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Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, February 21, 2024
  • 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM PST
    Registration
  • 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM PST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Innovative Post-Operative Pain Management Techniques for Deformity and Degenerative Spine Surgery Sponsored by Pacira

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

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

    Sponsored Session

  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Practical Matters: Case-Based Discussions and Hands-On Operating Room Preparation for the APP

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

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

    Course Director: Lara Massie, MD

    Course Director: Theresa Williamson, MD – MGH

    Skills Lab Table Trainer: Arpan A. Patel, MD – Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health

    Skills Lab Table Trainer: Ken Porche, MD – University of Utah

    Skills Lab Table Trainer: Christina Wright, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Oregon Health & Sciences University

    Skills Lab Table Trainer: Clifford Crutcher, MD

    Ticketed Session

  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 1: Deformity: How to Avoid and Manage Reoperations

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

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

    Ticketed Session

  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 2: Spine Endoscopy: Basics to Advanced Techniques

    Course Director: Raymond Gardocki, MD – Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medi

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

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

    Ticketed Session

  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 3: CSRS/DSPN Joint Special Course

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

    Course Director: Erica F. Bisson, MD, MPH – University of Utah

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

    Ticketed Session

  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 4: Spine Oncology Update

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

    Course Director: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University

    Course Director: Matthew Goodwin, MD (he/him/his) – Washington University

    Ticketed Session

  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 5: Ambulatory Surgery Practice

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

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

    Ticketed Session

  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
    Opening Reception
  • Thursday, February 22, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 6:30 PM PST
    Registration
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM PST
    Industry Breakfast Bites: Expanding the Role of Intraoperative Ultrasound in Spinal Cord Trauma and Advanced Minimally Invasive Techniques Sponsored by BK Medical

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

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

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

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

    Sponsored Session

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PST
    Continental Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PST
    Scientific Session 1: Sports & Spine

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

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

    Spine

  • 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM PST
    Exhibit Hall
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST
    Beverage Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 10:18 AM – 10:28 AM PST
    What's New Presentation: DuraPro Oscillating Drill: The Next Evolution in Powered Bone Cutting Sponsored by Globus Medical

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

  • 10:30 AM – 12:35 PM PST
    Scientific Session 2: Navigating the Future: Chairman’s Keynote & Awards Session

    Spine

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Evidence-Based Graft-First Decision Making in High-Risk Patients Sponsored by Cerapedics

    Industry Speaker: Timothy Witham, MD – Johns Hopkins University

    Sponsored Session

  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Proper Use of Legal Entities for Lawsuit Protection and Tax Reduction Sponsored by Legally Mine

    Industry Speaker: Jason Porter

    Sponsored Session

  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: The Evolution of MIS Spine Surgery: Connecting Past, Present, and Future Innovations Sponsored by Medtronic

    Sponsored Session

  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Taking Robotic Surgery to the Next Level with the Latest Advancements in Imaging and Power Tools Sponsored by Globus Medical

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

    Sponsored Session

  • 1:05 PM – 1:15 PM PST
    What's New Presentation: Karma: Is There a Better Fixation Option for the Aging Spine? Sponsored by Spinal Elements

    Industry Speaker: Terrence Crowder, MD

    Sponsored Session

  • 1:18 PM – 1:28 PM PST
    What's New Presentation: Favorable Results of MagnetOs as Standalone Alternative to Autograft in a Prospective, Multi-center, Randomized, Intra-patient Controlled Trial Sponsored by Kuros Biosciences
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST
    Scientific Session 3: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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

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

    Moderator: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic

    Spine

  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM PST
    Beverage Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 3:05 PM – 3:15 PM PST
    What's New Presentation: TriALTIS™ Spine System: DePuy Synthes' Next Generation System Sponsored by DePuy

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

  • 3:18 PM – 3:28 PM PST
    What's New Presentation: A New Angle on Navigating the Future of Spinal Surgery Sponsored by Pathkeeper Surgical/BoxSPINE

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

  • 3:30 PM – 4:40 PM PST
    Scientific Session 4: Peripheral Nerve for the Spine Surgeon

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

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

    Spine

  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM PST
    Debates: Latest & Greatest vs. Tried & True

    Spine

  • Friday, February 23, 2024
  • 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM PST
    Industry Breakfast Bites: Disruptive Innovations in Lumbar Interbody Fusion Sponsored by Spineology

    Sponsored Session

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PST
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM PST
    Award Winning Abstract Presentations: Session 1

    Moderator: Marcus D. Mazur, MD – University of Utah Health

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

  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM PST
    Award Winning Abstract Presentations: Session 2

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

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

  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM PST
    Award Winning Abstract Presentations: Session 3

    Moderator: Stuart Hershman, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

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

  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM PST
    Specialty Breakout 1: Minimally Invasive/Motion Preservation/General Spine Abstracts

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

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

  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM PST
    Beverage Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 9:00 AM – 1:45 PM PST
    Exhibit Hall
  • 9:18 AM – 9:28 AM PST
    What's New Presentation: What’s new @ SI-BONE? Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on SI Joint Fusion & iFuse TORQ® for Lateral Transiliac Procedures Sponsored by Si-Bone

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

  • 9:45 AM – 11:00 AM PST
    Scientific Session 5: Registries and AI - How They are Intertwined

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

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

    Moderator: Andrew Pugely, MD – University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

    Spine

  • 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM PST
    Scientific Session 6: Minimally Invasive - Is it One Size Fits All?

