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Full Schedule

  • Saturday, April 22, 2023
  • 7:00am – 8:15am PST
    AANS/CNS Section on Women in Neurosurgery (WINS) Breakfast
  • 7:00am – 4:00pm PST
    Express Badge Pick-Up
  • 7:00am – 4:30pm PST
    AANS Registration
  • 7:00am – 4:30pm PST
    Quiet/Prayer Room
  • 7:30am – 8:15am PST
    (BR1620) Breakfast Bites: Explore the Unseen™ with Spineology®: The Future of Endoscopic Fusion Sponsored By: Spineology
    Presenter: Michael Y. Wang, MD – University of Miami
    Presenter: Chris Yeung, MD – Desert Institute for Spine Care
    Faculty will discuss their clinical experience with planning and patient positioning using the ExcelsiusTM Prone Lateral Surgical Solution. Attendees will have a better understanding of procedural workflow, how the new Prone Lateral Patient Positioner provides optimized support for patient positioning, and how robotic navigation can help enable more efficiency in the operating room. There will be case examples and discussion as well as tips and tricks for managing different patient anatomies and achieving the desired surgical outcomes.

    Sponsored by: Globus Medical
    Non-CME Session
  • 7:30am – 4:30pm PST
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 7:30am – 5:30pm PST
    Child Care Services
  • 8:00am – 8:30am PST
    Morning Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 8:00am – 3:45pm PST
    AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 8:00am – 4:00pm PST
    NREF Cushing Circle of Giving VIP Lounge
  • 8:30am – 12:30pm PST
    (PS1) Plenary Session I
    Moderator: Babu Welch, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Moderator: Michael P. Steinmetz, MD – Cleveland Clinic
    Non-CME Session
  • 10:32am – 11:02am PST
    Morning Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 10:32am – 11:02am PST
    Neuro Spotlight: i-FACTOR: A Unique Osteobiologic in Spinal Fusion Surgery Sponsored by: Cerapedics
    This engaging spotlight session highlights the need to improve fusion success rates while navigating treatment selection in the complex bone graft landscap. Participants can expect to learn about i-FACTOR as a potential solution in single-level ACDF spinal fusion surgery, including recently released 72-month data from the IDE study.
    Non-CME Session
  • 12:30pm – 1:30pm PST
    Lunch in the AANS Exhibit Hall for Medical Attendees
  • 12:30pm – 1:30pm PST
    (LnL1620) Lunch and Learn: Technology to Facilitate a Single Position Comprehensive Approach: Excelsius™ Prone Lateral Surgical Solution Sponsored By: Globus Medical
    Presenter: Daniel Hafez, MD, PhD – Washington University School of Medicine
    Faculty will discuss their clinical experience with planning and patient positioning using the ExcelsiusTM Prone Lateral Surgical Solution. Attendees will have a better understanding of procedural workflow, how the new Prone Lateral Patient Positioner provides optimized support for patient positioning, and how robotic navigation can help enable more efficiency in the operating room. There will be case examples and discussion as well as tips and tricks for managing different patient anatomies and achieving the desired surgical outcomes.

    Sponsored by: Globus Medical
    Non-CME Session
  • 12:30pm – 1:30pm PST
    (LnL1630) Lunch and Learn: Aible™ | The Connected Everything | Overcoming Obstacles Through Integration Sponsored by: Medtronic
    Presenter: Michael T. Lawton, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Sponsored by: Medtronic
    Non-CME Session
  • 12:30pm – 1:30pm PST
    (LnL1820) Lunch and Learn: ATEC Lateral Sophistication Redefining Lateral Approach PTP LTP Sponsored By: ATEC
    PTP utilizes a maximally efficient prone position while providing a consistently reproducible approach, enabling the surgeon to achieve powerful alignment. PTP is the next step for lateral interbody fusion (LIF) bringing together the benefits of an MIS transpsoas approach with the advantages of an ergonomic prone position, facilitating an intuitively superior single-position surgery used to treat a wide range of patient pathologies.
    Non-CME Session
  • 12:30pm – 1:30pm PST
    (LnL1840) Lunch and Learn: Tumor & Pediatrics Sponsored by: Nexstim
    Presenter: Sandro M. Krieg, MD, MBA, IFAANS – Technical University of Munich
    Presenter: Shalini Narayana, PhD – Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
    As the author of ”nTMS in neurosurgery” Krieg provides a comprehensive overview on nTMS as a perioperative adjunct which revolutionized neurophysiology by providing non-invasive risk assessment and postoperative treatment of surgery-related motor deficits. Insights on recently published machine learning approaches and current evidence on nTMS vs awake surgery will complete his presentation.   Narayana demonstrates the feasibility of nTMS motor and language mapping in children and discuss their integration into the pediatric tumor and epilepsy surgeries.

