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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Ethical and Accurate Coding: A Case-Based Guide for Neurosurgeons
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: Ephraim W. Church, MD, FAANS, FACS – Penn State Health
    Moderator: Owoicho Adogwa, MD, MPH, MBA – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
    Moderator: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA – University of North Carolina
    Moderator: Kristopher Kimmell, MD, FAANS – Rochester Regional Health
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:00 AM - 10:05 AM CT
    Welcome & Framing the Session: The Ethics of Coding in Neurosurgery
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Owoicho Adogwa, MD, MPH, MBA – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
    Free Friday Learning Series
  • Friday, May 1st
    10:05 AM - 10:12 AM CT
    Ethical Foundations of Coding
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Ephraim W. Church, MD, FAANS, FACS – Penn State Health
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:12 AM - 10:27 AM CT
    Complex Spine Surgery: Where Documentation Meets Compliance
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA – University of North Carolina
    Speaker: Mark E. Oppenlander, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:27 AM - 10:42 AM CT
    Skull Base & Tumor Surgery
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Kristopher Kimmell, MD, FAANS – Rochester Regional Health
    Speaker: Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, MBA – Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Wilkes-Barre, PA
    Free Friday Learning Series
  • Friday, May 1st
    10:42 AM - 10:57 AM CT
    Vascular & Functional Neurosurgery: Coding for Complexity and Technology
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Kristopher Kimmell, MD, FAANS – Rochester Regional Health
    Speaker: Ephraim W. Church, MD, FAANS, FACS – Penn State Health
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:57 AM - 11:12 AM CT
    Trauma Capturing True Work in the Emergency Setting
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Owoicho Adogwa, MD, MPH, MBA – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:12 AM - 11:19 AM CT
    Panel Discussion – Ethical Boundaries: When Is “Optimizing” Coding Unethical?
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Owoicho Adogwa, MD, MPH, MBA – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
    Speaker: Ephraim W. Church, MD, FAANS, FACS – Penn State Health
    Speaker: Kristopher Kimmell, MD, FAANS – Rochester Regional Health
    Speaker: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA – University of North Carolina
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:19 AM - 11:26 AM CT
    Emerging Trends: AI, Automation and Auditing in Coding
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Owoicho Adogwa, MD, MPH, MBA – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:26 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Key Takeaways & Closing Remarks
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    Neurotrauma for the General Neurosurgeon: A Case-Based Clinic
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: Ryan Kitagawa, MD – University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston
    Moderator: Emily Sieg, MD – University of Louisville
    Free Friday Learning SeriesTrauma and Critical Care
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:00 PM - 1:11 PM CT
    Guidelines Based Management in TBI
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Timothy Beutler, MD – SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Free Friday Learning SeriesTrauma and Critical Care
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:13 PM - 1:24 PM CT
    ICU Care & Multimodality Monitoring in TBI
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Alan Hoffer
    Free Friday Learning SeriesTrauma and Critical Care
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:26 PM - 1:37 PM CT
    Surgical Management of Acute TBI and the Chronic SDH
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Nicholas Brandmeir, MD, FAANS – West Virginia University
    Free Friday Learning SeriesTrauma and Critical Care
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:39 PM - 1:50 PM CT
    Penetrating TBI
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Randy Bell, MD, FAANS – Avera Mckennan Hospital and University Health Center; University of South Dakota; Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences
    Free Friday Learning SeriesTrauma and Critical Care
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:52 PM - 2:03 PM CT
    Vascular Injuries in TBI
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Ramesh Grandhi, MD – University of Utah
    Free Friday Learning SeriesTrauma and Critical Care
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:05 PM - 2:18 PM CT
    Complication Management in TBI
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Berje H. Shammassian, MD, MPH – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Free Friday Learning SeriesTrauma and Critical Care
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:20 PM - 2:30 PM CT
    The Next Generation of TBI
    Location: 302BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Laura Ngwenya, MD, PhD, FAANS – University of Cincinnati
    Free Friday Learning SeriesTrauma and Critical Care