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  • Friday, May 1st
    7:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    Regis W. Haid Jr. Symposium: Tier 1 Operators in Spine, Business and Special Forces
    Location: 220, Level 2, HGBCC
    Moderator: Maxwell Boakye, MD,MPH,MBA FACS FAANS – University of Louisville
    Moderator: Christopher Comey, MD, FAANS – Legacy Brain and Spine, LLC
    Moderator: Regis William Haid, Jr., MD – Haid Consulting
    Moderator: Michael York Kaiser, MD, FAANS, FACS – New York University/Lagnone
    Moderator: James S. Harrop, MD – Jefferson Medical College
    Moderator: John Knightly, MD, FAANS – Maxim Spine
    Moderator: Allan D. Levi, MD PhD – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Moderator: Mark R. McLaughlin, MD, FAANS, FACS – Princeton Brain, Spine & Orthopedics
    Moderator: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
    Moderator: Daniel Resnick, MD – University of Wisconsin
    Moderator: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FACS, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
    Moderator: Jeffrey M. Tomlin, MD, MBA, FAANS, FACS – Hartford Healthcare
    Moderator: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Moderator: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    7:00 AM - 7:30 AM CT
    Breakfast
    Location: 220, Level 2, HGBCC
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    7:30 AM - 7:34 AM CT
    Introduction: Special Operatives, Leadership, NREF, & the AANS
    Location: 220, Level 2, HGBCC
    Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    7:35 AM - 7:59 AM CT
    Lessons in Leadership
    Location: 220, Level 2, HGBCC
    Speaker: Todd J. Albert, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 8:14 AM CT
    Cervical Surgery for Spinal Cord Injury in Professional Athletes
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    8:15 AM - 8:29 AM CT
    Laminoplasty for Myelopathy: Latest Evidence
    Location: 220, Level 2, HGBCC
    Speaker: Zoher Ghogawala, MD – Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    8:30 AM - 8:44 AM CT
    Cervical Disc Replacement in Elite Athletes, Evidence and Consensus
    Location: 220, Level 2, HGBCC
    Speaker: Daniel A. Daquino, MBBS FRCS(Neuological Surgery) MSc – Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham. United Kindgom
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    8:45 AM - 8:54 AM CT
    Discussion
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Moderator: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    8:55 AM - 9:09 AM CT
    Current State of Cervical Arthroplasty
    Location: 220, Level 2, HGBCC
    Speaker: Vincent C. Traynelis, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL, USA
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    9:10 AM - 9:29 AM CT
    Case Presentation with Discussion: Motion Preservation versus Fusion (Arthroplasty versus ACDF)
    Location: 220, Level 2, HGBCC
    Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
    Panelist: Christopher Comey, MD, FAANS – Legacy Brain and Spine, LLC
    Panelist: Vincent C. Traynelis, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL, USA
    Panelist: Daniel A. Daquino, MBBS FRCS(Neuological Surgery) MSc – Centre for Spinal Studies and Surgery, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham. United Kindgom
    Panelist: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Panelist: Mark R. McLaughlin, MD, FAANS, FACS – Princeton Brain, Spine & Orthopedics
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    9:30 AM - 9:44 AM CT
    Use Cervical Pedicle Inlet Fixation Technique
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    9:45 AM - 9:59 AM CT
    Use of Reduction Screws
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FACS, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    10:00 AM - 10:09 AM CT
    Discussion
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Moderator: Regis William Haid, Jr., MD – Haid Consulting
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    10:10 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Break
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    10:30 AM - 10:59 AM CT
    Case Presentations: C1,2 Trauma in a Young Patient with Q&A
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc – University of Maryland Medical Center
    Speaker: Andrew Dailey, MD – University of Utah Health
    Speaker: Daniel Resnick, MD – University of Wisconsin
    Speaker: Edward C. Benzel, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    11:00 AM - 11:10 AM CT
    Box Lunch Distribution
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    11:10 AM - 11:59 AM CT
    Perspective from Tier 1 Operators in Business
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Panelist: Pat Miles – ATEC Spine
    Panelist: Michael Carter
    Panelist: Laura Francis
    Panelist: Jason  Hannon
    Moderator: Regis William Haid, Jr., MD – Haid Consulting
    Moderator: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FACS, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    12:00 PM - 12:24 PM CT
    Panel Discussion with Special Forces Veterans
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Moderator: Regis William Haid, Jr., MD – Haid Consulting
    Speaker: Ignacio Garza
    Moderator: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    12:25 PM - 12:39 PM CT
    The Top Ten Clinical Lessons Learned from the NPA-QOD-ASR Papers
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Erica F. Bisson, MD, MPH – University of Utah Health
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    12:40 PM - 12:49 PM CT
    Percutaneous Fixation of Burst Fractures: Best Treatment or Minimally Beneficial
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Steven Ludwig, MD – University of Maryland Medical Center
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    12:50 PM - 12:59 PM CT
    Role of Endoscopy and Hybrid Techniques
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:00 PM - 1:09 PM CT
    The Current State of Robotics
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Nicholas Theodore, MD, FAANS, FACS – University of Arizona - Phoenix College of Medicine
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:10 PM - 1:19 PM CT
    Disc Regeneration: Is It Possible?
