2020 KOPA Annual Meeting

2021 KOPA Annual Meeting

June 12, 2020
The meeting will be held online.
Details will be available shortly.
Please make sure you are signed up for the KOPA email newsletter.

Meeting will be held June 2021.
Date will be announced shortly.

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2019 KOPA Annual Meeting
Friday, June 14, 2019
​Hyatt Regency Lexington
Lexington, Kentucky

KOPA will NOT be having a 2019 fall meeting.
The June meeting will be a combined clinical/technical event. 
​Meeting Fees
KOPA Members - 125.00 & 60.00 dues
Technicians - 100.00
Non Members - 200.00
Exhibitors - 600.00 table - 2 exhibitors per table

​Thursday, ​June 13, 2019 - 1 exhibit hall credit
3:00pm-6:00pm Exhibitor Set Up
NEW FOR 2019!
6:00pm-8:00pm Welcome Reception in the ​Exhibitor Hall with Exhibitors!

Friday, June 14, 2019 - 7.5 credits

7:30am-8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am Welcome, Andrew Domb, CPO/L, KOPA President
8:00am-9:30am General Sessions - Medicare Success Through Education, Ashley DeCoteau, CGS, Jurisdiction B
9:30am-10:00am ​ Functional Solutions for Partial Hand Amputations, Hannah Smith, Naked Prosthetics

10:00am-10:30am AM Coffee Break with Exhibitors 

10:30am-12:00pm General Sessions - Creating Meaningful Lower Limb Prosthetic Outcomes: Preliminary Findings of a 12-Month Pilot, Brian Gustin, CP, Forensic Prosthetic & Orthotic Consulting Services
10:30am-12:00pm Tech Talk – Fabrication Troubleshooting, Daniel Hickey, Bulldog Tools
10:30am-12:00pm Practice Management - Preparing Your Practice for Sale, Don Hardin

12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch with Exhibitors
Breakouts Sessions
1:00pm-2:30pm CAD/CAM Technology for Lower Limb Orthotics, Ray Speelman, CP, COF, WillowWood
1:00pm-2:30pm Lower Limb Prosthetics - Bionic Technology by Ossur!, Wayne Fichtel, CP, Ossur

2:30pm-3:00pm PM Snack Break with Exhibitors
Exhibitor Tear Down at 3:00pm

Breakout Sessions
3:00pm-5:00pm All Carbon AFOs are NOT Created Equal andThe Next Generation of Carbon AFOs, Noel Chladek, CO
3:00pm-5:00pm (continued) Lower Limb Prosthetics - Bionic Technology by Ossur!, Wayne Fichtel, CP

Exhibit Hall Only Registration

• Don't need anymore credits for 2019?
• Have patients and can't take Friday off?
• Need to stay and cover the office but still want to see all your favorite exhibitors (and some new ones)?

Register for Exhibit Hall Only for only $55.00.
Note - You are eligible to receive Exhibit Hall credit for attending the Exhibit Hall and completing a passbook on Thursday evening!
AND you are also eligible to participate in the $100.00 Amazon Gift Card raffle for completing your passbook!
Register for Thursday evening's Exhibit Hall Kick Off Reception at the Hyatt Regency Lexington with the Exhibit Hall Only option.


Administrative/Non-Clinical (No CEUs) Registration
Discounted registration rate for admin/billing/management/customer service/purchasing - ANYONE who does not require continuing education credits. Join us on Friday, June 14th for the day but don't forget to attend Thursday evening's Exhibit Hall Kick Off Reception at the Hyatt Regency Lexington for only $55.00 for Thursday night and all day Friday, includes all breaks and lunch.
You are still eligible to enter the $100.00 Amazon Gift Card raffle for completing your Exhibit Hall passbook - even if you do not need credits!

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2018 KOPA Annual Meeting
Friday, November 2, 2018
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE CENTER
1500 Alliant Avenue
Louisville, KY 40241
IWU's Louisville Education Center is conveniently located in the east end of Louisville off of I-64. The center is 20 minutes from downtown Louisville. From I-64, take Exit 17/Blankenbaker Parkway (South). Go 1/2 mile to the first stop light, Bluegrass Parkway (East), and turn left. Go one block to the first cross street, Alliant Avenue (North), and turn left. Go 1/2 mile to IWU, on the left between the Holiday Inn Express and Sam's Club.

