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    Ticketed Session

    Special Course 5 - The Business and Economics of Spine Surgery: What the Future Holds

    Saturday, February 22, 2025
    3:15 PM – 5:45 PM EST

    This course focuses on business and economic aspects of spine surgery. This can range from coding to personal finance to the broad aspects of economics and spine surgery. Guest speakers from outside spine surgery will be invited, and the less often discussed aspects of spine surgery are presented and debated.

    Disclosure(s):
    Adam S. Kanter, MD, MBA: ZimVie: Royalty Recipient (Ongoing)
    Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA: No financial relationships to disclose
    John E. O'Toole, MD, MS: Cerapedics: Consultant (); Globus Medical: Consultant (), Royalty Recipient (); Viseon: Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) ()

    Presentations:

    • 3:15 PM – 3:18 PM EST
      Introduction

      Speaker: Adam S. Kanter, MD, MBA – Hoag Neurosciences Institute

      Speaker: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA – University of North Carolina

      Speaker: John E. O'Toole, MD, MS – Rush University

    • 3:19 PM – 3:36 PM EST
      MBA is Great and Worth it

      Speaker: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA – University of North Carolina

    • 3:37 PM – 3:54 PM EST
      Top 5 Lessons I learned While Getting My MBA

      Speaker: Adam S. Kanter, MD, MBA – Hoag Neurosciences Institute

    • 3:55 PM – 4:12 PM EST
      Private Equity: How It Is a Win/Win

      Speaker: Paul Taheri, MD, MBA – Welsh Carson Anderson and Stowe

    • 4:13 PM – 4:30 PM EST
      Private Equity: Cautionary Tale

      Speaker: Scott Meyer, MD – Maxim Spine

    • 4:31 PM – 4:48 PM EST
      From Academic Surgeon to Private Equity: The Pros and the Cons

      Speaker: Paul Taheri, MD, MBA – Welsh Carson Anderson and Stowe

    • 4:49 PM – 5:06 PM EST
      Latest on Coding and What you Need to do About it

      Speaker: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Brain and Spine

    • 5:07 PM – 5:24 PM EST
      The Overview of Spine Surgery from a Government and Payer Perspective

      Speaker: Stephen Ondra, MD, FAANS – MITRE

    • 5:25 PM – 5:40 PM EST
      Spine Surgery and How to Best Partner with the Hospital

      Speaker: Paul Park, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic

    • 5:41 PM – 5:45 PM EST
      Wrap Up