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Full Schedule

  • Friday, April 25, 2025
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    Beyond Borders: The Ripple Effect of Global Neurosurgery / Neurosurgical Treatments and Innovations for Epilepsy and Movement Disorders
    Moderator: Suchanda Bhattacharjee, MD – Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences
    Moderator: Fernando C. Castro Prado, MD, PhD – Hospital De Especialidades Centro Medico Nacional SIglo XXI IMSS Hospital RAE Zaragoza ISSTE - Hospital Médica Sur
    Global
  • 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    Riding the Wave of Spine Endoscopy: Why, When and How (and a Little How Not to)
    Moderator: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah
    Ticketed
  • 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    How to Apply to Residency: The Do's and Don'ts
    Moderator: Michael M. McDowell, MD, FAANS – Penn State University Department of Neurosurgery
    Ticketed
  • 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Advancing Neurosurgical Practice: Essential Knowledge and Innovations for Advanced Practice Providers
    Moderator: Angela M. Henderlong, DNP-AGACNP – Stormont Vail Health
    Moderator: Laura Prado, DNP, NP – Atlanta Brain and Spine
    APP
  • 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Riding the Wave of Spine Endoscopy: Why, When and How (and a Little How Not to) | Didactic and Hands-On
    Moderator: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah
    Ticketed
  • 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM EDT
    Beverage Break
  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    Beyond Borders: The Ripple Effect of Global Neurosurgery / Techniques and Strategies in Glioma Management and Brain Tumor Surgery
    Moderator: Isabelle Germano, MD, MBA – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
    Moderator: Shota Tanaka, MD, PhD, IFAANS – Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences
    Global
  • 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT
    Navigating Neurosurgery Residency: Resilience and Resources for Underrepresented Minorities
  • 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    New Standards in Diffuse Lower-Grade Gliomas. Integrative Management from Surgery to Survivorship (Medscape Sponsored Session)
    Industry Sponsored
  • 12:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Early to Mid-career Neurosurgeons Research Forum Featuring the Osler Lecture
  • 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    Minimally Invasive Parafascicular Surgery (MIPS) for Tumor and ICH (Stryker Industry Workshop)
    Industry Sponsored
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
    Beyond Borders: The Ripple Effect of Global Neurosurgery / International Debates in Neurosurgery: Stereotactic/Functional, Pediatrics, Neurooncology
    Global
  • 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Incorporation of Virtual Reality and AI into Neurosurgical Practice
    Moderator: Camilo A. Molina, MD – Washington University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Ticketed
  • 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery: Comprehensive and Practical Review of Contemporary Approaches and Techniques
    Moderator: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic
    Moderator: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine
    Moderator: Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Ticketed
  • 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Minimally Invasive Lesioning Techniques for Brain Tumors and Epilepsy
    Moderator: Eric Leuthardt, MD, FAANS – Washington University
    Moderator: Guy M. McKhann, MD – Columbia University
    Ticketed
  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Beverage Break
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Global Neurosurgery Forum & Reception
    Moderator: Isabelle Germano, MD, MBA – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
    Moderator: Jacques Morcos, MD, FRCS, FAANS – American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    TicketedSocial Event
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Early to Mid-career Neurosurgeons Reception hosted by E2M Committee and CSNS
  • 4:45 PM – 6:31 PM EDT
    Opening Session
    A MUST-SEE SESSION
  • 6:32 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    Opening Reception - AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 8:00 PM – 9:45 PM EDT
    Surgical Masterpieces in 3D // ZEISS 3D Video Symposium
    Industry Sponsored
  • Saturday, April 26, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM EDT
    Breakfast Bites: The Expanding Role of MR-Guided Laser Ablation in Brain Tumor Care
    Industry Sponsored
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM EDT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 7:00 AM – 8:15 AM EDT
    AANS/CNS Section on Women in Neurosurgery (WINS) Breakfast
    TicketedSocial Event
  • 7:00 AM – 3:45 PM EDT
    AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
    AANS Registration at the BCEC
  • 7:55 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    PLENARY I
    A MUST-SEE SESSION
  • 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 9:31 AM – 10:15 AM EDT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 10:15 AM – 12:01 PM EDT
    PLENARY II
    A MUST-SEE SESSION
  • 12:01 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch in the AANS Exhibit Hall for Medical Attendees
  • 12:01 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
    AANS In-Person Career Fair
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
    Lunch-n-Learn: Enhancing Clinical Outcomes in High-Risk Patients: An Evidence-Based Approach for the Selection of Bone Grafts
    Industry Sponsored
  • 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
    Lunch-n-Learn: The Evolution of Lateral: PTP’s Expanding Role in Deformity & Corpectomy
    Industry Sponsored
