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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