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

    Moderator: Laura Snyder, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute

    Spine

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:40 PM – 12:50 PM PST
    What's New Presentation: Ventana: Novel Concepts in 3D Printed Interbody Architecture Sponsored by Spinal Elements

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

  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Excelsius XLIF®: How Robotics & Advanced Neuromonitoring are Changing the Game Sponsored by Globus Medical

    Industry Speaker: J. Alex Thomas, MD (he/him/his) – Atlantic Brain and Spine

    Sponsored Session

  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Adopting Navigation in Cervicothoracic Fusions: A Case Discussion Sponsored by Stryker

    Industry Speaker: Griffin Baum

    Sponsored Session

  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: The Future VUE of MIS Surgery Sponsored by Depuy

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

    Industry Speaker: Wissam Asfahani

    Sponsored Session

  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM PST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Transformative Technologies: Carbon/PEEK Implants in Spine Oncology Sponsored by icoTec

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

    Industry Speaker: Shannon McDonald

    Sponsored Session

  • 1:05 PM – 1:15 PM PST
    What's New Presentation: Emerging P-15 Peptide Mode of Action: Modulating the Cellular Response Sponsored by Cerapedics

    Industry Speaker: Jerome Connor, PhD

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM PST
    Cahill Debates

    Moderator: Erica F. Bisson, MD, MPH – University of Utah

    Moderator: Daniel Hoh, MD – University of Florida

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

    Spine

  • 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 6: Regenerative Therapies and Motion Preservation

    Course Director: Srinivas Prasad, MD – Thomas Jefferson University

    Course Director: Elizabeth Yu, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Ticketed Session

  • 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 7: WFNS Session - Global Spine Surgery

    Moderator: Corinna Zygourakis, MD – Stanford Health Care

    Moderator: Zeeshan M. Sardar, MD – Columbia University

    Ticketed Session

  • 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 8: New Concepts in Adult Spinal Deformity: Update from the SRS/IMAST

    Course Director: Eric Klineberg, MD – University of Texas Houston

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

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

    Ticketed Session

  • 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 9: Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Cadaver Lab

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

    Course Director: John Ogunlade, DO – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

    Course Director: Chris Yeung, MD – Desert Institute for Spine Care

    Skills Lab Table Trainer: Patrick Kim, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of South Florida

    Skills Lab Table Trainer: Won Hyung Andrew Ryu, MD – Oregon Health & Science University

    Ticketed Session

  • 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM PST
    Special Course 10: Starting a Practice

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

    Course Director: Suzanne Tharin, MD, PhD, FAANS (she/her/hers) – Stanford University School of Medicine

    Ticketed Session

  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST
    WINS Reception
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM PST
    Young Spine Surgeon Reception (By Invitation Only)
  • Saturday, February 24, 2024
  • 6:30 AM – 7:30 AM PST
    Continental Breakfast
  • 6:45 AM – 12:30 PM PST
    Registration
  • 7:00 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    Specialty Breakout 2: Trauma/General Spine/Spinal Cord Injury Abstracts

    Moderator: Jeffrey Hills, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

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

  • 7:00 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    Specialty Breakout 3: Tumor/General Spine Abstracts

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

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

  • 7:00 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    Specialty Breakout 4: Peripheral Nerve/Basic Science/General Spine Abstracts

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

    Moderator: Daniel M. Hafez, MD, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis

  • 7:00 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    Specialty Breakout 5: Spinal Deformity Abstracts

    Moderator: Benjamin Elder, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic

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

  • 7:00 AM – 9:15 AM PST
    Specialty Breakout 6: General Spine/Basic Science Abstracts

    Moderator: Won Hyung Andrew Ryu, MD – Oregon Health & Science University

    Moderator: Ian Dorward, MD – Washington University in St. Louis Department of Neurosurgery

  • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM PST
    Scientific Session 7: Spine Trauma: Update in Best Practices

    Moderator: Sanjay Dhall, M.D. – Harbor UCLA Medical Center

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

    Spine

  • 11:15 AM – 12:10 PM PST
    Special Session: Business Tips, Pearls & Tactics

    Moderator: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill

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

    Spine

  • 12:10 PM – 12:30 PM PST
    DSPN Business Meeting

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

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

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

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

    Speaker: Alexander Khalessi, MD, FAANS – University of California, San Diego, Department of Neurological Surgery

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