Robert B. Anderson, MD

Director of Foot and Ankle
Titletown Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics
Associate Team Physician, Green Bay Packers Titletown Sports Medicine and Orthopedics

The founding orthopaedic surgeon of the O.L. Miller Foot and Ankle Institute of OrthoCarolina in Charlotte, North Carolina, practicing there since 1989. Recently joined the Titletown Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Clinic in Green Bay. Fellowship trained in foot and ankle disorders (Dr John Gould, Milwaukee WI ’88) with a large experience in sport related injuries. Served as a team orthopaedist to the Carolina Panthers from 2000-2017 and now an associate team physician to the Green Bay Packers. Has served as the chairman of the Foot and Ankle Subcommittee for the NFL since 2003. Recently named the co-chair of the NFL’s Musculoskeletal Committee, overseeing all orthopaedic injuries and research in professional football. Is an active consultant to a number of NFL/NBA/NHL/MLB teams and colleges.
Co-founder of the OrthoCarolina Foot and Ankle Fellowship program. Chief of the Foot and Ankle Service at Carolinas Medical Center from 1989-2015. Anderson is also a past-president of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. Co-editor of the 9th edition of Mann’s: Surgery of the Foot and Ankle; former Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery; associate editor/reviewer for JBJS, JAAOS, FAI, AJSM and numerous other peer-review publications and author/editor of numerous chapters and manuscripts.
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and attended the University of Mississippi where he was inducted into their Hall of Fame.

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All Sessions by Robert B. Anderson, MD

Time	Program	Topic	Faculty
Wednesday, December 11, 2019: Foot & Ankle
2:20 PM - 2:20 PM (0 min)	Debate: 19-Year-Old Field Hockey Player Who Slipped On The Artificial Turf Now With A Syndesmotic Ligament Injury: What I Use In The Operating Room	Foot & Ankle	Robert B. Anderson, MD
2:20 PM - 2:26 PM (6 min)	Pro: Old School Syndesmosis Rigid Fixation Works Great, I Am Not Changing	Foot & Ankle	Mark E. Easley, MD
2:26 PM - 2:32 PM (6 min)	Pro: Old Man, Suture Fixation Technqiues For The Syndesmosis Is Much Better	Foot & Ankle	Troy S. Watson, MD
2:39 PM - 2:59 PM (20 min)	Lightening Round: Put The Professor In The Hot Box - Case Presentations For Ankle Instability	Foot & Ankle	Case Panel ModeratorsA. Holly Johnson, MD Martin O'Malley, MDCase PanelA. Holly Johnson, MD Kenneth Hunt, MD Thomas H. Lee, MD Mark E. Easley, MD Robert B. Anderson, MDPeter G. Mangone, MD Monika Volesky, MDCM FRCSC Troy S. Watson, MD Selene G. Parekh, MD, MBA
3:40 PM - 4:05 PM (25 min)	Case Presentations With Questions & Answers: Complex & Unusual Ankle Fractures: How I Fix No Theory Please	Foot & Ankle	Case Panel ModeratorAlastair S. Younger, MB, ChB, MSc, ChM, FRCS(C)Case PanelMaCalus V. Hogan, MD Peter G. Mangone, MD James A. Nunley, MD, MS Martin O'Malley, MD Robert B. Anderson, MDPhinit Phisitkul, MD A. Holly Johnson, MD Thomas H. Lee, MD Troy S. Watson, MD James W. Stone, MD
4:30 PM - 4:30 PM (0 min)	Panel: 45-Year-Old Recreational Tennis Player With The Dreaded Pop On Match Point	Foot & Ankle	Panel Moderator Robert B. Anderson, MD
4:30 PM - 4:37 PM (7 min)	Pro: Nonoperative Treatment Gives Best Results: I Am Not Canadian - Read The Literature	Foot & Ankle	Kenneth Hunt, MD
4:37 PM - 4:44 PM (7 min)	Pro: Traditional Open Repair Avoids The Re-Rupture	Foot & Ankle	Gregory C. Berlet, MD, FRCS(C), FAOA
4:44 PM - 4:51 PM (7 min)	Pro: Minimally Invasive Techniques: The Technology Is Here - Stop The Silliness	Foot & Ankle	Troy S. Watson, MD
5:27 PM - 5:35 PM (8 min)	Turf Toe: How I Make The Diagnosis, What I Do With My Athletes	Foot & Ankle	Robert B. Anderson, MD
5:35 PM - 5:35 PM (0 min)	Debate: 24-Year-Old Division 1 Senior Football Player With Acute Turf Toe With The SEC Championship 6 Weeks Away	Foot & Ankle	Debate Moderator Martin O'Malley, MD
5:35 PM - 5:41 PM (6 min)	Pro: He Is Playing With Nonoperative Treatment	Foot & Ankle	Michael J. Coughlin, MD
5:41 PM - 5:47 PM (6 min)	Pro: He Is Out! Bite The Bullet, He Needs Long Term Function - Be The Hated Person	Foot & Ankle	Robert B. Anderson, MD
6:18 PM - 6:48 PM (30 min)	AOFAS President's Challenge	Foot & Ankle	Case Panel ModeratorsThomas H. Lee, MD Mark Glazebrook, MSc, PhD, MD, FRCS(C)Case PanelMichael J. Coughlin, MD James A. Nunley, MD, MS Keith L. Wapner, MD Robert B. Anderson, MDJudith F. Baumhauer, MD, MPH J. Chris Coetzee, MD, Mb, ChB
Thursday, December 12, 2019: Foot & Ankle
8:31 AM - 8:56 AM (25 min)	Case Presentations With Questions And Answers: Complications In Ankle Arthritis, The Failed Total Ankle Replacement, Osteochondral Defects & More	Foot & Ankle	Case Panel ModeratorAlastair S. Younger, MB, ChB, MSc, ChM, FRCS(C)James W. Stone, MDCase PanelRobert B. Anderson, MD Mark E. Easley, MD Troy S. Watson, MD Gregory C. Berlet, MD, FRCS(C), FAOA Phinit Phisitkul, MD Keith L. Wapner, MD Mark Glazebrook, MSc, PhD, MD, FRCS(C)Timothy R. Daniels, MD, FRCSC George B. Holmes, Jr., MD A. Holly Johnson, MD
11:30 AM - 11:37 AM (7 min)	Evolving Technique: The 18-Year-Old Army Recruit With Pain Over The Navicular: Treating Stress Fractures With ORIF Versus Biologic Augmentation	Foot & Ankle	Robert B. Anderson, MD

2019 Ortho Summit