    Sponsored by: Nexstim
    Non-CME Session
  • 12:30pm – 2:30pm PST
    (APP3302) Advanced Practitioners Luncheon
    Speaker: Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Moderator: Alice Edwards, PA-C, MHCM – Rutgers State of New Jersey/ RWJBarnabas Health
    Moderator: Danielle Brown, MSPAS, PA-C – CT Assist/Jefferson University Hospital
    APP SessionTicketed Event
  • 1:30pm – 3:00pm PST
    The ATLAS 3D Session: Inspiring Operative Moments (Non-CME Session)
    This 90-minute session will review important technical nuances for improving patient outcomes during microsurgery.  Detailed surgical videos of different procedures will be reviewed using 3-D high definition videos to maximize the learning experience for the viewers. Importantly, innovative 3-D computerized graphic models will be presented to augment the learning experience.
  • 1:30pm – 5:00pm PST
    (SS#I) Scientific Session I: Tumor
    Moderator: W. Christopher Newman, MD (he/him/his) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Moderator: Kristin M. Huntoon, PhD, DO (she/her/hers) – MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Tumor
  • 1:30pm – 5:00pm PST
    (SS#II) Scientific Session II: Spine
    Moderator: Scott Meyer, MD (he/him/his) – Altair Health
    Moderator: Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc, FAANS – University of Maryland
    Moderator: Luis M. Tumialan, MD, FAANS – Barrow Brain and Spine
    Spine
  • 1:30pm – 5:00pm PST
    (SS#IV) Scientific Session IV: Pediatrics
    Moderator: Robert Naftel, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Moderator: Hal S. Meltzer, MD, FAANS – West Virginia University, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute
    Pediatrics
  • 1:30pm – 5:00pm PST
    (SS#VI) Scientific Session VI: Socioeconomic
    Moderator: Anthony M. DiGiorgio, DO, MHA – University of California San Francisco
    Moderator: Ann M. Parr, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Socioeconomic
  • 1:30pm – 5:00pm PST
    (SS#III) Scientific Session III: Pain
    Moderator: Andrew W. Grande, MD, FAANS, FAHA, FACS – University of Minnesota
    Moderator: Parag G. Patil, MD, PhD – University of Michigan
    Pain
  • 1:30pm – 5:00pm PST
    (SS#VII) Scientific Session VII: Stereotactic and Functional
    Moderator: Guy M. McKhann, MD (he/him/his) – Columbia University
    Moderator: Sharona Ben-Haim, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Diego
    Stereotactic and Functional
  • 1:30pm – 5:25pm PST
    (SS#V) Scientific Session V: Neurotrauma
    Trauma
  • 2:30pm – 6:00pm PST
    (SS#VIII) Scientific Session VIII: Advanced Practitioners
    Moderator: Alice Edwards, PA-C, MHCM – Rutgers State of New Jersey/ RWJBarnabas Health
    Moderator: Danielle Brown, MSPAS, PA-C – CT Assist/Jefferson University Hospital
    APP Session
  • 3:00pm – 3:30pm PST
    Afternoon Beverage Break in the AANS Exhibit Hall
  • 3:00pm – 3:30pm PST
    Neuro Spotlight: Robotic Exoscope Fluorescence-Guided Surgery: A New Paradigm Sponsored By: Synaptive
    Presenter: Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, FAANS (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
    Join Synaptive Medical in the Neuro Hub on Saturday April 22nd, to learn more about their Next - Generation robotic exoscope Modus X. Industry leader Dr. Costas Hadjipanayis will be sharing his early accounts as the first surgeon in the world to utilize Modus X for fluorescence guided surgery.

    Sponsored by: Synaptive
    Non-CME Session
  • 5:00pm – 6:00pm PST
    MD Anderson Neurosurgery Alumni Reception
  • 5:00pm – 7:00pm PST
    Penn State Neurosurgery Alumni Reception
  • 5:00pm – 7:00pm PST
    Semmes Murphey/University of Tennessee Reception
  • 5:00pm – 7:00pm PST
    University of Wisconsin Alumni Reception
  • 5:00pm – 7:00pm PST
    WMC/NYMC Alumni Reception
  • 5:00pm – 7:30pm PST
    University of Utah Neurosurgery Alumni Reception
  • 5:30pm – 6:00pm PST
    The Joint Annual Business Meeting of The American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurosurgeons
  • 5:30pm – 7:30pm PST
    Matson Reception - Pediatrics Section
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm PST
    WVU Department of Neurosurgery Reception
  • 6:00pm – 7:30pm PST
    Columbia Neurosurgery Alumni Reception
  • 6:00pm – 7:30pm PST
    NREF Donor Reception
  • 6:00pm – 8:00pm PST
    AANS NYU Langone Neurosurgery Alumni Reception
  • 6:00pm – 8:00pm PST
    Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Reception
  • 6:00pm – 8:00pm PST
    MGH Alumni Reception
  • 6:00pm – 8:00pm PST
    SUNY Upstate Neurosurgery Alumni Event
  • 6:30pm – 8:30pm PST
    University of Colorado Alumni Reception
  • 7:00pm – 9:00pm PST
    Women in Neurosurgery Celebration Hosted by the NREF
    Join the NREF for an evening of celebration, honoring the history and achievements of Women in Neurosurgery. Net proceeds will support the NREF’s research and education mission to train, inspire and encourage female neurosurgeons to realize their goals and advance the profession.

    Tickets are $150 per person