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AGENDA for Friday, 8/14/2026

7:15am: Hotel pickup

730-8:00am: Change into Scrubs for Meeting

8:00-8:10am: Introduction, Meeting Goals, and Overview to the ISSG-Shay Bess MD

8:10-8:20am: Pragmatic Approach to Spinal Alignment and Surgical Planning – Virginie Lafage PhD

8:20-8:30am: MISDEF 3 and MIS Approach Selection- Praveen Mummaneni MD

8:30-8:40am: In Situ Assembly of Percutaneous Fixation Constructs- Michael Wang MD

8:40-8:50am: Access to the Thoracolumbar Anterior Column Using MIS Lateral Approaches-Juan Uribe MD

8:50-9:00am: Robotic Use in Spine Surgery; Background on Development, Current Use and Future Advances- Nicholas Theodore MD

9:00-9:10am: Overview of Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures for Adult Thoracolumbar Deformities Cadaver Lab Goals and Transition to Cadaver Lab

9:10am-12:00pm: Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures for Adult Thoracolumbar Deformities Cadaver Workshop

12:00-1:30pm: Specialty Breakout Sessions

1:30-1:40pm: Transition to Working Lunch

1:40-1:50: Designing a Construct in Adult Spinal Deformity- Bassel Diebo MD

1:50-2:00pm: 3 Column Osteotomies Cervical to Sacrum: Lessons learned in 650 cases – Chris Ames MD

2:00-2:10pm: Pelvic Fixation: Traditional Iliac, Modified Iliac, S2AI and Trends With Multipoint Pelvic Fixation- Jay Turner MD

2:10-2:20pm: Anterior Approaches and Interbody Techniques in Complex Spine Surgery- Dominque Rothenfluh MD

2:20-2:30pm: Understanding and Managing Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Spinal Deformity Surgeries- Steve Lewis MD

2:30-2:50pm: Overview Open Surgical Procedures for Adult Thoracolumbar Deformities Cadaver Workshop Lab Goals and Transition to Cadaver Lab and Drink Break

2:50-5:50pm: Open Surgical Procedures for Adult Thoracolumbar Deformities Cadaver Workshop

5:50-7:10pm: Specialty Breakout Sessions

7:10-7:30pm: ISSG Knowledge Finder App Demonstration; Virginie Lafage, PhD

7:30: Day Wrap Up and Discussion- Shay Bess MD

7:30: Reception with Technology Expo- All Attendees