Annual Meeting Podium Session VII: Fracture Related Infections

Friday, October 17, 2025
 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM MST
Location:301ABC (West Bldg)

Moderator(s)

• Mark Lee, MD 

• Joel Williams, MD

  
  

Presentations:

• 2:45 PM - 2:50 PM MST Intraoperative fluorescence-based perfusion imaging predicts early re-infection in Fracture Related Infection
  

  Presenting Author / Corresponding Author: Leah Gitajn, MD, MS – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

  Co-Author: Yue Tang, PhD – Dartmouth College

  Co-Author: Nathan O'Hara, PhD, MHA – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Jonathan T. Elliott, PhD – Dartmouth Health

  Co-Author: Xu Cao, PhD – University of Wisconsin

  Co-Author: Lillian Fisher, BS – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

  Co-Author: Chelsey L. Recendez, MPH – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

  Co-Author: Gerard P. Slobogean, MD, MPH – University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Co-Author: Shudong Jiang, PhD – Dartmouth College

• 2:50 PM - 2:55 PM MST Does more debridement procedures impact risk of infection in open fractures?
  

  Presenting Author / Corresponding Author: Logan Bateman, MS – Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College

  Co-Author: Susana Diaz-Coto, PhD – Department of Orthopaedics, Dartmouth Health

  Co-Author: Nathan O'Hara, PhD, MHA – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Sofia Bzovsky, MSc – McMaster University

  Co-Author: Robert Zura, MD – Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

  Co-Author: Gerard P. Slobogean, MD, MPH – University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Co-Author: Sheila Sprague, PhD – McMaster University

  Co-Author: Anna N. Miller, MD (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis

  Group Author: Group Author PREP-IT Investigators

  Co-Author: Leah Gitajn, MD, MS – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

• 2:55 PM - 3:00 PM MST Culture Positivity in Open Fractures is an Indicator of Bacterial Bioburden
  

  Presenting Author / Corresponding Author: Leah Gitajn, MD, MS – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

  Co-Author: Emily McClure, PhD – Dartmouth College

  Co-Author: Roman Natoli, MD, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Benjamin Ross, PhD – Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Renan Castillo, MD – John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Anthony R. Carlini, MS – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Joseph C. Wenke, PhD – University of Texas Medical Branch

  Co-Author: Robert V. O'Toole, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Co-Author: Michael J. Bosse, MD, FIOTA – Atrium Health

  Group Author: METRC Group

• 3:08 PM - 3:13 PM MST Older Age Increases Risk of Infection in Orthopedic Trauma: A Secondary Analysis of Four Multicenter Studies Including 14,500 Patients
  

  Presenting Author / Corresponding Author: Lisa Reider, PhD – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Anthony R. Carlini, MS – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Jonathan Sayegh, BS – University of Arizona

  Co-Author: William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH, FIOTA (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Michael J. Bosse, MD, FIOTA – Atrium Health

  Co-Author: Todd O. McKinley, MD – Indiana University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Reza Firoozabadi, MD, MA – University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center

  Co-Author: Sanjit R. Konda, MD – NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

  Co-Author: Michael C. Willey, MD – University Of Iowa Hospitals

  Co-Author: Robert V. O'Toole, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Co-Author: Justin M. Haller, MD – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Renan Castillo, MD – John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Group Author: METRC Group

• 3:13 PM - 3:18 PM MST A Novel Risk Prediction Model for Recurrent Fracture-Related Infections
  

  Presenting Author / Corresponding Author: Leah Gitajn, MD, MS – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

  Co-Author: Anthony R. Carlini, MS – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Roman Natoli, MD, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Renan Castillo, MD – John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Robert V. O'Toole, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Co-Author: Saam Morshed, MD, PhD, MPH (he/him/his) – University of California, San Francisco

  Co-Author: Paul Tornetta, MD, PhD, FIOTA – Boston Medical

  Co-Author:  – UCSF

  Co-Author: >span class="biopopup" data-url="ajaxcalls/aabiographyinfo.asp?hid=1090704" void(0);="">Cyril Mauffrey, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Orthopedics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Ernest E Moore Shock Trauma Center at Denver Health

