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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, March 16, 2023
  • 11:00 AM – 7:30 PM EST
    Registration
    Location: Luster Gallerie (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Industry Lunch Symposia: Cross-Fire Debate: Strategies for Post-op Pain Management Following Spine Surgery Sponsored by Pacira
    Location: Splash 15 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Mohamad Bydon, MD – Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

    Industry Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD – University of Miami

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Pacira BioSciences Inc.
  • 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Splash 5 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    Industry Supported Hands-On Cadaver Session: Decreasing Blood Loss & Improving Efficiencies in MIS & Complex Spine Cases with BoneScalpel and Bone Graft Substitutes Sponsored by Bioventus
    Location: Flicker 3 (Fourth Floor)

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Bioventus LLC
  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Tips & Pearls for Advanced Practice Providers
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Course Director: Kenneth M. Crandall, MD – University of Maryland Medical Center

    Course Director: Gina Duel, MSPAS, PA-C – Hoag Specialty Clinic/ HOAG Hospital

    Course Director: Sara McEvoy, MPAS, PA-C – University of Utah

    Ticketed Event

    Advanced Practice Provider

  • 1:35 PM – 1:50 PM EST
    Pre-Operative Education for Spine Surgery
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Megan Bellman, DMSc, PA-C (she/her/hers) – Medical College of Wisconsin

    Advanced Practice Provider

  • 1:50 PM – 2:05 PM EST
    Early Diagnosis of Spondyloarthritis: Educating Your Patient
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Vikas Majithia, MD, MBBS, MPH – Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

  • 2:05 PM – 2:20 PM EST
    Managing Medical Co-morbidities Prior to Spine Surgery
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Sara McEvoy, MPAS, PA-C – University of Utah

  • 2:20 PM – 2:35 PM EST
    APP Utilization: Where and How We Can Help
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Angela Jolivette, APNP, RN, MSN – Medical College of Wisconsin

  • 2:35 PM – 2:50 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)
  • 2:50 PM – 3:05 PM EST
    Conservative Management of Spine Issues: Collaboration with PM&R Team
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Marilou Oh, PA-C – University of Utah

  • 3:05 PM – 3:20 PM EST
    Prehabilitation: Tips to Get Better Surgical Outcomes
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Angela Petrosky, MPAS (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  • 3:20 PM – 3:35 PM EST
    Anatomic and Surgical Tips & Pearls Related to Lateral Access Surgery (LLIF)
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Gina Duel, MSPAS, PA-C – Hoag Specialty Clinic/ HOAG Hospital

  • 3:35 PM – 3:50 PM EST
    Chiropractic Treatment of Acute Neck/Back Pain: Indications and Contraindications
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Jeff King, DC, MS – Medical College of Wisconsin

  • 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)
  • 4:05 PM – 4:20 PM EST
    Essential Spine Anatomy: How to Be a Good Surgical Assist
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Gina Rizzo, APN-C – Altair Health

  • 4:20 PM – 4:35 PM EST
    Inpatient Issues After Spine Surgery & How to Deal With Them
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Kenneth M. Crandall, MD – University of Maryland Medical Center

  • 4:35 PM – 4:50 PM EST
    Outpatient Issues After Surgery, They Still Hurt! How Spinal Cord Stim Can Help
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Shawn Zardouz, MD – Hoag Hospital

  • 4:50 PM – 5:05 PM EST
    Inpatient Management of Post-Operative Pain after Spine Surgery
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Corey Ames, APRN – University of Utah

  • 5:05 PM – 5:20 PM EST
    20 Years of Managing the APP Team: How I've Survived & What I've Learned
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Edward M. Shaffer, PA-C – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  • 5:20 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Wrap-Up & Closing
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Course Director: Kenneth M. Crandall, MD – University of Maryland Medical Center

    Course Director: Sara McEvoy, MPAS, PA-C – University of Utah

    Course Director: Gina Duel, MSPAS, PA-C – Hoag Specialty Clinic/ HOAG Hospital

  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Special Course 1: Persistent Symptoms After Surgery: Case Based Salvage Options
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: John Caridi, MD (he/him/his) – Northwell Health

    Course Director: Sanjay S. Dhall, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center

    Ticketed Event

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM EST
    Introduction
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: John Caridi, MD (he/him/his) – Northwell Health

    Course Director: Sanjay S. Dhall, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center

  • 1:35 PM – 1:47 PM EST
    Failed Back - What It Is and What You Can Do About It
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Jeremy Steinberger, MD – Mount Sinai Health System

  • 1:48 PM – 2:00 PM EST
    Upper Extremity Radiculopathy After Arthroplasty
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Erik Hayman, MD – University of South Florida

  • 2:01 PM – 2:13 PM EST
    Recurrent versus Persistent CTS
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Allan Belzberg, MD, FRCSC, FAANS – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 2:14 PM – 2:26 PM EST
    Is It C8 or the Ulnar Nerve?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Justin M. Brown, MD – MGH

  • 2:27 PM – 2:37 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:38 PM – 2:50 PM EST
    C5 Palsy - What Do You Tell the Patient and What Are The Real Odds?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Bryan Bolinger, DO – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  • 2:51 PM – 3:03 PM EST
    Persistent SI Joint Pain After SI Joint Fusion
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Joshua E. Heller, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University

  • 3:04 PM – 3:16 PM EST
    Spinal Cord, DRG, and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Gurtej Singh, MD, FAAPMR – Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics - OACM Division

  • 3:17 PM – 3:29 PM EST
    Iatrogenic Spinal Deformity
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Han Jo Kim, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery

  • 3:30 PM – 3:40 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 3:41 PM – 3:53 PM EST
    Pseudoarthosis - Fix It Now or Take Your Chances?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Pawel P. Jankowski, MD – Hoag Neurosciences Institute

  • 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM EST
    Inadequate Decompression - Can We Ignore It?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Jonathan J. Rasouli, MD – Northwell Health

  • 4:07 PM – 4:21 PM EST
    The Dreaded PJK - Here Are Your Options!
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Joel S. Beckett, MD MHS – UCLA Neurosurgery

  • 4:22 PM – 4:34 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 4:35 PM – 4:47 PM EST
    Trauma on the Slopes Gets Fusion - Now He's Got Chronic Back Pain: What to Do?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Jason E. McGowan, MD, FAANS – Neurosurgery ONE

  • 4:48 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Subsidence - How to Prevent and How to Treat?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Nitin Agarwal, MD – University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery

  • 5:01 PM – 5:13 PM EST
    MIS Isn't Supposed to be Minimally Effective - Pain Persists - Now What?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Andrew Vivas, MD (he/him/his) – UCLA Neurosurgery

  • 5:14 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Special Course 2: (Joint DSPN and AOSNA) Applying Modern Deformity Concepts Into Practice: A Case-Based Approach
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University

    Course Director: Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical Center

    Ticketed Event

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM EST
    Introduction
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical Center

    Course Director: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University

  • 1:36 PM – 1:50 PM EST
    Strategies to Avoid PJK/PJF
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Kristen E. Jones, MD, FAANS – University of Minnesota

  • 1:51 PM – 2:05 PM EST
    Indications for MIS vs Open Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Michael S. Virk, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical Center

  • 2:06 PM – 2:20 PM EST
    How to Approach Deformity in Young Adults
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Rakesh Patel, MD, MBA – University of Michigan

  • 2:21 PM – 2:35 PM EST
    Sacro-Pelvic Considerations in Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Peter G. Passias, MD – New York University, Langone Medical Center

  • 2:36 PM – 2:50 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:51 PM – 3:05 PM EST
    Tools for Lumbar Deformity Correction
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: John Dimar, II, MD – University of Louisville

  • 3:06 PM – 3:20 PM EST
    SI Joint Disease in the Deformity Patient: Do You Ignore It?
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD – Duke University Medical Center

  • 3:21 PM – 3:35 PM EST
    Rod Fractures! What Do You Do to Avoid Them?
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Rod J. Oskouian, MD, n/a – Swedish Neuroscience Institute

  • 3:36 PM – 3:50 PM EST
    Custom Implants, Seriously? Industry Gimmic
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: John H. Shin, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

  • 3:51 PM – 4:05 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 4:06 PM – 4:20 PM EST
    Enabling Technologies in Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Amit Jain, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 4:21 PM – 4:35 PM EST
    Complication Management in Open Adult Deformity
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Jang W. Yoon, MD – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

  • 4:36 PM – 4:50 PM EST
    PROMS in Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Andrew K. Chan, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • 4:51 PM – 5:05 PM EST
    Modern Advances in MIS Spinal Deformity: Update on Techniques and Outcomes Data
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

  • 5:06 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Discussion: Participants Bring in Cases with Discussion
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University

  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Special Course 3: Outpatient Spine Surgery: How to Do It and Do It Well
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: Kurt M. Eichholz, MD, FACS, FAANS – St. Louis Minimally Invasive Spine Center

    Course Director: Karthik HS Madhavan, MD – Sanford Health/ University of North Dakota

    Ticketed Event

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM EST
    Introduction
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: Kurt M. Eichholz, MD, FACS, FAANS – St. Louis Minimally Invasive Spine Center

  • 1:36 PM – 1:50 PM EST
    Understanding the ASC Model
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD – Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

  • 1:52 PM – 2:07 PM EST
    My First ASC Case and Where I Am Now
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Domagoj Coric, MD – Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates

  • 2:08 PM – 2:23 PM EST
    Progression of Neurosurgical Cases from Inpatient to Outpatient
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD – Rush University Medical Center

  • 2:24 PM – 2:39 PM EST
    Integrating an ASC into a Multispecialty Practice
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Kevin T. Foley, MD – Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, University of Tennessee

  • 2:40 PM – 2:55 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:56 PM – 3:11 PM EST
    ASC Patient Finances: Why is My Copay Different
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Andrew A. Sama, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery

  • 3:12 PM – 3:27 PM EST
    What NOT to do in an ASC
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Anand Veeravagu, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University School of Medicine

  • 3:28 PM – 3:43 PM EST
    ASC Practice – Is this the Best Investment?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Kurt M. Eichholz, MD, FACS, FAANS – St. Louis Minimally Invasive Spine Center

  • 3:44 PM – 3:59 PM EST
    The Hybrid Model
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Eric Potts, MD – Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine

  • 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 4:16 PM – 4:31 PM EST
    What Implants I Choose for ASC
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Chris Yeung, MD – Desert Institute for Spine Care

  • 4:32 PM – 4:47 PM EST
    Robotics & Navigation in the ASC: Is It Feasible?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 4:48 PM – 5:03 PM EST
    Payor Issues for ASC vs. Hospital Outpatient Department
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Joseph Cheng, MD, MS – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

  • 5:04 PM – 5:19 PM EST
    Life-Cycle of Independent ASC's
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine

  • 5:20 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Special Course 4: Innovations in Spine
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic

    Course Director: Juan S. Uribe, MD – Barrow Neurological Insitute

    Ticketed Event

  • 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM EST
    Introduction
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 1:36 PM – 1:49 PM EST
    Updates on Lumbar Disk Replacement
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Rolando Garcia, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Orthopedic Care Center

  • 1:49 PM – 2:03 PM EST
    Multifidus Muscle Stimulation for Treatment of Low Back Pain
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD – Barrow Neurological Insitute

  • 2:03 PM – 2:17 PM EST
    Basi Vertebral Nerve Ablation for Treatment of Low Back Pain Syndrome
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Jad Khalil, MD – William Beaumont Hospital

  • 2:17 PM – 2:31 PM EST
    Advantages of Robotic Surgery
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Mohamad Bydon, MD – Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

  • 2:31 PM – 2:45 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:45 PM – 2:59 PM EST
    Single Position Lateral Surgery
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic

  • 2:59 PM – 3:13 PM EST
    Robotic Assisted Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Martin H. Pham, MD – University of California, San Diego

  • 3:13 PM – 3:27 PM EST
    Machine Learning and Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Hesham Zakaria, MD – California Pacific Medical Center

  • 3:27 PM – 3:41 PM EST
    Radiation Reduction Techniques
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Jay D. Turner, MD, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 3:41 PM – 3:49 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 3:50 PM – 4:01 PM EST
    Augmented Reality
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Jakub Godzik, MD, MS (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • 4:11 PM – 4:22 PM EST
    Update on Novel Cage Designs and Innovations
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Victor Chang, MD (he/him/his) – Henry Ford Hospital

  • 4:23 PM – 4:37 PM EST
    Personalized Implant Technologies
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Darryl Lau, MD – NYU Langone

  • 4:38 PM – 4:50 PM EST
    Cage Surface Technology and Materials Treatments
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  • 4:51 PM – 4:58 PM EST
    Endoscopic Spine Surgery Techniques
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Christoph P. Hofstetter, MD, PhD – University of Washington

  • 4:59 PM – 5:06 PM EST
    Impact of Navigation in Endoscopic Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Osama Kashlan, MD, FAANS – University of Michigan

  • 5:07 PM – 5:14 PM EST
    CT and MRI vs DEXA for Assessment of Osteoporosis
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Kevin Swong, MD – Northwestern

  • 5:15 PM – 5:22 PM EST
    Update on Biologics: Costs and Effectiveness
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Khoi D. Than, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Hospital

  • 5:23 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Spinal Column Shortening for Tethered Cord Syndrome
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Christopher M. Bonfield, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Industry Supported Hands-On Cadaver Session: Decreasing Blood Loss & Improving Efficiencies in MIS & Complex Spine Cases with BoneScalpel and Bone Graft Substitutes Sponsored by Bioventus
    Location: Flicker 3 (Fourth Floor)

    Sponsored Session

  • 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
    Opening Reception
    Location: Ocean Lawn

    Social Event

  • Friday, March 17, 2023
  • 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM EST
    Registration
    Location: Luster Gallerie (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM EST
    Continental Breakfast
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom Foyer (Fourth Floor)
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM EST
    Industry Sponsored Breakfast: Explore the Unseen with Spineology: The Future of Endoscopic Fusion Sponsored by Spineology
    Location: Splash 15 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD – University of Miami

    Industry Speaker: Saqib Hasan

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Spineology
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM EST
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Splash 5 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 8:00 AM – 10:05 AM EST
    Scientific Session 1: Sports & Spine
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

    Moderator: David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Trauma

    Spine

  • 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM EST
    Welcome to Spine Summit & the NEW Sports & Spine
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Adam S. Kanter, MD – Hoag Specialty Clinic

  • 8:05 AM – 8:15 AM EST
    From NFL to the OR: How Lessons From the Field Prepared Me for Neurosurgery
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Myron L. Rolle, MD, MSc – Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurosurgery

  • 8:15 AM – 8:40 AM EST
    Leadership On & Off the Field
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Guest Speaker: Jeff Fuller

    Guest Speaker: Ronnie Lott

    Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

    Speaker: David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  • 8:40 AM – 8:50 AM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

    Speaker: David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  • 8:51 AM – 9:10 AM EST
    Neurosurgery Honored Guest: 40 Years of Caring for Elite Athletes
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Joseph C. Maroon, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  • 9:11 AM – 9:20 AM EST
    Why the Difference in How We Treat Spine Trauma in An Elite Athlete
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Nicholas Theodore, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 9:21 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)
  • 9:30 AM – 9:40 AM EST
    Isthmic Spondy Direct Pars Repair in the Athlete
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Rick Sasso, MD – Indiana Spine Group

