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  • Friday, May 1st
    4:30 PM - 6:00 PM CT
    Opening Session
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    4:30 PM - 4:31 PM CT
    Welcome
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University
    Plenary Speaker: Guy M. McKhann, MD – Columbia University
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    4:32 PM - 4:33 PM CT
    Introduction of the Plante Lecture
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: E. Sander S. Connolly, Jr., MD – Columbia University
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    4:34 PM - 4:59 PM CT
    Charles L. Plante Lecture
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Marty  Makary, MD, MPH – Food and Drug Administration
    Moderator: Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA – University of California, San Diego, Department of Neurological Surgery
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    5:00 PM - 5:19 PM CT
    MedTech Leadership Panel
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    Panelist: Thomas Markmann – Zeiss
    Panelist: Pat Miles – ATEC Spine
    Panelist: Andy Pierce – Stryker
    Panelist: Brett Wall – Medtronic
    Moderator: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    5:20 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Embodied, Agentic AI as a Continuous Care-Team Member: A Kaliber AI Framework for Contextualized Clinical Decision Support
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS, FACS – Prisma Health Neuroscience Institute
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    5:31 PM - 5:35 PM CT
    Abstract Discussant
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Richard W. Byrne, MD, FAANS – Mayo
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    5:36 PM - 5:46 PM CT
    CoPilot: Transforming Surgery with Intelligent Navigation with Haptic Feedback
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Zach Bolthouse
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    5:47 PM - 5:51 PM CT
    Abstract Discussant
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Nicholas Theodore, MD, FAANS, FACS – University of Arizona - Phoenix College of Medicine
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    5:52 PM - 5:56 PM CT
    Awards Presentation
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Greg Zipfel, MD, FAANS
    A Must-See Session
  • Friday, May 1st
    5:57 PM - 6:00 PM CT
    Closing
    Location: Exhibit Hall 1, Street Level, HBGCC
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Plenary I (Non-CME)
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:30 AM - 8:31 AM CT
    Welcome/Good Morning
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:32 AM - 8:34 AM CT
    NPA Update
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Mohamad Bydon, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:35 AM - 8:45 AM CT
    Feasibility of Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization With n-Butyl Cyanoacrylate for Refractory Chronic Migraine: MIGRAINE Study Preliminary Results
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Adam S. Arthur, MD, MPH – UTHSC, Semmes-Murphey Clinic
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:46 AM - 8:50 AM CT
    Abstract Discussant
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: J Mocco, MD, MS – NYP/ Weill Cornell
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:51 AM - 8:53 AM CT
    NREF Update
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Adam S. Arthur, MD, MPH – UTHSC, Semmes-Murphey Clinic
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:54 AM - 8:59 AM CT
    Home ICP Monitoring – A New Paradigm for Management of Patients with Hydrocephaluss
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Simon Malpas, PhD – Kitea Health & University of Auckland
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    8:59 AM - 9:04 AM CT
    Next Generation Mobile Telemetric Monitoring - Real-Life Insights into ICP Dynamic
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Andreas Bunge, Dr. – Christoph Miethke GmbH & Co. KG
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    9:05 AM - 9:09 AM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Mark G. Hamilton, MD,CM – University of Calgary
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    9:10 AM - 9:12 AM CT
    JNS Update/Talk
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Frederick G. Barker, II, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    9:13 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    ThinkFirst 40th Anniversary Update
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    9:16 AM - 9:17 AM CT
    Introduction of the AANS President
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    9:18 AM - 9:28 AM CT
    AANS Presidential Address
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: E. Sander S. Connolly, Jr., MD – Columbia University
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    9:29 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Closing
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Plenary II
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:15 AM - 10:16 AM CT
    Veena D. Mummaneni Award Presentation
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:17 AM - 10:25 AM CT
    The "CSDH" Grading Scheme for Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization: Stratified Risk of Surgical Rescue (Veena D. Mummaneni Award)
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Rachel C. Jacobs, MD – UPMC
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:26 AM - 10:28 AM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Speaker: Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD MBA FAANS FACS FAHA – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:29 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Introduction of the Louise Eisenhardt Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Laura Snyder, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:31 AM - 10:43 AM CT
    Louise Eisenhardt Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Hailey Mullican, JD – University of Texas at San Antonio
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:44 AM - 10:52 AM CT
    186Rhenium-Nanoliposomes (186RNL) for the Treatment of Leptomeningeal Metastases: Translational Insights From Clinical and Preclinical Models
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Henriette U. Balinda, PhD – UT Health San Antonio
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:53 AM - 10:55 AM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Kimberly Hoang, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:56 AM - 10:57 AM CT
    Introduction of the Rhoton Family Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Adam S. Arthur, MD, MPH – UTHSC, Semmes-Murphey Clinic
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:58 AM - 11:10 AM CT
    Rhoton Family Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Kevin T. Foley, MD – Semmes-Murphey Clinic & University of Tennessee Health Science Center
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    10:58 AM - 11:10 AM CT
    Rhoton Family Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Kevin T. Foley, MD – Semmes-Murphey Clinic & University of Tennessee Health Science Center
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    11:11 AM - 11:19 AM CT
    Does Surgery Reduce Neck Pain and Restore Independence 5 Years After Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM)? A SpineCORe QOD Study
