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Full Schedule

  • Sunday, April 27, 2025
  • 6:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT
    AANS Registration at the BCEC
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    AANS/CNS Drugs and Devices Committee Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    NPA Spine CORe Study Group Meeting
  • 7:00 AM - 3:45 PM EDT
    AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 7:55 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    PLENARY III
    A MUST-SEE SESSION
  • 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Guest/Spouse Lounge
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT
    NREF Cushing Circle VIP Lounge
  • 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM EDT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Book Signing with Dr. Theodore Schwartz
  • 9:40 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Neuro Spotlight: Electroactive Interbody Technology for Spine Surgery
    Industry Sponsored
  • 10:15 AM - 12:03 PM EDT
    PLENARY IV
    A MUST-SEE SESSION
  • 11:30 AM - 3:45 PM EDT
    AANS Networking Hub
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    AANS Annual Joint Military Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    AANS/CNS Coding and Reimbursement Committee Leaders Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Joint Tumor Section Executive Committee Meeting
  • 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 - SOLD OUT
    TicketedSocial EventMedical Students
  • 12:15 PM - 12:35 PM EDT
    Neuro Spotlight: Medtronic Industry Session
    Industry Sponsored
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch-N-Learn: Outmanned but Never Outplayed: Practical Leadership Lessons for Your Practice with 'Miracle' Mike Eruzione & How to Beat Insurance at Their Own Game
    Industry Sponsored
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Pediatrics Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: Kristopher Kahle, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Moderator: David Limbrick, MD, PhD, FAANS – Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University
    Moderator: Hal S. Meltzer, MD, FAANS – West Virginia University, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
    Pediatric
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Socioeconomic Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: Bharat Guthikonda, MD, MBA, FAANS, FACS – LSUHS Shreveport Department of Neurosurgery
    Moderator: Sarah K. Bick, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Moderator: Scott D. Simon, MD – Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery
    Socioeconomic
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Spine Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: Yi Lu, MD PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    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
    Moderator: Paul Arnold, MD – Loyola University Medical Center
    Moderator: Tanvir Choudhri, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Moderator: Emily Sieg, MD – University of Louisville
    Trauma and Critical Care
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Tumor Oral Paper Posters
    Moderator: Anthony L. Asher, MD – Carolinas Neurosurgery & Spine Associates
    Moderator: Chibawanye Ene, MD, PhD – MD Anderson
    Moderator: Gabriel Zada, MD – University of Southern California
    Tumor
  • 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
    Neuro Spotlight: The Evolution of Brain Brachytherapy and the Role of GammaTile
    Industry Sponsored
  • 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
  • 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Neuro Spotlight: Precision in Partnership: The Power of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring with SpecialtyCare
    Industry Sponsored
  • 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
    Moderator: Christina Jackson, MD – University of Pennsylvania
    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
    Moderator: Brian J. Williams, MD, FAANS – University of Louisville
    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
    Moderator: Michael S. Virk, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
    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
    Moderator: Thomas J. Wilson, MD, MPH – Stanford University
    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
    Moderator: David Darrow, MD MPH – University of Minnesota
    Moderator: Michael D. Staudt, MD, MSc, FAANS, FCNS – UH Cleveland Medical Center
    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
    Moderator: Laura Prado, DNP, NP – Atlanta Brain and Spine
    Moderator: Angela M. Henderlong, DNP-AGACNP – Stormont Vail Health
    Moderator: Andrea Strayer, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, APRN, CNRN – University of Iowa
    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
    Moderator: Kimberly Hoang, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    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: Martina Stippler, MD – Beth Israel Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
    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
    Speaker: Richard Westmark, MD, FAANS – Triple V Management, LLC
  • 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) - SOLD OUT
    Co-Chair: Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Co-Chair: Yoshua Esquenazi-Levy, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Co-Chair: Ashish H. Shah, MD – University of Miami
    TicketedSocial Event
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Fraizer Club Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    John Hopkins University Neurosurgery Alumni Reception
  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    AANS Section on the History of Neurological Surgery Annual Dinner
    TicketedSocial Event