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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    How to Apply to Residency: The Do's and Don'ts
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HGBCC
    Moderator: Michael M. McDowell, MD, FAANS, FCNS – Penn State University Department of Neurosurgery
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 8:05 AM CT
    Introduction
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HGBCC
    Speaker: Michael M. McDowell, MD, FAANS, FCNS – Penn State University Department of Neurosurgery
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:06 AM - 8:16 AM CT
    How to Choose a Residency
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HGBCC
    Speaker: Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD MBA FAANS FACS FAHA – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:17 AM - 8:27 AM CT
    The Interview Day
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HGBCC
    Speaker: Kyle J. Tuohy, MD, MS – Penn State Hershey Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:28 AM - 8:38 AM CT
    Professionalism & the Interview Trail
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HGBCC
    Speaker: Carolyn Quinsey, MD – University of Missouri Department of Neurosurgery
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:39 AM - 8:49 AM CT
    Leveraging Research for Your Application
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HGBCC
    Speaker: Shahid Nimjee, MD, PhD, FAANS – The Ohio State University Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:50 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Away Rotations: Etiquette and Excellence
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Kimberly Kray, MD – Penn state university Milton s Hershey medical center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:01 AM - 9:11 AM CT
    Gettings Interviews: Signaling and Standing Out as an Applicant
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: David Dornbos, III, MD, FAANS – University of Kentucky
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:11 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Break
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:30 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    Key Attributes of the Successful Med Student/resident
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Adam S. Arthur, MD, MPH – UTHSC, Semmes-Murphey Clinic
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:41 AM - 9:51 AM CT
    New Kid on the Block: Thriving at a Newly Established Medical School
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Sonia Majid, MD, MPH – University of Miami
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:52 AM - 10:02 AM CT
    Caught Red-handed. Don’t Apologize – Do Better
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Michael M. McDowell, MD, FAANS, FCNS – Penn State University Department of Neurosurgery
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:03 AM - 10:13 AM CT
    Research Time: Off?
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Debraj Mukherjee, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:14 AM - 10:24 AM CT
    Research Time: Or Not?
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Brian M. Howard, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:25 AM - 10:35 AM CT
    Applying as a Woman in Neurosurgery
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Laura S. McGuire, MD – University of Wisconsin - Madison
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:36 AM - 10:46 AM CT
    What to Put on Your Application (and What Not To)
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Michael Ivan, MD, MBS – University of Miami
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:47 AM - 10:57 AM CT
    Understanding Program Strengths and Weaknesses
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Angela M. Richardson, MD, PhD – Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Health
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:58 AM - 11:08 AM CT
    Choosing Sub-i’s & Interviewing the Programs
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Christopher S. Graffeo, MD MS – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:09 AM - 11:19 AM CT
    Successfully Matching as a Foreign Medical Graduate
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, MD – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:20 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Wrap Up
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT
    Early to Mid-Career Research Forum Featuring the Osler Lectures
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:00 AM - 11:02 AM CT
    Welcome & Introduction of the Osler Lecturer
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Christopher S. Graffeo, MD MS – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:03 AM - 11:23 AM CT
    Osler Lecture
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Gelareh Zadeh, MD PhD – Mayo Clinic
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:24 AM - 11:32 AM CT
    Risk Analysis Index Outperforms Modified Frailty Index-5 in Predicting Mortality and Discharge Disposition Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A National Database Analysis
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Cameron J. Sabet, MS, MBA, MA, PgDip, PgCert – Georgetown University Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:33 AM - 11:41 AM CT
    Recurrent Intercostal Schwannoma in a Patient with Suspected Schwannomatosis: Diagnostic and Surgical Considerations
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Lauren E. Corliss – UNC Chapel Hill
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:42 AM - 11:50 AM CT
    Impact of Preoperative Adjacent Segment Disease on Patient-Reported Outcome Measures following One-Level TLIF