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch-n-Learn: 75 years of innovation: Shaping the future of Neuroscience
    Industry Sponsored
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch-n-Learn: Highlighting the Role of Robotics and Navigation in Surgery: Featuring Cranial Solutions with ExcelsiusGPS™
    Industry Sponsored
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    CV Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: David Dornbos, III, MD, FAANS – University of Kentucky
    Moderator: Brian M. Howard, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Vincent N. Nguyen, MD – University of Rochester
    Cerebrovascular
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Education Oral Paper Posters
    Education
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Pain Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: David Darrow, MD MPH – University of Minnesota
    Moderator: Andrew W. Grande, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
    Moderator: Abigail Rao, MD – Norton Healthcare
    Pain
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Peripheral Nerve Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: Jennifer Hong, MD – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    Moderator: Thomas J. Wilson, MD, MPH – Stanford University
    Peripheral Nerve
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Stereotactic Functional Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: Michael D. Staudt, MD, MSc, FAANS, FCNS – UH Cleveland Medical Center
    Moderator: Vishad Sukul, MD – Westchester Medical Center
    Stereotactic and Functional
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM EDT
    Spine Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Spine
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Advances in Care Beyond the Scalpel
    Tumor
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Annual Horsley Lecture and Dr. Nick Hopkins Roundtable Discussion
    Moderator: Jonathan H. Sherman, MD – Rutgers Cancer Institute / Rutgers RWJ Medical School
    History
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Beyond Borders: The Ripple Effect of Global Neurosurgery / Aneurysms, AVMs, and Bypass Surgery
    Moderator: Michael T. Lawton, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, 85013, Arizona, USA
    Moderator: Paritosh Pandey, MD – Manipal Hospital Bangalore
    Global
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Cervical Spine Debates
    Moderator: Andrew K. Chan, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Moderator: Asdrubal Falavigna, MD – University of Caxias do Sul
    Moderator: Oren Gottfried, MD – Duke University
    Spine
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Emerging Technology and Techniques - Part 1
    Moderator: Christopher Kellner, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Moderator: Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD MBA FAANS FACS FAHA – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    Cerebrovascular
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Late Breaking Rapid Fire Abstract Session
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Matson Lecture and Top Rated Pediatric Abstracts
    Moderator: Hal S. Meltzer, MD, FAANS – West Virginia University, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
    Moderator: Jesse Winer, MD, FAANS – OHSU
    Pediatric
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Neuromodulation for Novel Indications
    Moderator: Andre Machado, MD PhD – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Julie G. Pilitsis, MD, PhD, MBA – University of Arizona
    Stereotactic and Functional
  • 1:30 PM – 3:06 PM EDT
    Randall Smith Keynote Address and The Power of Optum Health in American Health Care
    Moderator: Nitin Agarwal, MD – University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery
    Moderator: Sarah K. Bick, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Socioeconomic
  • 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Trauma Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Trauma and Critical Care
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM EDT
    CV Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Moderator: Justin R. Mascitelli, MD – University of Texas Health and Science Center San Antonio
    Cerebrovascular
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    AI/Machine Learning in Pediatric Neurosurgery
    Moderator: Sandi K. Lam, MD, MBA, FAANS – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
    Pediatric
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Beyond Borders: The Ripple Effect of Global Neurosurgery / International Debates in Neurosurgery: Cerebrovascular and Skull Base - Aneurysms, AVMs/Cavernomas/Cerebral Ischemia, Skull Base Surgery
    Global
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Does Everyone with Adult Scoliosis Need T10 to the Pelvis? Update on Modern Adult Scoliosis Management
    Moderator: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University
    Moderator: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
    Moderator: Taemin Oh, MD – Columbia Univeresity
    Moderator: Daniel Lu, MD PhD – UCLA Neurosurgery
    Spine
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Emerging Technology and Techniques - Part 2
    Moderator: Ketan Bulsara, MBA, MD – UConn School of Medicine
    Cerebrovascular
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Incorporating Accurate and Ethical Coding into Neurosurgical Residency and Organized Labor in Neurosurgery
    Moderator: Laura Ngwenya, MD, PhD, FAANS – University of Cincinnati
    Moderator: Sarah Woodrow, MD – Cleveland Clinic Akron General
    Socioeconomic
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Metastatic Disease: Team Based Care Delivery
    Moderator: Melanie Hayden Gephart, MD, MAS – Stanford University
    Tumor
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Neurosurgery Essentials for Early-Career APPs: Building a Strong Foundation in the First Three Years
    Moderator: Angela M. Henderlong, DNP-AGACNP – Stormont Vail Health
