee Break and Posters* (unaccredited)
Cross Fire Session: My Best Personalized THA Option for the Young and Active
10:55 11:45 Resurfacing is the Holy Grale Paul Beaulé
Fixed XLPE is still Unbeatable Brent Lanting
Dual Mobility for All Nicolas Reina
CoC LDH Its Evident Pascal-André Vendittoli
Question & Answer
Personalized TKA Technique: A Bone, Soft Tissue Operation, or Both?
11:45 12:25 Bone Anatomy Restoration is the Key Alexander Nedopil
Ligments Should be Balanced Ragunanthan Narayanasamy
Soft Tissue Personalization Heiko Graichen
Question & Answer
12:25 13:25 Lunch and Posters* (unaccredited)
Cross Fire Session: How to Best Replicate Knee Kinematic
13:25 14:15 Dual Pivot Brian Palumbo
Medially Constrained (Medial Pivot) To Be Determined
Medially Congruent Ted Vasarhelyi
BI Cruciate James Pritchett
Question & Answer
International on Lower Limb Anatomical Variations
14:15 15:10 India Vikram Jain
Japan Takao Yamamoto
USA Gregory Martin
Europe Michel Bonin
South America Claudio Diaz
Question & Answer
15:10 15:40 Coffee Break and Posters* (unaccredited)
Free Papers
15:40 15:44 To Be Determined
15:44 15:48 Dynamic Impingement Modeling in Robotic-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty Is Associated
With Reduced Dislocation and Revision for Instability – A Cohort Study of 29,277 Cases		 Steven Persaud
15:48 15:52 Impact of Mechanical Vs. Kinematic Alignment in TKA on Patellofemoral Kinematics Iris Blatter
15:52 16:00 Question & Answer
Keynote Speaker Lecture
16:00 16:30 My Journey Personalizing Knee Replacement Surgery Stephen Howell
Gala Dinner
19:00 22:00 Cocktail Hour Begins at 19:00
Gala Dinner Begins at 19:45
St. James Theatre

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2026: DAY 2 OF MAIN MEETING
Start Time End Time Session Title Presenter
7:30 8:30 Registration, Coffee, and Refreshments (unaccredited)
Part of the Game
8:30 9:10 Relative LLD Georges Grammatopoulos
Lateral Hip Pain (Gluteus Medius Repair) Stefano Bini
The Lower Limb as a Whole Fernando Quevedo-González
Question & Answer
Care Personalization
9:10 10:10 Personalized Prehabilitation Franco Carli
Impact of Tibial and Femur Joint Surface Orientation on the Knee Joint Line Orientation
Relative to the Ground		 Gautier Beckers
How to Reach Pain Control with less than 10 Opioid Pills Post Op? Andrew Wickline
How to Provide a Unique Patient Experience J-P Brutus
Question & Answer
Free Papers
10:10 10:14 Impact of Tibial and Femur Joint Surface Orientation on the Knee Joint Line Orientation
Relative to the Ground		 Gautier Beckers
10:14 10:18 Sex-Based Differences in the Three Most Common Parameters of Hip Offset Restoration Through the Posterior Approach – A Novel 3D Assessment Using a Custom AI Planning Tool George Avram
10:18 10:22 Knee Kinematics During Gait Outperform Static Alignment in Predicting TKA OutcomesA Multicenter Study To Redefine Objectives of Personalized Arthroplasty Nicola Hagemeister
10:22 10:26 Predicting Gait Contracture Following Total Knee Arthroplasty With Preoperative Kinematics and Robotic Intraoperative Data – A Pilot Study George Avram
10:26 10:35 Question & Answer
10:35 11:05 Coffee Break and Posters* (unaccredited)
What Tells Us the Lower Limb Dynamic Evaluation?
11:05 11:55 Asymetric Native Gaps are a Key Pier-Francesco Indelli
The Knee has a Dual Pivot Scott Banks
The Functional Benefits of a Medial Pivot Bearing Mario Lamontagne
The Real Personalization is Kinematic Alexandre Fuentes
Question & Answer
11:55 13:10 Lunch and Posters* (unaccredited)
Personalized Knee Revision Surgery
13:10 13:55 Metal Hypersensitivity David Langton
UKA Revision Goeffrey Dervin
Personalized Revision TKA Marcus Ford
Question & Answer
To Be Determined
13:55 14:35 Navigating the Patella to Improve Outcome Jobe Shatrov
Personalized TKA Using Augmented Reality Gene Dossett
AI: How it may Change Our Perspective Mort Meftah
Question & Answer
14:35 14:55 Coffee Break and Posters* (unaccredited)
Free Papers
14:55 14:59 A Continuous Series of the first 1000 Individualized Origin® TKA with minimum 2 years Follow-Up Michael Bonnin
14:59 15:03 Manual Instrumentation Provides Greater Precision Than Patient-Specific
Instrumentation For Initial Tibial Resections In Unrestricted Kinematic Alignment Total Knee
Arthroplasty : A Comparative Cohort Study		 Charles Rivière
15:03 15:07 Sex-Specific Optimal Surgical Targets in Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Comprehensive Analysis of Coronal, Sagittal, and Laxity Parameters” Mort Meftah
15:07 15:11 Don’t Chase Symmetric Gaps: Analysis of Non-Correctable Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Mort Meftah
15:11 15:20 Question & Answer
Larry Dorr Keynote Speaker Lecture
15:20 15:50 My Journey Personalizing HIP Replacement Surgery Mark Pagnano
Closing Remarks
16:00 16:15 -Closing Remarks by PAS President
-Transfer of PAS President Position to Dragan Jemeric		 Mort Meftah
Dragan Jeremic