  • 9:40 AM – 9:50 AM EST
    Is Arthroplasty an Option for Elite Athletes
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Scott L. Zuckerman, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • 9:50 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Leadership Lecture: The Future is Data, Connectivity and Emerging Technologies
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Robert Cohen (he/him/his) – Stryker

  • 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)
  • 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST
    Exhibit Hall
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 10:00 AM – 10:10 AM EST
    What's New Presentation: P-15 Peptide: A Game Changer in Spinal Fusion Surgery Sponsored by Cerapedics
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD – Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Cerapedics
  • 10:05 AM – 10:30 AM EST
    Beverage Break Sponsored by NuVasive and What's New Session in the Exhibit Hall
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)
    Sponsored By NuVasive
  • 10:15 AM – 10:25 AM EST
    What's New Presentation: HEDRON™: Benefits of 3D Printed Technology in Spine Surgery Sponsored by Globus Medical
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD – Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Globus Medical
  • 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM EST
    Scientific Session 2: Excellence Requires Change
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Adam S. Kanter, MD – Hoag Specialty Clinic

    Moderator: Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc – University of Maryland Medical Center

    Peripheral Nerve

    Spine

  • 10:30 AM – 10:34 AM EST
    Welcome to Session & Introduction of Neurosurgery Meritorious Award Recipient
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Adam S. Kanter, MD – Hoag Specialty Clinic

  • 10:35 AM – 10:41 AM EST
    Neurosurgery Meritorious Award Recipient Address
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

  • 10:42 AM – 10:44 AM EST
    Introduction of Orthopaedic Meritorious Award Recipient
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Kristen E. Jones, MD, FAANS – University of Minnesota

  • 10:45 AM – 10:51 AM EST
    Orthopaedic Meritorious Award Recipient Address
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: David W. Polly, Jr., MD – University of Minnesota

  • 10:52 AM – 10:54 AM EST
    Introduction of Peripheral Nerve Meritorious Award Recipient
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Daniel Lubelski, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 10:55 AM – 11:01 AM EST
    Peripheral Nerve Meritorious Award Recipient Address
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Allan Belzberg, MD, FRCSC, FAANS – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 11:02 AM – 11:12 AM EST
    Visionary Speaker: The Expanding Need for Physician Leadership in Healthcare
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Guest Speaker: Michael N. Brant-Zawadzki, MD, FACR (he/him/his) – Hoag Hospital

  • 11:13 AM – 11:19 AM EST
    Introduction of DSPN Chair
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  • 11:20 AM – 11:35 AM EST
    DSPN Chair's Address: Excellence Requires Change
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Adam S. Kanter, MD – Hoag Specialty Clinic

  • 11:36 AM – 12:05 PM EST
    Verbs and Vertebrae – Personal Branding for Spine Surgeons
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Guest Speaker: Sasha Strauss (he/him/his) – Innovation Protocol

  • 12:05 PM – 12:15 PM EST
    Leadership Lecture: Bold Moves - Big Rewards
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Chris Barry

  • 12:30 PM – 12:40 PM EST
    What's New Presentation: Is There a Better Alternative to the Surgical Microscope for Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spine Surgery? New Data on the Ergonomic Impact, Safety and Operating Room Efficiency of Viseon MaxView® Sponsored by Viseon
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Viseon, Inc
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Industry Lunch Symposia: The Future VUE of MIS Surgery Featuring the TELIGEN™ System Sponsored by DePuy Synthes
    Location: Splash 15 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD – Rush University Medical Center

    Industry Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD – University of Miami

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By DePuy Synthes
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Industry Lunch Symposia: A Comprehensive Review of the Prone Lateral Technique with Robotic Navigation Sponsored by Globus Medical
    Location: Splash 17 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Globus Medical
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Industry Lunch Symposia: Intelligence-Based Medicine: How AI and Enabling Technologies Are Changing The Way We Practice Spine Surgery Sponsored by Medtronic
    Location: Splash 16 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Andrew Grossbach, MD

    Industry Speaker: Martin H. Pham, MD – University of California, San Diego

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Medtronic Inc
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Industry Lunch Symposia: Carbon Fiber: Shifting the Tumor Care Paradigm Sponsored by icotec
    Location: Flash (Fourth Floor)

    Industry Speaker: John H. Shin, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

    Industry Speaker: Bernhard Meyer, n/a – Department of Neurosurgery, Technical Universtiy Munich

    Industry Speaker: Joshua Palmer, MD – The Ohio State University

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By icotec Medical, Inc.
  • 12:45 PM – 12:55 PM EST
    What's New Presentation: When Fusion Is All You Want to See Sponsored by Spinal Elements
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Spinal Elements
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST
    Scientific Session 3: Spine Confessions: Confronting the Elephant in the Room
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Srinivas Prasad, MD – Thomas Jefferson University

    Moderator: Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc – University of Maryland Medical Center

    Complication Management

    Spine

  • 1:15 PM – 1:25 PM EST
    Visionary Speaker: Disease or Unease? - How to Identify and Avoid Operating on the Unease
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Guest Speaker: C. Philip O'Carroll, MD

  • 1:26 PM – 1:30 PM EST
    Introduction of THE CASE
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Srinivas Prasad, MD – Thomas Jefferson University

  • 1:30 PM – 1:38 PM EST
    Cross Examination of Defendant Neurosurgeon
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Liam Duffy, Esq. – Yarborough Applegate, LLC

    Speaker: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD – Duke University Medical Center

  • 1:39 PM – 1:46 PM EST
    Cross Examination of Defendant's Retained Expert Witness
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Liam Duffy, Esq. – Yarborough Applegate, LLC

    Speaker: James S. Harrop, MD – Jefferson Medical College

  • 1:46 PM – 1:56 PM EST
    Lawyer Discussion of What Went Right and What Went Wrong
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Liam Duffy, Esq. – Yarborough Applegate, LLC

  • 1:57 PM – 2:04 PM EST
    My Worst MIS Mishap: Lessons Learned
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Kevin T. Foley, MD – Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, University of Tennessee

  • 2:13 PM – 2:20 PM EST
    My Worst Peripheral Nerve Pandemonium: Lessons Learned
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah

  • 2:21 PM – 2:30 PM EST
    Does Cannabis Have a Role in Our Clinics?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Ziva D. Cooper, PhD – UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids

  • 2:30 PM – 3:10 PM EST
    Beverage Break and What's New Session in the Exhibit Hall
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:35 PM – 2:45 PM EST
    What's New Presentation: Delivering Precision Medicine to the Interbody Space with aprevo® Patient Specific Devices Sponsored by Carlsmed
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Christopher P. Ames, MD – University of California, San Francisco

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Carlsmed
  • 2:50 PM – 3:00 PM EST
    What's New Presentation: iFuse Bedrock Granite - The Latest Evolution in Spinopelvic Fixation Sponsored by SI-BONE
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD – Barrow Neurological Insitute

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By SI-BONE
  • 3:10 PM – 4:40 PM EST
    Scientific Session 4: The Art of Spine Surgery
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Burak M. Ozgur, MD – Hoag Spine Center, Hoag Hospital

    Moderator: Zoher Ghogawala, MD (he/him/his) – Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

    Technology

    Spine

  • 3:12 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Visionary Speaker: Modic Changes: Fact, Fiction, or Fallacy
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Guest Speaker: Michael T. Modic, MD (he/him/his) – VUMC/Vanderbilt University

  • 3:31 PM – 3:40 PM EST
    The Art in Scoliosis Surgery: It's Not All Just Measurements
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Amer Samdani, MD – Shriners Hospital for Children

  • 3:41 PM – 3:50 PM EST
    Endoscopic Awake TLIF: Is This Just Me or Is It Ever Going to Catch On?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD – University of Miami

  • 3:51 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    Anterior Release from the Posterior Approach: Really? Why?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Steven Ludwig, MD – University of Maryland Medical Center

  • 4:01 PM – 4:10 PM EST
    Pushing the Limits in Arthroplasty: Just How Far Can We Expand Our Indications?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD – Columbia University

  • 4:11 PM – 4:20 PM EST
    Prone Transpsoas Surgery: Is It as Safe as Lateral? Here's the Data!
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD – Barrow Neurological Insitute

  • 4:20 PM – 4:30 PM EST
    Leadership Lecture: The Art of the Wright Way
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Harry Kiil, MBA – Medtronic Cranial and Spinal Technologies

  • 4:30 PM – 4:40 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)
  • 4:40 PM – 6:15 PM EST
    Debates: Millennial Mayhem
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Mohamad Bydon, MD – Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

    Moderator: Steven Ludwig, MD – University of Maryland Medical Center

    Socioeconomic

    Spine

  • 4:40 PM – 5:05 PM EST
    Topic 1: Machine Learning and AI in Spine Surgery
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Christopher P. Ames, MD – University of California, San Francisco

    Speaker: Nima Alan, MD – UCSF

    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD – Barrow Neurological Insitute

    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD – University of Miami

  • 5:05 PM – 5:30 PM EST
    Topic 2: Social Media in Spine Surgery
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Neel Anand, MD (he/him/his) – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    Speaker: Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – San Diego Spine

    Guest Speaker: Sasha Strauss (he/him/his) – Innovation Protocol

    Speaker: Zachary J. Tempel, MD – Mayfield Clinic

  • 5:30 PM – 6:05 PM EST
    Topic 3: Neuro & Ortho: Are We ONE Yet?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Todd J. Albert, MD – Weill Cornell Medical College

    Speaker: Kristen E. Jones, MD, FAANS – University of Minnesota

    Speaker: David W. Polly, Jr., MD – University of Minnesota

    Speaker: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD – Duke University Medical Center

  • 6:05 PM – 6:15 PM EST
    Leadership Lecture: Guiding Principles of Leadership
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Russell Powers – Johnson and Johnson

  • 6:15 PM – 7:30 PM EST
    Booth Crawl in the Exhibit Hall
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)

    Social Event

  • Saturday, March 18, 2023
  • 6:30 AM – 5:00 PM EST
    Registration
    Location: Luster Gallerie (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM EST
    Continental Breakfast
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom Foyer (Fourth Floor)
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM EST
    Industry Sponsored Breakfast: Redefining Soft Tissue Visualization for Spinal Procedures with Intraoperative Ultrasound Sponsored by BK Medical
    Location: Splash 15 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Timothy Chryssikos, MD, PhD – University of California, San Francisco

    Industry Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

    Industry Speaker: Saman Shabani, MD – University of Wisconsin

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By BK Medical
  • 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Splash 5 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 7:45 AM – 9:15 AM EST
    Award Winning Abstract Presentations: Session 1
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Moderator: Yakov Gologorsky, MD, FAANS – Metropolitan Neurosurgery Associates

    Moderator: Nathan Pratt, MD (he/him/his) – University of Texas Medical Branch

  • 7:48 AM – 7:50 AM EST
    What is the Effect of Fellowship Training on Navigated Robot-Assisted Spine Surgery?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Gerard Marciano, MD – Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedics

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 7:52 AM – 7:54 AM EST
    Does the ACS-NSQIP risk calculator apply to adult deformity surgery? A single-center comparative study
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Robert Merrill, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 7:54 AM – 7:56 AM EST
    Diabetes Adversely Affects Surgical Outcomes after Spine Surgery for Lumbar Spondylosis: A Matched Analysis of the QOD Dataset
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: James H. Mooney, MD – The University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 7:56 AM – 7:58 AM EST
    Are we getting better at treating adult cervical deformity? Complication Rate Trends Analysis in Adult Cervical Deformity Over 10 Years
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Stephane Owusu-Sarpong, Spine Surgery Fellow – Hospital for Special Surgery

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 7:58 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Geographic Distribution in Training and Practice of Academic Neurologic and Orthopedic Spine Surgeons in The United States
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Logan Muzyka (she/her/hers) – Dell Medical School at UT Austin

    Sanford Larson Clinical Research Award

  • 8:00 AM – 8:02 AM EST
    Does Laminectomy for Cervical Intradural Tumor Resection Require Fusion?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nishanth Krishnan, BS – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

    Benzel Research Award

  • 8:02 AM – 8:04 AM EST
    A machine learning approach to predicting surgical intervention in patients with vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis (VOD)
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Miguel Ruiz Cardozo, MD, MPH – Washington University

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:04 AM – 8:06 AM EST
    Transforaminal versus lateral interbody fusions for treatment of adjacent segment disease in the lumbar spine
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Prashant V. Rajan, MD (he/him/his) – Emory University Department of Orthopaedics

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:06 AM – 8:08 AM EST
    Carbon-Fiber Reinforced PEEK Spinal Implants for Primary and Metastatic Spine Tumors: Systematic Review on Implant Complications and Radiotherapy Benefits
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sean N. Neifert, MD (he/him/his) – NYU Langone Health

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:08 AM – 8:10 AM EST
    Preoperative spinal injections within thirty days of lumbar decompression are associated with a three-fold increase in readmissions: A matched institutional study
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Patrick M. Flanigan, MD – Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:10 AM – 8:12 AM EST
    En Bloc Fixation/Correction is Associated with a Lower Rate of Pseudoarthrosis after Three Column Osteotomies in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael Raad, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:12 AM – 8:14 AM EST
    Predicting post-operative spinal alignment using intraoperative stitched x-rays
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: James J. Zhou, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:14 AM – 8:16 AM EST
    Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Versus Inpatient Setting: A One-Year Comparative Effectiveness Analysis
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: steve H. Monk, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:16 AM – 8:18 AM EST
    Characterizing Neck Injuries in the National Football League: A Descriptive Epidemiology Study
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Takashi Hirase, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:18 AM – 8:20 AM EST
    Preoperative Frailty and 30-day Mortality After Surgery for Type II Odontoid Fractures: A Multi-Center Analysis of 474 Patients
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Kavelin Rumalla, MD, MS (he/him/his) – University of New Mexico

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:20 AM – 8:22 AM EST
    Harnessing the endogenous regenerative potential of the injured spinal cord
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Laureen D. Hachem, MD – University of Toronto

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:22 AM – 8:24 AM EST
    Screening for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (SCREEN-DCM) in Patients Based on Signs, Symptoms and Known Risk Factors: Preliminary Results of an Ongoing Prospective Multicenter Study
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Aria Nouri, MD, MSc – University of Cambridge

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:24 AM – 8:26 AM EST
    Surgery Decreases Nonunion, Myelopathy, and Mortality for Patients with Traumatic Odontoid Fractures: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael B. Cloney, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:26 AM – 8:28 AM EST
    Outcomes Following Anterior Odontoid Screw versus Posterior C1-C2 Arthrodesis for Odontoid Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Pavlos Texakalidis, MD – Northwestern

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:28 AM – 8:30 AM EST
    Inpatient versus Outpatient Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Single-institution Review of Patient and Surgical Factors for Patient Selection
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Katriel Lee, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:30 AM – 8:32 AM EST
    Harrington Rod Constructs in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients: Do Their Outcomes Improve Following Revision Surgery?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Stephen R. Stephan, MD (he/him/his) – Columbia University Irving Medical Center/NYP-Och Spine Hospital