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Kathleen M. Hannon, BS – Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:51 AM - 11:59 AM CT
    Functional Recovery and Long-Term Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients with Unresponsive Wakefulness Syndrome
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Macy Deckard, BS – Indiana University School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:00 PM - 12:08 PM CT
    Conduit Assisted Supercharged End-to-side Supinator to Posterior Interosseous Nerve Transfer - Novel Surgical Technique
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Maxime Munyeshyaka, BA – Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:09 PM - 12:17 PM CT
    Mapping CD4⁺ T Cell Landscapes in Glioblastoma Reveals Effectors and Bystanders
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Cameron Hill – Dunn Lab, Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:18 PM - 12:26 PM CT
    Subtotal Resection with Adjuvant Radiosurgery Versus Gross Total Resection for Large Vestibular Schwannomas: Comparative Outcomes in Cranial Nerve Preservation and Tumor Control
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Savi Agarwal, BS – David Geffen School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:27 PM - 12:35 PM CT
    SLAMF1 And Non-Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Multi-Omics Investigation Of Risk
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Daniela Renedo, MD – Yale New Haven Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:45 PM - 12:53 PM CT
    A Novel Classification of Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms: Surgical Outcomes and Implications in 422 patients over 10 years
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Syed Yasin Shahtaz Emanee, Mch Neurosurgery – Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:54 PM - 12:56 PM CT
    Introduction of the Osler Lecture
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Nicholas Sader, MD MSc FRCSC FAANS – The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:57 PM - 1:17 PM CT
    Osler Lecture
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Henry Brem, MD, FAANS, FACS – Johns Hopkins University SOM
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:18 PM - 1:26 PM CT
    Genetic Diversity Influences Response and Outcome to Blast Traumatic Brain Injury (bTBI) in a Murine Model
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Adedotun Bello – Duke University School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:27 PM - 1:35 PM CT
    Propensity Score Guided Analysis of Functional Outcomes and Survival in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Undergoing Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapies
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Andrew M. Brumett, BS – Indiana Univeristy School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:36 PM - 1:44 PM CT
    IL-15 Armored Glypican-3 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells Exhibit Antitumor in Vitro and in Murine Models of Glioblastoma
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Eric Goethe, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:45 PM - 1:53 PM CT
    Assessing Longitudinal In-Vivo Vascular Remodeling Using Functional Ultrasound (fUS) Imaging in an Orthotopic Glioblastoma Mouse Model
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Sherwin A. Tavakol, MD MPH – OUHSC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:54 PM - 2:02 PM CT
    Associations of supramaximal resection with outcome in glioblastoma across age groups – a report of the RANO resect group
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Antonio Dono Ostorga, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:03 PM - 2:11 PM CT
    Advanced Directives in Acute Ischemic Stroke: Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Endovascular Thrombectomy
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Anthony Yu, MD – Tufts Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:12 PM - 2:20 PM CT
    Surgical Techniques in Modern Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass for Symptomatic Atherosclerotic Intracranial Occlusive Disease in the Post-COSS Era: Recent Experience from 8 High-Volume Centers
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Kurt Shaffer, MD – UT Health San Antonio
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:21 PM - 2:29 PM CT
    Visual and Endocrine Outcomes after Surgical Management of Pituitary Apoplexy: A Single Institutional Experience
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: Michelle S. Miller, MD – Tulane Ochsner Neurosurgery
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:30 PM - 2:38 PM CT
    Peripheral nerve surgery and chemotherapy: a review, index, and decision tree for nerve surgeons considering neurotization after oncologic nerve injuries
    Location: 302A, Level 3, HBGCC
    Presenting Author: William ElNemer, BS – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:48 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Selection and Presentation of Quest Awards
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    The Young Minds Global Forum: An Interactive Exchange
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    A Non-Irradiated Portable 3D Electronic Spine Measurement System for Large-Scale Adolescent Scoliosis Screening: A Diagnostic Accuracy and Implementation Study
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 20
    Presenting Author: Wenjie Wu, MD – The People's Hospital of Banan District
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    A Retrospective Study on the Epidemiological Spectrum of Incomplete Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in a Regional Neurosurgical Centre in Northern Nigeria
