Joan O'Reilly Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
University of California San Francisco
Praveen Mummaneni, MD, MBA is the Joan O'Reilly Distinguished Professor of Spinal Surgery, Vice Chair of Neurosurgery at UCSF, and Lead Surgeon of UCSF Parnassus Perioperative Services. Dr. Mummaneni completed medical school through the Boston University BA/MD accelerated program. He completed residency at UCSF and a spine fellowship at Emory University. He completed an MBA at LSU and further business training at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is currently a director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery
and the secretary of the Scoliosis Research Society.
Disclosure(s): AO Spine: Research Grant (Ongoing); Brainlab: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); Depuy Synthes: Consultant (Ongoing); Discgenics: Stock Options (Ongoing); DoD: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Globus Consultant: Consultant (Ongoing); ISSG: Research Grant (Ongoing); Medtronic: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); NIH: Research Grant (Ongoing); NREF: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Pacira: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); PCORI: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); SLIP II: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Springer Publisher: Royalty Recipient (Ongoing); Thieme Publisher: Royalty Recipient (Ongoing)
Regis W. Haid Jr. Symposium: Tier 1 Operators in Spine, Business and Special Forces
Friday, May 1, 2026
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT
Introduction: Special Operatives, Leadership, NREF, & the AANS
Friday, May 1, 2026
7:30 AM - 7:34 AM CT
Case Presentation with Discussion: Motion Preservation versus Fusion (Arthroplasty versus ACDF)
Friday, May 1, 2026
9:10 AM - 9:29 AM CT
Veena D. Mummaneni Award Presentation
Saturday, May 2, 2026
10:15 AM - 10:16 AM CT
Saturday, May 2, 2026
11:11 AM - 11:19 AM CT
Saturday, May 2, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Saturday, May 2, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM CT
Saturday, May 2, 2026
4:00 PM - 4:02 PM CT