• Agenda
• Brochure
• CE Credit
• Course Directors & Faculty
• Registration

Target Audience
Neurosurgeons, spine surgeons, PM&R physicians, orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, physical therapists, chiropractors, primary care physicians, patients, care-givers, and all other community healthcare professionals interested in learning the latest treatments and improvements to spine surgery safety.

Agenda
Thursday, October 7, 2021
7:00 am
Registration, Zoom webinar room opens

7:30 am
Welcome by Maxwell Boakye, MD, Thank Sponsors, Introduce First Speaker

8:00 am
Speaker #1 Triage & nonoperative management of spine patients
Lindsay Graves, DO

8:20 am
Q&A

8:30 am
Speaker #2 Depression and anxiety phenotypes and spine surgery outcomes
Maxwell Boakye, MD, MPH, MBA

8:50 am
Q&A

9:00 am
Speaker #3 Updates on treatment of spinal deformity
Isaac Karikari, MD
 
9:20 am
Q&A

9:30 am
Speaker #4 Update on evaluation and management of Cervical deformity
Thomas Altstadt, MD

9:50 am
Q&A

10:00 am
Break 1

10:20 am
Speaker #5 Update on spinal cord injury
Emily Sieg, MD

10:40 am
Q&A

10:50 am
Speaker #6 Problem of Polypharmacy in spinal cord injury
Beatrice Ugiliweneza, PhD

11:10 am
Q&A

11:20 am
Speaker #7 Epidural stimulation neuromodulation of spinal cord injury
Susan Harkema, PhD

11:40 am
Q&A

11:50 am
Lunch Break

12:30 pm
Speaker #8 Speaker #10 Management of Thoracolumbar spine fractures
Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA

12:50 pm
Q&A

1:00 pm
Speaker #9 Management of osteomyelitis and epidural abscess
John Dimar, MD

1:20 pm
Q&A

1:30 pm
Speaker #10 Update on treatment of sacral tumors
Brian Williams, MD
 
1:50 pm
Q&A

2:00 pm
Speaker #11 Robotic spine surgery applications
Nicholas Theodore, MD

2:20 pm
Q&A

2:30 pm
Speaker #12 Treatment of low and high grade spondylolisthesis
Jens Chapman, MD

2:50 pm
Q&A

3:00 pm
Break 2

3:15 pm
Speaker #13 Spine surgery in the elderly
Dean Chou, MD

3:35 pm
Q&A

3:45 pm
Speaker #14  KEYNOTE: Novel Insights from imaging of chronic pain and implications for spine surgeons
Professor AV Apkarian, PhD

4:05 pm
Q&A

4:15 pm
Speaker #15  Geriatric odontoid fractures
Darrel Brodke, MD

4:35 pm
Q&A

4:45 pm
Speaker #16  American spine registry update
Steven Glassman, MD

5:05 pm
Q&A

5:25 pm
Final Thank You to Sponsors/Speaker by Maxwell Boakye, MD
Adjourn

Course Directors
Thomas Altstadt, MD, FAANS
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Louisville


Maxwell Boakye, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS, FAANS
Professor of Neurosurgery
Ole A., Mabel Wise & Wilma Wise Nelson Endowed Chair
Chief of Spinal Neurosurgery
Director: Spine Fellowship
Clinical Director: Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Center
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Louisville
Emily P. Sieg, MD
Assistant Professor
Director of Neurotrauma
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Louisville


Participating Faculty
AV Apkarian, PhD
Director, Center for Translational Pain Research
Professor
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
   
Darrel Brodke, MD
Vice-Chair, Department of Orthopaedics
University of Utah Health

Jens Chapman, MD
Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery
Swedish Health

Dean Chou, MD
Professor, Neurological Surgery
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

John Dimar, MD
Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery
Norton Healthcare

Steven Glassman, MD
Othopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery
Norton Healthcare

Lindsay Graves, DO
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
UofL Health Restorative Neuroscience

Susan Harkema, PhD
Associate Director of Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Louisville

Isaac Karikari, MD
Neurosurgeon, Spine Surgeon
Duke Health
 
Nicholas Theodore, MD
Donlin M. Long Professor
Johns Hopkins University
   
Beatrice Ugiliweneza, PhD
Assistant Professor
Director of the Bioinformatics Core
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Louisville

Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA
Co-Director, Delaware Valley Spinal Cord Injury Center
President, Rothman Orthopaedics
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor Neurosurgery
Sidney Kimmel Medical Center of Thomas Jefferson University
Co-Director, Delaware Valley Spinal Cord Injury Center
President, Rothman Orthopaedics

Learning Objectives
As a result of participating in this activity, the participants should be able to:
1. Identify the best care and treatment options for patients with spinal diseases and injuries to increase quality of life.
2. Recognize surgical and postoperative care technique improvements needed for safer spine surgery.
3. Define ways in which to approach improving treatment, techniques, and outcomes of spine surgery for safer outcomes.

Continuing Education Credit
Physician Credit - The University of Louisville Continuing Medical Education office designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation
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.

Nurses - This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing for 9.8 continuing education credits through University of Louisville Hospital, provider number 4-0068-12-22-1228. 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.

Special Services
All individuals are encouraged to participate. To request disability arrangements, please contact the Course Coordinator Lauren Ellis at least 14 days prior to the date of this program. Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.

Brochure
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Registration
Registration Fees: This conference is free to all participants. Advance registration is required to allow for program planning.

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Disclosure
We thank all our sponsors for their support of the Spine Symposium 2021: Updates on Spine Care.

A final listing of supporters and exhibitors will be available at the meeting.