North Jersey Workers’ Compensation Educational Seminar 2025

After a pause, the North Jersey Workers’ Compensation Educational Seminar returns, co-hosted by The Advanced Spine Center and Tri-County Orthopedics. Once one of North Jersey’s most highly anticipated events, the seminar is back—this time at a new location, the elegant Park Avenue Club in Florham Park.

As the only workers’ compensation seminar of its kind in North Jersey, this two-day event brings together leading medical experts, industry professionals, and more than 25 exhibitors eager to showcase their latest resources and services.

Enjoy dynamic sessions, valuable networking, and special extras—including a Thursday evening cocktail reception and dinner buffet, Friday’s hot breakfast and lunch, raffle prizes, and the chance to earn up to 6 CCMs or CNEs (pending approval).

Thursday, October 23rd

Charles A. Gatto, MD – The Advanced Spine Center

Failed Back Syndrome (FBSS)  – Learning From Failed Back Cases

• Determine Strategies for the Avoidance of FBSS
• Understand the Indications and Limitations of Surgical Intervention
• Determine the Proper Work-Up of a Patient with Post-Operative Symptoms
• Understand the Options for Treatment of the True FBSS Patient

Friday, October 23rd

Tri-County Orthopedics Panel 

Stephen A. Hunt, MD – Presenter

Wayne A. Colizza, MD, Andrew A. Willis, MD, David M. Epstein, MD

Knee Giving You Problems? A Case-Based Approach to Workers’ Compensation for Knee Injuries

• Understand relevant Knee anatomy & Common Workplace knee injuries
• Discuss complexity of determining causality of knee injuries
• Discuss Management of knee injuries (Non-surgical and Surgical)
• Discuss return to work progressions

David M. Epstein, MD – Tri-County Orthopedics

 Ankle Injuries: Evaluation, Management, Surgical Indications, & Return to Work Guidelines

• Assess severity and grade of ankle sprains, fractures and syndesmotic injuries
• Identify appropriate surgical indications for non-operative & operative management 
• Review guidelines and timeframe for ankle sprains, fractures and syndesmotic injuries

Tri-County Orthopedics Panel 

Charles Wang, MD – Presenter

Andrew A. Willis, MD, Wayne A. Colizza, MD, David M. Epstein, MD, Stephen A. Hunt, MD

That’s the Way the Shoulder Crumbles: Top Workplace Shoulder Injuries

• Discuss top shoulder injuries in the workplace
• Understand nonoperative and operative treatment options for common shoulder injuries
• Discuss rehabilitation protocols for common shoulder injuries
• Understand injury prognoses and general return to work timelines  

Charles A. Gatto, MD – Moderator

Ian W. Wendel, DO, Philip J. Rubinfeld, MD, Jennifer H. Yanow, MD     

Interventional Physiatry and Pain Management in the Treatment of Spine and Related Musculoskeletal Conditions

• Understand the Role for Physiatry and Pain Management in Diagnosis and Treatment
• Determine the Diagnostic and Treatment Utility for Different Interventional Procedures 
• Discuss the Role for Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) in Palliative Pain Care 

Penelope Caamaño, Esq – Capehart Scatchard

Legal Updates in Workers Compensation

• Learn how the Parking Lot Amendment effects the Premises Rule
• Learn what revisions were made to the Strokes and Heart Attacks Statute
• Understand how the COVID Presumption impacts Essential Employees