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Full Schedule

  • Sunday, May 3, 2026
  • 6:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    Concessions
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM CT
    AANS/CNS Drugs and Devices Committee
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    AANS Registration
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM CT
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM CT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM CT
    AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM CT
    AANS Networking Hub
    NeuroSpotlight
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
    NREF Cushing Circle VIP Lounge
    NREF
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM CT
    Plenary III (Non-CME)
    Non-CMEA Must-See Session
  • 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM CT
    Neuro Spotlight: Evolution of Microsurgery
    NeuroSpotlight
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM CT
    Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM CT
    Plenary IV
    A Must-See Session
  • 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch-n-Learn: A Conversation with Vertex
  • 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM CT
    Lunch-n-Learn: AiBLE in action: PILAR™ Technique to MIS TLIF
  • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    AANS/CNS Coding and Reimbursement Committee
  • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    AANS/CNS CRC Leaders' Meeting
  • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    DSPN Scientific Program Committee Meeting
  • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Lunch Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    ThinkFirst Board of Directors Meeting
  • 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    AANS - IT Digital Engagement Committee
  • 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM CT
    Early to Mid-Career Neurosurgeons Networking Luncheon
    Social EventTicketedMedical Students
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CT
    CV Paper Posters
    Cerebrovascular
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    "How To" Spine Videos: Step by Step Approach to Mastery
    Moderator: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic
    Moderator: John Chi, MD MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Spine
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Annual Vesalius Award Lecture and Oral Presentations
    Moderator: Mark C. Preul, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
    History
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    At the Intersection of Extent of Resection and Functional Preservation in Skull Base Surgery
    Moderator: Jamie J. Van Gompel, MD, FAANS – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Stephanie K. Cheok, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
    Tumor
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    CV Controversies
    Moderator: Jacques Morcos, MD, FRCS, FAANS – American Association of Neurological Surgeons
    Moderator: Adnan Siddiqui, MD PhD – Department of Neurosurgery, University of Buffalo, SUNY
    Moderator: Amir R. Dehdashti, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Northwell Health
    Cerebrovascular
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    David G. Kline Lecture: A Peripheral Nerve Injury Is Also a Brain Injury – Plus Peripheral Nerve Abstracts
    Moderator: Mariano Socolovsky, MD, IFAANS – Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Clinicas, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine
    Moderator: Jason H. Huang, MD, FAANS, FACS – Baylor Scott & White Health
    Peripheral Nerve
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Evolving Frontiers in Neurotrauma: Lessons, Leadership and Adaptation
    Moderator: P. Raksin, MD, FAANS – The University of Chicago
    Trauma and Critical Care
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Neurosurgical Role in Multiply Recurrent Tumors
    Moderator: Michael R. Chicoine, MD – University of Missouri
    Moderator: Rupen Desai, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Tumor
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Pediatrics Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Pediatric
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Stereotactic & Functional Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Moderator: Damiano G. Barone, MD, PhD, FRCS, FCNS – Houston Methodist
    Stereotactic and Functional
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Surgical Management of Movement Disorders and Psychiatric Disease
    Moderator: Nitin Tandon, MD – Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, UTHealth Science Center - Houston
    Moderator: Lora Kahn, MD – Ochsner Health/Tulane University School of Medicine
    Stereotactic and Functional
  • 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM CT
    Pain Paper Posters
    Pain
  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM CT
    Beverage Break
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM CT
    Spine Paper Posters
    Spine
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    A Synergistic Approach to Innovation In Neurosurgery
    Moderator: Charuta Furey, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Moderator: Samir Sur, MD – Medstar Franklin Square Medical Center / Georgetown University School of Medicine
    Tumor
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Advances in Epilepsy Surgery
    Moderator: Jonathon Parker, M.D., Ph.D. – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Sarah K. Bick, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Stereotactic and Functional
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Advances in the Understanding of Hydrocephalus and Pediatric Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Moderator: Albert M. Isaacs, MD PhD – Nationwide Children's Hospital
    Moderator: Peter A. Chiarelli, MD-DPhil – Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's Hospital
    Pediatric
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Advancing Neurotrauma Care: Honoring Legacy and Shaping the Future
    Moderator: Sarah Woodrow, MD – Cleveland Clinic Akron General
    Moderator: Ramesh Grandhi, MD – University of Utah
    Trauma and Critical Care
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Education Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Moderator: Michael Galgano, MD – UNC Health
    Moderator: Nickalus R. Khan, MD, FAANS – Semmes Murphey Clinic
    Moderator: Mina Safain, MD – Melrose Wakefield Hospital
    Education
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Everything MIS: New Technology, Techniques, Reimbursement
    Moderator: Ken Porche, MD – Mayo Clinic Arizona
    Moderator: Laura Snyder, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Spine
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Innovation, Collaboration, Transformation in Peripheral Nerve Surgery
    Moderator: Thomas J. Wilson, MD, MPH – Stanford University
    Moderator: Stanley Bazarek, MD, PhD – University Hospitals / Case Western Reserve University
    Peripheral Nerve
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Next Frontiers in CV
    Moderator: Ketan Bulsara, MBA, MD – UConn School of Medicine
    Moderator: Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD MBA FAANS FACS FAHA – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
    Cerebrovascular
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Top Scoring Scientific Abstracts
    Moderator: Christopher S. Ogilvy, MD – BIDMC Brain Aneurysm Institute, Neurosurgical Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA, United States.
    Moderator: Brian J.A Gill, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Tumor Rapid Fire Abstracts
    Moderator: Christina Jackson, MD – University of Pennsylvania
    Tumor
  • 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM CT
    Peripheral Nerve Paper Posters
    Peripheral Nerve
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CT
    Brown Neurosurgery Alumni Meeting
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM CT
    Tumor Wars II: Neuro-Onc Jeopardy-The Encore
    Moderator: Ankush Chandra, MD – UT Houston Department of Neurological Surgery
    Moderator: Yosef Ellenbogen, MD – University of Toronto
    Moderator: Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Co-Host: Arman Jahangiri, MD, PhD – University of Miami
    Co-Host: Daniel Kreatsoulas, MD – Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Team Leader: Kimberly Hoang, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Team Leader: Chibawanye Ene, MD, PhD – MD Anderson
    Team Leader: Manish Aghi, MD, PhD – UCSF
    Team Leader: Yoshua Esquenazi-Levy, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Tumor
  • 6:15 PM - 9:15 PM CT
    Rengachary Lecture at the Peter Carmel History Section Dinner
    Social EventTicketed