Special Course 2- Deformity Techniques and Hot Topics with the Masters

Course Director(s)

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  Kristen Jones, MD, FAANS

  Duke University
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  Meric Enercan, MD

  Demiroglu Bilim University

In partnership with the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)

An international panel of Master Surgeons will present video demonstrations of surgical techniques and topic experts will provide updates on the most relevant topics in spinal deformity (alignment targets, when minimal fusion will suffice, risk mitigation and managing spinal cord pathology in deformity) in this collaborative course between the SRS (Scoliosis Research Society) and AANS.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:38 PM EST

  Welcome & Introduction to the SRS
  

  Speaker: Laurel Blakemore, MD – Pediatric Specialists of Virginia
• 1:38 PM – 1:41 PM EST

  Case Presentation: High-risk Deformity
  

  Speaker: Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD, FAANS
• 1:38 PM – 2:21 PM EST

  Session 1: Optimizing High-Risk Cases: State of the Art
• 1:41 PM – 1:51 PM EST

  Osteoporosis: Own the Bone
  

  Speaker: Benjamin Elder, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic
• 1:51 PM – 2:01 PM EST

  Sarcopenia and Nutrition: Silent Saboteurs
  

  Speaker: Corey T. Walker, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
• 2:01 PM – 2:11 PM EST

  High-Risk Spine Care Pathways: Ideal Practices for Minimizing the Risks
  

  Speaker: Venu M. Nemani, MD, PhD – Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
• 2:11 PM – 2:21 PM EST

  Case Discussion: Panel
• 2:21 PM – 2:24 PM EST

  Lumbar Case Presentation: High Pelvic Incidence and Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
  

  Speaker: Andrew K. Chan, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
• 2:21 PM – 3:10 PM EST

  Session 2: Alignment Matters: One Level Fusions and Deformity
• 2:24 PM – 2:36 PM EST

  From One Level to Twenty Levels of Fusion: What are the Relevant Alignment Measurements in Preoperative Planning
  

  Speaker: Peter G. Passias, MD – Duke University
• 2:36 PM – 2:48 PM EST

  Scoliosis and Radiculopathy: When to Perform One Level Fusion vs. Fixing the Entire Curve
  

  Speaker: Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD, FAANS
• 2:48 PM – 3:00 PM EST

  Techniques to Avoid Creating Deformity in TLIF, MIS TLIF, and LLIF
  

  Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
• 3:00 PM – 3:10 PM EST

  Case Discussion: Panel
• 3:10 PM – 3:25 PM EST

  Break
• 3:25 PM – 3:28 PM EST

  Case Presentation: Syringomyelia and Myelopathy
  

  Speaker: Jay D. Turner, MD, PhD – Barrow Neurological Institute
• 3:25 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  Session 3: Intradural Pathology in Deformity Surgery
• 3:28 PM – 3:40 PM EST

  Syringomyelia: Causes and Management
  

  Speaker: Amer Samdani, MD – Shriners Children's Philadelphia
• 3:40 PM – 3:52 PM EST

  Recurrent Tethered Cord in the Adult: Indications and Techniques for Spinal Shortening
  

  Speaker: Christopher M. Bonfield, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
• 3:52 PM – 4:04 PM EST

  High Risk Cords: How I Manage Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Changes
  

  Speaker: Tyler Koski, MD – Northwestern Medicine
• 4:04 PM – 4:15 PM EST

  Case Discussion: Panel
• 4:15 PM – 4:25 PM EST

  Break
• 4:25 PM – 4:36 PM EST

  Scheuermann’s Kyphosis
  

  Speaker: Christopher I. Shaffrey, MD, FACS, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
• 4:25 PM – 5:11 PM EST

  Session 4: Masters in Deformity: Video Techniques
• 4:36 PM – 4:47 PM EST

  Severe Coronal Deformity
  

  Speaker: Lawrence G. Lenke, MD – Columbia University
• 4:47 PM – 4:58 PM EST

  Lumbar PSO
  

  Speaker: Munish Gupta, MD, MBA – Washington University
• 4:58 PM – 5:09 PM EST

  Kyphotic Deformity
  

  Speaker: Meric Enercan, MD – Demiroglu Bilim University

  Speaker: Azmi Hamzaoglu, MD – Scoliosis and Spine Center - Istanbul
• 5:09 PM – 5:30 PM EST

  Discussion/Wrap Up