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    11:20 AM - 11:22 AM CT
    Abstract Discussant
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Speaker: Langston T. Holly, MD – UCLA Neurosurgery
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    11:23 AM - 11:24 AM CT
    Introduction of the Kurze Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Craig Mundie
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    11:25 AM - 11:37 AM CT
    Theodore Kurze Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Samuel Browd, MD, PhD, FAANS – University of Washington
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    11:38 AM - 11:46 AM CT
    Mind the Concussion Gap: An Assessment of Community Knowledge on Concussions and Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Clayton R. Baker, BS – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    11:47 AM - 11:49 AM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Speaker: David D. Limbrick, Jr., MD, PhD, FAANS – Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    11:50 AM - 11:54 AM CT
    Announce All AANS 2026 Annual Awardees
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    11:55 AM - 12:10 PM CT
    Eyes Are On Texas
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: H. Hunt Batjer, MD – UT Tyler, Mayo Clinic AZ
    A Must-See Session
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    12:11 PM - 12:15 PM CT
    Closing
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Plenary III (Non-CME)
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    8:30 AM - 8:31 AM CT
    Welcome/Good Morning
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    8:32 AM - 8:35 AM CT
    Washington Committee Update
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Alexander Khalessi, MD, MBA – University of California, San Diego, Department of Neurological Surgery
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    8:36 AM - 8:46 AM CT
    Navigated, Trans-Muscular Cervical Pedicle and Pedicle Inlet Screws With an Accessory Mayfield Stabilizer: Cadaveric Accuracy Study
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Martin H. Pham, MD – University of California, San Diego
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    8:47 AM - 8:51 AM CT
    Abstract Discussant
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    8:52 AM - 8:55 AM CT
    Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) Update
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Martina Stippler, MD – Beth Israel Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    8:56 AM - 9:06 AM CT
    Radiomodulation for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: From Animal Models to First-in-Human Trials
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: John R. Adler, Jr., MD – Stanford
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    9:07 AM - 9:11 AM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Sameer Sheth, MD/PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    9:12 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    American Society of Black Neurosurgeons (ASBN) Update
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Ernest J. Barthelemy, MD, MPH, MA – SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    9:16 AM - 9:21 AM CT
    Council of State Neurosurgical Societies (CSNS) Update
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    9:22 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Closing
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    10:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Plenary IV
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    10:15 AM - 10:16 AM CT
    Welcome
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    10:17 AM - 10:18 AM CT
    Introduction of the Hunt-Wilson Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Greg Zipfel, MD, FAANS
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    10:19 AM - 10:31 AM CT
    Hunt-Wilson Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Eric Leuthardt, MD, FAANS – Washington University
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    10:32 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    A Zone for Speech Production Within Wernicke’s Area
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Alexander B. Silva, PhD – UCSF
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    10:41 AM - 10:43 AM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Speaker: Nitin Tandon, MD – Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Science Center - Houston
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    10:44 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    Introduction of the Richard Schneider Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Richard P. Lifton
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    10:46 AM - 10:58 AM CT
    Richard C. Schneider Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Murat Gunel, MD – Yale Neurosurgery
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    10:59 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Introduction of the Van Wagenen Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Michael C. Park, MD, PhD – University of Minnesota
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:01 AM - 11:13 AM CT
    Van Wagenen Lecture
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Alim Benabid, MD, PhD
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:14 AM - 11:22 AM CT
    Timing of Scoliosis Progression and Spinal Fusion in Children with Cerebral Palsy Treated with Intrathecal Baclofen
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Will Baltazar, BSA – Baylor College of Medicine
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:23 AM - 11:25 AM CT
    Abstract Discussion
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Speaker: Taemin Oh, MD – Columbia Univeresity
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:26 AM - 11:34 AM CT
    AANS Incoming President Address
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: E. Chiocca, MD, PhD, FAANS – Mass General Brigham
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:35 AM - 11:36 AM CT
    Introduction of the Cushing Technical Excellence Award
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Lawrence Steinman
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:37 AM - 11:40 AM CT
    Cushing Technical Excellence Award
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Kevin J. Tracey, MD
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:41 AM - 11:42 AM CT
    Introduction of the Cushing Medalist
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: E. Sander S. Connolly, Jr., MD – Columbia University
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:43 AM - 11:46 AM CT
    Cushing Medalist
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Anthony L. Asher, MD, FAANS, FACS – Prisma Health Neuroscience Institute
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:47 AM - 11:48 AM CT
    Introduction of the Cushing Orator
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Plenary Speaker: Frederick F. Lang, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    11:49 AM - 12:13 PM CT
    Cushing Orator
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    Keynote Speaker: Jim Allison, PhD – James P. Allison Institute
    A Must-See Session
  • Sunday, May 3rd
    12:14 PM - 12:15 PM CT
    Closing
    Location: Enter through AANS Exhibit Hall, HBGCC
    A Must-See Session