Planning Committee

Tamara Scerpella , MD, Chair 
Abbey DeBruin, MD 
Amy Vincent  
Geoffrey Baer, MD PhD
Molly Day, MD
Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD
Rebecca Nelson, PA
Courtney Noel, ATC
Lisa Semmann, NP

Visiting Professor 

Brian J. Cole, MD, MBA
Associate Chairman and Professor, Department of Orthopedics, Rush University Medical Center 
Dr. Cole is a Professor in the Department of Orthopedics with a conjoint appointment in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. In 2015, he was appointed as an Associate-Chairman of the Department of Orthopedics at Rush.  In 2011, he was appointed as Chairman of Surgery at Rush Oak Park Hospital. He is the Section Head of the Cartilage Research and Restoration Center at Rush specializing in the treatment of arthritis in young active patients with a focus on regenerative medicine and biologic alternatives to surgery.  He also serves as the head of the Orthopedic Master’s Training Program and trains residents and fellows in sports medicine and research.

Eric J. Cotter, MD 
Sports Medicine & Shoulder Fellow - Midwest Orthopaedic at Rush
Eric Cotter is a sports medicine & shoulder fellow at the Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. He recently completed his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health where he was named Chief Resident in 2022-2023. Prior to completing his residency in orthopedics, he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2018. Prior to his studies at Georgetown, Eric graduated summa cum laude from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in May 2013, with a Bachelors of Science in biomedical sciences.

Conference Presenters

Geoffrey Baer, MD
Brian Cole, MD, MBA
Eric Cotter, MD
Molly Day, MD
Abbey DeBruin, MD
Brian Grogan, MD
Bryan Heiderscheit, PT, PhD
Eric Lee, MD
Lucas McKean, MD
John Orwin, MD
Elise Raney, MD
Tamara Scerpella, MD
Andrea Spiker, MD
Erin Wilson, MD
Alec Winzenried, MD

Policy on Faculty and Sponsor Disclosure

It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, committee members, planners, and other persons who may influence content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers/presenters and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation.

For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated and detailed disclosures are listed below.

*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by, or on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.