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Full Schedule

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