ARP Annual Conference

Join us in Washington, D.C. for #ARP2024.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in D.C. from August 2nd to 4th, 2024.

With our new Ringside Basics course providing a solid foundation in the fundamentals of ringside medicine, this year’s conference will focus on current issues and advanced topics in ringside medicine.

Join us as we celebrate a successful year and continue our work advancing the art and science of ringside medicine.

Stay at the Grand Hyatt Hotel

This year’s conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Washington, D.C., a four-star hotel conveniently located just steps from the National Mall, the Washington Monument, and the Metro Center station.

 

Preliminary Schedule

Day 1 – Friday, August 2nd, 2024

Round 1
1:00 Introduction to Neuropsych Testing, Cat McGill
1:30 Mouth Guard Sensors Impact Sports, Adam Bartsch
2:00 Clearing an Athlete Post Intracranial Bleed, Peter Warriner
2:30 Cannabis Position Statement, Sam Stelpflug

Round 2
3:30 Panel: The Show Must Go On? – Prefight Cases, Don Muzzi, Abubakr Alfaouri, Elexi Wright
4:30 What Happens in the Ring – Intrabout Cases, Lou Durkin

Fellowship Night
Time and location TBD

Day 2 – Saturday, August 3rd, 2024

Round 3
8:00 ARP Position Statement Update, Part 1, Kevin deWeber
8:30 Lacerations in Combat Sports, Mike Afanasiev
9:00 Combat Sports Athlete Mental Health, Andrea Hill, Angela Lee

Round 4
10:30 Panel: Combat Sports Research, Matthew Aschenbrenner, Matthew Rosenthal, Andrew Larcher, Alex Skylar, Thomas John, John Neidecker, Maciej Gracz
11:30 What Happens in the Ring – Intrabout Cases, Lou Durkin
12:30 ARP Business Meeting

ARP Banquet
6:00 Association of Ringside Physicians Banquet

Saturday Night Fight Watching Party
8:00 Location TBD

Day 3 – Sunday, August 4th, 2024

Round 5
8:00 ARP Position Statement Update, Part 2, Kevin deWeber
8:30 Orbit/Mandible Fractures, Carlo Guevara
9:00 Ortho Deep Dive: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion, Taesung Kim
9:30 The Mystery of Chessboxing, Matt Thomas

Round 6
10:30 Panel: The Show Must Go On? – Prefight Cases, Taesung Kim, Shergil Zahid, Ethan McDonald, Joshua Culberson
11:30 What Happens in the Ring – Intrabout Cases, Lou Durkin
12:30 ARP Board Review, Larry Lovelace

ARP Board Exam
2:00 Location TBD