The 2009 Seaboard Medical Association Meeting’s agenda will include presentations from two of Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists board certified orthopaedic surgeons. Dr. J. Abbott Byrd, III will give a talk on Friday, June 19th entitled “Low Back Pain-Who Needs Surgery?” and another on Saturday “The Why and When of Anterior Spinal Surgery”. On Saturday June 20th, Dr. Chad R. Manke will present “Management of Common Shoulder Problems” and later that morning “Management of Common Hand and Wrist Problems. This year’s program will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kitty Hawk on North Carolina’s beautiful Outer Banks.