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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    Advancing Neurosurgical Practice: Essential Knowledge and Innovations for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 8:04 AM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: Lauren Waldron, PA-C – Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
    Moderator: Sarah Wall, AGACNP
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    8:06 AM - 8:36 AM CT
    Acute TBI
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Baylee Burke, DNP, AGACNP – UTHealth Houston
    Speaker: Cassie Hull, AGACNP – UTH Houston
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    8:38 AM - 9:08 AM CT
    Neuro ICU/ ICU Management
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Erika Quinn, ACNP – UTHealth Houston Neurosciences
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    9:10 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Tech in Neuro Care (Phagenyx)
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Kristin Abraham, M.A.CCC-SLP – Memorial Hermann
    Speaker: Victoria Lam, MS CCC-SLP – Memorial Hermann Hospital TMC
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    9:42 AM - 10:02 AM CT
    Transitions of Care (Neurocritical Care)
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Stephanie Garza, FNP – UT Health Houston Neurosciences
    Speaker: Jerah Stanford, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC – UTHealth Houston Neurosciences
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    10:04 AM - 10:24 AM CT
    Palliative Care in Neurosurgery
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Linsey Scherrer, PA-C – UTHealth
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    10:26 AM - 10:37 AM CT
    Q&A/Break
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    10:39 AM - 11:19 AM CT
    Spinal Surgery in Geriatrics: Challenges & Considerations
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Byron Branch, MD – Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    11:21 AM - 11:40 AM CT
    Cauda Equina Syndrome
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    11:42 AM - 12:12 PM CT
    Profession Practice and Reimbursement
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Michael Johnson, PA-C – The George Washington University
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    12:14 PM - 12:24 PM CT
    Q&A
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    12:24 PM - 1:24 PM CT
    Lunch Break
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:24 PM - 1:29 PM CT
    Introduction to Afternoon
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Lauren Waldron, PA-C – Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
    Speaker: Sarah Wall, AGACNP
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:31 PM - 1:41 PM CT
    Enhancing Workforce Readiness and Clinical Efficiency: The Utility of a Neurosurgery Physician Assistant Fellowship Program (Louise Eisenhardt Travel Scholarship Award)
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Jenna Meyer, MD, MS – Mayo Clinic Neurological Surgery
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:43 PM - 1:53 PM CT
    Hands-Free Control of the Exoscope Using Gaze, Voice and Tool Tracking: Preclinical Evaluation in Neurosurgery
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Ali Rezaei Haddad, MD – London Institute of Healthcare Enginnering and XRlabs
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:55 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Implementing an ERAS for Brain Tumor Pathway
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Charles H. Warwick, MSN AG-ACNP RNFA – Jersey Shore University Medical Center - Department of Neurosurgery/Neuro-Critical Care
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:17 PM - 2:27 PM CT
    Microsurgical Approaches to the Jugular Foramen: A 3D Cadaveric Photogrammetry Study
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Nafiye Sanlier, MD – Istanbul Training and Research Hospital
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:29 PM - 2:39 PM CT
    Q&A
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:39 PM - 2:49 PM CT
    Break
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:49 PM - 2:59 PM CT
    Advanced Practice Provider–Led Triage Clinic Increases Surgical Yield in Neurosurgery: A Longitudinal Analysis
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Miles Hudson, MD – Mayo Clinic
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    3:01 PM - 3:31 PM CT
    Crest 2 Trials
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Mandy J. Binning, MD, FAANS – Global Neurosciences Institute
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    3:33 PM - 3:43 PM CT
    Microsurgical Comparison of Internal Auditory Canal Exposure Through Middle Fossa Versus Retrosigmoid Hearing Preservation Approaches With and Without Neuronavigation in Human Cadaveric Heads
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: VIshal Garg, MBBS, MS – AIIMS DELHI
    APP
  • Friday, May 1st
    3:45 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Q&A and Adjourn
    Location: 301A, Level 3, HBGCC
    APP