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 32
    Presenting Author: Ega Otorkpa, MB;BS, FWACS – University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Alterations in Cerebrospinal Fluid Flow Dynamics After Surgical Intervention for Intracranial Tumors in Pediatric Patients
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 24
    Presenting Author: VIshal Garg, MBBS, MS – AIIMS DELHI
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Anatomical Assessment of Cerebral Sulci and Gyri for Neuroanatomy Education Using Photogrammetry to Create 3D Models at Low Cost
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 11
    Presenting Author: Helbert de Oliveira Manduca Palmiero, MD PhD – University of São Paulo (USP)
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Animal Models for Studying Neurological Effects of Weaponized Focused Ultrasound: Scoping Review
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 6
    Presenting Author: Christopher Carr, MD, MPH – Medical College of Georgia
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Artificial Intelligence Based Promptly Diagnosis and Parameter Measurement of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. SAM-Med 3D Model Based
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 31
    Presenting Author: Yin Ju Chen, MD – Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi branch
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Assessment of the ASIA Impairment Scale and Ambulatory Outcome of Patients with Incomplete Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in Northern Nigeria
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 62
    Presenting Author: Ega Otorkpa, MB;BS, FWACS – University of Abuja Teaching Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Beyond One Time PROMs: High Frequency Single Item Mobile ePROM Tracking of Postoperative Recovery in Spine Surgery—A Prospective Feasibility Study
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 1
    Presenting Author: Pavlina Lenga, M. D. – Department of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Bifrontal Decompressive Craniectomy: A Comprehensive Analysis of Indications, Outcomes and Clinical Utility
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 8
    Presenting Author: Kivanc Yangi, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    BurstDR™ Spinal Cord Stimulation Facilitates Arousal and Brain Network Reorganization in a Patient with Pontine Hemorrhage–Related Disorder of Consciousness: Longitudinal EEG and fMRI Evidence
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 17
    Presenting Author: Chao-Hung Kuo, MD, PhD – Taipei Veterans General Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Clinical Outcomes of Chronic Subdural Hematoma Treated with Foley Catheter Drainage: A Retrospective Cohort Study
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 65
    Presenting Author: Sohaib Khan, mbbs – Lady reading Hospital peshawar
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Comparative Analysis of Intracranial Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Cerebrovascular Events in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Weighting CHA₂DS₂-VASc and HAS-BLED Risks
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 48
    Presenting Author: Susan C. Pannullo, MD, FAANS, FAAN, FCNS – Columbia University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Determinants of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Requirement Following Posterior Fossa Tumor Resection in Children: A Single-Center Experience
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 51
    Presenting Author: Asma AlHosni, MD – Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Developing a DIPG Care Checklist: Standardizing Diagnosis and Management Pathways in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 55
    Presenting Author: Salaar Ahmed, MBBS – Aga Khan University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Development of a Stereotactic System for Neurosurgery Targeting: A Prospective Pre-Clinical Study
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 33
    Presenting Author: Ahmed Mohamed, MD – Medical University of South Carolina
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Development of Machine Learning Algorithms for Prediction of Postoperative Hematoma Requiring Readmission or Reoperation in Anterior Cervical Spine Approach
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 14
    Presenting Author: Andrew J. Cabrera, MD – Loma Linda University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Development of the Frontal Sinus After Open Versus Endoscopic Release of Metopic Sutures
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 5
    Presenting Author: Giovanni Kozel, BA – Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Different Strategic Approaches: Outcome of Huge Supratentorial Intraventricular Tumors’ Surgery
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 16
    Presenting Author: Ahmed Atallah Saad, MD – Cairo University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Differential Risk of Perioperative Corticosteroids in Pediatric Versus Adult Brain Tumor Surgery: A Multi-Institutional Propensity-Matched Analysis
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 37
    Presenting Author: Kerrin S. Sunshine, MD – Case Western University/ University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    DNA Methylation in Familial Chiari I Malformation
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 18
    Presenting Author: Joyce Koueik, MD, MS – University of Wisconsin
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Do AI Models Reflect Surgical Trials Evidence in Intracerebral Hemorrhage?
