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Full Schedule

  • Monday, April 28, 2025
  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    Beverage Break
  • 7:30 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    AANS Registration at the BCEC
  • 7:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT
    The Tea Blending Bar Experience
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Inaugural Diversity Committee Meeting: Advancing Inclusive Excellence
  • 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
    Moderator: Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Guest/Spouse Lounge
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    NREF Cushing Circle VIP Lounge
  • 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
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  • 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: Wilson Ray, MD, MBA, FAANS – Washington University, St. Louis
    Moderator: Kristen Jones, MD, FAANS – Duke University
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  • 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
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  • 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: Kee B. Park, MD, FAANS (L) – Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Sarah Woodrow, MD – Cleveland Clinic Akron General
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  • 9:45 AM - 11:15 AM EDT
    Neurosurgical Education: What Works and What's Coming?
    Moderator: Stacey Q. Wolfe, MD – Wake Forest University
    Moderator: David Limbrick, MD, PhD, FAANS – Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University
    Moderator: Krystal L. Tomei, MD MPH – Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
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  • 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, MD – University Clinic Berlin
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  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
    SPSC Initial Meeting for 2026 Annual Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Outgoing / New Board of Directors & Committee Chair Hand-Off Meeting