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:32 AM – 8:34 AM EST
    Characterization of the Influence of Spinopelvic Parameters on Thoracolumbar Trauma in 514 patients
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Joseph S. Withrow, MD – UTHealth Houston

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:34 AM – 8:36 AM EST
    Pelvic Incidence Supine versus Upright in Adult Spine Patients
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Matthew W. Godlewski, MD – University of Minnesota Department of Orthopedic Surgery

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:36 AM – 8:38 AM EST
    Implementation of a statewide Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) paradigm for spine surgery: A Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative Study
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Tarek R. Mansour, MD (he/him/his) – Henry Ford Health System, Department of Neurological Surgery

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:38 AM – 8:40 AM EST
    Clinical and radiographic outcomes after index anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with interbody spacer with integrated anchor fixation: A single-surgeon case series
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jessica R. Albanese, MD (she/her/hers) – Duke University

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:40 AM – 8:42 AM EST
    Ultrasound in Human Spinal Cord Injury: From Bench to Operating Room
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sananthan Sivakanthan, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Washington

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:42 AM – 8:44 AM EST
    Does Coronal Alignment Affect Patient Reported Outcomes for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery? The Key may be Lower Extremity Compensation vs. Decompensation
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nathan J. Lee, MD – Columbia University Medical Center

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:44 AM – 8:46 AM EST
    Outcomes following 2-level cervical interventions with cage-and-plate, zero-profile, or arthroplasty constructs
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Syed I. Khalid, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:46 AM – 8:48 AM EST
    Predictive Value of Seven Nutrition Biomarkers in Oncological Spine Surgery: A Performance Assessment for Prediction of 90-day and 12-month mortality
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Rafael De la Garza Ramos, MD (he/him/his) – Brown University

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:48 AM – 8:50 AM EST
    Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Cost of Care Increased Disproportionately to Medicare Reimbursement as Payments to Surgeons Declined from 2009 to 2019
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jerry Du, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:50 AM – 8:52 AM EST
    Machine learning identified variables to predict significant improvement in low back pain following lumbar decompressive surgery
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: David J. Mazur-Hart, MD (he/him/his) – University of California, San Francisco

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:52 AM – 8:54 AM EST
    Academic Pediatric Spinal Deformity: Who is driving the field?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Patrick Young, MD (he/him/his) – University of South Alabama

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:54 AM – 8:56 AM EST
    Risk Analysis Index and its recalibrated version predict postoperative outcomes better than 5-factor modified frailty index in traumatic spinal injury
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Syed Kazim, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of New Mexico

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:56 AM – 8:58 AM EST
    Fusing to the Sacrum or Stopping Just Short: Is there a Difference in Outcomes among AdIS Patients?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Christopher M. Mikhail, MD (he/him/his) – Columbia University Medical Center

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 9:00 AM – 9:02 AM EST
    Spinal Cord Tissue Oxygen Guided Treatment for Patients with Acute, Severe Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Visagan Ravindran, BSc(Hons), MRCS(Eng) – Academic Neurosurgery Unit, St George's, University of London

    Christopher I. Shaffrey International Travelling Fellow Award

  • 7:45 AM – 9:15 AM EST
    Award Winning Abstract Presentations: Session 2
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Moderator: Benjamin Elder, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic

    Moderator: Mark E. Oppenlander, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine

  • 7:48 AM – 7:50 AM EST
    Stable Long-term Regional and Global Alignment in Patients Treated with Minimally Invasive Lateral Retropleural Thoracic Discectomy Without Fixation
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Steve S. Cho, MD (he/him/his) – Barrow Neurological Institute

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 7:50 AM – 7:52 AM EST
    The Surgical Evaluation and Management of Primary Spinal Epidural Lymphoma Presenting with Acute Onset Thoracic Myelopathy in a Young Adult
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Austin H. Carroll, MD (he/him/his) – Medstar Georgetown Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 7:52 AM – 7:54 AM EST
    Postoperative Radiculitis in Patients with Preoperative Radicular Symptoms Following Single-Level Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Pratyush Shahi, MBBS, MS(Ortho), AO Spine Diploma – Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (INK)

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 7:54 AM – 7:56 AM EST
    Preoperative Symptom Duration and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Lumbar Fusion for Low-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Analyses from the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC)
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jacob Jasinski, DO – MSUCHM/Ascension Providence Neurosurgery

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 7:56 AM – 7:58 AM EST
    Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Role of Sagittal Alignment
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Gurmit Singh, MD (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota Department of Orthopedic Surgery

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 7:58 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Anterior Column Release and its Association with Proximal Junctional Kyphosis Compared to Traditional Three-Column Osteotomy in a Five-Year Cohort
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ryan Screven, MD (he/him/his) – University of South Florida

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:00 AM – 8:02 AM EST
    Should Age-Adjusted Realignment Goals Vary Based on Patient Frailty Status in Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Djani Robertson, MD – NYU Langone Health

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:02 AM – 8:04 AM EST
    Single-Position Navigation-Assisted Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity: A Comparison of Prone vs. Lateral Position
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sean N. Neifert, MD (he/him/his) – NYU Langone Health

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:04 AM – 8:06 AM EST
    Clinical Outcomes and Radiographic Results of Prone Transpsoas Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Single Institution Case Series of 106 Cases and 173 Levels
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jeff Ehresman, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Barrow Neurological Institute

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:06 AM – 8:08 AM EST
    Perioperative Hyperglycemia Increases Rates of Infection in Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ryan Finkel, MD (he/him/his) – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:08 AM – 8:10 AM EST
    Placental Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells and Extracellular Vesicles Seeded on a Dural Graft Improved Motor Function Recovery After Acute Spinal Cord Injury
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Edwin S. Kulubya, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – UC Davis Medical Center

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:10 AM – 8:12 AM EST
    Association of Inpatient Opioid Consumption on Postoperative Outcomes After Open Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adult Spine Deformity
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Aladine A. Elsamadicy, MD – Yale School of Medicine

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:12 AM – 8:14 AM EST
    Radiographic and Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Large Cohort of Patients undergoing ACDF using Hydroxyapatite Infused PEEK Interbody Spacers: Two Year Results
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael J. Kelly, MD – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:14 AM – 8:16 AM EST
    Predictors of Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury in Patients with Cervical Spine Trauma
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Tej D. Azad, MD, MS – Department of Neurosurgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:16 AM – 8:18 AM EST
    The correlation between immunohistochemical markers and tumor progression following resection of spinal chordomas: A multi-center study.
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Abdul Karim Ghaith, MD – Mayo clinic- rochester-mn

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:18 AM – 8:20 AM EST
    Robotics Versus Navigation for Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Pratyush Shahi, MBBS, MS(Ortho), AO Spine Diploma – Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (INK)

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:20 AM – 8:22 AM EST
    Intraoperative electrical stimulation of the human dorsal spinal cord reveals a map of arm and hand muscle responses
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Evan F. Joiner, MD – Columbia University

    Kuntz Scholar Award

    Fessler Award

  • 8:22 AM – 8:24 AM EST
    Data-Driven Clustering to Define Novel Endophenotypes for Chiari Malformation Type 1
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jacob Greenberg, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

    Batzdorf Scholar Award

  • 8:24 AM – 8:26 AM EST
    Lack of Agreement Between Surgeons Regarding State-of-the-Art Surgical Treatment Plans for Severe Pediatric Spinal Deformity
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Diana Douleh, MD – University of Colorado

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:26 AM – 8:28 AM EST
    Supinator to Posterior Interosseous Nerve Transfer for Recovery of Finger Extension following Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Stanley Bazarek, MD, PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

    Kline Peripheral Nerve Top Abstract Award

  • 8:28 AM – 8:30 AM EST
    Prevalence of Total Joint Replacement in Adult Spinal Deformity Patients
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Dylan C. Thomas, MD – University of Minnesota

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:30 AM – 8:32 AM EST
    Comparison of Outcomes Between Single-staged and Multi-staged Lumbar 360 Fusion Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Edvin Telemi, MD – Henry Ford Health System, Department of Neurological Surgery

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:32 AM – 8:34 AM EST
    Selective Thoracolumbar Fusion in Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) Double Curves with Circumferential Minimally Invasive Surgery (CMIS): 2-year Minimum Follow Up
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jerry E. Robinson, III – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:34 AM – 8:36 AM EST
    High-Frequency Sciatic Nerve Neurostimulation Decreases Nocifensive Behavior Following Acute Disc Herniation in a Rat Model
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ken Porche, MD – University of Utah

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:36 AM – 8:38 AM EST
    How Closely Are Outcome Questionnaires Correlated to Patient Satisfaction After Cervical Spine Surgery for Myelopathy?
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Mark M. Zaki, M.D., M.B.A. – University of Michigan

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:38 AM – 8:40 AM EST
    Timing & Outcomes in Kyphoplasty
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Monis A. Khan, MD, CCFP (he/him/his) – University of Arizona

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:40 AM – 8:42 AM EST
    Preoperative Education Decreases Postoperative Opioid Use and First Time to Ambulation in Patients Undergoing Elective Spine Surgery: A Quality Improvement Project
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Gustavo Anton, DO – MSUCHM/Ascension Providence Neurosurgery

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:42 AM – 8:44 AM EST
    Pelvic Incidence as a Predictor of Proximal Junctional Failure in Patients Undergoing Anterior Column Realignment with Anterior Longitudinal Ligament Release in Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Mohammad A. Nour El Dine, n/a (he/him/his) – Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:44 AM – 8:46 AM EST
    Impact of tumor-associated syrinx on outcomes following resection of primary ependymomas of the spinal cord
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Zachary Pennington, MD – Mayo Clinic Department of Neurologic Surgery

    Batzdorf Scholar Award

  • 8:46 AM – 8:48 AM EST
    What Are We Transfusing? A Prospective Trial Evaluating the Quality of Intraoperatively Salvaged Red Blood Cells in Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: David B. Kurland, MD, PHD – NYU Langone Department of Neurosurgery

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:48 AM – 8:50 AM EST
    Activated titanium cages promote higher rates of early fusion as compared to poly-ether-ether-ketone cages in adults undergoing 1-2 level transforaminal lumbar interbody procedures
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Joravar Dhaliwal, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:50 AM – 8:52 AM EST
    Patients undergoing lumbar canal decompression above L4 have more back pain associated with their stenosis than patients undergoing decompression at lower levels
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Arthur R. Bartolozzi, IV, MD, MPhil – University of British Columbia

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:52 AM – 8:54 AM EST
    MIS vs. Open Lumbo-Pelvic Fixation: Is There a Difference in Distal Junctional Failure Rates? A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Timothy Chryssikos, MD, PhD – University of California, San Francisco

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:54 AM – 8:56 AM EST
    Radiofrequency ablation of basivertebral and sinuvertebral nerves for chronic discogenic low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Maaria Abdel-Moneim (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 8:56 AM – 8:58 AM EST
    Predictors of Performance in Spine Surgery Fellowship
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Hannah A. Levy, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Albert Scholar Award

  • 8:58 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Local Control of Spinal Metastases Treated with Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: Does epidural disease make a difference?
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Joseph Linzey, MD, MS – University of Michigan

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 9:00 AM – 9:02 AM EST
    Surgical and Clinical Efficacy of Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Surgery: A PROSPERO-registered Meta-Analysis
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Roxana Beladi, DO (she/her/hers) – Ascension Providence Hospital/Michigan State University

    Kuntz Scholar Award

  • 7:45 AM – 9:15 AM EST
    MVP- Top Abstracts: Session 3
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Moderator: Sanjay S. Dhall, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center

  • 7:48 AM – 7:52 AM EST
    Are We Optimizing Surgery for High Risk Adult Cervical Deformity Patients Over Time?
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Peter G. Passias, MD – New York University, Langone Medical Center

  • 7:52 AM – 7:56 AM EST
    Cervical Laminoplasty Versus Laminectomy and Posterior Spinal Fusion for Cervical Myelopathy: Propensity Matched Analysis of 24-Month Outcomes From the Quality Outcomes Database
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew K. Chan, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • 7:56 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes Following 110 Prone Transpsoas (PTP) Surgeries at a Single Center
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Antoine Tohmeh, MD (he/him/his) – MultiCare Neurosurgery and Spine

  • 8:00 AM – 8:04 AM EST
    Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Repair of Spondylitic Spondylolisthesis via Direct Pars Repair
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: John Dimar, II, MD – University of Louisville

  • 8:04 AM – 8:08 AM EST
    Comparing the Effectiveness of Fibrin Glue, Nylon, and Vicryl Sutures for Sciatic Nerve Grafts in Rats
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Amgad S. Hanna – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • 8:08 AM – 8:12 AM EST
    Disparities Attributable to Gender Differences in 4000 Lumbar Fusion Outcomes
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ryan Gallagher, BS – University of Pennsylvania

  • 8:12 AM – 8:16 AM EST
    Do Reported ICD-10 Codes Accurately Reflect Diagnosis for Lumbar Spinal Surgery: Early Experience from the American Spine Registry
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Steven D. Glassman, MD (he/him/his) – Norton Leatherman Spine Center

  • 8:16 AM – 8:20 AM EST
    Five-year Follow-up of a Prospective FDA IDE Trial Evaluating a PEEK-on-Ceramic Cervical Disc Replacement
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Rick Sasso, MD – Indiana Spine Group

  • 8:20 AM – 8:24 AM EST
    Is There a Correlation Between Degree of Facet Degeneration and Increase in Spinal Canal Volume after a Minimally Invasive Pre-psoas Interbody Fusion? –A Minimum 2 year Follow up Study
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Neel Anand, MD (he/him/his) – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

  • 8:24 AM – 8:28 AM EST
    Methylprednisolone in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury; Case Matched Outcomes from the NASCIS2 and SYGEN Historical SCI Studies with Contemporary Statistical Analysis
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jamie Wilson, MD, FRCS, MSc (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center

  • 8:28 AM – 8:32 AM EST
    Outpatient Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Performed At A Single Ambulatory Surgery Center
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Kevin T. Foley, MD – Semmes-Murphey Neurologic and Spine Institute, University of Tennessee

  • 8:32 AM – 8:36 AM EST
    Predictive algorithm for surgery recommendation in thoracolumbar burst fractures without neurological deficits
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Charlotte Dandurand, MD, MSc, FRCSC (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia

  • 8:40 AM – 8:44 AM EST
    Restorative Neurostimulation Effectiveness in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain Associated with Multifidus Dysfunction - Four-Year Durability
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Steven M. Falowski, MD, FAANS – Argires Marotti Neurosurgical Associates of Lancaster

  • 8:44 AM – 8:48 AM EST
    Risk of Peritoneal Violation During Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) Approach
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Luiz Pimenta, Ph. D – ATEC

  • 8:52 AM – 8:56 AM EST
    Single-level cervical disc arthroplasty associated with a higher rate of subsequent cervical spine surgery when compared to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion.
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alexander Tuchman, MD, FAANS – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  • 8:56 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    The influence of Schwann cells and exosomes on functional recovery after repair of long-segmental peripheral nerve defect in the rat
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Stephen Burks, MD (he/him/his) – University of Miami Department of Neurological Surgery

  • 9:00 AM – 9:04 AM EST
    Two Year Follow-up Data From a Pilot Study on a Lumbar Total Joint Replacement
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alex Sielatycki, MD – Steamboat Orthopaedics and Spine Institute

  • 9:04 AM – 9:08 AM EST
    Zero-Profile Stand-Alone Cage with Integrated Instrumentation for ACDF: Comparison with Traditional Plate-Cage System and Stand-Alone Implants; a review of 8 years of experience.
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Burak M. Ozgur, MD – Hoag Spine Center, Hoag Hospital

  • 7:45 AM – 9:15 AM EST
    Specialty Breakout 1: Minimally Invasive/Motion Preservation/General Spine Abstracts
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Moderator: Khoi D. Than, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Hospital

  • 7:48 AM – 7:50 AM EST
    7-year progression and 10-year prediction of adjacent-level degeneration and disease after lumbar total disc replacement: A post hoc analysis of a prospective clinical trial with 7-year follow-up
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ernest Braxton, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Vail-Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

  • 7:50 AM – 7:52 AM EST
    Assessing the Economic Benefit of Robotic and Navigational Assistance in Surgical Treatment of L4-L5 Spondylolisthesis: Is Higher Upfront Equipment Cost Worth the Operative and Safety Benefits?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Peter G. Passias, MD – New York University, Langone Medical Center

  • 7:52 AM – 7:54 AM EST
    Assessment of Surgeons’ Attitude towards Awake Spine Surgery under Spinal Anesthesia
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Gaetano De Biase, MD – Mayo Clinic Florida

  • 7:54 AM – 7:56 AM EST
    Augmented reality enhances tubular minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Richard Price, MD, PhD – The Swift Institute

  • 7:56 AM – 7:58 AM EST
    The Effect of Surgery on Pain in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Pooled Trajectory-based Analysis of 1047 Patients from CSM-NA, CSM-I, and CSM-Protect Trials
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD – University of Toronto

  • 7:58 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Causes of readmission following minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Samuel Farber, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 8:02 AM – 8:04 AM EST
    Comparing Finite element analysis with Mechanical Compression Testing of a Novel Cervical Disc Arthroplasty
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Samuel N. Brehm, BS (he/him/his) – Washington University

  • 8:04 AM – 8:06 AM EST
    Conventional Fluoroscopy (C-arm) versus Three-Dimensional Stereotactic Navigated (O-arm) Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Dallas E. Kramer, MD (he/him/his) – Allegheny General Hospital

  • 8:08 AM – 8:10 AM EST
    Endoscopic and non-endoscopic approaches to single-level lumbar spine decompression: propensity score matched comparative analysis and frailty driven predictive model
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alexander J. Kassicieh, BS (he/him/his) – University of New Mexico

  • 8:10 AM – 8:12 AM EST
    Endoscopic Extreme Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Large Spacer(OLIF Cage): A Technical Note and Preliminary Report
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jin Hwa eum, 0000 (he/him/his) – ain alkhaleej hospital

  • 8:12 AM – 8:14 AM EST
    Feasibility of the Prone Transpsoas (PTP) Approach in the Obese and Morbidly Obese: A Comparison Study
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: M. Craig McMains, MD – McMains Spine

  • 8:16 AM – 8:18 AM EST
    Foraminal and Extraforaminal Lumbar Disc Herniations: Endoscopic discectomy or fusion?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Adam T. Leibold, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University

  • 8:18 AM – 8:20 AM EST
    Hovering Technique with Direct Visualization and Dynamic Retraction in the Lateral Lumbar Spine
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Shahed Elhamdani, MD – Allegheny Health Network

  • 8:20 AM – 8:22 AM EST
    Impact of Preoperative Sagittal Imbalance on Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive TLIF for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Omri Maayan, BS (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery

  • 8:22 AM – 8:24 AM EST
    Incidental Durotomy and Re-operation Rate in Tubular Lumbar Microdiscectomies
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Cody Woodhouse, BS, MD (he/him/his) – Allegheny General Hospital

  • 8:24 AM – 8:26 AM EST
    Learning Curve of Mini-Open Correction and Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) Correction: A Single Surgeon’s 12 Years’ Experience
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Devender Singh, PhD – Ascension Texas Spine and Scoliosis

  • 8:26 AM – 8:28 AM EST
    Low posterior electromyography threshold is not associated with poor functional outcomes following L4-5 lateral lumbar interbody fusion
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Robert F. Rudy, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 8:28 AM – 8:30 AM EST
    Matching cervical segmental and device biomechanics: toward optimizing disk arthroplasty selection
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: TJ Florence, MD PhD – UCLA Neurosurgery

  • 8:30 AM – 8:32 AM EST
    Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy in Ambulatory Surgery Center versus Inpatient Setting: A One-Year Cost Utility and Cost Benefit Analysis
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ummey Hani, MBBS – Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates

  • 8:32 AM – 8:34 AM EST
    Minimally invasive Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF) in 607 patients. Clinical outcomes and long-term follow-up
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Lee Chieng, n/a (he/him/his) – Beaumont Health

  • 8:34 AM – 8:36 AM EST
    Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Grade 1 Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: 60-Month Follow-Up from the QOD Multi-Center Prospective Registry
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew K. Chan, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • 8:36 AM – 8:38 AM EST
    Older Age Is Associated with Lack of Sustained Symptomatic Improvement After Endoscopic Discectomy
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Vignessh Kumar, MD – University of Miami

  • 8:38 AM – 8:40 AM EST
    Optimal Implant Sizing via Machine Learning is Associated with Increased Range of Motion Following Cervical Disc Arthroplasty
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nikita Lakomkin, MD – Mayo Clinic Department of Neurologic Surgery

  • 8:40 AM – 8:42 AM EST
    Outcomes in Patients with Non-Segmental versus Segmental Instrumentation in Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Retrospective Cohort Study
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Elise Yoon, DO – Michigan State University

  • 8:42 AM – 8:44 AM EST
    Pilot Study Outcomes on a Lumbar Total Joint Replacement: Return to Work
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jeffrey Goldstein, MD – NYU

  • 8:44 AM – 8:46 AM EST
    Preoperative Robotics Planning Facilitates Complex Construct Design in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Martin H. Pham, MD – University of California, San Diego

  • 8:46 AM – 8:48 AM EST
    Radiomics to Predict Distal Failure for Correction of Deformities with Sparing of the Lumbosacral Junction
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Joseph D. DiDomenico, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 8:48 AM – 8:50 AM EST
    Single Position Corpectomies for different clinical scenarios: a multicentric case series
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jahangir Asghar, MD (he/him/his) – Elite Spine Health and Wellness Center

  • 8:50 AM – 8:52 AM EST
    SPINEHealthie: A Smartphone App for Virtual Post-Operative Care and Collection of PROMs for Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: James Pan, MD – University of Washington

  • 8:52 AM – 8:54 AM EST
    The Posterior Cervical Transdural Approach for Cysts at the Craniovertebral Junction
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Aria Jamshidi, MD – University of Miami

  • 8:54 AM – 8:56 AM EST
    Title: Does the Severity of Facet Arthropathy Limit the Sagittal Re-alignment in Circumferential Minimally invasive Surgical (CMIS) Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD)?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Neel Anand, MD (he/him/his) – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

  • 8:56 AM – 8:58 AM EST
    Treatment of Refractory Multilevel Thoracic Spondylodiscitis Using Ultra-Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Approach: A Technical Note and Literature Review
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nelson Sofoluke, MD – Geisinger

  • 8:58 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Trivergent: The Next Evolutionary Step in Lumbar Posterior Fixation
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Richard D. Fessler, MD, PhD – Rush University Medical Center

  • 9:00 AM – 9:02 AM EST
    Two Level Full Endoscopic Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy: Short Term Results and Comparison with Open Surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Masahiko Akiyama, MD, DMSc (he/him/his) – Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital

  • 9:02 AM – 9:04 AM EST
    Two-Year Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes for Percutaneous Lumbar Interbody Fusion with an Expandable Titanium Cage Through Kambin’s Triangle without Facetectomy
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Troy Q. Tabarestani (he/him/his) – Duke University School of Medicine

  • 9:04 AM – 9:06 AM EST
    Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy: Experience in the First 10 Cases
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jin Hwa eum, 0000 (he/him/his) – ain alkhaleej hospital

  • 9:06 AM – 9:08 AM EST
    What Matters Most to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Patients: A Digital Analysis of Patient Perception via Social Media
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Avi A. Gajjar, BS – Hosp. of Univ. of Pennsylvania

  • 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST
    Exhibit Hall
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM EST
    Scientific Session 5: Beyond the Foramen: Peripheral Nerve Perplexities
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Line G. Jacques, MD, MSc – University of California, San Francisco

    Moderator: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah

    Peripheral Nerve

    Spine

  • 9:15 AM – 9:20 AM EST
    Honoring & Intro of the Lynda Yang PN Lectureship
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic

  • 9:21 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Inaugural Lynda Yang Lecture: Why is the Sky Blue?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Robert Spinner, MD – Mayo Clinic Rochester

  • 9:31 AM – 9:37 AM EST
    Peripheral Nerve Surgery for the Spinal Cord Injury Patient
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Wilson Z. Ray, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

  • 9:38 AM – 9:44 AM EST
    When to Refer a Patient with C5 Palsy to a Peripheral Nerve Surgeon
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Allan Belzberg, MD, FRCSC, FAANS – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 9:45 AM – 9:49 AM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)
  • 9:50 AM – 9:52 AM EST
    Kline Peripheral Nerve Research Award - The Role of Exercise and Neuroinflammation in Regeneration of the Injured Peripheral Nerve
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Megan Jack, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic

    Kline Peripheral Nerve Research Award

  • 9:53 AM – 10:00 AM EST
    Erb's Palsy: Injury Management in the Athlete
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Allan D. Levi, MD PhD (he/him/his) – University of Miami

  • 10:01 AM – 10:07 AM EST
    Treatment of Foot Drop
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Amgad S. Hanna – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • 10:08 AM – 10:15 AM EST
    Pyriformis Syndrome (Is It Real?) a Peripheral Nerve Perspective
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Institute for Nerve Medicine

  • 10:16 AM – 10:23 AM EST
    Double Crush Syndrome: What Do You Treat First?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Line G. Jacques, MD, MSc – University of California, San Francisco

  • 10:24 AM – 10:30 AM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)
  • 10:30 AM – 10:40 AM EST
    What's New Presentation: The Science Behind MagnetOs and Early Experience at a Major Trauma Center Sponsored by Kuros Biosciences
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Kuros Biosciences
  • 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM EST
    Beverage Break and What's New Session in the Exhibit Hall
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 10:45 AM – 10:55 AM EST
    What's New Presentation: Introducing the New Versatile Prone Lateral Patient Positioning System Sponsored by Globus Medical
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Christopher M. Holland, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Globus Medical
  • 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM EST
    Cahill Controversies: To Operate or Not to Operate??!!
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Kristen E. Jones, MD, FAANS – University of Minnesota

    Moderator: Wilson Z. Ray, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

    Socioeconomic

    Spine

  • 11:01 AM – 11:20 AM EST
    Topic 1: Incidentally Found SEVERE Cervical Cord Compression
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: R. John Hurlbert, MD – University of Arizona

    Speaker: Rick Sasso, MD – Indiana Spine Group

    Speaker: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine

  • 11:21 AM – 11:40 AM EST
    Topic 2: 75yo Osteoporotic Deformity Patient
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Mohamad Bydon, MD – Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

    Speaker: John Chi, MD, MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Speaker: Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA – Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University

  • 11:41 AM – 12:00 PM EST
    Topic 3: 35yo Collapsed L5/S1 with Intolerable Back Pain x 3 years - Conservative Measures Failed!
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Christopher M. Holland, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates

    Speaker: Serena S. Hu, MD – Stanford Healthcare

    Speaker: John E. O'Toole, MD, MS – Rush University Medical Center

  • 12:01 PM – 12:20 PM EST
    Topic 4: Large L4/5 HNP, 4 months out, Pain Resolved Last Month But Persistent Foot Drop
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Frank Phillips, MD – Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush

    Speaker: Eric Potts, MD – Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine

    Speaker: Robert Whitmore, MD – Tufts University School of Medicine

  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
    Location: Sparkle Ballroom (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Industry Lunch Symposia: Long-Term Evidence and Clinical Management of Cervical Disc Arthroplasty Sponsored by Orthofix
    Location: Splash 16 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Orthofix
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Industry Lunch Symposia: To Flip or Not to Flip? How UNLEASH™ Lateral, Prone Lateral & ATP Solutions Leverage Enabling Technologies & Innovations to Empower Your Decision Sponsored by DePuy Synthes
    Location: Splash 15 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Jang W. Yoon, MD – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

    Industry Speaker: Yi Lu, MD PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Industry Speaker: Elias Dakwar

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By DePuy Synthes
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Industry Lunch Symposia: Robotic Navigation: Benefits of Adding Automated Trajectory Alignment to your Navigation Workflow Sponsored by Globus Medical
    Location: Splash 17 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Industry Speaker: Nicholas Theodore, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By Globus Medical
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM EST
    Industry Lunch Symposia: PTP - The Evolution of the Lateral Approach Sponsored by ATEC
    Location: Flash (Fourth Floor)

    Industry Speaker: John Pollina, MD – University at Buffalo Neurosurgery

    Industry Speaker: Gurvinder Deol, MD – Wake Orthopedics

    Sponsored Session


    Sponsored By ATEC Spine
  • 1:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST
    Scientific Session 6: Leaders in Spine: Tales from the Crypt
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Irene Say, MD – UCSF

    Moderator: Juan S. Uribe, MD – Barrow Neurological Insitute

    Socioeconomic

    Spine

  • 1:20 PM – 1:32 PM EST
    After A Decade of Arthroplasty: The Real Data on Revision and Conversion to Fusion
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Domagoj Coric, MD – Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates

  • 1:33 PM – 1:45 PM EST
    ERAS: This is Why My ASC Works!
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD – University of Miami

  • 1:46 PM – 1:57 PM EST
    Socio-Economic Challenges in Spine Surgery: What is Our Future?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Deborah L. Benzil, MD, FACS, FAANS (she/her/hers) – Cleveland Clinic

  • 1:58 PM – 2:10 PM EST
    The Importance of Diversity & Equity in Spine Programs
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Ann R. Stroink, MD, FAANS

  • 2:11 PM – 2:22 PM EST
    How to Balance Advancing Technology with Advancing Costs
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Regis William Haid, Jr., MD – Atlanta Brain and Spine

  • 2:23 PM – 2:30 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)
  • 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Special Course 5: Spine Summit Grand Rounds: Difficult Cases - The Decision-Making Dilemma
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: Eve Tsai, MD, PhD – University of Ottawa

    Course Director: Christopher Maulucci, MD (he/him/his) – Tulane university

    Ticketed Event

    Spine

  • 2:30 PM – 2:32 PM EST
    Introduction
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:32 PM – 2:40 PM EST
    Cervical Deformity Case
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Tyler Koski, MD – Northwestern Medicine