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Kevin T. Foley, MD – Semmes-Murphey Clinic & University of Tennessee Health Science Center
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:20 PM - 1:29 PM CT
    The Future of AI in Spine
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Paul K. Kim, MD – Carolina Neurosurgery & Spine Associates
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:30 PM - 1:39 PM CT
    Paraspinal Muscle Stimulation for Back Pain: Fact or Fiction?
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:40 PM - 1:55 PM CT
    Discussion
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Moderator: John Knightly, MD, FAANS – Maxim Spine
    Moderator: Jeffrey M. Tomlin, MD, MBA, FAANS, FACS – Hartford Healthcare
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    1:55 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Beverage Break
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:15 PM - 2:24 PM CT
    How can AI, Planning and Surgical Execution, Increase Surgical Efficiency to Achieve Alignment Goals
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD – Columbia University
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:25 PM - 2:34 PM CT
    Neurosurgical Perspective on Pediatric Spine Deformity
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Amer F. Samdani, MD – Shriners Children's Philadelphia
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:35 PM - 2:44 PM CT
    Decision: When Do We Need an Osteotomy, and Type?
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:45 PM - 2:54 PM CT
    Options for Pelvic Fixation: Pros and Cons
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Robert Eastlack, MD – Scripps Clinic
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    2:55 PM - 3:04 PM CT
    Update on Biologics (BMP)
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Allan D. Levi, MD PhD – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    3:05 PM - 3:14 PM CT
    Update on Spinal Tumors
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: John H. Shin, MD, MBA, FAANS – Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    3:15 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Discussion
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Moderator: James S. Harrop, MD – Jefferson Medical College
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    3:30 PM - 3:39 PM CT
    How to Operate on Celebrities
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    3:40 PM - 3:49 PM CT
    The Impact of Social Media in Spine Care
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Rod J. Oskouian, MD – Swedish Health Services
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    3:50 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Discussion, Closing Remarks & Key Takeaways
    Location: 220, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FACS, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
    Non-CMETicketedSymposium
  • Friday, May 1st
    12:45 PM - 4:15 PM CT
    Stryker-Sponsored Non-CME Course: Minimally Invasive Parafascicular Surgery (MIPS) for Tumor and ICH
    Location: Stars at Night Ballroom 1, Level 3, HBGCC
    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
    7:00 PM CT
    Connectomics Circle Summit
    Location: Anaqua Garden Bar, 555 S. Alamo, St. San Antonio
    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)
    Location: Theater 4
    Speaker: Eric Leuthardt, MD, FAANS – Washington University
    Speaker: Orin Bloch, MD – UC Davis School of Medicine
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • 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
    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)
    Location: Theater 3
    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)
    Location: Theater 2
    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)
    Location: Theater 4
    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)
    Location: Theater 1
    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Non-CMEIndustry Sponsored
  • Saturday, May 2nd
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CT
    Surgical Masterpieces in 3D: A ZEISS-Sponsored Symposium at AANS 2026
    Location: AMC Rivercenter 11 (849 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205)
    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
    8:30 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
    12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch-N-Learn: Exploring Sodium Channel Inhibition for the Management of Acute Pain
    Location: Theater 4, Exhibit Hall 2, Henry B. González Convention Center
    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)
    Location: Theater 1
    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