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 13
    Presenting Author: Helbert de Oliveira Manduca Palmiero, MD PhD – University of São Paulo (USP)
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Dynamic Jugular Stenosis Can Occur with Minimal Head Rotation and Worsens with Progressively Greater Rotation: A Venographic Investigation
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 28
    Presenting Author: Omar Ashraf, MD – Wake Forest School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Early Pain Outcome of Open Lumbar Discectomy versus Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 53
    Presenting Author: Muhammad Anwar, MS Neurosurgery – Fatima jinnah medical university
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Early Versus Late Surgical Intervention in Lipomeningocele and Lipomyelomeningocele: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 49
    Presenting Author: Shahzeb Ahmad, MD – Punjab Institute of Neurosciences
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Endosaccular Aneurysm Treatment Using Woven EndoBridge is Associated with Lower Procedural Ischemic Burden Than Stent-Assisted Coiling: Clinical and Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 46
    Presenting Author: Anthony Yu, MD – Tufts Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Endoscopic Intraventricular Lavage In Pyogenic Ventriculitis: Case Series and Review of Literature
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 41
    Presenting Author: Mahmoud Abbassy, MD – Alexandria University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Enhanced Venous Visualization Using Balloon Occlusion During Retrograde Cerebral Venography
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 64
    Presenting Author: Warda Ahmed, MBBS – Aga Khan University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Epileptogenic Foci as Predictors of Therapeutic Responses to Anterior Thalamic Nuclei Deep Brain Stimulation in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 2
    Presenting Author: Kehinde Alare, MD – Ladoke Akintola University Of Technology
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Expanding the Role of Transorbital Neuroendoscopic Surgery in Lateral Sphenoid Encephaloceles: a Systematic Review and an Institutional Case Presentation
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 40
    Presenting Author: Oscar E. Camacho Hernandez, Medical Student – Departamento de Medicina y Nutrición, División de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guanajuato, Campus León, León, Guanajuato, México
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Differentiating Early and Late Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Corpus Callosum Morphometry
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 57
    Presenting Author: Prince L. Fully, MS – University of Liberia
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    External Ventricular Drain (EVD) Hemorrhage in aSAH Under Contemporary Antiplatelet Strategies
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 22
    Presenting Author: Mihit Kalawatia – Rajarshi Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj Government Medical College and Chattrapati Pramila Raje Government Medical College, Kolhapur,
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Factors Associated With Trephine Syndrome After Decompressive Craniectomy in a Peruvian National Hospital
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 36
    Presenting Author: Jose H. Rojas – Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Holistic Intra-operative neuro-monitoring in CNS tumours surgery : A standard of care institutional experience
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 59
    Presenting Author: Mouness Obeidat, MBBS, MRCS, FEBNS, FRCS (SN) – King Hussein Cancer Centre
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Hybrid Cervical Reconstruction with Artificial Disc Replacement and ACDF: A Retrospective Review
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 23
    Presenting Author: Jerzy Gregorczyk, MD Candidate – Medical University of Warsaw
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Intrathecal Fluorescein guidance in the management of CSF Rhinorrhoea
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 52
    Presenting Author: Mohammad Kaif, MBBS, MS, M.Ch – Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Multi-Omic Profiling Reveals Distinct Regulatory and Epigenetic Pathways in NF2-Syndromic and Sporadic Vestibular Schwannomas
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 10
    Presenting Author: Yosef Ellenbogen, MD – University of Toronto
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Neurosurgical Approaches Video Atlas
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 12
    Presenting Author: Helbert de Oliveira Manduca Palmiero, MD PhD – University of São Paulo (USP)
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    No Patient Alone: Mapping Wilder Penfield’s Enduring Legacy on the Ethics of Awake Craniotomy
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 30
    Presenting Author: Rukun Dou – McGill University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Patterns of Sedative and Analgesic Medication Use in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multicenter Analysis from Two International Research Networks
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 61
    Presenting Author: Salaar Ahmed, MBBS – Aga Khan University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Penetrating Injuries of the Posterior Dural Venous Sinuses: An Analysis of Injury Mechanisms, Management and Outcomes
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 9
    Presenting Author: Kivanc Yangi, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Perceptions and Career Intentions Toward Neurosurgery Among Medical Students: A
    Perspective from a Central American Country
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 50
    Presenting Author: Alexa D. Precilla – Latin University of Panama
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Posterior Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty Versus Fusion for the Treatment of Spondylolisthesis: 3 Year Results from the Total Posterior Spine System (TOPS) Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) Study
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 4
    Presenting Author: Trent Van Horn, MD – Carolinas Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Prevalence and Predictors of Central Nervous System Birth Defects and impact of Mining on Outcomes in the Democratic Republic Congo: A cross-sectional nested Case-Control Study
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 56
    Presenting Author: Arsene Daniel Nyalundja, MD, Phd candidate – Catholic University of Bukavu
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Prognostic Indicators and Management Challenges in Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury as it Relates to Projectile Caliber: Systematic Review
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 7
