Annual Meeting 2026

The 2026 meeting will take place in-person on July 29-31, 2026 at the Snowpine Lodge in Alta, Utah. The address is 10420 Little Cottonwood Road, Alta, Utah 84092

Wednesday, July 29

7:30-9:15 am       SABR Visiting Professors @ University of Utah

Drew Ross: “The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Bone Marrow Edema in the Foot and Ankle”

Stacy Smith: “Sacroiliitis and Mimics”

4:30-5:30 pm       Meeting of the Executive Committee + Subcommittee Chairs

Lobby bar, Snowpine Lodge

5:30-6:30 pm       Executive Committee Meeting

Thursday, July 30

7:00 – 8:00 am        Breakfast served

8:00 – 8:10 am        Robert Boutin, President - Opening remarks

New SABR Members Session

8:10 - 8:25 am         Megan Mills: “Utah: Peak happiness”

8:25 - 8:40 am         Mike Forney: “Digital Intervention”

8:40 - 8:45 am         Formal Induction Ceremony for New SABR Members

8:45 - 9:00 am         Break

What to eat for breakfast and how to be happy

9:00 - 9:15 am       Thomas Link: “Ultra-processed foods are bad for your muscles    

   and joints”

9:15 - 9:30 am        Stacy Smith: “L'Esprit de Corps: How to bring back faculty   

    engagement and a sense of belonging in the increasingly     

    remote workforce “        

9:30 - 9:50 am         Break

Radiology through the ages

9:50 - 10:05 am     Andrew Ross “Generative AI for the "Lost Generation": A

 Luddite’s Guide to the Next Academic Frontier”

10:05 - 10:20 am   Christopher Beaulieu “How Stella got her Vibe on”

10:20 - 10:35 am   Robert Boutin "Meniscus Matters: Building a Rosetta Stone  

                                     from the Tower of Babel Rubble"

10:35 - 10:50 am   Leon Lenchik “Doctors and X-rays in Classic Literature:

  Unsystematic Review” 

10:50 - 11:10 am   Break

Shoulder imaging into the future

11:10 – 11:25 am   Derek Davis: “Supraspinatus tendon quality across the lifespan    

    on clinical MRI: What should we expect?”

11:25 – 11:40 am   Nicks Kumaravel : “Subacromial bursal implantation in         

 rotator cuff repair”

Food for thought

11:40 – 11:50 am   Stephen Hatem: “MSK Alumni Outreach”

11:50 – 12:00 pm   Kambiz Motamedi: “The unconference”

12:00 pm                 First day adjourns

7:00 pm ANNUAL DINNER @Swen’s, Snowpine Lodge

Friday, July 31

7:00 – 8:00 am     Breakfast served      

8:00 – 9:00 am     Business Meeting

09:00 – 09:20                      *** OFFICIAL SABR 2026 PHOTO***

9:20 – 9:40 am      Emeritus Award for Junior Faculty

          Eddy Dirk Zandee van Rilland: “Spine MRI with MARS in the  

                                  Real World: SABR Survey of Clinical Protocol Adoption, Utility,

 and Unmet Expectations”

Lumps and germs

9:40 – 9:55 am     Mark Murphey: “Imaging of Dermatofibrosarcoma    

                                   Protuberans with Fibrosarcomatous Transformation with

   Pathologic Correlation”

9:55 – 10:10 am  Laura Fayad: “MRI of Acute Osteomyelitis of the Pediatric

   Extremity : Does Intravenous Contrast Medium Improve

   Diagnostic Performance?”

10:10 – 10:30 am    Break

Needle know how

10:30 – 10:45 am  Donna Blankenbaker: "Baker cyst aspiration and injection,  

                                    steroid location: does it matter?"

10:45 – 11:00 am   Shivani Ahlawat “MR-Guided Percutaneous Muscle Biopsy in

            Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies: A Feasibility Study"  

11:00 – 11:15 am   Barry Hansford: "Intraosseous lesions with extraosseous

extension of tumor: Is it really necessary to biopsy both the

bone and soft tissue components to maximize diagnostic yield?"

11:15 – 11:30 am   Break

The Last Word

11:30 - 11:45 am   Mike Mulligan: “Relax Your Tight End”

11:45 – 12:00 pm   Bob Lopez: “Unconference 2.0:  It’s Over When It’s Over”,

     featuring The Lightsaber Awards

12:00 pm                 Robert Boutin, President - Closing remarks