The 2024 AOA | USC APEX Leadership Conference: Achieving Peak Performance

The AOA is again partnering with the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, Executive Education to bring you the next generation of the popular APEX Leadership Program. Debuting in 2024, the AOA|USC APEX Leadership Conference: Achieving Peak Performance will shift to two, one-and-a-half-day sessions to address essential leadership skills required of surgeons today. AOA’s signature blend of leadership development, with direct relevance to orthopaedics and issues confronting medicine, allows individuals at any stage of their career to expand their knowledge and leadership skills.

Registration Deadline Dates:

  • August 22, 2024 for the September session

Managing & Leading Change: Organizational Change Simulation, by Becky Heino, PhD

September 13-14, 2024, Henry Ford Health, Detroit MI

With AOA Members Joseph J. Hoegler, MD, FAOA, J. Benjamin Jackson, III, MD, MBA, FAOA, and Keith Kenter, MD, FAOA

This session emphasizes the imperative need for building change management capabilities in today’s turbulent world. It highlights the significance of effectively managing organizational change, stating that organizations with superior change execution will thrive long-term. The session includes an exploration of a well-established change management approach and its practical application through an online simulation. Participants will learn to implement change management best practices, gain stakeholder buy-in, and guide the company to success in the simulation. During the debriefing, critical comparisons between the sim and participants’ own organizations/departments will be discussed, with a specific focus on strategies for orthopaedic leaders to convert stakeholder resistance into support for essential organizational change initiatives.

Registration Deadline Dates:

  • August 22, 2024 for the September session

Overview

September 13-14, 2024, Henry Ford Health, Detroit MI

Managing & Leading Change: Organizational Change Simulation, by Becky Heino, PhD

AOA Faculty:

Joseph J. Hoegler, MD, FAOA, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI

J. Benjamin Jackson III, MD, MBA, FAOA, FAAOS, University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine Columbia, Columbia, SC

Keith Kenter, MD, Hon ScD, FAOA, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI

Managing & Leading Change: Organizational Change Simulation

Building change capability is a management imperative. Given the turbulence in the world today, the ability to effectively manage organizational change is especially critical. Organizations may have similar objectives, strategies, and resources, but those that execute change better, faster, and smarter will thrive in the long term.

In these sessions, we will first examine one of the most extensively researched and well respected change management approaches. Then we will apply it via an online simulation to see if you can turnaround an organization facing change. The simulation focuses on Global Tech, a company fraught with real-world change challenges. Through careful application of change management best practices, you can build stakeholder buy-in and lead the company to success.

In debriefing the simulation, we will identify critical similarities and differences between Global Tech and your organizations/departments. We will focus specifically on how orthopaedic leaders can most effectively convert stakeholder resistance into support for key organizational change initiatives.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Understanding effective change management approaches
  • Assess the challenges and opportunities of change and how to create stakeholder buy-in
  • Plan and lead a change initiative successfully
  • Managing attitude and emotion around change
  • Managing change fatigue

Learning Objectives

  • Develop a Strategic Mindset
  • Learn to Map Organizational Culture
  • Explore Effective Personal Leadership
  • Acquire Valuable Negotiating Methods & the Power of Persuasion
  • Improve Strategic Analysis for Competitive Advantage
  • Understand Leadership for High Performing Teams

September 13-14, 2024 – FACULTY

USC Faculty:

Rebecca Heino, PhD, USC Professor of Clinical Management and Organization

Dr. Rebecca Heino is a Professor of Clinical Management and Organization. She teaches courses in cross-cultural intelligence and diversity, leadership and organizational behavior (including mindfulness, EQ, resilience, and teaming), and critical conversations for undergraduates, graduate students, and executives. Currently she leads the Marshall Leadership Fellows Program for MBA students. Previously, she was on faculty at Georgetown and Columbia Universities. Her extensive global work in executive education includes clients such as KPMG (Brazil, Mexico), International Finance Corporation, Rio Tinto (Australia), Jasoor (Qatar), and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

AOA Faculty:

J. Benjamin Jackson III, MD, MBA, FAOA, FAAOS, University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine Columbia, Columbia, SC