  • 2:41 PM – 2:49 PM EST
    Difficult Osteomyelitis Case
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Rod J. Oskouian, MD, n/a – Swedish Neuroscience Institute

  • 2:50 PM – 2:58 PM EST
    Challenging TL Trauma Case
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Daniel Cavanaugh, MD – University of Maryland

  • 2:59 PM – 3:11 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 3:12 PM – 3:20 PM EST
    The Dumbell Schwannoma: Technical Pearls
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Ashok Asthagiri, MD – University of Virginia

  • 3:21 PM – 3:29 PM EST
    Atlanto-Occipital Dislocation Case
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Sanjay S. Dhall, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center

  • 3:30 PM – 3:38 PM EST
    Persistent CSF Leak Case, and Pathway to Its Solution
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Asdrubal Falavigna, MD – University

  • 3:39 PM – 3:47 PM EST
    Hangman's Fracture Case
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Camilo A. Molina, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University

  • 3:48 PM – 3:52 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 3:53 PM – 4:01 PM EST
    Difficult TL Deformity Case
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Harry Mushlin, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

  • 4:02 PM – 4:10 PM EST
    Lumbar ALIF Revision Case
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Steven Ludwig, MD – University of Maryland Medical Center

  • 4:11 PM – 4:19 PM EST
    Spondyloptosis Case
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina

  • 4:20 PM – 4:28 PM EST
    Vertebral Column Resection Case
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Julius O. Ebinu, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS, FAANS – University of California, Davis

  • 4:29 PM – 4:37 PM EST
    Cervical Fracture Dislocation
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Won Hyung Andrew Ryu, MD, MSc, MTM, FRCSC (he/him/his) – Oregon Health & Science University

  • 4:38 PM – 4:40 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 4:40 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Submitted Cases Discussion
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Special Course 6: Starting Your Career: Practical Tips for Success
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: Owoicho Adogwa, MD, MPH – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

    Course Director: Laura Snyder, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

    Ticketed Event

    Early Career Development

  • 2:31 PM – 2:38 PM EST
    Introduction
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:39 PM – 2:50 PM EST
    Negotiating Your First Job: Components of Academic Spine Surgeon Contract
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Philip R. Weinstein, MD, FAANS (he/him/his) – University of California, San Francisco

  • 2:51 PM – 3:02 PM EST
    What I Should Have Known Before Signing My First Contract
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Scott Meyer, MD (he/him/his) – Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists

  • 3:03 PM – 3:14 PM EST
    Thinking Ahead, Structuring Your First 5 Years for Success
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: John Knightly, MD, FAANS (he/him/his) – AANS

  • 3:15 PM – 3:22 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 3:23 PM – 3:35 PM EST
    ABNS Oral Boards: Structure and Important Timelines. Why Should You Care?
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Russell R. Lonser, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

  • 3:36 PM – 3:47 PM EST
    Tips for Success on the ABNS Oral Board
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Alexander E. Ropper, MD – Baylor College of Medicine Neurosurgery

  • 3:48 PM – 4:00 PM EST
    From Ideas to Fundable Projects
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Wilson Z. Ray, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

  • 4:01 PM – 4:09 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 4:10 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Survival Guide to Your First Year in Practice
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Laura Snyder, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

    Speaker: Michael Bohl, MD – Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates

  • 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Special Course 7: Practical Matters: Hands-On Operating Room Preparation for the APP
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: Corinna Zygourakis, MD – Stanford Health Care

    Ticketed Event

    Advanced Practice Provider

  • 2:30 PM – 2:35 PM EST
    Introduction
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Corinna Zygourakis, MD – Stanford Health Care

  • 2:36 PM – 2:50 PM EST
    Proper Technique for Lumbar Punctures, Lumbar Drain Insertion, EVD Placement
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Salazar Jones, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • 2:51 PM – 3:01 PM EST
    Positioning Palsies
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Courtney Pendleton, MD

  • 3:02 PM – 3:15 PM EST
    Spine Surgery Anatomy
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Mark E. Oppenlander, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine

  • 3:16 PM – 3:28 PM EST
    Basics of Screw Placement
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Corinna Zygourakis, MD – Stanford Health Care

  • 3:29 PM – 3:32 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 3:33 PM – 3:50 PM EST
    Suturing Tips and Tricks
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Connor Arquette, MD – Stanford University

  • 3:50 PM – 4:40 PM EST
    Rotation: Hands-On Suturing
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 4:40 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Question & Answer Session/Wrap Up
    Location: Splash 11-12 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Special Course 8: Treatment and Complication Avoidance in the Management of Spinal Tumors
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Course Director: Ilya Laufer, MD – NYU Langone Department of Neurosurgery

    Course Director: John H. Shin, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

    Ticketed Event

    Tumor

    Spine

  • 2:31 PM – 2:32 PM EST
    Introduction
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 2:33 PM – 2:41 PM EST
    Practical Tips for Treating Epidural Cord Compression – Decompression Indications, Timing and Techniques
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Nicolas Dea, MD, MSc – Vancouver General Hospital

  • 2:42 PM – 2:50 PM EST
    When Do Metastatic Spine Tumor Patients Require Stabilization? Is Decompression Only an Option?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Nicholas Szerlip, MD – University of Michigan

  • 2:51 PM – 2:59 PM EST
    Patient Selection Considerations: When Is En Bloc Resection Indicated and Feasible?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Sheng-fu Larry Lo, M.D. (he/him/his) – Northwell Health

  • 3:00 PM – 3:08 PM EST
    Definitive Radiotherapy for Chordoma: State of the Art
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Yen-Lin Chen, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 3:09 PM – 3:17 PM EST
    Management of Benign Bone Tumors in the Spine
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Michael Galgano, MD – UNC Health

  • 3:18 PM – 3:26 PM EST
    Management of Intradural Tumors
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Scott L. Zuckerman, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • 3:26 PM – 3:30 PM EST
    Break
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 3:31 PM – 3:39 PM EST
    Minimally Invasive Approaches to Spine Tumors
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: John E. O'Toole, MD, MS – Rush University Medical Center

  • 3:40 PM – 3:48 PM EST
    Frailty and Pre-Operative Optimization Strategies
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: raphaele Charest-Morin, MD, FRCSC – University of British Columbia

  • 3:49 PM – 3:57 PM EST
    SINS in 2023: Limitations and Future Directions
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Wende Gibbs, MD, MA – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 3:58 PM – 4:06 PM EST
    Complications and How I Deal with Them
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Rory Goodwin, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University

  • 4:07 PM – 4:15 PM EST
    New Technologies in Surgery: Robotics, Endoscopy
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Ori Barzilai – Memorial Sloan Kettering

  • 4:16 PM – 4:23 PM EST
    New Technologies in Surgery: 3D Printing, Augmented/Virtual Reality
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Jereme Larouche, MD – University of Toronto

  • 4:24 PM – 4:31 PM EST
    Use of Vertebroplasty in Spine Oncology
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Ehud Mendel, M.D., M.B.A. – Yale School of Medicine

  • 4:32 PM – 5:00 PM EST
    Discussion with the Masters
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Speaker: Mark Bilsky, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Department of Neurosurgery

    Speaker: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University

    Speaker: Ziya L. Gokaslan, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Health System

    Speaker: Laurence Rhines, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Speaker: Daniel Sciubba, MD, MBA – Northwell Health, Hoftstra University

  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST
    WINS Reception
    Location: Splash 1-3 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Social Event

  • 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EST
    Young Spine Surgeon Reception & Dinner (pre-registration required, spots are limited)
    Location: Flicker 1-2 (Fourth Floor)

    Social Event

    Ticketed Event

  • Sunday, March 19, 2023
  • 6:30 AM – 11:30 AM EST
    Registration
    Location: Luster Gallerie (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 6:30 AM – 12:15 PM EST
    Speaker Ready Room
    Location: Splash 5 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM EST
    Breakfast Case Discussions: Challenging Peripheral Nerve Cases Submitted by You
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Zarina S. Ali, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania

    Moderator: Elias B. Rizk, MD, PhD, MSc – Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM EST
    Continental Breakfast
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom Foyer (Fourth Floor)
  • 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Specialty Breakout 2: Trauma/General Spine Abstracts
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Moderator: Eve Tsai, MD, PhD – University of Ottawa

    Moderator: Erik Hayman, MD – University of South Florida

  • 7:32 AM – 7:34 AM EST
    A 12-year Retrospective Analysis of 366 Complications from Dural Grafts Reported by the Food and Drug Administration’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Arjun K. K. Menta, BSA, BBA (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 7:36 AM – 7:38 AM EST
    Automated Detection of Cervical Spine Fractures in CT imaging: Lessons Learned from our submission to the 2022 RSNA Kaggle Challenge
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Tyler Christian Steed, MD, PhD – Emory University

  • 7:38 AM – 7:40 AM EST
    Biomechanical Analysis of Two Versus Four Rods Across the Cervico-Thoracic Junction – an in vitro Human Cadaveric Model
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Gnel Pivazyan, MD (he/him/his) – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

  • 7:40 AM – 7:42 AM EST
    Biomechanical Assessment of a Novel Sharp-Tip Screw for One Step Minimally Invasive Pedicle Screw Placement Under Navigation: Pullout Study
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Anna Sawa, PhD (she/her/hers) – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 7:42 AM – 7:44 AM EST
    Blast versus direct penetrating injury to the spine: a retrospective review of gunshot wounds to the spine at a single institution
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Liesl Close, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Francisco

  • 7:44 AM – 7:46 AM EST
    Build-A-Spine software (BASs): Validation of a Novel Semi-Automated Tool For Measurement of Spinopelvic Parameters in 250 Patients
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Joseph S. Withrow, MD – UTHealth Houston

  • 7:46 AM – 7:48 AM EST
    Cannabis Use is Associated with a Two-fold Increased Risk of Pseudarthrosis Following TLIF Procedures: A Propensity Matched Study
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Abhijith Matur, MD – University of Cincinnati, Department of Neurosurgery

  • 7:48 AM – 7:50 AM EST
    Cannabis Use is Associated with Poor Outcomes Among Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Patients: A National Trauma Registry Analysis
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sung Huang Laurent Tsai, MD – Mayo Clinic Rochester

  • 7:50 AM – 7:52 AM EST
    Cauda Equina Syndrome Presenting to Emergency Departments Nationwide: An Analysis of Racial and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Patient Outcomes and Hospital Resource Utilization
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Thomas M. Johnstone, n/a – Stanford University School of Medicine

  • 7:52 AM – 7:54 AM EST
    Central Cord and Non-Central Cord Injured Patients Have No Difference in Peri-operative Outcomes Following Early Surgery: A TRACK-SCI Study
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Austin Lui, M.S. (he/him/his) – Touro University California

  • 7:54 AM – 7:56 AM EST
    Conservative Treatment of Type 2 Odontoid Fractures in Elderly Adults: Outcome Measures in a Series of 55 Patients
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Paul M. Arnold, MD, FACS – Department of Neurosurgery, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, IL

  • 7:56 AM – 7:58 AM EST
    Demographics of Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with C1 and C2 Fractures
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Lauren Ladehoff – University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine

  • 7:58 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Differences in Bowel and Bladder Function Following Spinal Cord Injury at the Cervical Versus Thoracic Level
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: John J. Francis, BS (he/him/his) – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

  • 8:00 AM – 8:02 AM EST
    Disruption of the Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier using Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound in a Rat Model
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew M. Hersh, B.S. – John Hopkins Medical School

  • 8:02 AM – 8:04 AM EST
    Effects of the 2016 CDC Opioid Prescription Guidelines on Worker Compensation Opioid Use and Case Length
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Harel Deutsch, MD (he/him/his) – Rush University Medical Center

  • 8:04 AM – 8:06 AM EST
    Epidemiology, management, and outcome of traumatic spinal cord injury at two hospitals in the south-west region of Cameroon: a five-year retrospective review
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Berjo Dongmo Takoutsing (he/him/his) – Association of Future African Neurosurgeons

  • 8:06 AM – 8:08 AM EST
    Factors Associated with Increased Surgical Drain Output After Spinal Deformity Correction in Adults
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Devender Singh, PhD – Ascension Texas Spine and Scoliosis

  • 8:08 AM – 8:10 AM EST
    Frailty and Short-Term Outcomes following Acute Spinal Cord Injury Surgery
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Evan Courville, MD – Bowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab

  • 8:10 AM – 8:12 AM EST
    Human Spinal Cord Stem Cells Exhibit Reduced Potential for Oligodendrogenesis Compared to Rodent Stem Cells
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ryan V. Sandarage, MD (he/him/his) – University of Ottawa

  • 8:12 AM – 8:14 AM EST
    Impact of Social Deprivation on the Outcomes of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Saad Javeed, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis

  • 8:14 AM – 8:16 AM EST
    Intraoperative Stereotactic Arteriography in Complex Cervical Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew Fanous, MD, FAANS – INOVA Alexandria Hospital

  • 8:16 AM – 8:18 AM EST
    Long-term quality of life and its determinants among spine trauma patients managed at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ibrahim Hussain, MD – Weill Cornell-New York Presbyterian Och Spine

  • 8:20 AM – 8:22 AM EST
    Management of Mild Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy and Asymptomatic Spinal Cord Compression: An International Survey
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jamie Brannigan, BA – University of Cambridge

  • 8:22 AM – 8:24 AM EST
    Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation mitigates spinal cord inflammation but not gut dysbiosis acutely following rat spinal cord injury
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Richard D. Fessler, MD, PhD – Rush University Medical Center

  • 8:24 AM – 8:26 AM EST
    Microfluidic Model of Innervated Vasculature for Nociception Using Human Dorsal Root Ganglia from Spine Patients
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Annee D. Nguyen, MS (she/they pronouns) – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

  • 8:26 AM – 8:28 AM EST
    Minimally Invasive Techniques in the Surgical Management of Chance Fractures in Young Children
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jose A. Castillo, Jr., MD – University of California, Davis

  • 8:28 AM – 8:30 AM EST
    Minority status and low socioeconomic status are associated with unfavorable outcomes following cervical spinal cord injury: an analysis of the National Inpatient Sample Database.
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Frank destefano, DO – Kansas University Medical Center

  • 8:30 AM – 8:32 AM EST
    Modified frailty index and risk stratification in patients undergoing surgery for traumatic spinal cord injury: a nationwide cohort analysis of 4,069 patients
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Rahul A. Sastry, MD (he/him/his) – Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

  • 8:34 AM – 8:36 AM EST
    Navigation-assisted Minimally Invasive Lateral Corpectomy for the Management of Traumatic Thoracolumbar Fractures: An Illustrative Case Series and a Decision Tree for Clinical Management
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Thomas A. Wozny, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

  • 8:36 AM – 8:38 AM EST
    Novel Wireless Battery-free Fully Passive Flexible Implant platform for neuromodulation of the Spine through Epidural/Transdural Stimulation
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Diogo Moniz Garcia, MD – Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville FL

  • 8:38 AM – 8:40 AM EST
    Occult Tight Filum Terminale Syndrome in Adults: Surgical Outcomes in 57 Patients
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ahmed J. Awad, MD (he/him/his) – Medical College of Wisconsin

  • 8:40 AM – 8:42 AM EST
    Opportunistic CT-Based Hounsfield Units Demonstrate a Strong Correlation with Biomechanical CT Measurements of Vertebral Strength and Trabecular Bone Mineral Density in the Thoracolumbar Spine
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael L. Martini, MD PhD – Mayo Clinic, Department of Neurologic Surgery

  • 8:42 AM – 8:44 AM EST
    Optimizing Health Prior to Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Are Costs Outweighed by Perioperative Benefits?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jamshaid M. Mir, MD – NYU Langone Health

  • 8:44 AM – 8:46 AM EST
    Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Preventive and Curative Surgeries for Neuromas of the Hand
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sufyan Ibrahim, MBBS – Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

  • 8:46 AM – 8:48 AM EST
    Polypharmacy in spinal cord injury: matched cohort analysis comparing drug classes, medical complications, and healthcare utilization metrics with 24 month follow up
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nicholas Dietz, M.D. – University of Louisville - - KY, KY

  • 8:48 AM – 8:50 AM EST
    Predictive Analysis of a Comparative Cohort of Consultations for Cauda Equina Syndrome
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Irene Say, MD – UCSF

  • 8:52 AM – 8:54 AM EST
    Predictors of construct failure after ACDF for traumatic cervical spine injury
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Victor Gabriel El-Hajj (he/him/his) – Karolinska Institutet

  • 8:54 AM – 8:56 AM EST
    Pre-injury mobility and cognitive function predict one-year mortality in older adults with mild traumatic spine fractures
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Daryl P. Fields, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery

  • 8:56 AM – 8:58 AM EST
    Principal Strains Across the Intact L4-5 Disc During In Vitro Loading using 3D Digital Image Correlation (DIC)
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Anna Sawa, PhD (she/her/hers) – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 8:58 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Robotic‐assisted minimally invasive spinopelvic fixation for traumatic sacral fractures: an early single‐institution experience
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Christopher Dibble, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Duke University

  • 9:00 AM – 9:02 AM EST
    Sciatica: Are patient demographics associated with increasing hospital cost?
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Aditya Joshi, BS – Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

  • 9:02 AM – 9:04 AM EST
    Single institution retrospective analysis of odontoid screws
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew L. Abumoussa, MD, MSc – University of North Carolina

  • 9:04 AM – 9:06 AM EST
    Spinal cord and brain concentrations of riluzole after oral and intrathecal administration: a potential new treatment for spinal cord injury.
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Juan Gutierrez, MD, MS – Emory University

  • 9:06 AM – 9:08 AM EST
    Spinal Cord Stimulation following Spinal Cord Injury exhibits clinical improvements in pain, spasticity, autonomic dysfunction, and motor deficits: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Gabriel Urreola, BS (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis

  • 9:08 AM – 9:10 AM EST
    Spinal Emergencies Secondary to Tumor, Trauma, and Infection During Pregnancy. A systematic review
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Amna S. Hussein, MD (she/her/hers) – Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix

  • 9:12 AM – 9:14 AM EST
    The Epidemiology of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in the United States, A 2010-2019 Report.
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ahmed Elbayomy, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Neurological surgery, University of Wisconsin Madison

  • 9:14 AM – 9:16 AM EST
    The Future of miRNA Therapeutics for Neuronal Repair in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nikita Das, B.A. Neuroscience and Behavior (she/her/hers) – Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

  • 9:16 AM – 9:18 AM EST
    The Learning Curve for Pedicle Screw Selection in Robotic-assisted and Intra-operative Navigation guided Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MI-TLIF)
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Avani Vaishnav, MBBS (she/her/hers) – Boston Medical Center | Hospital for Special Surgery

  • 9:18 AM – 9:20 AM EST
    Thoracolumbar Injury Classification System: Validation and Shortcomings
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael D. Monterey, MD – University of Texas-Houston

  • 9:20 AM – 9:22 AM EST
    Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with placement of steerable banana cage: A single-center retrospective analysis of radiographic parameters
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Adam Levy, B.S. – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

  • 9:22 AM – 9:24 AM EST
    Transient quadriparesis in adolescent athletes: a retrospective case-series
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jacob Jo, B.A. – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

  • 9:24 AM – 9:26 AM EST
    Treating Acute Spinal Cord Patients with a Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Management Protocol
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sharath Anand, MD (he/him/his) – University of PIttsburgh

  • 9:26 AM – 9:28 AM EST
    Twelve-year retrospective analysis of commercially available corpectomy devices from the Food and Drug Administration’s Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Daniel Davidar, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 9:28 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Use of headless compression screws for direct osteosynthesis of traumatic type II odontoid fractures in high anesthesia risk patients.
    Location: Splash 9 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Elias Mohammad, BS – University of North Carolina

  • 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Specialty Breakout 3: Tumor/General Spine Abstracts
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Moderator: Oren Gottfried, MD (he/him/his) – Duke University

    Moderator: Patricia Sullivan, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Health System/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

  • 7:32 AM – 7:34 AM EST
    17-year Experience of Operative Management of Intradural Extramedullary (IDEM) Tumors: Clinical Outcomes from a Low- and Middle-Income Country
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ahmad Ozair, MD (he/him/his) – Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida

  • 7:34 AM – 7:36 AM EST
    A Comparison of Palliative Care Perceptions Across Metastatic Spine Patients and the General Population
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Harrison A. Hockenberry, BS – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

  • 7:36 AM – 7:38 AM EST
    American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale (AIS) conversion underestimates neurological recovery following traumatic spinal cord injury
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Winward Choy, MD – University of California, San Francisco

  • 7:38 AM – 7:40 AM EST
    Assessing the Utilization of Inpatient and Outpatient Palliative Care at End of Life for Patients with Spine Metastases
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Antoinette J. Charles, BS (she/her/hers) – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

  • 7:40 AM – 7:42 AM EST
    Assessment of Triggered Electromyography for Pedicle Screw Placement Under Spinal Anesthesia
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Matthew Kanter, MS – Tufts University School of Medicine

  • 7:42 AM – 7:44 AM EST
    Charting style affects the length of stay (LOS) index on a spinal surgery service line
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Rohaid Ali, MD – Brown University

  • 7:44 AM – 7:46 AM EST
    Clinical Insight into Spinal Drop Metastasis: A Systematic Review
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ebtesam Abdulla, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona

  • 7:46 AM – 7:48 AM EST
    Delivering Comprehensive Spine Care in the United States: A Review of 221 Institutions
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Siegfried Jason Adelhoefer – Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine

  • 7:48 AM – 7:50 AM EST
    Development of a Personalized Machine Learning-based Prediction Model for Short Term Postoperative Outcomes Following Spinal Tumor Resection
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Mert Karabacak, MD (he/him/his) – Mount Sinai Health System

  • 7:50 AM – 7:52 AM EST
    Differences Across Various Ideal Lumbar Lordosis Measurement Formulas for Patient Specific Sagittal Alignment Goals
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jason J. Haselhuhn, DO – University of Minnesota

  • 7:52 AM – 7:54 AM EST
    Differences in the Priorities and Expectations of Patients with Metastatic Spine Disease Before and After the Initiation of Treatment
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Tara Elizabeth Dalton, MD (she/her/hers) – Duke University Department of Neurosurgery

  • 7:54 AM – 7:56 AM EST
    Disparities in Elective Clinical Research Participation for Spine Tumor Patients Stratify by Neighborhood-Level Disadvantage: A 7-Year Single-Institution Analysis
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Owen P. Leary, BS (he/him/his) – Department of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Health System/Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island

  • 7:56 AM – 7:58 AM EST
    Evaluating Local Control in Patients with Spinal Metastatic Lung Cancer: Single-Institution Experience with a Multidisciplinary Spine Oncology Clinic
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Rushikesh S. Joshi, MD – University of Michigan

  • 7:58 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Expected Motor Function Change Following Surgery for Spinal Metastatic Disease
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Bernard K. Okai (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

  • 8:00 AM – 8:02 AM EST
    Genomic analysis of spinal meningiomas: Correlation with histopathologic grade
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Joseph Driver, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 8:02 AM – 8:04 AM EST
    Hounsfield Units but not Vertebral Bone Quality Predict Time to Pathologic Fracture in Mobile Spine Metastases Treated with Radiotherapy
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Zachary Pennington, MD – Mayo Clinic Department of Neurologic Surgery

  • 8:04 AM – 8:06 AM EST
    Implementation of a Spine Triage Program and Its Effect on Outpatient Health Resource Radiology Utilization
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Yagiz Ugur Yolcu, MD, MS – Lahey Clinic

  • 8:08 AM – 8:10 AM EST
    In-depth Gender Analysis of a Decade of Authorship at the AANS/CNS Spine Summit
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Samantha Palma, BS (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine

  • 8:10 AM – 8:12 AM EST
    Influence of Instrumentation Type on Outcomes after Surgical Management of Spondylodiscitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Krisna S. Maddy, BA (she/her/hers) – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

  • 8:12 AM – 8:14 AM EST
    Isolated Metastatic Disease of the Vertebral Body: A Single Center Multidisciplinary Experience in Treatment and Quality of Life
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ayobami L. Ward, MD, Sc.M. – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan

  • 8:14 AM – 8:16 AM EST
    Laminectomy versus laminectomy and fixation for multilevel degenerative cervical myelopathy: factors influencing surgical decision making amongst surgeons in the United Kingdom
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alexandru Budu, MD, FRCS (SN) (he/him/his) – University Hospitals Birmingham

  • 8:16 AM – 8:18 AM EST
    Laser Induced Endogenous Fluorescence Spectroscopy Produces Distinct Spectral Signatures in Pathology Prepared Tumor Samples
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jacob Sperber, BA – Duke University

  • 8:18 AM – 8:20 AM EST
    Late operative start time increases risk of surgical site infection in adult spinal surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jessica Ryvlin, BS – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • 8:20 AM – 8:22 AM EST
    Local Control in Patients with Spinal Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: The Experience of an Institution with a Multidisciplinary Spine Oncology Clinic
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Johan H. Lee, BS (he/him/his) – University of Michigan

  • 8:22 AM – 8:24 AM EST
    Lumbar Surgical Techniques with the Greatest Improvements in Clinical Outcomes
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Monis A. Khan, MD, CCFP (he/him/his) – University of Arizona

  • 8:24 AM – 8:26 AM EST
    Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors: A Modified Delphi Study
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew M. Hersh, B.S. – John Hopkins Medical School

  • 8:26 AM – 8:28 AM EST
    Metastatic Sarcoma to the Spine: Experiential Analysis at a Tertiary Care Center
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Arushi Tripathy, Neurosurgery Resident (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan

  • 8:28 AM – 8:30 AM EST
    Neighborhood Disadvantage Prognosticates Postoperative Outcomes and Survival Following Spine Tumor Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Cam I. Ayala, n/a (he/him/his) – Brown University

  • 8:30 AM – 8:32 AM EST
    Normative Bone Mineral Density Measured on CT Scan in Children and Adolescents
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Kosei Nagata, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Norton Leatherman Spine Center

  • 8:32 AM – 8:34 AM EST
    Novel Objective-Subjective Pain Assessment Score Results in Decreased Opioid Prescription After Elective Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Dia Halalmah, MD (he/him/his) – Hurley Medical Center

  • 8:34 AM – 8:36 AM EST
    Novel standalone motion-sparing pelvic fixation prevents insufficiency fractures following mid- sacrectomies without sacrificing normal, mobile lumbar segments traditionally used for stabilization.
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Thomas A. Pieters, MD (he/him/his) – University of Massachusettes Department of Neurosurgery

  • 8:36 AM – 8:38 AM EST
    Optimizing surgical efficiency using preoperative virtual reality planning: a systematic review
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nicholas M.B. Laskay, MD (he/him/his) – UAB Neurosurgery

  • 8:38 AM – 8:40 AM EST
    Patient characteristics associated with the trajectory of neurological recovery after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Aditya Vedantam, MD (he/him/his) – Medical College of Wisconsin

  • 8:40 AM – 8:42 AM EST
    Predicting Outcomes and Postoperative Ambulatory Status following Transpedicular decompression and Fusion for Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression using Preoperative Bilsky Grade
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Rohit Mauria, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospitals

  • 8:42 AM – 8:44 AM EST
    Prolonged Hospital Stay and Incidence of Postop Neck or Back Pain, Radiculopathy, and Physical Quality Outcomes in Primary Intradural Spinal Cord Patients with Unhealthy Baseline Metabolic Status
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Neil N. Al-Saidi, BSc – Central Michigan University College of Medicine

  • 8:44 AM – 8:46 AM EST
    Provider- and Patient-Level Factors Influence Socioeconomic Disparities in Spinal Fusion Post-Surgical Outcomes
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Corinna Zygourakis, MD – Stanford Health Care

  • 8:46 AM – 8:48 AM EST
    Recommendation for Prehabilitation in Elective Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Raj S. Lavadi, MBBS – University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery

  • 8:48 AM – 8:50 AM EST
    Reduced Radiation Exposure Through Utilization of Robotic Modalities in Comparison to Navigation in Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Anthony Pajak, BS (he/him/his) – HSS

  • 8:50 AM – 8:52 AM EST
    Regional Differences in Autofusion and Segmental Deformity in the Natural History of Pyogenic Vertebral Osteomyelitis: Our Institution’s 18-year Experience
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alexander Keister, BS – The Ohio State University College of Medicine

  • 8:52 AM – 8:54 AM EST
    Reliability and Predictors of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Changes During Intramedullary Tumor Resection: Mayo Clinic Multicenter Experience
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrea Otamendi-Lopez, MD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic Florida

  • 8:54 AM – 8:56 AM EST
    Risk of Mechanical Failure After Spinal Metastases Surgery In Women With Breast Cancer Receiving Aromatase Inhibitors
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Elie Massaad, MD MSc – Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 8:58 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Sacral Fracture Risk in Single Dose Spinal Stereotactic Radiosurgery: A Retrospective Review
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Eric Goethe, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • 9:02 AM – 9:04 AM EST
    Single-Session Palliative Treatment of Atlas Spinal Metastatic Disease with Cranial Stereotactic Radiosurgery Unit
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew J. Fabiano, MD, FAANS – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

  • 9:06 AM – 9:08 AM EST
    Sleep Dysfunction and Factors Associated with Improved Sleep in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Quality Outcomes Database Study
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alexander A. Aabedi, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

  • 9:08 AM – 9:10 AM EST
    Smartphone Activity Data Correlates with Patient-Reported Outcome Measures After Lumbar Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Robert Subtirelu, MSc (he/him/his) – Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

  • 9:10 AM – 9:12 AM EST
    Social Risk Factors Associated with Decreased Patient Portal Utilization in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Edwin Owolo, BA (he/him/his) – Duke University Department of Neurosurgery

  • 9:12 AM – 9:14 AM EST
    Socioeconomic and Demographic Changes in U.S. Patients Undergoing Cervical Fusion Through the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2004-2021
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Janet Y. Wu, BA, BM – Stanford University School of Medicine

  • 9:14 AM – 9:16 AM EST
    Spinal Metastatic Disease with Epidural Extension without Significant Neural Element Compression (Bilksy 1)
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sravanthi Koduri, MD – University of Michigan

  • 9:16 AM – 9:18 AM EST
    Spondylodiscitis Treatment "Success": Normalization of Inflammatory Markers
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: John Paul G. Kolcun, MD – Rush University Medical Center

  • 9:18 AM – 9:20 AM EST
    Surgical adverse events for primary tumors of the spine and their impact on outcomes: a PTRON study
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Mathieu Laflamme, MD (he/him/his) – CHU de Québec - Université Laval

  • 9:20 AM – 9:22 AM EST
    The ACGME Case Minimums in Spine Surgery May Not Adequately Reflect the Minimums Needed for Autonomy– A Single-Institution Analysis Using the Surgical Autonomy Program
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Vishal Venkatraman, MSc (he/him/his) – Duke University School of Medicine

  • 9:24 AM – 9:26 AM EST
    The role of immunohistochemistry markers in predicting long-term recurrence following spinal chordoma resection: a multicenter study
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Konstantinos Katsos, MBBS, MSc – Mayo Clinic

  • 9:26 AM – 9:28 AM EST
    The Use of Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Instrumentation in patients with Spinal Oncologic Tumors: A Systematic Review of Literature and Future Directions
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Malek Bashti, n/a – Univeristy of Miami

  • 9:28 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Utilizing First-Order Derivatives and Smartphone-Based Accelerometry to Phenotype Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disease
    Location: Splash 10 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sneha Sai Mannam, BS (he/him/his) – Hosp. of Univ. of Pennsylvania

  • 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Specialty Breakout 4: Peripheral Nerve/Basic Science/General Spine Abstracts
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Moderator: Alexander E. Ropper, MD – Baylor College of Medicine Neurosurgery

    Moderator: Suzanne Tharin, MD, PhD, FAANS (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

  • 7:32 AM – 7:34 AM EST
    Age as a Predictor for Patient-Reported Outcomes in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Analysis from the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael H. Lawless, II, DO (he/him/his) – Ascension Providence Hospital, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

  • 7:34 AM – 7:36 AM EST
    Are there differences in outcome between anterior and posterior cervical surgery for myelopathy? A QOD analysis
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Christine Park, MD – University of Washington

  • 7:36 AM – 7:38 AM EST
    Automatic Segmentation of Carpal Tunnel Tissue Domains Using Optically-Derived Strain Measurement
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sachin Govind, BS (he/him/his) – Feinberg School of Medicine

  • 7:38 AM – 7:40 AM EST
    Biomechanical Comparison of Lumbar Spine Instrumented with Stand-Alone Interbody Fixation Constructs versus Interbody with Supplemental Fixation
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ali Kiapour, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 7:40 AM – 7:42 AM EST
    Can Preoperative Hematocrit Levels Predict Complications and Healthcare Utilization in Patients Undergoing Brachial Plexus Neuroplasty?
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Anitesh Bajaj, BS (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

  • 7:42 AM – 7:44 AM EST
    Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and Driving Abilities: Prevalence and Long-Term Postoperative Outcomes: A QOD Study
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Raj S. Lavadi, MBBS – University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery

  • 7:44 AM – 7:46 AM EST
    Change in Spinal Bone Mineral Density as estimated by Hounsfield Units following Osteoporosis Treatment with Romosozumab, Teriparatide, Denosumab, and Alendronate: An Analysis of 307 Patients
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Anthony L. Mikula, MD – Mayo Clinic Department of Neurologic Surgery

  • 7:46 AM – 7:48 AM EST
    Characteristics and Effects of Psychiatric Illness on Short-Term Outcomes after Spine Surgery: A National Readmissions Database Study
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Kranti C. Rumalla, n/a – Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

  • 7:48 AM – 7:50 AM EST
    Characteristics of patients who return to work after undergoing surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a Quality Outcomes Database study
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Giorgos D. Michalopoulos, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

  • 7:50 AM – 7:52 AM EST
    Characterization of Adeno-Associated Virus Tropism for Dorsal Root Ganglion Tissue
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Kate Salotto, BS – Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

  • 7:52 AM – 7:54 AM EST
    Comparative Study on the Effects of Different Lumbar Surgeries for Back Pain on Patient Quality of Life and Functional Status: A Pan-Canadian CSORN Study
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Rakan Bokhari, MSc FRCSC – King Abdulaziz Univeristy

  • 7:54 AM – 7:56 AM EST
    Computed tomography versus MRI-based synthetic computed tomography for robotic-assisted placement of pedicle screws
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Brendan F. Judy, MD – Johns Hopkins Department of Neurosurgery

  • 7:56 AM – 7:58 AM EST
    Concave and Convex Growth Do Not Differ over Tethered Vertebral Segments, Even with Open Tri-Radiate Cartilage
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Daniel Farivar, BS – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  • 7:58 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Correlation of skeletal muscle biomarkers and frailty in a mouse model of intervertebral disc lesioning; a feasibility study
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alan C. Wang, MD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center

  • 8:00 AM – 8:02 AM EST
    Deterioration After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: An Observational Study from the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nicolas Dea, MD, MSc – Vancouver General Hospital

  • 8:02 AM – 8:04 AM EST
    Development of Predictive Algorithms to Predict Adverse Postoperative Outcomes Following Carpal Tunnel Decompression
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Rushmin Khazanchi, BA (he/him/his) – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

  • 8:04 AM – 8:06 AM EST
    Diffusion Basis Spectrum Imaging Identifies Clinically Relevant Disease Phenotypes of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Justin K. Zhang, MD, MSCI (he/him/his) – University of Utah

  • 8:08 AM – 8:10 AM EST
    Does hinge sidedness really matter after open-door expansile cervical laminoplasty?
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: David J. Levi, BS (he/him/his) – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

  • 8:10 AM – 8:12 AM EST
    Does Postoperative L4-S1 Lordosis Influence Outcomes after 1-2 Level Lower Lumbar Fusion?
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jonathan N. Sembrano, MD (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota - Department of Orthopedic Surgery

  • 8:12 AM – 8:14 AM EST
    Frailty Measured by Risk Analysis Index and Adverse Discharge Outcomes After Adult Spine Deformity Surgery: Analysis of 3104 Patients from a Prospective Surgical Registry (2011-2020)
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael M. Covell, BA – Georgetown University School of Medicine

  • 8:14 AM – 8:16 AM EST
    Hounsfield Unit as a Predictor of Adjacent-Level Disease in Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Frank destefano, DO – Kansas University Medical Center

  • 8:16 AM – 8:18 AM EST
    How Do the True Intraoperative Costs of Laminoplasty Compare to Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion?
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Daniyal Mansoor Ali, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University

  • 8:18 AM – 8:20 AM EST
    Impact of Interbody Implant Material on Early Outcomes in a Prospective Multicenter Study of Lumbar Interbody Fusion
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Clifford Crutcher, MD – Duke University

  • 8:20 AM – 8:22 AM EST
    Impact of Preoperative Mental Health State on Perioperative Surgical Outcomes After Lumbar Spine Fusions: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Mohamed AR Soliman, MD – University of Buffalo

  • 8:22 AM – 8:24 AM EST
    Impact of Unplanned Readmissions on 12-month Patient Reported Outcomes After Lumbar Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Hani Chanbour, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

  • 8:24 AM – 8:26 AM EST
    Independent Predictors of Subsidence in ACDF and Its Effect on Delayed Cervical Alignment
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Yaroslav Gelfand, MD – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • 8:26 AM – 8:28 AM EST
    Is Surgical Management of Brachial Plexus Schwannomas Safe and Effective: A Review of Clinical Experience
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew M. Hersh, B.S. – John Hopkins Medical School

  • 8:28 AM – 8:30 AM EST
    Is the Spinopelvic Alignment Achieved in a Short Segment Lumbar Fusion at 3 Months After Surgery Maintained at 24 months?
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Devon LeFever, MD – Virginia Mason

  • 8:30 AM – 8:32 AM EST
    Length of stay and readmission rates after single-level posterior cervical foraminotomy versus ACDF for radiculopathy
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Gabrielle Santangelo, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical Center

  • 8:32 AM – 8:34 AM EST
    Long-Term Clinical Outcomes with Compressive Lag Integrated Interbody Cervical Fusion in One- and Two-level Constructs
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jason E. Garber – Las Vegas Neurosurgical Institute

  • 8:34 AM – 8:36 AM EST
    Multidimensional Assessments of Physical Function Improve Predictions of Postoperative Complications after Lumbar Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jacob Greenberg, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

  • 8:36 AM – 8:38 AM EST
    Multilevel Laminoplasty for CSM: Is C3 Laminectomy Better Than C3 Laminoplasty at the Superior Vertebra?
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael E. Tawil, BS – University of California San Francisco

  • 8:40 AM – 8:42 AM EST
    Outcomes and Predictors of Subsidence After Expandable Cage in Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Pratyush Shahi, MBBS, MS(Ortho), AO Spine Diploma – Institute of Neurosciences Kolkata (INK)

  • 8:42 AM – 8:44 AM EST
    Pain After Vertebral Body Tether Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Timing
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Brandon J. Toll, DO – Lahey Hospital and Medical Center

  • 8:44 AM – 8:46 AM EST
    Perception of Frailty in Spinal Metastatic Disease: International Survey of the AO Spine Community
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: raphaele Charest-Morin, MD, FRCSC – University of British Columbia

  • 8:46 AM – 8:48 AM EST
    Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Upper Instrumented Vertebra Cement Augmentation Reducing Proximal Junctional Kyphosis and Failure Rate in Adult Spinal Deformity: Case Series and Literature Review
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Kelly Gassie, MD (she/her/hers) – Department of Neurosurgery, Health First Medical Group

  • 8:48 AM – 8:50 AM EST
    Predictors for Inpatient Admission Among Patients with a Primary Diagnosis of Spondylolisthesis: A Nationwide Database Analysis from 2015-2019
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew D. Nguyen, MD, PhD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Diego

  • 8:50 AM – 8:52 AM EST
    Predictors of Dysphagia Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Yaroslav Gelfand, MD – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • 8:54 AM – 8:56 AM EST
    Prevalence and Prognosis of Gait Dysfunction in Patients Operated for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Phoebe L. Greenwald, BA (she/her/hers) – Columbia University

  • 8:56 AM – 8:58 AM EST
    Reduced Cost after Elective Spine Surgery with An Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathway: A Quality Improvement MSSIC Study
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Kristin Knickerbocker, BS (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University

  • 8:58 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) in the Management of Spine Disease: A Pilot Project Using Fitbit Wearable Technology
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alan Balu – Georgetown University School of Medicine

  • 9:00 AM – 9:02 AM EST
    Role of Body Mass Index on Cervical Spine Surgery: An analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Anant Naik, MD – University of Minnesota Medical School

  • 9:02 AM – 9:04 AM EST
    Statin Usage Decreases the Likelihood of Pseudarthrosis following Posterior Lumbar Fusion
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Monish S. Lavu, MHM (he/him/his) – Case Western Reserve University

  • 9:04 AM – 9:06 AM EST
    Surgical Management of Lumbosacral Plexus Tumors
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sauson Soldozy, MD – Westchester Medical Center

  • 9:06 AM – 9:08 AM EST
    The association of prolonged biceps denervation with the development of elbow flexion contracture in neonatal brachial plexus palsy
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Whitney E. Muhlestein, MD – University of Michigan

  • 9:08 AM – 9:10 AM EST
    The Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Subjective and Objective Score (DCM-SOS): A Novel Outcome Measure
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Khadija Soufi – University of California, Davis

  • 9:10 AM – 9:12 AM EST
    The Impact of Foraminal Osteophytes on PROMs Following L5S1 ALIF and TLIF
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jerry Du, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

  • 9:12 AM – 9:14 AM EST
    The Impact of Coexisting Substance Use Disorder on Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spinal Fusion
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Mohamed AR Soliman, MD – University of Buffalo

  • 9:14 AM – 9:16 AM EST
    The Impact of Sarcopenic Obesity on Perioperative Morbidity and Mechanical Complications Following Lumbar Fusion
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nora Kim, MD – NYU

  • 9:16 AM – 9:18 AM EST
    Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for treatment of acute post-operative pain following spine surgery – a review
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jaes C. Jones, MD, MS – University of Michigan

  • 9:18 AM – 9:20 AM EST
    Traumatic Vertebral Artery Injury – Denver Grade, Bilaterality & Stroke Risk: A Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Giorgos D. Michalopoulos, MD (he/him/his) – Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

  • 9:20 AM – 9:22 AM EST
    Trends, Payments, and Costs Associated with BMP Use in Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Spinal Fusion
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Janet Y. Wu, BA, BM – Stanford University School of Medicine

  • 9:22 AM – 9:24 AM EST
    Utilizing Modified Frailty to Predict Perioperative Complications Following Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: a Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) Registry Study
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Chad Claus, DO – Ascension Providence Hospital, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine

  • 9:24 AM – 9:26 AM EST
    Vertebral Bone Quality Score Independently Predicts Cage Subsidence Following Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: John Pollina, MD – University at Buffalo Neurosurgery

  • 9:26 AM – 9:28 AM EST
    What is the Early Fate of Adjacent Segmental Lordosis Compensation at L3-4 and L5-S1 Following a Lateral versus Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion at L4-5?
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jean-Christophe Leveque, MD – Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

  • 9:28 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Which is Better: Percutaneous or Open Robot-Assisted Spine Surgery? Prospective, Multicenter Study of 2,524 Screws in 336 patients
    Location: Splash 11 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nathan J. Lee, MD – Columbia University Medical Center

  • 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Specialty Breakout 5: Spinal Deformity/General Spine Abstracts
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Moderator: Darryl Lau, MD – NYU Langone

    Moderator: Harry Mushlin, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

  • 7:32 AM – 7:34 AM EST
    A Biomechanical and Histologic Analysis of Cellular Mechanotransduction in Spinal Pseudoarthrosis
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ian D. Connolly, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 7:34 AM – 7:36 AM EST
    A Hybrid Construct May Be Sufficient to Relieve Hypermobility in Adjacent Lumbar Segments: Comparison of 2-Level (L4-S1) Motion Preservation and Hybrid Construct
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Avinash G. Patwardhan, PhD (he/him/his) – Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine

  • 7:36 AM – 7:38 AM EST
    A Multidisciplinary Approach Does not Discriminate Based on Socioeconomic Factors for Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Caroline Drolet, PhD – Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

  • 7:38 AM – 7:40 AM EST
    Already Elevated Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Further Elevated in Anterior Lumbar Fusions
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Molly Monsour, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine

  • 7:40 AM – 7:42 AM EST
    Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Improves Clinical Outcomes Regardless of the Degree of Neuroforaminal Compression in Cervical Stenosis
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Tariq Z. Issa, BA – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

  • 7:42 AM – 7:44 AM EST
    Anterior column realignment with ALL sectioning (ACR) vs. Pedicle subtraction osteotomy (PSO): A propensity-matched analysis comparing spinopelvic parameters and clinical outcomes
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Damian Brusko, MD – University of Miami

  • 7:44 AM – 7:46 AM EST
    At What Point Does Degenerative Become Deformity: When Sagittal Correction Influences Clinical Improvement Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jamshaid M. Mir, MD – NYU Langone Health

