#AAHKS2026 Concludes

The General Session of the 2026 AAHKS Annual Meeting resumed this morning. Bryan D. Springer, MD, First Vice President of The Hip Society, reported on the organization’s history and invited AAHKS attendees to attend its upcoming Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (CCJR) Conference in December. Craig J. Della Valle, MD, President of The Knee Society, provided updates on the organization’s growth since its founding in 1983 and plans for Specialty Day 2026. David Novikov, MD, and Niall H. Cochrane, MD, the 2025-2026 American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) Research Fellows, provided reports on their individual projects. This year’s AAHKS Health Policy Fellow Reports were given by David N. Kugelman, MD, on ” Quality-Adjusted Life Year Gains after Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Review of Cost-Effectiveness Evidence and Policy Implications”; Drake G. LeBrun, MD, MPH on ” Small Wins in Clinic, Big Losses in the OR: Office-Based Gains Fail to Offset Procedural Cuts in the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule”; and Hunter S. L. Warwick, MD, on ” The Shift to Outpatient Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: Perioperative Work has Not Changed.” Symposium VII, “PJI Controversies: Winning Tough Cases Without Making the Wrong Move,” along with Papers 39-57 were presented this morning, concluding the educational program for 2026.