Sigurd Berven, MD

Patient Safety:
Benchmarks to Measure
Safety & Risk Stratification

Sigurd Berven, MD

Novel Surfaces for Interbody Fusion,
an Overview of Technologies

Ki Hwang, MD

Role of Interbody Fusion in Deformity Surgery

Tony Bozzio, MD

Indications for Lateral Approach; Patient Selection, Consideration, Tests and Treatments

James Yue, MD

MIS
Principles and Techniques

James Yue, MD

MIS
Applications in Degen.

Justin Tortolani, MD

Complications in Deformity Surgery-
Strategies to Avoid PJK

Billy Lavelle, MD

Management
of Cervical Myelopathy

Bobby Kalantar, MD

Cervical Deformity-
What are the Alignment Parameters?

Jeremy Smith, MD

DBMs;
Extenders and Synthetics

Charles Oliver

Tax Savings Solutions for
the new 21st Century Retirement

Billy Lavelle, MD

How do we Measure
Quality of Care in a Research and
Non-research Practice

Tony Bozzio, MD

Role of Interbody Fusion in
Degenerative Surgery

Justin Tortolani, MD

Role of Interbody Fusion in Deformity Surgery

Chambliss Harrod, MD

Complications of
the Direct Lateral Approach

Fred Mo, MD

MIS
Applications in Deformity

Joe Morreale, MD

MIS
Applications in Degen.

Jeremy Smith, MD

Strategies for
Sagittal Alignment

Bobby Kalantar, MD

Timing of
Surgery

Ali Ozturk, MD

Case Presentation: Complications
of Anterior and Posterior Cervical Approaches

Joe Ferguson, MD

Actifuse/Osteoamp/Stem Cell Products;
When do you use?

Barbara Cataletto

The Business
of Spine

Ali Ozturk, MD

Pathways in Spine Surgery: Preoperative
Optimization, Intra-operative Standardization
and Post-operative Protocols

Gerald Alexander, MD

Role of Interbody Fusion in
Degenerative Surgery

James Yue, MD

Evidence for Biologic Sparing

Steve Tolhurst, MD

2 Blade
Retractor vs. 3 Blade

Jeff Deckey, MD

MIS
Applications in Deformity

Mike LaGrone, MD

Principles of Adult Deformity: Indications;
When or When Not to Operate

Jaren Riley, MD

Current Trends in
Pediatric Surgery, what’s Available

Joe Morreale, MD

Disc Arthroplasty-Literature
Update and Correct Number of Levels

Sigurd Berven, MD

Osteobiologics in Spine Surgery-
An Evidence Based Approach

Matt Wasserman, MD

Role for Autograft;
When to use Bone Graft

Sigurd Berven, MD

Current pre-operative optimization,
intra-operative standardization strategies

Jeffery Deckey, MD

Indications for Anterior Column Surgery

Moderator: Jeffery Deckey, MD
Panel: Dr’s Tolhurst, Harrod, Fischer, Kalantar

James Schwender, MD

Expandable
Technologies

Michael LaGrone, MD

Principles of Adult Spine Deformity:
Indications & Goals of Surgery

Matthew Hollenbeck, MD

When to Operate on a Child with Spinal Deformity

Jason Tinley, MD

Cervical Myelopathy: Anterior vs. Posterior Approach

Charla Fischer, MD

MIS Principles & Techniques

Stephen Tolhurst, MD

The Role of Hyper-lordotic Implants

Fred Mo, MD

Evidence-Based Approach:
Choice of Osteobiologics in Spine Surgery

Justin Hohl, MD

Post-operative Accountability:
Innovasis Registry: HA PEEK & Why

Chambliss Harrod, MD

Patient selection, radiographic
considerations & indications lateral surgery:
including tests & treatments

William Lavelle, MD

Innovative Technologies,
Measuring the Value

Fred Mo, MD

Innovations of Added Value - Perspective on the most value-adding technologies of the past 20 years

Jaren Riley, MD

Principles of Pediatric/Adolescent:
Indications & Goals of Surgery

Moderators: Dr’s LaGrone and Riley

Panel: Dr’s Mo, Hollenbeck, Lavelle, Than

Seyed Babak Kalantar, MD

Cervical Alignment - considerations regarding anterior vs. posterior approaches, and impact of alignment considerations on TDA vs. fusion