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Agenda

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2018
7:00am - Exhibitor Set Up
7:30am-8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:00am-9:00am General Sessions

• Welcome and Introductions, Rob Pinkston, CPO, KOPA President
• Bluegrass Community & Technical College presentation on the possibility of offering an Orthotic & Prosthetic Technology program
• KY O&P Licensure Board Update (tentative)

9:00am-10:00am Breakout Sessions
Orthotics - TBA   
Prosthetics - Bone-Anchored Prosthetics – Eliminating the Socket, Kurt Collier, CP
Pedorthics - The Shifting Paradigms of the Pedorthic Practice; Cast-to-Custom vs Central Fab vs Prefab, Dennis Janisse, CPed
Practice Management – Speaker will be Dan Heidemann
10:00am-10:30am Break with Exhibitors
10:30am-12:30pm Breakout Sessions
Orthotics – Phat Braces, Energy Storing AFO Certification Course, Noel Chladek, CO
Prosthetics – What’s your Terrain?  Transcending K2 Boundaries with the All-Terrain Knee, 
Nick Vogel, CP
Pedorthics - The Diabetic Foot, Why Is It a Challenge? Dennis Janisse, CPed
Practice Management - Best Practices Created Through Peer Collaboration: 6 Pillars, Paul Prusakowski, CPO
12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch with Exhibitors
1:30pm-2:30pm Breakout Sessions
Orthotics – Phat Braces, Energy Storing AFO Certification Course continued, Noel Chladek, CO
Prosthetics – Alternatives to Carbon Fiber, single stage laminations with built in alignment and airtight locks, Jennifer Fayter
Pedorthics - Modalities for Fall Prevention in Our Geriatric Population, Dennis Janisse, CPed
Practice Management – Is your business playing Whack-A-Mole or Duck Duck Goose? Paul Prusakowski, CPO
2:30pm-3:00pm Break with Exhibitors - Exhibitor Tear Down at 3:00pm
3:00pm-5:00pm Breakout Sessions
Orthotics - TBA
Prosthetics - iFit Transtibial Prosthesis Workshop – Immediate Fit, Innovative Technology, Josh Mullins
Pedorthics - Technology in Pedorthics, The role technologies play in assessment, design, production and evaluation, Jon Fogg
Practice Management - Tackling the Challenges of Today's Reimbursement Climate,
Nicole Burns, MBA-HM, CPOA

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2019 Abstract Submission Form

Interested in serving on the KOPA Board?

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2018 KOPA Technical Meeting
May 4, 2018
Kenney Orthopedic Central Fabrication Facility
208 Normandy Ct
Nicholasville, KY 40356

8:00am-8:30am Registration and Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30am Welcome and Introductions, Rob Pinkston, CPO, LPO KOPA President
8:30am-9:30am How to Achieve Your Fabrication Goals, Daniel Hickey, Bulldog Tools
9:30am-10:30am Fabrication of the New Becker Modular Systems, Steve Hill, BOCO, Becker Orthopedics
10:30am-10:45am Break with Exhibitors 
10:45am-11:45pm Alternative to Carbon Fiber using Coyote Composite, Russell Bartlett, Jr., CPOA, Coyote Design
 11:45pm-12:15pm Lunch with Exhibitors
12:15pm-1:15pm Future Tech! A Glimpse into Emerging Technologies, Steve Hill, BOCO, CO,Delphi Ortho
2:15-2:30 Break with Exhibitors
2:30pm-4:30pm WillowWood® One System- TT, Andy Marsland, LPO, BOCPO, CP, WillowWood

Our 2018 Tech Program Sponsors

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2017 KOPA Annual Meeting
November 3, 2017
Indiana Wesleyan University Education and Conference Center
2530 Sir Barton Way, Suite 200
Lexington, KY 40509

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PRELIMINARY AGENDA
(subject to change without notice)
7 credits
Thursday, ​November ​2, ​2017
12:00pm-5:30pm Bourbon Trail Tour
5:30pm-7:30pm ​Exhibitor ​Set ​Up


7:30am-8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:00am-9:00am General Sessions

• Welcome and Introductions, Shayne Adkins, CP, LP KOPA President
• BOC’s Customer Service Journey… And Yours, Brad Watson, BOCO, BOCP, LPO, and Claudia Zacharias, MBA, CAE; BOC
• KY Board of Prosthetics, Orthotics & Pedorthics Update, Paul Hatcher, CPO/LPO

9:00am-10:00am Breakout Sessions

• O: Myoelectric Orthoses, Jon Naft, CO, MYOMO
• P: 3D Printing in O&P, Is It Disruptive? Greg Popp, Create O&P
• Tech: Problem Solving Solutions for O&P, Dan Hickey, Bulldog Tools

10:00am-10:30am Break with Exhibitors

10:30am-12:30pm Breakout Sessions

• O: The Partial Foot, What, Why and How to Manage It, Dennis Janisse, CPed
• P: WillowWood One System Certification Course, Bill Maramas, CPO (AUS0
• Tech: Form Follows Function - Hands On, Jon Fogg, nora systems

