OTA Podcast Committee

The OTA Podcast

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The OTA Podcast Channel is your home for conversations with leading experts in orthopedic trauma. Directed and hosted by the OTA podcast committee, listeners can expect to hear 1-1 interviews with thought leaders, panel discussions on key subjects, hot topic debates from the masters, and timely reviews of clinical papers. The episodes will be structured in series, by subject, and will be 30 minutes in length or less, making it convenient for our members and other listeners. Education is an important mission of the OTA and we are pleased to add the OTA podcast channel to our robust offering of...

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Great Debates: Mini-fragment Fixation for Complex Pilon Fractures 22.07.2025 19:59

Drs. Malcolm DeBaun and Sean Campbell discuss the history of mini fragment fixation and its application in complex pilon fractures. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Great Debates: Transverse Acetabulum - Prone vs Lateral 15.07.2025 20:09

Drs. Malcolm DeBaun and Mark Gage discuss the pros & cons of patient positioning when treating transverse acetabulum fractures. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Great Debates: Mid-life Crisis- Displaced Femoral Neck Fracture in the Active 50 Year-old Cyclist- Fix or THA? 08.07.2025 39:05

Listen in as guest Keith Mayo and host Michael Blankstein debate treatment strategies of displaced femoral neck fractures in middle-aged active patients. They discuss challenges, philosophies, and approaches. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Hospital Icon Series: Harborview Part 2 24.06.2025 34:51

Listen in as co-hosts Michael Blankstein and Alexander Crespo conclude the conversation with Marc Swiontkowski and Stephen Benirshke on the history of Harborview Medical Center, in our continuing Hospital Icon Series. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Hospital Icon Series: Harborview Part 1 17.06.2025 27:09

In part 1 of a two-part conversation, co-hosts Michael Blankstein and Alexander Crespo discuss the history of Harborview Medical Center with Marc Swiontkowski and Stephen Benirshke, in our continuing Hospital Icon Series. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Great Debates: Femoral Neck Shaft Combo-- Is There An Ideal Approach? 10.06.2025 30:46

Host Dr. Michael Blankstein invites Dr. Michael Kain to discuss how to treat young patients with the femoral neck-shaft fracture combination. How should we treat these injuries? In what sequence should these be fractures be approached? Another great debate from the OTA Podcast team! For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Hospital Icon Series: Shock Trauma Part 2 03.06.2025 24:25

Listen in to this interesting concluding episode as co-hosts Drs. Michael Blankstein and Alexander Crespo speak with Drs. Andrew Burgess and Andrew Pollak speak about the formation and evolution of Shock Trauma Center in this new Hospital Icon Series. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Hospital Icon Series: Shock Trauma Part 1 27.05.2025 32:40

Join co-hosts Dr. Michael Blankstein and Dr. Alexander Crespo as they speak with Drs. Andrew Burgess and Andrew Pollak in Part 1 focused on the foundation of Shock Trauma in this new Hospital Icon Series. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Great Debates: Sutures vs. Staples 20.05.2025 27:11

Host Dr. Joe Patterson chats with guests Drs. Jonah Davies and Josh Gary as they debate the merits of alternative skin closure techniques in orthopaedic trauma. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Great Debates: Non-operative vs. Operative Treatment of Chest Wall Injuries 13.05.2025 25:55

Host Dr. Michael Blankstein has an engaging conversation with Dr. Niloofar Dehghan debating non-operative vs. operative treatment of flail chest injuries. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Great Debates: Induced Membrane Bone Grafting vs. Bone Transport for Critical-sized Bone Defects 06.05.2025 38:12

Join host Dr. Joe Patterson as he chats with Dr. Geoffrey Marecek about the debate in bone grafting compared to bone transport for the treatment of bone defects. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Optimizing the Business of Orthopedic Trauma 22.04.2025 28:16

Drs. Malcolm DeBaun and Richard Yoon discuss strategies to compliantly optimize your revenue. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

An Interview with OTA President Douglas W. Lundy, MD 15.04.2025 36:59

Dr. Doug Lundy shares his story and discusses how the OTA focuses on developing future physician leaders with host Dr. Michael Blankstein. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

How To Reduce SSIs: What Every Resident (and Attending) Should Know About the PREP-IT trials 08.04.2025 27:01

Join host Dr. Gerard Slobogean as he chats with Drs. Ashely Levack and Steve Canton about the importance of the PREP-IT Trial (and its subcomponents the A-PREP and PREPARE Trials) and the subsequent impact in reducing SSI's in your practice. They conclude with a review of the literature and multiple choice questions to help help prepare young surgeons for upcoming standardized testing. For additi...

Intimate Partner Violence: What Every Resident (and Attending) Should Know About the PRAISE Trial 01.04.2025 22:56

Listen in to this insightful conversation hosted by Dr. Joseph Patterson with guests Dr. Sheila Sprague and Natalie Fleming, MSW, RSW as they unpack the PRAISE trial and the prevalence of intimate partner violence within fracture clinics and discuss tools for managing these important patient conversations. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

Gamechangers: Treatment of Medial Malleollar Fractures 25.03.2025 16:26

Jeremy Podolnick, MD chats with David Forsh about the paper entitled "Single Screw Fixation Compared with Double Screw Fixation for Medial Malleolar Fractures: A Prospective Randomized Trial" from JOT 2018 Buckley et al. Abstract link: J Orthop Trauma . 2018 Nov;32(11):548-553. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000001311. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

In the Booth Series: Canadian Orthopaedic Trauma Society Symposium Review 18.03.2025 11:16

Host Dr. Gerard Slobogean chats with Drs. Prism Schneider and Aaron Nauth reflect on the history of COTS, many of the trials conducted to manage polytrauma patients, and leadership of this society for the future. Live from the OTA 2024 Annual Meeting. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

In the Booth Series: International Efforts of the OTA 11.03.2025 18:58

Dr. Gerard Slobogean hosts a chat with Dr. Ted Miclau in which they discuss the International Trauma Care Forum and OTA's international mission. Live from the OTA 2024 Annual Meeting. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

In the Booth Series: The Ukrainian Delegation 04.03.2025 19:03

Dr. Gerard Slobogean chats with Dr. Roman Hayda about Ukraine as the Guest Nation. Live from the 2024 Annual Meeting. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

In the Booth Series: Locked Plating vs Retrograde Nailing for Periprosthetic Distal Femur Fractures 25.02.2025 26:10

Dr. Michael Blankstein sits down with Dr. Aaron Nauth as he shares highlights from his research entitled, 'A Randomized Controlled Trial of Locked Plating Versus Retrograde Nailing for Periprosthetic Distal Femur Fractures. Live from the 2024 OTA Annual Meeting. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

In the Booth Series: Pelvic Binder Radiography 18.02.2025 8:08

Dr. Malcolm DeBaun sits down with Dr. Josh Gary as he discusses recent research entitled, 'Pelvic Binder Radiography is Safe, Feasible, and Effective for Quantifying Fracture Instability in LC1 Pelvic Fractures: A Clinical Trial.' Live from the 2024 OTA Annual Meeting. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

In the Booth Series: Highlights from the IOTA Symposium: Unstable Pelvic Fractures in Patients with Hemodynamic Instability 11.02.2025 26:34

Drs. Gerard Slobogean, Conor Kleweno, Jon Eastman, and Josh Parry discuss the highlights from this 2024 OTA Annual Meeting symposium. Live from the 2024 OTA Annual Meeting. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

The OTA EGLOW Fellowship 04.02.2025 17:28

Join guest host Paul Whiting, MD as he chats with Emily Benson, MD and first EGLOW Fellowship recipient Gladys Ngondo, MD from Malawi. Live from the 2024 OTA Annual Meeting. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

In the Booth Series: Early vs Delayed Weight Bearing in Ankle Fractures 28.01.2025 16:25

Dr. Michael Blankstein sits down with Dr. Christopher Bretherton as he shares his research entitled, 'Early Versus Delayed Weightbearing Following Operatively Treated Ankle Fracture (WAX): A Randomized Controlled Trial and Health Economic Evaluation. Live from the 2024 OTA Annual Meeting. For additional educational resources visit OTA.org

In the Booth Series: Mindfulness Training Recordings in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients 21.01.2025 8:45

Dr. Malcolm Debaun sits down with Drs. Luke Myhre and Lucas Marchand as they discusses his research entitled, 'It Is Feasible and Effective to Deliver Brief Mindfulness Training Recordings to Orthopaedic Trauma Patients: Results from a Pilot RCT. Live from the 2024 OTA Annual Meeting For additional educational resources visit OTA.org