J. Benjamin Jackson III, MD, MBA, FAOA, FAAOS, the Lunceford-Moore Distinguished Professor of Orthopedic Research and a professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine Columbia, works at Prisma Health. Dr. Jackson completed his undergraduate education at Mars Hill College in Asheville, North Carolina, where he competed in cross-country and track and field at the Division II level and was a two-time NCAA Academic All-American. He earned an MBA from the USC Darla Moore School of Business and then finished medical school at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where he served as student body president. Dr. Jackson completed an orthopedic residency at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he received the resident teaching award. He then completed a fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at the University of Utah. Clinical interests include injuries and disorders of the foot and ankle. A highly skilled surgeon and caring physician, Dr. Jackson is a national leader in foot and ankle conditions. He has published nine book chapters and more than 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts, in addition to being awarded more than $4 million of federal research funding, including from the DoD, NIH, and NSF. He has lectured nationally for the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) and the National Hyperbaric Medicine Association. He serves on committees for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the American Orthopaedic Association (AOA), and AOFAS.

Keith Kenter, MD, Hon ScD, FAOA, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI

Dr. Kenter is the current Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery with Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine. He is the immediate past Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and retired Chief Medical Officer within WMed Health. He also has a secondary appointment as Professor in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at Western Michigan University. Before arriving at Western Michigan University, he was Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs and Orthopaedic Residency Director with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. While in Cincinnati he also held secondary appointments with the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation within the Department of Neurology and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, School of Engineering. He graduated from DePauw University in 1984 with a BA in Zoology and a minor in Physics. He then finished his Masters of Science in the Department of Biology with emphasis in Embryology and Biochemistry in 1986 from St. Louis University. He completed his medical school education at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1990. His Internship and Orthopaedic Surgery Residency were at Duke University Medical Center and then he completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Reconstruction at The Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He received his Hon ScD from DePauw University in 2019. His clinical interests are shoulder reconstruction, which includes arthroscopic surgery, fracture management, rotator cuff surgery, shoulder instability, muscle transfers and shoulder replacements. He also is actively involved with the treatment of all musculoskeletal injuries and cares for professional, collegiate, high school and recreational athletes.

His research interests are the basic science of soft tissue healing and the incorporation of tendon healing to bone and has completed a part of ongoing NIH funded research. He has had positions on several national committees for the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine, the American Orthopaedic Association, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Mid-American Orthopaedic Association, and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He was first chair of the Council of Orthopaedic Resident Directors (CORD), has chaired the Emerging Leaders program, named Program Chair of the annual meeting, chaired the Critical Issues/Educational Programing, and is current Secretary-Elect all within the American Orthopaedic Association. He is a reviewer for several orthopaedic journals and is on the editorial board for American Journal of Sports Medicine and Associate Editor for Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. He has been awarded the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Traveling Fellowship to South America and has been awarded excellence in teaching by both the Dean of the School of Medicine and by the orthopaedic residents at the University of Cincinnati and by the orthopaedic residents at the University of Missouri and has also been recognized as a national orthopaedic Top Doc for several consecutive years. He has been recognized by his peers as one of the top 28 shoulder surgeons in North America and recently been elected to the Herodicus Society. He has also been recently awarded the “Distinguished Service Award” by his colleagues within Western Michigan Univesity School of Medicine. He has been team orthopaedic surgeon for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, AHL affiliate with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, the University of Cincinnati scholarship athletes, University of Missouri scholarship athletes, The New Giants Football Club of the NFL during his fellowship, Duke University scholarship athletes during residency, and has been the head team physician for many high school athletic teams. He is an international and national speaker on shoulder topics and basic science of soft tissue and has been a lecturer for USA Hockey coaches.

  • AOA Members/Emerging Leaders/APEX Alumni – September Conference Only = $2,995
  • Non-Members – September Conference Only = $3,500

Registration Deadline Dates:

  • August 22, 2024 for the September session

September 13-14, 2024, Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI

Housing details coming soon!

Cancellation & Program Transfer Policy (updated 12/02/13):

In Person Events:

  • Cancellations received from registration until six (6) weeks in advance of Event will be assessed a cancellation fee of $50 per participant.
  • Cancellations received between three to six (3-6) weeks in advance of Event will receive a 50% refund of the registration fee.
  • Cancellations received within twenty (20) days or less of the Event will not receive a refund.

Webinars:

  • Cancellations received within seven (7) days or less of the webinar are not eligible for a refund.

*NOTE: All cancellations and refund requests must be in writing. This policy applies to all forms of payment.

Program Transfers:

Program transfer requests to a future session must be received in writing and will incur a

$75.00 transfer fee.

Transfer requests received within 14 days of the first day of the program will incur a $300.00 transfer fee. Registrants are permitted one transfer only before forfeiting the total tuition fee.