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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Friday, April 26, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    E-Poster Viewing
  • 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 7:30 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 8:36 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentation: Far Lateral Lumbar Disc Herniation
  • 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 1 (Part 1) Non-CME: New and Emerging Technologies – MIS & Endoscopy
  • 8:37 AM – 8:43 AM East Coast USA Time
    Technology Update #1: Supported by Barricaid | Bone-Anchored Annular Closure: Benchtop to Adoption to Reimbursement
  • 8:44 AM – 9:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentation: Cervical Radiculopathy
  • 9:16 AM – 9:47 AM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentation: L4-L5 Grade 1 Spondylolisthesis
  • 9:48 AM – 9:54 AM East Coast USA Time
    Technology Update #2: Supported by ATEC Spine | PTP— Prone TransPsoas Provides Simultaneous Access to Posterior & Anterior Columns to Maximize Reduction and Alignment Opportunity
  • 9:55 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 1 (Part 1) Non-CME: New and Emerging Technologies – MIS & Endoscopy
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Non-CME Corporate Workshops with Refreshments
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break with Exhibits & E-Poster Viewing
  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    Preoperative – Planning and Risk Stratification
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 1 (Part 2) Non CME: New and Emerging Technologies in Complex Spine Surgery
  • 10:51 AM – 10:57 AM East Coast USA Time
    Technology Update #3: Supported by Carlsmed | Achieving Personalized Precision with Patientspecific Procedures
  • 10:58 AM – 11:18 AM East Coast USA Time
    Intraoperative – Imaging and Implant Placement
  • 11:19 AM – 11:25 AM East Coast USA Time
    Technology Update #4: Supported by Kuros Biosciences | Favorable Results of MagnetOs as Standalone Alternative to Autograft in a Prospective, Multi-center, Randomized, Intra-patient Controlled Trial
  • 11:26 AM – 11:46 AM East Coast USA Time
    Postoperative – Outcomes, Data, and Value
  • 11:47 AM – 11:53 AM East Coast USA Time
    Technology Update #5: Supported by Pacira | Getting to NOPAIN- Novel Opioid-Sparing Techniques to Minimize Post-Surgical Pain After Surgery
  • 11:54 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Closing Remarks
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch with Exhibits & E-Poster Viewing
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    Concurrent Session 1: Career: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in Spine Surgery - Advice from Mentors
  • 1:00 PM – 1:22 PM East Coast USA Time
    Achieving and Maintaining Segmental Reduction and Lordosis with MIS TLIF – Video Demonstrations
  • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 2: MIS Masters' Techniques: Video Session; plus, US Presidential Address & IJSS Update

    Moderator: Frank P. Cammisa, Jr., MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

    Moderator: Robert K. Eastlack, MD – Scripps Clinic

  • 1:23 PM – 1:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Endoscopic Lumbar Fusion Debate (with Cost Considerations) – Video Demonstrations
  • 1:46 PM – 2:16 PM East Coast USA Time
    MIS Deformity Correction – Video Demonstrations
  • 2:17 PM – 2:19 PM East Coast USA Time
    Introduction of Honored Guest Lecture
  • 2:20 PM – 2:28 PM East Coast USA Time
    Honored Guest Lecture
  • 2:29 PM – 2:33 PM East Coast USA Time
    Presentation of ISASS Innovator Award
  • 2:34 PM – 2:41 PM East Coast USA Time
    IJSS Update
  • 2:42 PM – 2:44 PM East Coast USA Time
    Introduction of ISASS US President
  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    US Presidential Address
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break with Exhibits & E-Poster Viewing
  • 3:30 PM – 3:33 PM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome
  • 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Concurrent Session 1: Career: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly in Spine Surgery - Advice from Mentors
  • 3:34 PM – 3:43 PM East Coast USA Time
    How to Evaluate New Technology as You Start Your Practice
  • 3:43 PM – 3:51 PM East Coast USA Time
    Optimizing the Learning Curve for the Staff When Introducing New Technology to My OR
  • 3:52 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    When the Rubber Meets the Road – Convincing Your Institution to Make the Investment in New Technology
  • 4:01 PM – 4:11 PM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion
  • 4:12 PM – 5:11 PM East Coast USA Time
    Weighing the Pros and Cons of Disruptive Technology
  • 5:12 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Closing Remarks
  • 3:30 PM – 3:56 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part I: Revisiting Cervical OPLL Debate Session: Cervical Myelopathy with Mild Symptom
  • 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Concurrent Session 2: Career: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly in Spine Surgical Practice – Advice from Mentors: International Perspective

    Moderator: Seok Woo Kim, MD – Spine Center, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University

    Moderator: Chang-Nam Kang, M.D., PhD. – Hanyang University

    Moderator: MASSIMO BALSANO, n/a – Regional Spinal Department, AOUI, Verona, Italy

  • 3:36 PM – 3:56 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part I: Revisiting Cervical OPLL Debate Session: Cervical Myelopathy with Mild Symptom
  • 3:57 PM – 4:24 PM East Coast USA Time
    Debate Session: My Preferred Surgical Technique in Patients with Symptomatic Short-Level OPLL
  • 4:25 PM – 4:52 PM East Coast USA Time
    Part II: Hot issues in Adult Spinal Deformity
  • 4:53 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Debate Session: Lateral Approaches For Severe Sagittal Malalignment (PI-LL>30°)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome Reception with Exhibits
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Faculty Reception (Invite Only)
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 3 (Part 1): Top Free Papers & Top IJSS Articles
  • Saturday, April 27, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 7:00 AM – 7:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    Non-CME Corporate Workshops with Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 3 (Part 1): Top Free Papers & Top IJSS Articles
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 3 (Part 2): 4-Minute Free Papers
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break with Exhibits & E-Poster Viewing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 4 – Learning from My Worst Complications; plus, Keynote Address
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    Corporate Workshop With Lunch
  • 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch with Exhibits & E-Poster Viewing
  • 1:00 PM – 1:59 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 5: Part 1 – Motion-Preservation: Evolving Technologies and Techniques
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 5: Part 1 - Motion-Preservation: Evolving Technologies and Techniques
  • 2:00 PM – 2:11 PM East Coast USA Time
    Segment 1: Robotic-Assisted Degenerative Lumbar Surgery
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 5: Part 2 - How I Treat This in My Country
  • 2:12 PM – 2:23 PM East Coast USA Time
    Segment 2: Minimally Invasive Cervical and Lumbar Techniques
  • 2:24 PM – 2:41 PM East Coast USA Time
    Segment 3: Treatment of Denovo Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis
  • 2:42 PM – 2:44 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 5: Part 2 – How I Treat This in My Country
  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 5: Part 2 – How I Treat This in My Country
  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break
  • 3:30 PM – 4:11 PM East Coast USA Time
    Metastatic Spine Disease: Treatment Decisions
  • 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Concurrent Session 3: Cancer of the Spine- Surgical Challenges
  • 4:12 PM – 4:49 PM East Coast USA Time
    Primary Bony Tumors & Intradural Tumors
  • 4:50 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Case Reviews with the Titans
  • 3:30 PM – 3:54 PM East Coast USA Time
    Concurrent Session 4: Novel Osteobiologics /Bioactive Surfaces (Non-CME)
  • 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Concurrent Session 4: Novel Osteobiologics /Bioactive Surfaces (Non-CME)
  • 3:55 PM – 4:01 PM East Coast USA Time
    Technology Update #6: Supported by Spinal Elements | Luna Multi-Dimensional Expandable Interbody Device—Impact on MIS TLIF in the AS
  • 4:02 PM – 4:26 PM East Coast USA Time
    Concurrent Session 4: Novel Osteobiologics /Bioactive Surfaces (Non-CME)
  • 4:27 PM – 4:33 PM East Coast USA Time
    Technology Update #7: Supported by Spine Wave | Nano + Femto Second Laser Texturing: A Promising Technology for Biomimetic Implant Surfaces
  • 4:34 PM – 5:10 PM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentations: How Does a Surgeon Plan for Bone Grafting Material(s) for Different Spinal Pathologies
  • 5:01 PM – 5:07 PM East Coast USA Time
    Technology Update #8: Supported by NeuroStructures |
  • 5:08 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Concurrent Session 4: Novel Osteobiologics /Bioactive Surfaces (Non-CME)
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Women in Spine Surgery Reception
  • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    All Attendee Bash
  • Sunday, April 28, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration
  • 7:00 AM – 7:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 6: Free Papers – Rapid Fire
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 7: Building your Career from A-Z, Turning Challenges into Success
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    General Session 8: Free Papers – Rapid Fire
  • 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Raffle Drawing & Conference Adjourns

    Presenter: Timur Urakov, MD – University of Miami, Department of Neurological Surgery