Agenda  

Friday, Nov 1, 2024

7:30 am - 7:50 am – Breakfast and registration

7:50 am - 8:00 am  - Welcome and Introductions: Drs. Max Boakye and Nicholas Ahn

 8:00 am - 8:30 am                 Keynote Address: Value of Spine surgery- Dr. Erica Bisson, Professor of Neurosurgery, Vice Dean, Executive Medical Officer, U.                                                                                                                                                       Utah, Chair-Elect, AANS/CNS section on spine

Moderator (60 minutes)- Dr. Emily Sieg, UofL

Grade 1 Spondylolisthesis

8:30 am - 8:40 am         Case presentation for discussion

8:40 am - 8:55 am         Olif – Dr. Nikhil Jain 

8:55 am - 9:10 am         Tlif – Dr. Lauren Boden

9:10 am - 9:25 am         Questions and vote

Moderator (60 minutes)- Dr. David Freeman, UofL

Adjacent Segment Stenosis

9:30 am - 9:40 am         Case presentation for discussion

9:40 am - 9:55 am         Lateral – Dr. Muhammad Abd-El-Barr 

9:55 am – 10:10 am      Posterior – Dr. Shawn Adams 

10:10 am - 10:25 am     Questions and vote

10:25 – 10:40 - 15-minute break

Moderator (60 minutes) Dr. Harini Chenna

Nonoperative program

10:40 am - 10:50 am    Case presentation for discussion

10:50 am – 11:05 am   Speaker 1 Dr.  Christopher Mallard

11:05 am - 11:20 am    TBA

11:20 am - 11:35 pm   Speaker 3 Dr. Lindsay Graves

11:35 am - 11:45 pm   Questions and vote

11:45 am – 12:15 pm - Lunch

12:15 pm – 12:30 pm Dr. Max Boakye - Fundamentals of Spine Biomechanics-introducing the new Thieme Q+A answer companion textbook to Benzel’s Biomechanics book

12:30-12:45 pm – Dr. Nicholas Ahn - management of Osteomyelitis Case Presentation                                              

Moderator: UC (60 minutes) – 

Cervical Deformity 

12:50-1:05 pm Dr. Rani Nasser: Cervical Deformity

1:05-1:20 pm   Dr. Justin Virojanapa: Complex craniocervical junction pathology

1:20-1:35 pm   Dr. Joseph Cheng: Value assessment of a spine surgeon

1:35 pm – 1:50 pm    Questions

1:50-2:00 pm – 10-minute break

Moderator: UK (60 minutes) – 

Cervical Myelopathy 

2:00 – 2:10 Dr. Rouzbeh Motiei - Pathophysiology and current concepts in the management of cervical myelopathy - 

2:10 pm - 2:20 pm Dr Ryan Hofler - Critical evaluation of surgical strategies for cervical myelopathy

2:20 pm - 2:30 pm Dr Jared Wilcox - Review of interventional trials for cervical myelopathy

2:30 pm – 2:40 pm Dr Francis Farhadi - Outcome prognostication – Fact or fiction? 

2:40-2:50 pm – Questions

Moderator: Katie Archer

Advanced Practice Provider Focused Session                               

2:00 pm – 2:45 pm  

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Keynote Address: John Shin MD, MS – Primary Tumors

Division Chief of Spine Surgery & Director of the Penn Medicine Spine Center

Departments of Neurosurgery & Orthopaedic Surgery.

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm     Keynote Address: Treatment of spinal metastatic disease

Mark Bilsky MD

William E Snee Chair, Vice Chairman of Clinical Affairs, Neurosurgery

Chief of Multi-Disciplinary Spine Tumor Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering 

Professor of Neurological Surgery Cornell Medical College

Former Neurosurgery fellow at UofL                                          

4:00 pm – Final Questions/Thanks & Adjourn

Saturday, Nov 2, 2024

8:00 am -11:00 am Lab Sponsored by Medtronic

Three Stations Available: 

1. Kyphoplasty and Osteocool Tumor Ablation

2. Prone lateral

3. Thoracic En Bloc Vertebrectomy and Fenestrated Screws

LOCATION               

UofL Health Skycare Lot

200 E Liberty Street

12:00 pm– Social Event at Churchill Downs (Please register for this event by Thursday, October 31, at 12 PM.)

LOCATION

Churchill Downs

700 Central Avenue

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Designation Statement

The University of Louisville School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit
This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing 9 continuing education credits through University of Louisville Hospital, provider number 4-0068-12-24-1420. The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Completion criteria to obtain CE's: Attend entire session and complete the evaluation.

Accreditation Statement
The University of Louisville School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.