12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch with Exhibitors

1:30pm-2:30pm Breakouts Sessions

• O: Recognizing the Many Causes of Heel Pain and How to Treat Them, Dennis Janisse, CPed
• P: Pattern Recognition: Enhanced, Intuitive Myoelectric Control for Upper Limb Prosthetics, Jodie O'Connell-Ponkos
• Tech:Utilizing 3D Printing, Greg Popp

2:30pm-3:00pm Break with Exhibitors (Exhibitor Tear Down at 3:00pm)
3:00pm-5:00pm General Sessions

• Not IF but WHEN! What Everyone Needs to Know About Cyber Security, Don Foley, Cailor Fleming
• Materials Management: The Hidden Product Cost Factor, Darren Donnelly, CO,MBA; OPIE

Exhibitor Fee: $500.00 (One 6ft table, one exhibitor)
KOPA Member Fee: $125.00 (KOPA membership dues of $60.00 will be added to KOPA member registrations.)
KOPA NonMember Fee: $185.00
Technician Fee: $125.00

Fee includes the following meals:
Continental Breakfast
AM Break
Lunch
PM Break

Titanium Sponsor

Aluminum Sponsors

Our Exhibitors (as of October 30, 2017)
Allard USA
​ALPS South
Bulldog Tools
Cailor Fleming Insurance
Cascade Orthopedic Supply
Clinical Education Concepts
​Coapt
College Park Industries
Comfort Products
​Create O&P
Endolite
Fillauer
​Freedom Innovations - Beverage Sponsor!
Orthomerica
​Ottobock
Spinal Technology
SPS
Thermo-Ply
Thuasne
​WillowWood

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2016 Educational Symposium
​DoubleTree Suites Lexington
2601 Richmond Road
Lexington, KY

October 21, 2016
7:30-8:00 - Registration

8:00-8:15 - Opening Remarks, Natalie Brown, CPO-L, KOPA President

8:15-8:30 - Licensing Update, Paul Hatcher, CPO-L, Chair of the KBPOP Board

8:30-8:45 - Amputee Coalition, Melanie Miller, Coalition Representative

8:45-9:45 - Outcome Measures, Sam Brouillette, CPO-L, SPS

9:45-10:30 - Break with Exhibitors

10:30-12:00 - Endolite Presentation, Jacqueline Valdez, CO, BOCP

12:00-1:00 - Lunch with Vendors

1:00-2:45 - Control Your Marketing Message, Tom McGovern, CEC

2:45-3:15 - Break with Exhibitors
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3:15-4:15 - Breakout Session A
New Advancements in Foot/Ankle Systems, Haley Branch, CPO
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3:15-4:15 - Breakout Session B
Management of Charcot Foot, Dennis Janisse, CPed

2016 KOPA Tech Program 
COPC Central Fab
4350-A Robards Lane
Louisville, KY 40218

May 3, 2016 - Orthotic Focus
8-8:30 - Breakfast/Cascade Welcome & Introduction

8:30-10:00 - Trulife "Customization Options for Carbon Fiber AFO's"

10:30-12:00 - Becker "Fabrication of the New Becker Modular Systems"

12:00-1:00 - Lunch

1:00-2:00 - Delphi Ortho "New Technologies in O&P"

2:00-2:30 - Break

2:30-3:30 - Allard "C4C mold-to-patient LSO"
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3:30-4:00 - Break

4:00-5:00 - Allard "Multimotion Joint Fabrication"

May 4, 2016 - Prosthetic Focus
​8-8:30 - Breakfast/Cascade Welcome

8:30-9:30 - Bulldog "How to Achieve Your Goals in Fabrication"

9:30-10:00 - Break

10:00-11:30 - Trulife "New Technologies in Prosthetics"

11:30-12:30 - Lunch

12:30-2:00 - Nick Gambill "Fabrication of Posterior Mounted Foot"

2:00-2:30 - Break
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2:30-5:00 - Click Medical "Fabrication of Adjustable AK Socket Utilizing BOA Technology"

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2015 Educational Symposium
Hilton Garden Inn
2735 Crittenden Drive
Louisville, KY

Non-KOPA Member $185.00
KOPA Member $125.00
KOPA Member Early Bird $100.00
​KOPA Membership $60.00

October 23, 2015
​6.25 CEUs for Orthotic Track; 7 CEUs for Prosthetic Track
7:30-8:00 - Registration

