UConn Orthopaedic Forum

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and Orthopaedic Surgery
 
Speaker: Michael T. Freehill, M.D.
Title: "This Week in Baseball: Thoughts on the UCL, Injuries, and the Ball Itself"
Date: February 4th, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM- 7: 00 PM EST
Location: Cell & Genome Sciences Building, 400 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06032
 
Session Attendance Code: HOMROS
 
Session Learning Objectives:  Participants will (be able to):
  1. Discuss one of the biggest issues in sports medicine. The epidemic of throwing elbow injuries.
  2. Describe improved knowledge base of pitching guidelines and where the limitations may lie.
  3. Illustrate the flexor-pronator mass of the elbow and how it is implicated in throwing injuries.

Speaker Disclosure: Michael T. Freehill, for this educational event, has a financial relationship(s) with Smith & Nephew, Stryker, Conmed, Ossio, Reparel, Major League Baseball, that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of their role as the speaker. The following mitigated safeguard(s) have been put into place: The activity director will restrict the speaker's presentation involvement to areas outside the area of conflict. All the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

Speaker Off-label: Michael T. Freehill will not be discussing the off-labeled, or investigational use of any product or device. 
Target Audience: Orthopaedic Surgeons, Faculty and residents, mid-levels, and physical therapists
Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of _ 1 _ AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.
Activity Directors & Planning Committee Disclosure Statement: Neither the activity directors, the activity administrator, nor the planning committee members in their role as planning committee members for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with any ineligible companies that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation that need to be disclosed. There are no relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals to be mitigated.
Commercial Support Statement: This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.
 
Session date: 
02/04/2026 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm EST
Location: 
Cell & Genome Sciences Building
400 Farmington Ave
Farmington, CT 06032
United States
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  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
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