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UCLA Luskin Conference Center - Los Angeles, USA

ISOLS Meeting September 6-9 2022

UCLA Luskin Conference Center - Los Angeles, USA

ISOLS Meeting Sep. 6-9 2022

Welcome Message

Dear colleagues, guests, and friends of ISOLS,

We hope that this message finds you, your family, and your loved ones safe and well during these difficult times.

The International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS) Governing Board has diverse- global representation. As a proud member of this leadership group, I would like to welcome you to Los Angeles, California, the site of the 21st General Meeting of ISOLS. I am excited to host this meeting at the UCLA Luskin Convention Center on the UCLA main campus from 6 to 9 September, 2022.

We are fortunate to have tremendous support from the leadership of UCLA Health to host this event along with many companies with similar expectations. The UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and ISOLS have scheduled an exciting meeting for all those interested in musculoskeletal tumors. It will include presentations on basic science, clinical trials, and translational projects dealing with limb salvage. Problems that have persisted for many years will be a common theme and approaches to solve them will only come from diverse thought processes which are novel.

We are fortunate to have support from the leadership of UCLA, UCLA Health, and UCLA Orthopaedic Surgery to host this event along with many sponsors, corporations, and companies with similar goals. The UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and ISOLS have scheduled an exciting meeting for all those interested in musculoskeletal tumors. It will include presentations on basic science, clinical trials, and translational projects. Musculoskeletal oncologic problems that have persisted for many years will also be a common theme.  These presentations will include approaches to solve them and will only come from diverse thought processes which are novel.

We want to give all attendees a chance to communicate their thoughts in various formats used previously in ISOLS meetings. Plenary lectures, crossfire sessions, symposia, roundtable discussions, and debates will focus on the most current and controversial topics in musculoskeletal oncology. We need time to allow for physicians, scientists, and colleagues to present their ideas and ask provocative questions. Discussions are crucial and, in many circumstances, just as important as the presented material.

We welcome you to Los Angeles, California, and hope your stay is exciting and rewarding to you.

Best regards and safe travels,


Francis J. Hornicek, MD, PHD
President of the ISOLS 2022 General Meeting

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Preliminary Program

Day 1

08:00-21:00   Registration

09:00-16:00   ISOLS Young Surgeons’ Committee Program

16:00-18:00   ISOLS Opening Ceremony, Presidential Address

Opening Remarks

  • Outgoing and incoming presidents
  • UCLA Orthopaedic Surgery Chair
  • President UCLA Health
  • Vice-Chancelor UCLA

Remarks from Honorary Presidents

  • Franklin H. Sim, MD
  • Patrick Boland, MD

Remembrance of Jeffery Eckardt, MD

  • Nickolas Bernthal, MD

UCLA Sarcoma group

  • History: Fred Eilber, MD
  • Surgical advances: Nickolas Bernthal
  • Medical targeted/immunotherapies: Arun Singh, MD
  • Radiation techniques: Anusha Kalbasi, MD

18:00-21:00   ISOLS Welcome Reception

Day 2

08:00-09:00   Scientific Sessions

  • Clinical advances in surgery
  • Limb salvage techniques
  • Osseous Integration
  • Expandable prostheses

09:00-10:00   Scientific Sessions

10:00-10:30   Coffee Break

10:30-12:30   ISOLS Partnership Society: SLATME

12:30-13:00   ISOLS Lectures
Thomas Temple (United States): Infection: worst of all complications 

13:00-14:30   Lunch Break

13:15-14:15     Industry Lunch Symposium: IMPLANTCAST

14:30-16:00   Scientific Sessions, ISOLS Board Meeting

16:00-16:30   Coffee Break

16:30-18:00   Scientific Sessions
Advances in medical and radiation oncology
Jonathan Trent (United States): Advances in Medical Oncology
Raphael Yecheli
(United States): Advances in Radiation Oncology

Day 3

08:00-09:00   Scientific Sessions
Scientific advances: pathology and laboratory basic science investigations

09:00-10:00   Scientific Sessions

10:30-11:00   Coffee Break

11:00-11:30   Key-Note Lecture

11:30-12:30   Women in ISOLS
Val Lewis, MD, and Carol Morris, MD

12:30-13:00   ISOLS Lectures
Robert Hoffman (United States): Translational research advances in sarcoma care

13:00-14:30   Lunch Break

13:30-14:00   Industry Lunch Symposium: STRYKER

14:30-16:00   Scientific Sessions, Outbreak Sessions
Brainstorming: thinking outside the box

16:00-16:30   Coffee Break

16:30-18:00   ISOLS General Assembly

19:30               ISOLS Dinner
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Day 4

ISOLS Run (Mark Scarborough and Matthew DiCaprio)
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08:00-09:00  Scientific Sessions

09:00-10:00   Scientific Sessions

10:00- 10:30   Coffee break

10:30-11:30     Scientific Sessions

11:30- 12:30    Leaders of Industry tell the Future

12:30-13:30     Prizes, Fellowships, Announcements, Closing Ceremony

13:30                Adjourn

A Sponsorship package has been designed to provide the best possible exposure for companies and organizations, in order to present their products and services to the Meeting’s participants.

Feel free to contact us at info@isols2022.org and we will be more than happy to work with you in organizing your participation, to ensure maximum return on your investment.