*Poster Presentations
Presentation Title Presenter
The Superior Transverse Anatomic Reconstruction (STAR) Approach in Total Hip Arthroplasty Matthew Allen
Partial Undersurface Detachment of the Gluteus Medius Tendon: A Systematic Review Matthew Allen, Brendan Rockwell
Automated Three-Dimensional Identification of Knee Ligament Attachment Sites from CT: A Validation Against Expert Radiologists Scott Banks
Durability of a Multi-Radius Bearing Couple Under Aggressive Alignment and Loading Conditions Jeffrey Bischoff
Closing the Accuracy-Outcome Gap – First Evidence That Femoral Component Precision Within 2 Degrees of an Individualized Plan Optimizes TKA Results in Augmented Reality-Guided Total Knee Arthroplasty Christian Dossett
Does Personalized Total Knee Arthroplasty Require a Robot? A Per-Case Cost Analysis of Robotic Assistance Relative to Surgeon Professional Fees Gene Dossett
CPAK Classification Does not Predict Posterior Condylar Offset Wolfgang Fitz
Predicting Gait Contracture Following Total Knee Arthroplasty With Preoperative Kinematics and Robotic Intraoperative Data – A Pilot Study Alex Fuentes
Personalized Implantation for UKA using Femoral First Cut Method Shigenobu Fukushima
Bridging the Volume Gap: Robotic-Assisted Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Achieves Similar Revision Risk to High-Volume Manual Surgery Anshu Gupta
Real World Outcomes of Automatically Detected Total Knee Arthroplasty Philosophy Adam Henderson
Short Stem – A Significant Step Toward Personalization of Total Hip Arthroplasty Sergei Istomin
Postoperative Gait Kinematics and Kinetics Following Kinematically and Mechanically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty Takashi Ito
Surgeon Cognitive Load, Perception of Workload, Efficiency, and Satisfaction During Surgical TKA Planning – Results from a Prospective Comparative Study Mina Kabiri
Timing of Hormone Replacement Therapy Initiation and Risk of Incident Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome Isabella LeKander
Keep your Caliper – Robotic Arm Enabled Distal Femoral Bone Resection for KA TKA needs to be checked Richard Liu
Patient-Specific Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty – Estimation of Joint Contact Forces During Walking at Different Speeds Haithem M’barki
Patellofemoral-Conscious JLO-KA Strategy in Primary TKA- Indication Frequency and One-Year Patient-Reported Outcomes Tsutomu MAEDA
Revision of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty to Total Knee Arthroplasty Using Primary Components – A Matched Cohort Study with Mid Term Follow Up Matteo Marullo
Influence of Postoperative LDFA Change on Functional Outcomes After Unrestricted Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty Takaaki Nagase
Infrequent Varus-Valgus and Slope Recuts Using a Dual-Styli and Angel Wing Tibial Resection Guide in Kinematically Aligned Total Knee Arthroplasty
 Alexander Nedopil
Implementation Of AI-Assisted Anamnesis Before Orthopaedic Consultations- High Patient Satisfaction And Good Participation Rates
 Philippe Van Overschelde
Association Between Native Coronal Deformity and Robotic Gap Prediction Accuracy in Total Knee Arthroplasty
 Matteo Pilotti
Accuracy And Precision Of Femoral And Tibial Bone Resections Using Manual Unrestricted Kinematic Alignment In Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Digital Caliper Study Charles Riviere
Kinematic Alignment Closes the Satisfaction Gap, but Not the Joint Perception Gap, Between Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Comparative Study of Prospectively Collected Data Charles Riviere
Association Between Systemic Hormone Replacement Therapy and Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome in Postmenopausal Women- A Retrospective Cohort Study of 385,868 Women Nathan Robbins
Effect of native PCA-TEA variability on femoral component rotation using functional alignment in robotic total knee arthroplasty Prashant Tank
Severe Varus Deformity is Associated with Lower Joint Awareness at Five Years After Unrestricted Kinematic Alignment Total Knee Arthroplasty Shuji Toyono

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Disclosures

As part of the accrediation process, PAS’s Scientific Committee Members are required to disclose any conflicts of interest. The disclosures can be viewed below:

  • Pier Francesco Indelli – Speaker for ENOVIS (USA), bioMerieux (France), and MicroPort (China); Research Grants from Biocomposites (UK) and Medacta (Switzerland)
  • George Avram​ – Associate Editor for European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy; Primary Editor for Bone and Joint Journal; Member of Leadership Committee, Degenerative Joint Section, and Member of Basic Science Committee, for European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy; Education Committee, Chair for Romanian Society for Arthroscopy and Sports Traumatology; Editorial Board Member for International Orthopaedics
  • Mort Meftah – Consultant for Smith & Nephew; Consultant for Medacta; Board Member of Personalized Arthroplasty Society; Board Member of American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons​; Founder and Advisory Board Member for Caira Surgical; Founder and Advisory Board Member for Constance
  • Pascal-André Vendittoli – Patent with Jonson & Johnson