8:00-8:15 - Opening Remarks, Tony Ward, CPO-L, KOPA President

8:15-8:30 - Legislative Update, Libby Milligan, McCarthy Strategic Strategies

8:30-8:45 - Licensing Update, Sienna Newman, CPO-L, Chair of the KPOP Board

8:45-9:45 - Running a Successful Clinic, Matthew Nelson, CPO-L, Freedom Innovations

9:45-10:30 - Break with Exhibitors

10:30-12:00 - Session One - Orthotic & Prosthetic Tracks

12:00-12:30 - Jurisprudence Exam

12:30-1:15 - Lunch with Exhibitors

1:15-2:45 - Session Two - Orthotic & Prosthetic Tracks

2:45-3:15 Break with Exhibitors
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3:15-4:30 - Session Three - Orthotic Track
3:15-5:15 Session Three - Prosthetic Track

Course Descriptions

Orthotic Track
Session One
Treating the Adult Scoliosis Patient, Gavin Hassell, CO, Aspen Medical
Session Two 
From Stance Control to the Orthotic Mobility System, Liz Hillman, MEd, LCPO, Ottobock
Session Three
Spinal Overview, Basic Terminology, Landmarks, Pathologies, and Measuring for the Appropriate Orthosis as well as Fitting for Kyphosis and Scoliosis, George "Sandy" Hargrave, CO, Spinal Tech

Prosthetic Track
 Session One 
Mechatronic Systems: Solutions for Optimal Patient Outcomes with X3, Genium, C-Leg4, and Triton Smart Ankle, Liz Hillman, MEd, LCPO, Ottobock
​Session Two
Teaching Your Patients to Run, Matthew Nelson, CPO-L, Freedom Innovations
Session Three
WillowWood One Transfemoral Socket System, Bill Marmaras, CPO, WillowWood

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2014 Educational Symposium
DoubleTree Suites
2601 Richmond Road
Lexington, KY 40509

October 17, 2014 - 6.5 CEUs
7:30-8:00 - Registration

8:00-8:15 - Opening Remarks, Stephen Frick, CPO-L, KOPA President

8:15-10:15 - New Perspectives in Functional Gait Biomechanics, Andrew Carroll, CO, Allard 

10:15-10:45 - Break with Exhibitors

10:45-11:00 - Legislative Update, Libby Milligan, McCarthy Strategic Solutions

11:00-11:15 - Licensing Update, Sienna Newman, CPO-L, Chair of the KPOP Board

11:15-11:45 - Jurisprudence Exam

11:45-12:30 - Lunch

12:30-2:15 - Outcomes Measures Aiding Documentation, Sam Brouillette, C, CFo, SPS Clinical Services

2:15-2:45 - Break with Exhibitors
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2:45-4:00 - Outcomes Measures Aiding Documentation, Sam Brouillette, C, CFo, SPS Clinical Services

2014 KOPA Tech Program
COPC Central Fab
4350-A Robarts Lane
​Louisville, KY 40218

​WHEN:  Friday, May 9th, 2014 - 9:00am-5:00pm
WHAT:  Current Concepts in Orthotic and Prosthetic Fabrication
COST:  $150
AGENDA
8:30-9:00am - Introduction of KY Board of Directors/Agenda & Safety Protocol

9:00-10:30am -  Diagnostic Socket Fabrication Utilizing Crystal Ringmaster Technology, Daniel Hickey, Technical Fabrication Manager - Bulldog Tools

10:30-11:00am - Break

11:00-12:00pm - ProComp; Carbon Infused Polypropylene Prepreg Sheet Material, Brad Mattear, CPA, CFO - Cascade Orthopedic Supply

12:00-1:00pm - Lunch

1:00-3:00pm - Spectracarb with High Vacuum Sockets, Peter Panuncialman, CPOA - Comfort Products

3:00-3:30pm - Break

3:30-4:30pm - Orthotic Component Overview, Russ Hornfisher , Director of Sales & Marketing - Becker Orthopedic
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4:30-5:00pm - Program Q&A -  Speaker Panel

Continental breakfast will be provided from 8:30-9:00am during registration and lunch will be provided from 12:00pm-1:00pm.

Our 2014 Program Sponsors

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2013 Educational Symposium and Licensure Update
Churchill Downs
Louisville, KY

November 7, 2013 - 4 CEUs
7:30-8:00 - Registration and breakfast
8:00-10:00 - Richard Sainz, MA, CP with Ability Dynamics discussing the new RUSH foot.
10:00-12:00 - Liz Hillen, MEd, CPO-L with Ottobock discussing Functional Differences Among Stance Control Knee Ankle Foot Orthoses
12:00-1:00 - Terri Ross, Lead Advocate for Amputee Coalition discussing Amputee Parity
1:00 - Lunch, Vendors, Auction and Races