  • 7:46 AM – 7:48 AM EST
    Basilar Impression: A Systematic Review of Clinical Features, Operative Management and Critical Summary of Currently Available Evidence
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Faraaz A. Azam, BS (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center

  • 7:48 AM – 7:50 AM EST
    C2 vs C3/C4 as the upper instrumented vertebra for long cervical fusions: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Esteban Quiceno Restrepo, MD – University at Buffalo Neurosurgery

  • 7:50 AM – 7:52 AM EST
    Cervical Alignment and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Posterior Cervical Fusion: A Longitudinal Comparative Cohort Study with a 2-year Follow-up
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Daniel Ward Griepp, MD – MSUCHM/Ascension Providence Neurosurgery

  • 7:52 AM – 7:54 AM EST
    Characterization of Lumbar Disc Herniation Prognosis Predictors Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Maria Astudillo Potes, BS (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine

  • 7:54 AM – 7:56 AM EST
    Comparative Measurement of Lumbar Lordosis in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Followed by Posterior Spine Fusion
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sina Sadeghzadeh, A.B. – Stanford University School of Medicine

  • 7:56 AM – 7:58 AM EST
    Comparison of surgical techniques in direct repair of pars interarticularis in lumbar spondylolysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Konstantinos Katsos, MBBS – Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA

  • 7:58 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Continuous Erector Spinae Plane Block for Perioperative Pain Management in Spine Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Bradley Kolb, MD – Rush University Medical Center

  • 8:00 AM – 8:02 AM EST
    Defining Cervical Sagittal Plane Deformity - When Are Major Sagittal Plane Realignment Procedures Necessary In Patients Who Present Primarily With Radiculopathy and Myelopathy?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Philip K. Louie, MD – Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

  • 8:02 AM – 8:04 AM EST
    Differences in the Rate of Distal Junctional Pathology Between L3 and L4 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy (PSO): Minimum One Year Follow-up for 117 Patients
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Vardhaan S. Ambati, MS – University of California, San Francisco

  • 8:04 AM – 8:06 AM EST
    Does Routine Post-Operative Use of Drainage in Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spine Surgery Offer Better Results?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Amna S. Hussein, MD (she/her/hers) – Banner University Medical Center - Phoenix

  • 8:06 AM – 8:08 AM EST
    Epidemiology of Primary Non-Malignant Spine Tumors across Urbanicity
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Brandon L. Bishop, MS, MBA (he/him/his) – Duke University Department of Neurosurgery

  • 8:08 AM – 8:10 AM EST
    Evaluation of Pre- and Post-operative Global Alignment and Proportion (GAP) Score in Circumferential Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Nima Alan, MD – UCSF

  • 8:10 AM – 8:12 AM EST
    Fusing the Foundation: Incidence and Risk Factors of Non-Union at L5-S1 in 152 patients with Iliac Fixation in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery.
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ryan Screven, MD (he/him/his) – University of South Florida

  • 8:12 AM – 8:14 AM EST
    Iliac screw fixation as part of adult thoracolumbar deformity correction: long term follow up and reoperation rate
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew Erwood, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

  • 8:14 AM – 8:16 AM EST
    Impact of Obesity on Complications and Surgical Outcomes After Adult Degenerative Scoliosis Spine Surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Raghuram V. Reddy, BS (he/him/his) – Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

  • 8:18 AM – 8:20 AM EST
    Incidence of Major Complications in Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF) Performed via the Prone Transpsoas (PTP) Technique: A Survey of the Complete Early Experience
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Luiz Pimenta, Ph. D – ATEC

  • 8:20 AM – 8:22 AM EST
    Institution of a Prospective Quantitative Blood Loss Protocol Reveals the Effect of Inaccurate Estimated Blood Loss on Need for Perioperative Resuscitation Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Kimberly Ashayeri, MD – NYU Langone Health

  • 8:22 AM – 8:24 AM EST
    Long-Term (>2year) Complication Rates for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: An Analysis Focused on Patients without Early- or Mid-Term Complications
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Andrew D. Legarreta, M.D. – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  • 8:24 AM – 8:26 AM EST
    Machine learning models predict outcomes of hospital re-admission, prolonged length of stay and adverse discharge disposition after elective spinal fusion surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Corey T. Walker, MD (he/him/his) – Cedars Sinai

  • 8:26 AM – 8:28 AM EST
    Medicrea UNiD Patient Specific Rods for Adult Spinal Deformity Paper
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Bryce Picton, BS (he/him/his) – UC Irvine School of Medicine

  • 8:28 AM – 8:30 AM EST
    Microendoscopic Posterior Laminoforaminotomy for C3 and C4 radiculopathy
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Daniel Zeitouni, MD (he/him/his) – Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates

  • 8:30 AM – 8:32 AM EST
    Morbid obesity increases length of surgery in elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures but not readmission or reoperation rates: A cohort study
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Evan G. Gross, BS (he/him/his) – Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • 8:32 AM – 8:34 AM EST
    Multi-center analysis of osteobiologic product use in lumbar spine fusion surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Christopher E. Talbot, DO (he/him/his) – Rutgers-NJMS

  • 8:34 AM – 8:36 AM EST
    Natural History of Thoracolumbar Kyphosis in Achondroplasia After Conservative Treatment
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Chady Omara, B.S. (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 8:36 AM – 8:38 AM EST
    Novel Spinal Parameters as Predictive Factors for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Asad S. Akhter, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

  • 8:38 AM – 8:40 AM EST
    Optimizing Modifiable Health Conditions Prior to Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery Associated with Fewer Complications
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Jamshaid M. Mir, MD – NYU Langone Health

  • 8:40 AM – 8:42 AM EST
    Outcomes of Circumferential Minimally-Invasive Technique in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery Patients with Severe Baseline Deformity
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Peter G. Passias, MD – New York University, Langone Medical Center

  • 8:42 AM – 8:44 AM EST
    Patient Expectations Impact Patient-Reported Outcomes and Satisfaction After Lumbar Fusion
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Steven D. Glassman, MD (he/him/his) – Norton Leatherman Spine Center

  • 8:44 AM – 8:46 AM EST
    Patient-specific Prefabricated Instrumentation: 12-month Follow-up Data from a Single Institution
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)
  • 8:46 AM – 8:48 AM EST
    Pelvic Tilt Non-Responders after Long Segment Thoracolumbar Fusion in the Obese Adult Deformity Patient Population
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Ryan G. Eaton, MD – The Ohio State University

  • 8:48 AM – 8:50 AM EST
    Postoperative adjacent segment disease in minimally-invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion with adjacent laminectomy for grade I-II spondylolisthesis and adjacent spinal stenosis
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Daniel Wolfson, M.D. – Rush University Medical Center

  • 8:50 AM – 8:52 AM EST
    Postoperative Outcomes and Complications after Corpectomy for Vertebral Osteomyelitis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Asimina Dominari, MD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic Rochester

  • 8:52 AM – 8:54 AM EST
    Race- and Intervention-Based Differences in Palliative Care Utilization for Patients with Spine Metastases
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Dana G. Rowe, BA – Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

  • 8:54 AM – 8:56 AM EST
    Radical Hemivertebra Resection (Grade 5 Osteotomy) for Congenital Scoliosis: A Comparison with Eggshell Hemivertebra resection
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Pawel Grabala, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Medical University of Bialystok, Dept. of Pediatric Orthopedics

  • 8:56 AM – 8:58 AM EST
    Rates of Instrumentation Failure in Long Posterior Spine Constructs with ALIF and DLIF for Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Karma Barot, MA, BA – Eastern Virginia Medical School

  • 8:58 AM – 9:00 AM EST
    Risk Factors for Adjacent Level Disease in Lateral Interbody Fusion
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Cesar M. Carballo-Cuello, MD – University of South Florida

  • 9:00 AM – 9:02 AM EST
    S-1 Alar Iliac Screw Fixation versus S-2 Alar Iliac Screw Fixation in Long Deformity Constructs: A Finite Element Analysis
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alan Stein, MD – Shriners Hospital for Children

  • 9:02 AM – 9:04 AM EST
    Single Level Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion using 3D porous titanium cages for Rod Fracture Without Loss of Global Alignment
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Joseph Scott Hudson, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery

  • 9:04 AM – 9:06 AM EST
    Surgeon Experience Matters. A Propensity Matched Analysis of TLIF Outcomes Demonstrates No Difference in Surgical Outcomes Between Experienced Neurosurgeons and Orthopedic Surgeons
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Geet Shukla, BA – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

  • 9:06 AM – 9:08 AM EST
    Telemedical Support via Smartphones for Spine Surgery in Low- and Middle- Income Countries
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Sertac Kirnaz

  • 9:08 AM – 9:10 AM EST
    The Impact of Obesity on Long-Segment Spinal Fusion Radiographic and Patient-Reported Outcomes
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Matthew D. Marquardt, BA – The Ohio State University College of Medicine

  • 9:10 AM – 9:12 AM EST
    The Majority of Patients Undergoing Adult Deformity Surgery Exhibit a Clinically Significant Increase in Cognitive Ability: A Prospective Study with 12-Month Follow-Up
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: John F. Burke, MD, PhD – Oklahoma University

  • 9:12 AM – 9:14 AM EST
    The Role of Intraoperative Blood Loss and Perioperative Outcomes Following Three Column Osteotomy
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Connor Wathen, MD – University of Pennsylvania

  • 9:16 AM – 9:18 AM EST
    Titanium implants result in higher fusion rates for anterior lumbar interbody fusion performed at the lumbosacral junction
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Michael D. White, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 9:18 AM – 9:20 AM EST
    To Operate or Not to Operate: A Nationwide Analysis of Factors Influencing the Likelihood of Surgical Treatment in Patients with Lumbar or Lumbosacral Disc Disorders and Radiculopathy
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Thomas M. Johnstone, n/a – Stanford University School of Medicine

  • 9:20 AM – 9:22 AM EST
    Tranexamic Acid Administration in Long Segment Thoracolumbar Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Mert Marcel Dagli, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

  • 9:22 AM – 9:24 AM EST
    Venous Pathology Based Surgical Treatment of Hirayama Disease : Case Series and Outcomes
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: deepak N. sharma, n/a – nizam institute of medical sciences ,hyderabad,india

  • 9:24 AM – 9:26 AM EST
    Which Bone Mineral Density Measure Offers a More Reliable Prediction of Mechanical Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Hounsfield Units or DEXA Scan?
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Hani Chanbour, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

  • 9:26 AM – 9:28 AM EST
    Why didn’t you walk yesterday? Factors associated with slow early recovery after adult spinal deformity surgery
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Gregory Kazarian, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery

  • 9:28 AM – 9:30 AM EST
    Women Demonstrate Significantly Greater Improvement in Neck Disability Index After Surgery for Cervical Myelopathy: an Analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database
    Location: Splash 13-14 (Upper Lobby Level)

    Presenting Author: Alysha Jamieson – University of California San Francisco

  • 9:30 AM – 11:15 AM EST
    Scientific Session 7: Our Greater Purpose
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Scott Meyer, MD (he/him/his) – Atlantic Neurosurgical Specialists

    Moderator: Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc – University of Maryland Medical Center

    Socioeconomic

    Spine

  • 9:31 AM – 9:39 AM EST
    Publications in Spinal Neurosurgery Science: History, Evolution, and Future Directions
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Douglas Kondziolka, MD, MSc – NYU Langone Medical Center

  • 9:40 AM – 9:47 AM EST
    Spine Gives Back: A Mission in Palestine
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Burak M. Ozgur, MD – Hoag Spine Center, Hoag Hospital

  • 9:48 AM – 9:56 AM EST
    Global Spine Surgery: How I Helped & You Can Too
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Christopher M. Bonfield, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

  • 9:57 AM – 10:05 AM EST
    How to Get a Real Knife
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Laura Snyder, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 10:06 AM – 10:14 AM EST
    The Impact We Have On Patients
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Eric Potts, MD – Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine

  • 10:15 AM – 10:23 AM EST
    Teamwork to Make the Dream Work! – Fine-Tuning Elements of Care Delivery to Make Adult Deformity Surgery Faster, Safer, More Reproducible and Cost-Effective!
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Han Jo Kim, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery

  • 10:24 AM – 10:32 AM EST
    Can Augmented Reality Help Me in Spine Surgery?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Robert Louis, MD, FAANS – Hoag Health System

  • 10:33 AM – 10:45 AM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)
  • 10:46 AM – 10:51 AM EST
    Recognition of Kuntz & Albert Scholars and Introduction of J.A.N.E. and Mayfield Award Recipients
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical Center

  • 10:52 AM – 10:58 AM EST
    J.A.N.E. Award Presentation - Risk Factors for Sacral Fracture Following En Bloc Chordoma Resection
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Presenting Author: Anthony L. Mikula, MD – Mayo Clinic Department of Neurologic Surgery

    J.A.N.E Award-Journalistic and Academic Neurosurgical Excellence

  • 10:59 AM – 11:05 AM EST
    Mayfield Clinical Award Presentation - Motorized Robotic Cervical Traction: Preliminary Results from Cadaveric Testing
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Presenting Author: Brandon A. Sherrod, MD – University of Utah

    Mayfield Clinical Science Award

  • 11:06 AM – 11:15 AM EST
    Question & Answer Session
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)
  • 11:15 AM – 12:10 PM EST
    Special Session: Business Tips, Pearls, & Tactics (co-brand with CSNS/CSNS Faculty)
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Moderator: Kurt M. Eichholz, MD, FACS, FAANS – St. Louis Minimally Invasive Spine Center

    Moderator: Yi Lu, MD PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

  • 11:17 AM – 11:24 AM EST
    Balance Between Cost and Quality
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Joseph Cheng, MD, MS – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

  • 11:25 AM – 11:32 AM EST
    Defending Our Codes: What Have We Won, and What Codes are At-Risk?
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina

  • 11:33 AM – 11:40 AM EST
    Coding Strategies for Spine Surgeons: Ways to Optimize Reimbursement
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Justin Slavin, MD (he/him/his) – Centers for Neurosurgery, Spine, and Orthopedics

  • 11:41 AM – 11:48 AM EST
    Managing Conflict of Interest in Day to Day Practice
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD – Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

  • 11:49 AM – 11:56 AM EST
    How to Teach Residents Without Compromising Efficiency
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Gregory Trost, MD, FAANS – University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • 11:57 AM – 12:04 PM EST
    Payor Response Strategies, Opportunity for Ortho Neuro Collaboration
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine

  • 12:05 PM – 12:10 PM EST
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)
  • 12:10 PM – 12:35 PM EST
    DSPN Business Meeting
    Location: Glimmer Ballroom (Fourth Floor)

    Speaker: Adam S. Kanter, MD – Hoag Specialty Clinic

    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD – Barrow Neurological Insitute

    Speaker: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine

    Speaker: Domagoj Coric, MD – Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates

    Speaker: Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo Neurosurgery

    Speaker: John Knightly, MD, FAANS (he/him/his) – AANS

    Speaker: Joseph Cheng, MD, MS – University of Cincinnati College of Medicine