Agenda for Saturday, 8/16/2025

8:00AM: Hotel pick-up @ Vdara Hotel and travel to Viticus Center East Campus

8:30-9:00: Change into scrubs for the Meeting

9:00-9:10: Shay Bess, MD- Recap and Goals for Day 2

9:10-9:20: Chris Ames, MD- Evaluation and Treatment of Flexible vs Rigid Cervical Spine Deformities

9:20-9:30: Sang Lee, MD- Fixation Strategies for Cervical Deformity Correction

9:30-9:40: Chris Shaffrey, MD- Cervical Laminoplasty: Indications and Results

9:40-9:50: Cadaver Lab Transition

9:50-12:50pm: Cervical Surgical Procedures for Adult Deformities Cadaver Workshop

12:50-1:00pm: Transition to Lectures and Working Lunch

1:00-1:30pm: Spotlight on Patient Advocacy: Back to Healing- Marcus John

1:30-2:30pm: Specialty Breakout Sessions-All Faculty (Medtronic, Globus, SI Bone, SMAIO, Bioventus, Pacira, Orthofix, Icotec, Neospine, Amplify

2:30-2:40pm: Transition to Lectures

2:40-3:10pm: Round Table Discussion: Components and Contributions for a Successful Spine Surgery Fellowship- All Faculty

3:10-3:20pm: Jacob Greenberg, MD-Incorporating Research Into Your Practice: Lessons Learned From An Early Career Surgeon

3:20-3:30pm: Adam Kanter, MD- Business and Leadership Tips for Budding Spine Surgeons

3:30-3:40pm: Juan Uribe, MD- Going Viral for the Wrong Reasons: Social Media Lessons for Spine Surgeons

3:40-3:50pm: Greg Mundis, MD- Avoiding Burnout and Achieving Life Balance

3:50-4:00pm: Shay Bess, MD- Course Assessment, Meeting Wrap Up and Adjourn

Cadaver Lab Agenda Saturday, August 16, 2025

9:50AM- 12:50PM: Cervical Surgical Procedures for Adult Deformities Cadaver Workshop—All Faculty

1) Cadavers in supine position

a) Anterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine

b) Anterior cervical discectomy and corpectomy

c) Cervicothoracic Junction with Sternotomy or Manubrium resection

2) Cadavers in prone position

a) Posterior Cervical Reconstruction from Occipital to T2

b) Cervical lateral mass and pedicle screws

c) Upper Thoracic Vertebral Column Resection

1:30-2:30pm: Specialty Breakout Sessions— All Faculty

1. a) Medtronic= Surgical planing and robotic guided implant insertion

   b) Globus= Surgical planning and robotic guided implant insertion

   c) SI Bone= Sacroiliac pain and SI fusion

   d) SMAIO= Surgical planning for sagittal and coronal plan correction

   e) Bioventus= Harmonic decompression, osteotomy and corpectomy workshop

   f) Pacira= Local pain block techniques for perioperative pain control

   g) Orthofix= Surgical planning and 3D navigated implant insertion

   h) Icotec= Corpectomies, vertebral column resection, and interbody fixation for tumors and infection

   i) Neospine= Surgical planning for deformity, trauma, and tumor reconstruction

   d) Atec= EOS and EOS Insight surgical planning

   e) Amplify= Endoscopic and open interbody fixation