Jonathan Stieber, MD

Navigation/Robotics Technologies in MIS Surgery

Charla Fischer, MD | Justin Tortolani, MD
Moderator: James Schwender, MD
Discussion/Debate: MIS vs. Open TLIF

Scott Becker

Spine Practice 2019 and
Healthcare as Zero Sum Game

Moderator: Sigurd Berven, MD
Panel: Dr’s Schwender, LaGrone, and Hohl

Stephen Tolhurst, MD

Design Rationale and Advantages:
Lateral Access 2 Blade

Todd Shanks, MD

Novel Surface Technologies for Interbody Implants:
HA PEEK, Nano Porosity, 3D Printing

Moderator: James Schwender, MD
Panel: Dr’s Shanks, Tinley, Stieber, Lavelle

Justin Tortolani, MD

Planning for Optimal Outcomes:
The Role of Coronal & Sagittal Alignment

Gerald Alexander, MD

ACDF vs. Cervical Disc Replacement

Moderator: Gerald Alexander

Panel: Dr’s Alexander, Tortolani, Kalantar, Fischer

Khoi Than, MD

MIS TLIF: Tubes

Moderator: James Schwender, MD

Panel: Dr’s Stieber, Than, Tolhurst, Fischer Tortolani

Sigurd Berven, MD

Introducing New Technologies to Hospitals:
Barriers and Considerations

Michael LaGrone, MD

Sagittal Alignment- A historical perspective
and why Harrington Constructs fail

Themistocles Protopsaltis, MD

Alignment of the
Cervical Spine

James Schwender, MD

Creating lordosis using MIS techniques

Timothy Bassett, MD

Novel Surface Technologies:
The Evidence Supporting HA PEEK

Choll Kim, MD

The MIS learning curve.
What is it? How do we improve it?

Sigurd Berven, MD

Alignment in Lumbar Degenerative Pathology:
Goals to Avoid Post-Operative Deformity and ASD

Michael Scott Hisey, MD

Cervical Radiculopathy -
Anterior Approaches: Fusion vs. Disc Replacement

Sigurd Berven, MD

Complications in Spine Surgery-
Classification and Impact

Todd Shanks, MD

Dystonia
and Myelopathy

Michael Scott Hisey, MD

Minimizing Radiation
Exposure for Patients and Surgeons

Presentation

Sigurd Berven, MD

Alignment in Lumbar Degenerative Pathology:
Goals to avoid post-operative deformity and ASD

Stephen Tolhurst, MD

Direct Lateral Approaches to the Spine-
Advantages and Limitations

Sigurd Berven, MD

Cost saving innovations -
An evidence-based approach to the
adoption of new techniques and technologies?

Kevin Yoo, MD

Navigation and
Robotics

Randall Dryer, MD

Neuro-modulation for
Adult Degenerative and Deformity Spinal Conditions

Themistocles Protopsaltis, MD

Cervical Radiculopathy:
The Role of the Posterior Approach

Kevin Yoo, MD

Cervical Trauma:
When and How to Approach?

James Schwender, MD

The Role of MIS in Spinal Deformity;
Achieving Sagittal Balance

Joseph Zavatsky, MD

Junctional pathology-
Significance and Techniques for Avoidance

Michael Chang, MD

Minimizing Blood Loss
in Spine Surgery

Paul Justin Tortolani, MD

Alignment of the Spine in Deformity-
Thoracolumbar

Chambliss Harrod, MD

ALIF- Advantages and Limitations.
Creating Lordosis at the Lumbosacral junction

Han Jo Kim, MD

Top 3 New Innovations
that have Changed Spine Care
in the Past Decade

Presentation

Stephen Tolhurst, MD

Innovations in
Osteobiologics

Choll Kim, MD

Becoming an MIS Center of Excellence:
Technology vs. Cost Efficiency

Han Jo Kim, MD

Cervical Myelopathy:
Anterior vs Posterior Care

Michael Chang, MD

Adult Spinal Deformity:
Appropriate Use of Surgery and Non-Operative Care

Michael Chang, MD

When Can We Do Less and
When Can We Do More in Adult Deformity?

Chambliss Harrod, MD

Pseudarthrosis-
Significance and Techniques for Avoidance