    Presenting Author: Christopher Carr, MD, MPH – Medical College of Georgia
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Prognostic Value of Admission GCS and Lesion Topology in Bilateral Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Study
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 60
    Presenting Author: VIshal Garg, MBBS, MS – AIIMS DELHI
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Radiologic Analysis of Subsidence of Interbody Cages for Single Level Interbody Fusion: A Retrospective Case Series with Long-term Follow-up
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 25
    Presenting Author: Shakhzoda Aripkhodjaeva, MD – National Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Role of Inflammatory and Neuronal CSF Biomarkers in Predicting the Onset of Intracranial Hypertension After Traumatic Brain Injury
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 58
    Presenting Author: Rakesh Chaudhary, MBBS – Kathmandu Medical College,Nepal
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Strategies for Fostering Competency, Trust and Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 45
    Presenting Author: Barnabas Obeng-Gyasi, MD – Allegheny Health Network
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Surgical Outcomes of Congenital Brain Tumors in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 47
    Presenting Author: Mohammad Usman Khan, Medical Student – Medical College, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    The Embryological Stowaway: Mature Teratoma Intrinsic to the Left Oculomotor Nerve - A Case Report and Comprehensive Review of an Exceedingly Rare Entity
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 21
    Presenting Author: Dr BIPIN Kamlesh MISHRA, MBBS , MS – NEUROSURGERY
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    The Occipital Condylar Canals: Anatomical Variability and Surgical Implications for the Far-Lateral Approach
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 43
    Presenting Author: Sabino Luzzi, MD, PhD, FACS, IFAANS – AOU Sassari, SS. Annunziata University Hospital University of Sassari, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    The Role of Augmented Reality in Neurosurgery: Bridging Innovation and Education
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 42
    Presenting Author: Zunaira Pathan – Dow International Medical College
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Timing of Cranioplasty After Decompressive Craniectomy and​ Neurological Recovery: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 26
    Presenting Author: Jorge Alberto A. Roa Castro, MD – Purdue University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Toward Precision in Hydrocephalus Prediction After Posterior Fossa Surgery: A Developing-Country Perspective
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 54
    Presenting Author: Namrata KHADKA, MS,MCh – NAMS,Bir Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Treatment Outcomes and Effectiveness in Post-Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 34
    Presenting Author: Haseeb Waheed – Aga Khan University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Unveiling the Linguistic Markers of Effective Real-Time Instructions During Neurosurgical Training Using Large Language Models
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 29
    Presenting Author: Rukun Dou – McGill University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Use of Immunotherapy in the Complex Treatment of Glioblastomas: Long-Term Results of a Single-Center Prospective Cohort Study
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 19
    Presenting Author: Artemii Yurievich Rynda, PhD, MD – Polenov Russian Scientific Research Institute of Neurosurgery — branch of the Almazov National Medical Research Centre
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Utilizing Transorbital Ultrasound for Assessment of Intracranial Pressure in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 63
    Presenting Author: Mohamed Elnokaly, MD – Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University.
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Validation of the Skullpture 3D Educational Platform: Enhancing Endonasal Neurosurgical Anatomy and Technique Learning Among Residents
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 44
    Presenting Author: Guilherme Mansur, MD – Hospital da Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    What is the Sensitivity and Specificity of Artificial Intelligence Decision Making Versus Clinicians Regarding Assessment of Children with Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts in the Emergency Department
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC - Poster Board 35
    Presenting Author: Rana Mounir, MBChB – Department of Paediatrics, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:00 PM - 3:20 PM CT
    Paper Posters & Networking
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:20 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Isabelle Germano, MD, MBA – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:30 PM - 3:45 PM CT
    Rapid Fire Presentations
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: Isabelle Germano, MD, MBA – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:50 PM - 3:51 PM CT
    Fukushima Lecture Introduction
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Ketan Bulsara, MBA, MD – UConn School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:51 PM - 4:01 PM CT
    Takanori Fukushima Excellence in Microsurgery Lecture
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jacques Morcos, MD, FRCS, FAANS – University of Texas Health Houston
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  • Friday, May 1st
    4:01 PM - 4:02 PM CT
    Yasagril Lecture Introduction
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Ketan Bulsara, MBA, MD – UConn School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    4:02 PM - 4:12 PM CT
    M. Gazi Yasargil Lecture
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 2-3, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Ali F. Krisht, MD – Arkansas Neuroscience Institute
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    12:30 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Early to Mid-career Neurosurgeons Networking Luncheon
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    12:30 PM - 12:35 PM CT
    Welcome
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    12:35 PM - 1:05 PM CT
    Table Discussion Led by Mentors
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    1:05 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Overview of Practice Types
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Christopher S. Graffeo, MD MS – University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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  • Sunday, May 3rd
    1:15 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Table Discussion Led by Mentors
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
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