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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • 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 Mummaneni, MD, MBA – University of California, San Francisco

    Moderator: David Okonkwo, MD, PhD – 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, FAANS – Hoag Neurosciences Institute

  • 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 Rolle, MD – The Massachusetts General Hospital

  • 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 Mummaneni, MD, MBA – University of California, San Francisco

    Speaker: David Okonkwo, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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

    Speaker: Praveen Mummaneni, MD, MBA – University of California, San Francisco

    Speaker: David Okonkwo, MD, PhD – 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, MS, MD, FAANS, FACS (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University

  • 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 University School of Medicine

  • 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 – 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

    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

    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, FAANS – Hoag Neurosciences Institute

    Moderator: Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc, FAANS – University of Maryland

    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, FAANS – Hoag Neurosciences Institute

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

    Speaker: Praveen Mummaneni, MD, MBA – 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

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

    Speaker: Allan Belzberg, MD, FRCSC – Johns Hopkins 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 Okonkwo, MD, PhD – 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, FAANS – Hoag Neurosciences Institute

  • 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, FAANS – 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

    Industry Speaker: Bernhard Meyer, MD – Technical University of 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, MS – Thomas Jefferson University

    Moderator: Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc, FAANS – University of Maryland

    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, MS – 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, FAANS – 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 Harrop, MD, MSQHS – Jefferson Health

  • 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 Clinic & University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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

    Speaker: Mark Alexander Mahan, MD, FAANS – 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 Ames, MD, FAANS – 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, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute

    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, FAANS – Hoag Spine Center

    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, FAANS – Shriners Hospitals 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 School of Medicine

  • 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 – The Daniel and Jane OCH Spine Hospital

  • 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, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute

  • 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 – Mayo Clinic Rochester

    Moderator: Steven Ludwig, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine

    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 Ames, MD, FAANS – University of California, San Francisco

    Speaker: Nima Alan, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute

    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) – Scripps Clinic Medical Group

    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 – Hospital for Special Surgery

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

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

    Speaker: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FAANS – 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