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  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:03 AM – 7:06 AM EST
    Preoperative Molecular Blood Test Predicts Neurologic Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury
    Location: Ybor Ballroom IV (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Tej D. Azad, MD, MS – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Basic Science
  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:06 AM – 7:09 AM EST
    Impact of multipoint pelvic fixation and multirod distal constructs on proximal junction biomechanics
    Location: Ybor Ballroom I-III (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Robert Rudy, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Basic Science
  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:08 AM – 7:11 AM EST
    L4-L5 anatomy classification system for lateral lumbar interbody Fusion
    Location: H.B. Plant Ballroom Salons A-B, 2nd Floor
    Presenting Author: Rodrigo Amaral, MD – Instituto de Patologia de Coluna
    Basic Science
  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:09 AM – 7:12 AM EST
    Weight Loss Following Treatment with Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonists Significantly Decreases Bone Mineral Density in the Spine As Measured by CT-Based Hounsfield Units
    Location: Ybor Ballroom I-III (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Michael L. Martini, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
    Basic Science
  • Saturday, Feb 22nd
    7:24 AM – 7:27 AM EST
    Machine Learning Clustering of Preoperative Fitness and Its Prognostic Value Following Deformity Correction
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Sarthak Mohanty, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:08 AM – 7:10 AM EST
    Blood-Brain Barrier: Real-time Feedback-controlled Focused Ultrasound Disruption by Using an Acoustic Emissions–based Controller.
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Abdul Ghaith, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:20 AM – 7:22 AM EST
    Optical-Kinematic Measurement of Lumbar Lordosis: A Radiation-Free Technique Using Light Field Navigation
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Sigurd Berven, MD – UCSF
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:40 AM – 7:42 AM EST
    A neurotransmitter-dependent mechanism of ependymal cell activation: Insights into a novel therapeutic target for spinal cord injury
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Laureen D. Hachem, MD, PhD – University of Toronto
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:42 AM – 7:44 AM EST
    Direct Current Electrical Stimulation to Enhance Arthrodesis: Optimal Stimulation Parameters in a Rodent Model of Lumbar Intertransverse Fusion
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Braeden C. Benedict, MS – Washington University in St. Louis
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:48 AM – 7:50 AM EST
    A Novel Model of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors in Rats Using 9L Gliosarcoma Luciferase-expressing Cells
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Ritvik R. Jillala, BSE – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:50 AM – 7:52 AM EST
    Abdominal Aortic Atherosclerosis and Lumbar Bone Quality: A Quantitative Analysis
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: John A. Servider, MD – Stony Brook University Hospital
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:56 AM – 7:58 AM EST
    Assessment of Pediatric Spinal Cord Tension using Ultrasound Tensography Through a Novel Transcutaneous Method
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Meghana Bhimreddy, BA – Johns Hopkins
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    7:58 AM – 8:00 AM EST
    Exploring the roll of osteobiologics on bone microarchitecture in small animal fusion models
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: eric esposito – Harvard Medical School
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:07 AM – 8:09 AM EST
    Age Effects on Inflammation and Bone Strength After Spinal Cord Contusion in Rats
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Brian T. David, PhD – Rush University Medical Center
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:19 AM – 8:21 AM EST
    Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of injury in patients with isolated spinal cord injury vs concomitant mild traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: MIguel Ruiz Cardozo, MD, MPH – Washington University in St. Louis
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:37 AM – 8:39 AM EST
    A Biomechanical Assessment of Novel Soft-Landing Techniques to Prevent Distal Junctional Kyphosis
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Yevgeniy Freyvert, MD – Houston Methodist Department of Neurosurgery
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:39 AM – 8:41 AM EST
    Biomaterials and Biologics for Inflammatory Modulation following Spinal Cord Injury
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Daniela A. Garcia Prada – Rush University
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:49 AM – 8:51 AM EST
    Pre-operative Radiotherapy Induces Genomic Changes in Spinal Chordoma: Insights with Bulk-RNA Sequencing
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Ege Gungor Onal, BS – Department of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:55 AM – 8:57 AM EST
    Characterization of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Nucleus Pulposus Tissue
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Cade Hines – Baylor College of Medicine
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:57 AM – 8:59 AM EST
    Both Terminal E-beam and Gamma Irradiation Negatively Impact Biological Properties of Demineralized Bone Matrices
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Sigurd Berven, MD – UCSF
    Basic Science
  • Sunday, Feb 23rd
    8:59 AM – 9:01 AM EST
    Benchmarking AI: Comparing a Fully Automated Spinal Motion & Alignment Solution to Analyst Driven Gold Standards
    Location: Ybor Ballroom V (2nd Floor)
    Presenting Author: Seth Coomer, PhD – Medical Metrics Inc.
    Basic Science