The Boise Monthly Sports Medicine Conferences provide continuing education for ATs, PTs, RNs, PAs, FNPs, and physicians who have an interest in or provide medical coverage for athletes. A strict emphasis is placed on evidence-based approaches to care and management of these patients. There is no fee for attendance of the monthly sports medicine conference series.

The conference is accredited by the Ada Canyon Medical Education Consortium. BOC EBP credits are offered to ATs. PTs and RNs can also obtain continuing education credits from their respective governing bodies. CME/CEU are provided at one (1) contact hour per conference.

The Monthly Conference series is sponsored by St Luke’s Sports Medicine through faculty and staffing resources. Conferences will generally be held on the second Thursday of each month, 7:00-8:00 a.m., January through December, with a break during the summer months; June, July, and August. To protect the health of our participants, conferences are held virtually via Microsoft Teams.

2022-2023 St. Luke's Sports Medicine Monthly Conference Schedule

• September 8, 2022: Gait and Postural Abnormalities, Sports-Related Concussion
  • Rachel Johnson, PhD, ATC - Post-doctoral Research, Boise State University
• October 13, 2022: Pediatric Concussion
  • Samantha Cragg, MD - St. Luke's Children's 
• November 10, 2022: Sports Nutrition
  • Erin Green, RD - Erin Green Racing & Nutrition
• December 8, 2022: Emerging Therapeutic Practice
  • Eric Tamura, PT - Gridiron Physical Therapy
• January 12, 2023: St. Luke’s ATC Residency Case Studies
  • Brett Fox, MS, LAT, ATC - Patellar Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation
  • Aobakew Malau, MAT, LAT, ATC - ACL Construction in the Prepubescent Population
• February, 9, 2023: Meniscal Injuries and Surgical Intervention
  • James Beckmann, MD - St. Luke's Orthopedics
• March 9, 2023: Hip/Knee Joint Replacement Surgery
  • Brad Daines, MD - The Idaho Clinic
• April 13, 2023: Brachial Plexus Injuries
  • Ketan Sharma, MD - St. Luke's Orthopedics
• May 11, 2023: Shoulder Instability
  • Michael Curtin, MD - St. Luke's Sports Medicine
  • JJ Wetherington, ATC - St. Luke's Sports Medicine

Programming Team

• James Beckmann, MD - Medical Director
• Kurt Nilsson, MD - Content
• Tim Nicolello, MS, LAT, ATC - Continuing Education, Content Planning