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    Practice of Neurosurgery: What is the Future and How Does Your Group Prepare?

    Monday, April 28, 2025
    8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EDT

    This forward-looking session will examine how neurosurgical practices are evolving. The session will cover both academic and private practices and explore strategies for preparing groups to adapt to future changes in the field. Attendees can expect discussions on organizational innovation and how to prepare for emerging trends in neurosurgery.

    Learning Objectives:

    • Identify and discuss current and emerging trends in neurosurgical practices within both academic and private settings.
    • Analyze the role of organizational innovation in adapting neurosurgical practices to future challenges and opportunities.
    • Develop strategies for preparing neurosurgical groups to effectively adapt to changes in technology, patient care and health care delivery.

    Presentations:

    • 8:00 AM – 8:08 AM EDT
      What Academic Practice Looks Like in 2030

      Speaker: Kristen Jones, MD, FAANS – Duke University

    • 8:09 AM – 8:17 AM EDT
      The Necessary Evolutionary Steps of Hospital Employment for 2030

      Speaker: Dean Karahalios

    • 8:18 AM – 8:26 AM EDT
      Why Private Practice Will Never Die Out

      Speaker: Mark E. Oppenlander, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine

    • 8:27 AM – 8:35 AM EDT
      What Academics can Learn from Private Practice and Vice Versa.
    • 8:36 AM – 8:44 AM EDT
      So…You Are Thinking About a Private Equity Acquisition for Your Practice?

      Speaker: John Knightly, MD, FAANS – Maxim Spine

    • 8:45 AM – 8:53 AM EDT
      The Do's and Don'ts of a Physician Services Agreements (PSA)

      Speaker: Domagoj Coric, MD – Atrium Health

    • 8:54 AM – 9:02 AM EDT
      The Necessary Evolutionary Steps of Private Practice for Viability in 2030

      Speaker: Ernest E. Braxton, Jr., MD, MBA – Vail Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery

    • 9:03 AM – 9:11 AM EDT
      Ancillary Revenue: ASC and Physician Owned Hospitals

      Speaker: Eric Potts, MD – Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine

    • 9:12 AM – 9:20 AM EDT
      Why Academic Neurosurgeons Need to have ASC (and Benefit From Them Too)

      Speaker: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD – Cleveland Clinic

    • 9:21 AM – 9:30 AM EDT
      Trauma Call, Medical Directorships, Comanagement and Gainsharing

      Speaker: Paul K. Kim, MD – Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates