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  • Friday, May 1st
    6:45 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    AANS International Brain Mapping Program
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Moderator: Richard W. Byrne, MD, FAANS – Mayo
    Moderator: Mitchel S. Berger, MD – UCSF
    Moderator: Hugues Duffau, MD, PhD – Montpellier University Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    6:45 AM - 7:15 AM CT
    Breakfast
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    7:15 AM - 7:30 AM CT
    Introduction
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Mitchel S. Berger, MD – UCSF
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  • Friday, May 1st
    7:30 AM - 7:45 AM CT
    Functional Circuit Overview: Motor System
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Lorenzo Bello, MD – Università degli Studi di Milano
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  • Friday, May 1st
    7:45 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    Functional Circuit Overview: Language Organization
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Edward Chang, MD – University of California-San Francisco
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 8:15 AM CT
    Rationale for Mapping to Achieve a Maximum Safe Resection
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:15 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Variability in Mapping Methods and Attempt Towards Standardization
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jasper KW Gerritsen, MD PhD – Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:30 AM - 8:45 AM CT
    Limitations of Extraoperative Functional Mapping with Various Imaging Modalities
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Fabien Almairac, MD, PhD – University Hospital of Nice, France
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:45 AM - 9:00 AM CT
    Neuropsychological Baseline Assessment
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:00 AM - 9:15 AM CT
    Tumor Associated Epilepsy and Indications for ECoG Localization
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Guy M. McKhann, MD – Columbia University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:15 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Break
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:30 AM - 9:45 AM CT
    Setting up a Brain Mapping Program and Team
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Emmanuel Mandonnet, MD, PhD – Lariboisière Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:45 AM - 10:00 AM CT
    Patient Selection for Mapping Procedures
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSc – Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:00 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Overview of Mapping Equipment Including EMG & Language Set Up
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Richard W. Byrne, MD, FAANS – Mayo
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:15 AM - 10:30 AM CT
    Basic Stimulation Techniques and Testing Paradigms
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Kathleen Seidel, MD – Inselspital Universtity Hospital Bern
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:30 AM - 10:45 AM CT
    Operating Room Set up and Flow of Personnel
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jacob S. Young, MD – UCSF
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:45 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Anesthetic Considerations and Options
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Chanhung Lee, MD, PhD – University of California, San Francisco
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:00 AM - 11:15 AM CT
    ECoG Detecting of Speech Networks and Their Correlations to Direct Stimulation Mapping
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Shawn Hervey-Jumper, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:15 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Connectomics and Neuroplasticity Revealed by Intraoperative Mapping
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Hugues Duffau, MD, PhD – Montpellier University Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT
    Lunch
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:00 PM - 1:50 PM CT
    How I Do It: Brain Mapping
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Mitchel S. Berger, MD – UCSF
    Speaker: Hugues Duffau, MD, PhD – Montpellier University Medical Center
    Speaker: Lorenzo Bello, MD – Università degli Studi di Milano
    Speaker: Jinsong Wu, MD, PhD – Neurosurgery Department, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University
    Speaker: Toshihiro Kumabe, MD, PhD – Kitasato University School of Medicine
    Speaker: Rachel Grossman, MD – Rambam Health Care Campus  Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
    Speaker: Katharine J. Drummond, MD, FRACS – Royal Melbourne Hospital
    Speaker: Francesco Sala, MD – Section of Neurosurgery, Dept. of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences
    Speaker: Konstantinos Fountas, MD, PhD – Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly
    Speaker: Philippe Schucht, MD – Department of Neurosurgery
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:50 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Postoperative Assessment & Management of Deficits
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jacob S. Young, MD – UCSF
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:00 PM - 2:10 PM CT
    TMS for Postop Deficit Rehabilitation
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
    Speaker: Sandro M. Krieg, MD, MBA, IFAANS – Heidelberg University Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:10 PM - 2:35 PM CT
    Panel Discussion 1: Technical Nuances
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:35 PM - 2:50 PM CT
    Panel Discussion 2: Troubleshooting in Real Time
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:50 PM - 3:05 PM CT
    Panel Discussion 3: Postop Deficits Assessment and Management
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:53 PM - 3:00 PM CT
    Discussion
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:05 PM - 3:55 PM CT
    Panel Discussion 4: Case Presentation by Anatomical Location to Panel Along with Audience Case Presentations
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:55 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Wrap Up
    Location: 225, Level 2, HBGCC
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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 - 11:30 AM CT
    Incorporation of Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence into Cranial Neurosurgical Practice
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Moderator: Michael Ivan, MD, MBS – University of Miami
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Riding the Wave of Spine Endoscopy: Why, When and How (and a Little How Not to) (Didactic Only)
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: John Ogunlade, DO – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Moderator: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 8:01 AM CT
    Welcome & Introduction
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Analiz Rodriguez, MD, PhD, MBA, FAANS – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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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
    8:00 AM - 8:10 AM CT
    Why Should You Start Doing Endoscopic Spine Surgery?
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:02 AM - 8:12 AM CT
    Cranial Preop Planning
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Robert Louis, MD, FAANS – Hoag Health System
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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
    8:12 AM - 8:22 AM CT
    The Nuances of Discectomy Approach Selection
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Meng Huang, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:13 AM - 8:23 AM CT
    Intraop Cranial Case Example
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Simon J. Hanft, MD – Westchester Medical Center
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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
    8:24 AM - 8:34 AM CT
    Cranial Uses of VR  and Decision Making with AI
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Randy S. D'Amico, MD – Lenox Hill Department of Neurosurgery
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:24 AM - 8:34 AM CT
    Interlaminar Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Daniel M. Hafez, MD, PhD – Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine
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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
    8:35 AM - 8:45 AM CT
    Incorporating AI into Your Practice
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Eunice Yang
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:36 AM - 8:46 AM CT
    Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Imad S. Khan, MD, MPH – University of Washington
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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
    8:46 AM - 8:56 AM CT
    Bringing 3D Imaging Into the Clinic, Skull Base Lab & OR
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Michael Ivan, MD, MBS – University of Miami
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:48 AM - 9:08 AM CT
    Case-Based Faculty Panel Discussion on Endoscopic Discectomies
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Meng Huang, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
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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
    8:57 AM - 9:07 AM CT
    AI for Stroke
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Shahid Nimjee, MD, PhD, FAANS – The Ohio State University 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
    9:08 AM - 9:18 AM CT
    AI for Coding
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Nitesh V. Patel, MD – Jersey Shore University Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:10 AM - 9:20 AM CT
    Break
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
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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
    9:19 AM - 9:29 AM CT
    Operative Notes Writing with AI
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: D. Kojo Hamilton, MD – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:20 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Uniportal ULBD – the Endoscopic Workhorse: Tricks, Pearls and Secrets
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:30 AM - 9:40 AM CT
    AI for Brain Tumor Imaging
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Toral Patel, MD – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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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
    9:32 AM - 9:42 AM CT
    Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jang W. Yoon, MD – University of California San Francisco
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:41 AM - 9:51 AM CT
    AI for Coding Vascular
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD MBA FAANS FACS FAHA – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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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
    9:44 AM - 9:54 AM CT
    Transforaminal Endoscopic Fusion
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
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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
    9:52 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Interactive/Learning Stations
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:56 AM - 10:06 AM CT
    Thoracic Discectomies
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: John Ogunlade, DO – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
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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
    10:08 AM - 10:18 AM CT
    Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy / Discectomy
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Christoph P. Hofstetter, MD, PhD, FAANS – University of Washington
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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
    10:20 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    Case-Based Faculty Panel Discussion on Endoscopic Fusion Biportal Versus Uniportal
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Gregory Basil, MD, FAANS – University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
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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
    10:40 AM - 10:50 AM CT
    Break
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
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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
    10:50 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Complications and Avoidance
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Ali Hazama, MD – SUNY Upstate Medical University
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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
    11:02 AM - 11:22 AM CT
    Case-Based Panel Discussion: Open Versus Endo
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute
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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
    11:24 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Closing Remarks
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: John Ogunlade, DO – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    Riding the Wave of Spine Endoscopy: Why, When and How (and a Little How Not to) (Didactic & Hands On)
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: John Ogunlade, DO – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Moderator: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:00 AM - 8:10 AM CT
    Why Should You Start Doing Endoscopic Spine Surgery?