    Moderator: Michael Johnson, PA-C – The George Washington University
    APP
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Surgical Advances for Management of Pain Disorders
    Moderator: Parag G. Patil, MD, PhD – University of Michigan
    Pain
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Which Spinal Procedures Really Work: Insights from Long-Term Outcome Powered by QOD Data
    Moderator: John Knightly, MD, FAANS – Maxim Spine
    Spine
  • 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Tumor Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Moderator: Bryan Choi, MD
    Tumor
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
    Advanced Practitioners Reception: Connect and Collaborate
    TicketedSocial Event
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
    Matson Reception
  • 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
    NREF Donor Reception
  • 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDT
    Dr. Jacques Morcos Honor Your Mentor Fund Dinner 
  • Sunday, April 27, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM EDT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 7:00 AM – 3:45 PM EDT
    AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
    AANS Registration at the BCEC
  • 7:55 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    PLENARY III
    A MUST-SEE SESSION
  • 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM EDT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    PLENARY IV
    A MUST-SEE SESSION
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch in the AANS Exhibit Hall for Medical Attendees
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Early to Mid-Career Neurosurgeons Networking Luncheon
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Pediatrics Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: Ruth E. Bristol, MD, FAANS – Phoenix Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Matthew D. Smyth, MD – Johns Hopkins All Childrens Hospital
    Pediatric
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Socioeconomic Oral Paper Posters
    Socioeconomic
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Spine Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: Michael S. Virk, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    Moderator: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA – University of North Carolina
    Spine
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Trauma Oral Paper Posters
    Trauma and Critical Care
  • 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
    Tumor Oral Paper Posters
    Tumor
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Beyond Borders: The Ripple Effect of Global Neurosurgery / Skull Base Surgery: Innovations in Tumor Management and Microsurgery
    Moderator: Nickalus R. Khan, MD, FAANS – Semmes Murphey Clinic
    Moderator: Shaan M. Raza, MD, FAANS – The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
    Global
  • 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM EDT
    Pediatrics Rapid Fire Abstracts & Special Lecture: Dr. George Ibrahim - DBS for Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children
    Moderator: Neena I. Marupudi, MD, MS – University of Michigan
    Pediatric
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Cerebrovascular Collaboration - Part 1
    Moderator: Mark Bain, MD, FAANS – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Peter Kan, MD – UTMB
    Cerebrovascular
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Evolving Trends in Skull Base Tumor Management
    Moderator: Carlos David, MD, FAANS – UNC School of Medicine
    Tumor
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Management of Repeat Brain Injury: A Discussion with an International Panel of Experts
    Moderator: Berje H. Shammassian, MD, MPH – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Moderator: Martina Stippler, MD – Beth Israel Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
    Trauma and Critical Care
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Nuances in Neuromodulation for Movement Disorders and Psychiatry
    Speaker: Parag G. Patil, MD, PhD – University of Michigan
    Stereotactic and Functional
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Peripheral Nerve Kline Lecture and Abstract Session
    Moderator: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah
    Peripheral Nerve
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Spine Oncology: Improving Outcomes through Innovation
    Moderator: W. Christopher Newman, MD, MPH – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Tumor
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Yikes! What Do I Do Now?
    Moderator: Anthony Frempong-Boadu, MD, FAANS – NYU Langone Health
    Moderator: Paul K. Kim, MD – Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates
    Moderator: Brenton Pennicooke, MD, MS – Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine
    Spine
  • 1:30 PM – 3:02 PM EDT
    Annual Vesalius Award Lecture and Oral Presentations
    Moderator: Jonathan H. Sherman, MD – Rutgers Cancer Institute / Rutgers RWJ Medical School
    History
  • 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
    Peripheral Nerve Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Moderator: Jennifer Hong, MD – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    Peripheral Nerve
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM EDT
    Pain Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Pain
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Beyond Borders The Ripple Effect of Global Neurosurgery / International Debates in Neurosurgery: Neurotrauma, Spine - Degenerative, Spine - Non-degenerative (Trauma, Tumors)
    Global
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Cerebrovascular Collaboration - Part 2
    Moderator: Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD – BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute, Neurosurgical Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, United States.