  Co-Author: William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH, FIOTA (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Group Author: METRC Group

• 3:18 PM - 3:23 PM MST Utility of Sonication for Fracture-Related Infections
  

  Presenting Author / Corresponding Author: Austin T. Gregg, BS – Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: Stephen C. Moye, BS – Harvard Medical School

  Co-Author: Christina Liu, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  Co-Author: Alina Fischer, BA – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  Co-Author: Michael Akodu, BA – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  Co-Author: Paul T. Appleton, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  Co-Author: Edward Rodriguez, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

  Co-Author: John J. Wixted, MD (he/him/his) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

• 3:31 PM - 3:36 PM MST Implant Retention versus Fixation Removal for the Treatment of Fracture-Related Infections (FRIs)
  

  Presenting Author: Timothy Murphy, MD – Indiana University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: James Slaven, MS – Indiana University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Tara Taylor, MPH – Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium

  Co-Author: Anthony R. Carlini, MS – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Renan Castillo, MD – John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Leah Gitajn, MD, MS – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

  Co-Author: J. Spence Reid, MD – Penn State College of Medicine

  Co-Author: Catherine Passaretti, MD – Wake Forest

  Co-Author: Paul S. Whiting, MD, FIOTA (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Co-Author: Robert V. O'Toole, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Co-Author: Paul Tornetta, MD, PhD, FIOTA – Boston Medical

  Co-Author: William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH, FIOTA (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Corresponding Author: Roman Natoli, MD, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine

  Group Author: Group Author Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium

• 3:36 PM - 3:41 PM MST PO vs IV Antibiotics for Fracture Related Infections: Bayesian Analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Nathaniel E. Schaffer, MD, PhD – Vanderbilt

  Co-Author: Anthony R. Carlini, MS – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Renan Castillo, MD – John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Robert V. O'Toole, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Co-Author: Brian H. Mullis, MD, FIOTA (he/him/his) – Indiana University Department of Orthopaedics

  Co-Author: Paul S. Whiting, MD, FIOTA (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Co-Author: Catherine Passaretti, MD – Wake Forest

  Co-Author: Clifford B. Jones, MD, FIOTA – Creighton University School of Medicine Phoenix, Orthopaedic Surgery

  Corresponding Author: William T. Obremskey, MD, MPH, FIOTA (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  Co-Author: Heather A. Vallier, MD, FIOTA – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

  Co-Author: Sanjit R. Konda, MD – NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital

  Co-Author: Reza Firoozabadi, MD, MA – University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center

  Group Author: METRC Group

• 3:41 PM - 3:46 PM MST Which Organisms are Associated with Poorer Results in Septic Long Bone Nonunions?
  

  Presenting Author: Kathryn A. Barth, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

  Co-Author: Robert E. Bilodeau, BS – University of Pittsburgh

  Co-Author: Heather Haeberle, MD – UTHealth Houston

  Co-Author: Mark F. Megerian, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

  Co-Author: Craig E. Klinger, MPH (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery

  Co-Author: Gregory V. Schimizzi, MD, PhD – University of Chicago

  Corresponding Author: William M. Ricci, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

• 3:46 PM - 3:51 PM MST Factors Associated with Delayed Presentation of Deep Surgical Site Infection for Pilon and Plateau Fractures: A Secondary Analysis of the VANCO and OXYGEN Studies
  

  Presenting Author / Corresponding Author: Mariel Rickert, MD – R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Co-Author: Christina Stennett, PhD – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Nathan O'Hara, PhD, MHA – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Rachel Honig, MD – R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Co-Author: Anthony R. Carlini, MS – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Renan Castillo, MD – John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  Co-Author: Madhav Karunakar, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center

  Co-Author: Stephen J. Warner, MD, PhD – University of Texas at Houston, McGovern Medical School

  Co-Author: Conor P. Kleweno, MD – University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics

  Co-Author: Robert V. O'Toole, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  Group Author: METRC Group