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:12 AM - 8:22 AM CT
    The Nuances of Discectomy Approach Selection
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Meng Huang, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:24 AM - 8:34 AM CT
    Interlaminar Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Daniel M. Hafez, MD, PhD – Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:36 AM - 8:46 AM CT
    Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Imad S. Khan, MD, MPH – University of Washington
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  • Friday, May 1st
    8:48 AM - 9:08 AM CT
    Case-Based Faculty Panel Discussion on Endoscopic Discectomies
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Meng Huang, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:10 AM - 9:20 AM CT
    Break
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:20 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Uniportal ULBD – The Endoscopic Workhorse: Tricks, Pearls and Secrets
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:32 AM - 9:42 AM CT
    Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jang W. Yoon, MD – University of California San Francisco
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:44 AM - 9:54 AM CT
    Transforaminal Endoscopic Fusion
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    9:56 AM - 10:06 AM CT
    Thoracic Discectomies
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: John Ogunlade, DO – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:08 AM - 10:18 AM CT
    Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy / Discectomy
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Christoph P. Hofstetter, MD, PhD, FAANS – University of Washington
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:20 AM - 10:40 AM CT
    Case-Based Faculty Panel Discussion on Endoscopic Fusion Biportal Versus Uniportal
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Gregory Basil, MD, FAANS – University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:40 AM - 10:50 AM CT
    Break
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    10:50 AM - 11:00 AM CT
    Complications and Avoidance
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Ali Hazama, MD – SUNY Upstate Medical University
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:02 AM - 11:22 AM CT
    Case-Based Panel Discussion: Open Versus Endo
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute
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  • Friday, May 1st
    11:24 AM - 11:30 AM CT
    Closing Remarks
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: John Ogunlade, DO – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:30 PM - 1:15 PM CT
    Rotation 1
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Hands On/Learning Stations
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: John Ogunlade, DO – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Speaker: Mark A. Mahan, MD – University of Utah
    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD, MBA – University of Miami
    Speaker: Meng Huang, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Speaker: Imad S. Khan, MD, MPH – University of Washington
    Speaker: Jang W. Yoon, MD – University of California San Francisco
    Speaker: Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
    Speaker: Christoph P. Hofstetter, MD, PhD, FAANS – University of Washington
    Speaker: Gregory Basil, MD, FAANS – University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
    Speaker: Ali Hazama, MD – SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Speaker: Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Speaker: Kevin T. Huang, MD – Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:25 PM - 2:10 PM CT
    Rotation 2
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:20 PM - 3:05 PM CT
    Rotation 3
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:15 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Rotation 4
    Location: 304, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications for Your Practice
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: Jan Vargas Machaj, MD – Prisma Health
    Moderator: Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, MBA – Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Wilkes-Barre, PA
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Incorporation of Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence into Spinal Neurosurgical Practice
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Moderator: Jake Godzik, MD, FAANS – University of Alabama Birmingham
    Moderator: Jacob Greenberg, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:30 PM - 12:35 PM CT
    Overview of VR & AI in Spine Surgery (Intro)
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jake Godzik, MD, FAANS – University of Alabama Birmingham
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:30 PM - 12:40 PM CT
    Welcome & Overview
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Clemens M. Schirmer, MD, PhD, MBA – Department of Neurosurgery, Geisinger, Wilkes-Barre, PA
    Speaker: Jan Vargas Machaj, MD – Prisma Health
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:36 PM - 12:51 PM CT
    VR for Pre-operative Planning in Spine
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jeremy Steinberger, MD – Mount Sinai Health System
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:45 PM - 1:20 PM CT
    Session 1: Pitfalls and Common Traps
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Haydn Hoffman, MD – SUNY Upstate
    Speaker: Jan Vargas Machaj, MD – Prisma Health
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  • Friday, May 1st
    12:52 PM - 1:07 PM CT
    AI for Predictive Analytics & Patient-selection in Spine Surgery
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Anand Veeravagu, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:08 PM - 1:23 PM CT
    VR/AR for Intra-operative Navigation & Screw Placement
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jang W. Yoon, MD – University of California San Francisco
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:24 PM - 1:39 PM CT
    AI Enhanced Intra-operative Decision-support / Robotics in Spine
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Joseph A. Osorio, MD, PhD – Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Diego
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:25 PM - 2:00 PM CT
    Session 2: Basic Overview of Algorithms and Metrics, Data Handling and Explainability
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Ali Alawieh, MD, PhD – Semmes-Murphey Clinic
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:40 PM - 1:55 PM CT
    Case Example: Using AI in Complex Spinal Deformity
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Jacob Greenberg, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
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  • Friday, May 1st
    1:56 PM - 2:11 PM CT
    Soft Tissue Digital Surgery: Data, Insights, Actions
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Feibi Zheng, MD, MBA, FACS – Baylor College of Medicine and Intuitive Surgical
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:05 PM - 2:15 PM CT
    Break
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:12 PM - 2:27 PM CT
    Don't Throw Away the MRI - Incorporating MRI data into AR/VR in Spine Surgery
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:15 PM - 2:50 PM CT
    Session 3: Specialty Specific Examples - Cerebrovascular, Pediatrics
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Haydn Hoffman, MD – SUNY Upstate
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Interactive/Learning Stations
    Location: 303, Level 3, HBGCC
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  • Friday, May 1st
    2:55 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Session 4: Extension Beyond the Model - Robotics, Outcomes
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
    Speaker: Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD MSc – St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto
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  • Friday, May 1st
    3:35 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Panel Discussion & Q&A: Start-up Challenges
    Location: 301BC, Level 3, HBGCC
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