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Full Schedule

  • 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