Cannova, Author at Global Knee Summit

Christopher Cannova, MD

OrthoBethesda

Dr. Christopher Cannova is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee joint replacement. He completed his residency at Georgetown University and fellowship training in Joint Reconstruction at the Hospital for Special Surgery/Cornell University Medical Center in New York.

A national leader in minimally invasive joint replacement, partial knee replacement, and complex revision surgery, Dr. Cannova was a primary developer of the ROSA® robotic-assisted knee replacement system and remains at the forefront of surgical innovation. He also serves as a consultant to leading orthopedic implant manufacturers and lectures widely on advancements in joint surgery.

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All Sessions by Christopher Cannova, MD

Time	Topic	Faculty
Thursday, January 22, 2026
7:29 AM - 7:29 AM (0 min)	Debate: Do I Really Need to Use the Robot? Edit Event	Debate Moderator Vikram Jain, MS Ortho
7:29 AM - 7:35 AM (5 min)	Pro: Robotic Surgery Should Be Standard of Care Edit Event	Christopher Cannova, MD
7:35 AM - 7:41 AM (6 min)	Pro: Manual TKA Done Well is Equally Effective Edit Event	Brian Fuller, MD
7:41 AM - 7:43 AM (2 min)	Rebuttal Edit Event	-
7:57 AM - 8:29 AM (32 min)	Case Presentations with Questions and Answers and Audience Participation The Primary TKA: Not So Simple, Dont Be Fooled! Complex Total Knee Arthroplasty Hardware And Multuple Incisions 25 Degree Valgus Knee With a Flexion Contracture Rheumatoid With Diabetes (HbA1C Cutoff), Patella Stiff Knee Edit Event	Moderators Adolph Lombardi, MD Majd Marrache, MD Panel James Slover, MD Andrey Korytkin, MD, PhD W Andrew Hodge, MD, MBA, FACS Christopher Cannova, MD Brian Fuller, MD Dhanshekar Raja, MBBS Vikram Jain, MS Ortho Herrick Siegel, MD Magaly Iñiguez, MD
Friday, January 23, 2026
1:48 PM - 2:13 PM (25 min)	Case Presentations with Questions and Answers and Audience Participation Robotics in TKA. What’s Available. What Works. What Doesn’t Work Problems with a Robot Complex TKA After Orif Using Robot Extraarticular Tibial Defects, Robotics Are Just Better Edit Event	Moderators Christopher Cannova, MD Akash Sharma MBBS BSc (Hons) MRCS FRCS (Tr + Orth) Panel Joseph Maratt Peter Sharkey, MD Rajnish Garg, MD Ashish Singh James Slover, MD Lincoln Liow, MD, FRCS John Dundon, MD Alexander Aichmair, MD, MPH Jaswinder Singh

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