Upcoming shoulder surgery courses
For 2024, we are working to organize mix-courses:
– between 50 and 100 praticipants will be able to physically attend the courses at the Clinique Générale d’Annecy.
– Some courses will also be available online for all healthcare professionals who do not wish to travel.
Stryker Course 1
March 7th to 9th, 2024
Cours Smith & Nephew
May 16th to 18th, 2024
Zimmer Biomet Course
Oct. 17th to 19th, 2024
Stryker Course 2
DePuy Synthes Course
Nov. 28th to 30th, 2024
To participate to our courses, please contact your industry delegate.
(ie: to apply for DePuy Courses, please contact your DePuy regional delegate, for the Stryker Courses, contact your Stryker regional delegate, for the Smith & Nephew Courses, contact your Smith & Nephew delegate).
The SECEC Qualification-Committee reviewed ASI (Alps Surgery Institute) application in collaboration with the French National Delegate and has approved our shoulder surgery institute for 5 years.
Fellowships at the Institute have been completed by surgeons from all over the world. The Institute is able to accommodate three types of fellow into its work and educational framework:
– 3 months observership /fellowship,
– 6 months fellowship to take a more active part
– 12 months fellowship to follow up to 500 surgeries
Become an expert
The Alps Surgery Institute (ASI) is an orthoplastic surgery center specializing in limb reconstruction, located in Annecy, France. Founded in 2005 by Dr. Laurent Lafosse, ASI was initially established as an educational hub focused on shoulder surgery.
Today, the institute is chaired by Dr. Thibault Lafosse, although Dr. Laurent Lafosse remains actively involved, contributing as a surgeon, educator, researcher, and co-organizer of numerous educational courses and live surgery events.
At ASI, we believe that our core values rest on three fundamental pillars:
1. The care we provide to our patients.
2. The training we offer to fellow surgeons.
3. The research we conduct to better understand our patients’ conditions, allowing us to continuously adapt and stay at the forefront of innovation.
While our surgical expertise primarily focuses on the upper limb, particularly shoulder and hand surgeries, Dr. Thibault Lafosse has expanded his practice to include brachial plexus, peripheral nerve, and microvascular reconstructive surgeries. ASI handles many complex cases, ranging from trauma to microvascular muscle transplantation aimed at restoring upper and lower limb function thanks to Dr Thibault LAFOSSE and Dr Michael BOUYER’s collaboration (please visit PBMA website for more information).
ASI’s success is made possible by the dedication of many key contributors. Dr. Laurent Lafosse and Babeth Lafosse have been at the helm since its inception, overseeing daily operations and managing the fellowship programs and educational courses. Miss Lydie Reisenthel serves as the practice manager for both Dr. Laurent and Dr. Thibault Lafosse, while also managing the fellows and their research assistants.
The fellowship program at ASI offers opportunities for both short-term observers (less than three months) and long-term participants, who are actively involved in daily activities, whether in the operating theater, clinics, or research. Several fellowship programs are available and vary from clinical to research fellowships.
Dr. Alexander Buijze and Dr. Agathe Kling are integral members of the organizational committee. They are not only skilled surgeons but also educators, guiding the fellows as they rotate among the various surgeons at ASI: view the full team PBMA website.
Every two years, ASI hosts a live surgery event that attracts surgeons from around the globe. This event plays a vital role in advancing patient care and fostering a community of continuous learning and innovation: www.lafosseshoulder-annecy.com.
Finally, ASI benefits from the support of several industrial partners, who dedicate their time and resources to organizing courses, educational programs, and training for surgeons worldwide.
Learn the best shoulder surgery techniques using our video courses platform
You’ve attended one of the Alps Surgery Institute courses? Please login or register to access* all the videos of surgeries recorded during your courses.
* Access will be granted only to participants
Previous Courses
Since the 2018, all courses organized by Alps Surgery Institute will be fully accessible online only for the praticipants.
Our objective is to simplify and modernize the access to the shoulder surgery knowledge by enabling an online unlimited videos replay.
If you’ve participated to one of the previous courses, you can you use the following links to access the videos.
DePuy Synthes Course
November 23th to 25th, 2023
Stryker Course 2
October 5th to 7th, 2023
Smith & Nephew Course
Sept. 28th to 30th, 2023
AAASA 2 - ALT 2
November 22th – 25th, 2022
Stryker Course 3
November 17th – 18th, 2022
Smith & Nephew Course
October 6th – 8th, 2022
Stryker Course 2
June 2nd – 4th, 2022
AAASA 1 - ALT 1
April 5th – 8th, 2022
Stryker Course (Face to face)
November 18th – 20th, 2021
Online Stryker Course 2
June 24th – 25th, 2021
Online Stryker Course 1
Online Stryker Course 2020
Arthro Latarjet Training (ALT)
November 3rd & 4th, 2020
Arthroscopic Arthroplasty Shoulder Academy (AASA)
November 1st – 3rd, 2020
Arthro Latarjet Training (ALT2)
November 19th & 20th, 2019
Arthroscopic Arthroplasty Shoulder Academy (AASA 2)
November 17th – 19th, 2019
Stryker Course 2
October 13th – 15th, 2019
Arthro Latarjet Training (ALT1)
April 2nd-3rd, 2019
Arthroscopic Arthroplasty Shoulder Academy (AASA 1)
March 31st-April 2nd, 2019
Stryker Course 1
March 17th – 18th, 2019
=> Program (.pdf – 1,5 Mo)
Stryker Course 2
November 25th – 27th, 2018
=> Program (.pdf – 1,3 Mo)
Arthro Latarjet Training (ALT2)
November 13th & 14th, 2018
=> Program (.pdf – 1,8 Mo)
Arthroscopic Arthroplasty Shoulder Academy (AASA 2)
November 11th – 13th, 2018
=> Program (.pdf – 2,9 Mo)
CONMED Course
September 23th & 25th, 2018
=> Program (.pdf – 1,4 Mo)
Arthro Latarjet Training (ALT1)
April 24th & 25th, 2018
=> Program (.pdf – 1,8 Mo)
Arthroscopic Arthroplasty Shoulder Academy (AASA 1)
April 22nd – 24th, 2018
Stryker Course 1
March 18th – 20th, 2018
” The 3 days courses were pretty intense and having the opportunity to rewatch the videos is a real benefit!
Simple & easy…
If you’ve attended one of our course, you will automatically receive an invitation email, offering you a connexion link to our website.
Once connected, you’ll have the possibility to replay all the videos recorded during your course.
Courses are delivered at Alps Surgery Institute (ASI)
A basic formula, free of extra charge
FAQ
2018 was the first year we experience the use of an online video platform for displaying our shoulder surgery course. A the moment, the platform main objective is to allow ASI fellows or participants to course to access the videos of all surgery praticed during the course they’ve attended. If you need more details, feel free to contact us using the contact form.