    Moderator: Scott D. Simon, MD – Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery
    Cerebrovascular
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Developing Peripheral Nerve Leaders
    Moderator: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah
    Peripheral Nerve
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Elevating Expertise: Professional Development for the Experienced Neurosurgical APP
    APP
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Impact through Innovation
    Moderator: Christopher P. Cifarelli, MD, PhD, MMM, FAANS, FACS – Department of Neurosurgery; Department of Radiation Oncology; West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
    Tumor
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Special Lecture: Dr. Joseph Gleeson - Breakthroughs in Understanding the Molecular Etiology of Neurosurgical Disease, Neural Tube Defects and Focal Cortical Dysplasias and Pediatric Rapid-fire Abstracts
    Moderator: Lissa Baird, MD, FAANS – Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Annie Drapeau, MD, FAANS – University of Manitoba
    Pediatric
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Surgical Advances in Epilepsy Surgery
    Moderator: Sharona Ben-Haim, MD – UC San Diego
    Moderator: Dario J. Englot, MD, PhD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Stereotactic and Functional
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Surgical Mishaps
    Moderator: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University
    Moderator: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic
    Moderator: Jay D. Turner, MD, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Moderator: Anand Veeravagu, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Spine
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Update on Spinal Cord Injury and Natus Best Paper Awards
    Moderator: Paul Arnold, MD – Loyola University Medical Center
    Moderator: Randy Bell, MD, FAANS – Avera Mckennan Hospital and University Health Center; University of South Dakota; Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
    Trauma and Critical Care
  • 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
    Stereotactic Functional Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Moderator: Lora Kahn, MD – Ochsner Health/Tulane University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Emily Lehmann Levin, MD, FAANS – University of Michigan
    Stereotactic and Functional
  • 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
    Financial Strategies for the Neurosurgeon
  • 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
    A Tumor Soirée: Complications, Innovations, and Case Lessons (Hosted by AANS/CNS Sections on Tumors Early Career Neurosurgeon Committee)
  • 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
    AANS Section on the History of Neurological Surgery Annual Dinner
  • Monday, April 28, 2025
  • 6:45 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    AANS Registration at McCormick Place
  • 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM EDT
    Beverage Break
  • 7:30 AM – 10:45 AM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    Robotics in Neurosurgery: Where is the Puck Going?
    Moderator: Pascal Jabbour, MD FAANS, FACS, FAHA – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    Moderator: Jon T. Willie, MD, PhD, FAANS – Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
    Can’t Miss Monday
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    Practice of Neurosurgery: What is the Future and How Does Your Group Prepare?
    Moderator: John Ratliff, MD, FACS – Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine
    Moderator: Marjorie Wang, MD MPH – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Can’t Miss Monday
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    Difficult Spine Cases: Case Presentations, Surgical Nuances and Complication Avoidance Strategies
    Moderator: Erica F. Bisson, MD, MPH – University of Utah
    Moderator: Camilo A. Molina, MD – Washington University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Can’t Miss Monday
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    Difficult Cranial Cases: Case Presentations, Surgical Nuances and Complication Avoidance Strategies
    Moderator: Mustafa K. Baskaya, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
    Moderator: Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD, FAANS – University of California San Francisco
    Moderator: Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD MBA FAANS FACS FAHA – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    Can’t Miss Monday
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    Beyond Borders: The Ripple Effect of Global Neurosurgery - Computational Neurosurgery
    Moderator: Antonio Di Ieva, MD, PhD, FRACS – Macquarie University
    GlobalCan’t Miss Monday
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
    How to Start a Fellowship: What Every Fellowship Director Needs to Know
    Moderator: William Mack, MD – USC
    Moderator: Jonathan Miller, MD, FAANS, FACS – SUNY Upstate Medical University Department of Neurosurgery
    Moderator: Vincent C. Traynelis, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL, USA
    Can’t Miss Monday
  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EDT
    Beverage Break
  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM EDT
    Brain Computer Interfaces: Underlying Biology and Its Application
    Moderator: Eric Leuthardt, MD, FAANS – Washington University
    Moderator: Nitin Tandon, MD – Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Science Center - Houston
    Moderator: Daniel Yoshor, MD – University of Pennsylvania
    Can’t Miss Monday
  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM EDT
    Spine M&M: Case Presentations, Thoughtful Reflections and Strategies for Avoidance
    Moderator: D. Kojo Hamilton, MD, FAANS – University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre
    Moderator: Kristen Jones, MD, FAANS – Duke University
    Can’t Miss Monday
  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM EDT
    Cranial M&M: Case Presentations, Thoughtful Reflections and Strategies for Avoidance
    Moderator: Michael Lim, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Jacques Morcos, MD, FRCS, FAANS – American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    Moderator: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD, FAANS – University at Buffalo
    Can’t Miss Monday
  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM EDT
    Beyond Borders: The Ripple Effect of Global Neurosurgery - Neurosurgical Training in Low Resourced Regions of the World
    Moderator: Roger Hartl, MD – Och Spine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
    Moderator: Sarah Woodrow, MD – Cleveland Clinic Akron General
    GlobalCan’t Miss Monday
  • 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM EDT
    Neurosurgical Education: What Works and What's Coming?
    Moderator: David Limbrick, MD, PhD, FAANS – Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University
    Moderator: Krystal L. Tomei, MD MPH – Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
    Can’t Miss Monday
  • 9:45 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
    Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality in Neurosurgery: Current and Future Roles in Training, Surgical Management and Post-Op Care
    Moderator: Jake Godzik, MD, MS – University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Moderator: Peter Vajkoczy – University Clinic Berlin
    Can’t Miss Monday