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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:45 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Stryker-Sponsored Non-CME Course: Minimally Invasive Parafascicular Surgery (MIPS) for Tumor and ICH
    Faculty: Mark Bain, MD, FAANS – Cleveland Clinic
    Faculty: David Dornbos, III, MD, FAANS – University of Kentucky
    Faculty: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Friday, May 1st
    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    AANS Networking Hub
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Friday, May 1st
    7:00 PM CT
    Connectomics Circle Summit
    Speaker: Peter Fecci, MD PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz
    Speaker: Debraj Mukherjee, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Speaker: Randy S. D'Amico, MD – Lenox Hill Department of Neurosurgery
    Speaker: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Speaker: Michael Ivan, MD, MBS – University of Miami
    Speaker: Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA – University of California, San Diego, Department of Neurological Surgery
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    7:30 AM - 8:15 AM CT
    Breakfast Bites: On the Front Edge of LITT Science (Non-CME)
    Speaker: Eric Leuthardt, MD, FAANS – Washington University
    Speaker: Orin Bloch, MD – UC Davis School of Medicine
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:05 AM - 8:25 AM CT
    Neuro Spotlight: Avoiding Long-Term Complications and Unnecessary Surgeries: A Review of Current Shunt / Hydrocephalus Literature & Recommendations
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    AANS Networking Hub
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    9:30 AM - 9:50 AM CT
    Neuro Spotlight: BAGUERA® vs Mobi C: Interim results on a 1 and 2 level IDE study
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    9:55 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Neuro Spotlight: Continuous Dynamic Motor Mapping: Principles and Practice
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch-N-Learn: Early Clinical Experience with the Stealth AXiS™ Surgical System: Insights from Early Adopters (Non-CME)
    Speaker: Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD – Columbia University
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch-N-Learn: Empowering Surgical Innovation Through Robotic Navigation: Featuring Cranial Solutions with ExcelsiusGPS (TM) (Non-CME)
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch-N-Learn: Hungry for better outcomes? Optimizing biologics to accelerate fusion (Non-CME)
    Speaker: Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD – University of Toronto
    Speaker: Ernest E. Braxton, Jr., MD, MBA – Vail Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery
    Speaker: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic
    Speaker: Khoi D. Than, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Hospital
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch-N-Learn: Navigation Purpose Built for PTP (Non-CME)
    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    12:20 PM - 12:40 PM CT
    Neuro Spotlight: Clinical Case Review: FluorescenceGuided Resection of High-Grade Gliomas using Gleolan®(5-ALA)
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    12:45 PM - 1:05 PM CT
    Neuro Spotlight: SEE with clarity: An improved filter technology for 5-ALA-guided resection of high-grade gliomas
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    1:10 PM - 1:30 PM CT
    Neuro Spotlight: Redefining Digital Visualization with MyVeo
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    3:35 PM - 3:55 PM CT
    Neuro Spotlight: Advancing Brain Tumor Care with GammaTile: ROADS Interim Data
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    Surgical Masterpieces in 3D: A ZEISS-Sponsored Symposium at AANS 2026
    Speaker: Jacques Morcos, MD, FRCS, FAANS – University of Texas Health Houston
    Speaker: Constantin Roder, MD – University of Tuebingen
    Speaker: Walter Stummer, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Münster
    Speaker: A. Samy Youssef, MD, PhD, FAANS – University of Colorado SOM
    Speaker: Michael T. Lawton, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, 85013, Arizona, USA
    Speaker: Amir R. Dehdashti, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Northwell Health
    Speaker: William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD – University of Utah
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    8:00 AM - 2:30 PM CT
    AANS Networking Hub
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    9:30 AM - 9:50 AM CT
    Neuro Spotlight: Evolution of Microsurgery
    Neuro SpotlightIndustry Sponsored
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch-N-Learn: Exploring Sodium Channel Inhibition for the Management of Acute Pain
    Moderator: Jai Mehta, MD, MBA, FASA – Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch-N-Learn: AiBLE in Action: From the PILAR™ Technique to an Advanced TLIF (Non-CME)
    Speaker: Regis William Haid, Jr., MD – Haid Consulting
    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
    Speaker: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FACS, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored