Scientific Session I: Spine
8:10 am – 9:40 am
Moderator: Ann Parr, MD, University of Minnesota, Neurosurgery
8:10 – 8:25 am Hamid Abbasi, MD, PhD – Oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion (OLLIF): Technical notes and early results of a single surgeon comparative study
8:25 – 8:40 am Mohamed Ali, MBBS – Unrecognized dynamic myelopathy of the cervical spine, a recipe for unnecessary biopsy
8:40 – 8:55 am Dominique Higgins, MS – Understanding the impact of obesity on short term outcomes after instrumented spinal fusion
8:55 – 9:10 am Grant Mallory, MD – Posteorlateral lumbar spinal arthrodesis with femoral head allograft: A case control study
9:10 – 9:25 am Catherine Miller, MD – The use of anticoagulation and antiplatelet agents before removal of EVDs – how safe is it?
9:25 – 9:40 am Dino Terzic, MD – Glial scar in spinal cord injury – Surmounting obstacles in spinal cord repair
Scientific Session II: Skull Base and Tumor / Vascular
9:55 am – 11:55 am
Moderator: Michelle Clarke, MD, Mayo Clinic, Neurosurgery
9:55 – 10:10 am Anthony Burrows, MD – Endovascular treatment of primary CNS tumors: A review
10:10 – 10:25 am Stepan Capek, MD – Perineural tumor spread in pelvic malignancies
10:40 – 10:55 am Joshua Hughes, MD – Risk factors for hydrocephalus requiring external ventricular drainage in patients with intraventricular hemorrhage
10:55 – 11:10 am Walter Low, PhD – Treatment of ischemic brain injury with human umbilical cord blood stem cells – mechanisms of action
11:10 – 11:25 am Zoe Zhang, MD – The preferred anatomic distribution of 1172 brain metastases based on brain volume and regional blood flow
11:25 – 11:40 am Waleed Brinjikji, MD – Endovascular and surgical treatment of tentorial dural AV fistulas: A meta-analysis
11:40 – 11:55 am Daniel Shepherd, MD – Management of unruptured aneurysms in the elderly
Distinguished Lecturer
Gaylan Rockswold, MD
“The Making of a Neurosurgeon”
12:55 pm – 1:40 pm
Scientific Session III: Functional and Miscellaneous / Peripheral Nerve
1:40 pm – 2:55 pm
Moderator: Anthony G. Bottini, MD, Park Nicollet Clinic
1:40 – 1:55 pm Desmond Brown, MD, PhD – Role of neurosurgical biopsy in primary CNS blastomycosis
1:55 – 2:10 pm Alper Cesmebasi, MD – The snapping medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve
2:10 – 2:25 pm David Darrow, MD – Procedural memory and the basal ganglia: Emerging evidence from two experiments
2:25 – 2:40 pm William Gibson – Investigating the neural circuitry effect of ventral capsule/ventral striatum DBS for obsessive compulsive disorder with fMRI
2:40 – 2:55 pm Carlos Restrepo, MD – The almost invisible perineurioma
Socioeconomic Session / Trauma
3:10 pm – 4:10 pm
Moderator: Matthew Hunt, MD, University of Minnesota, Neurosurgery
3:10 – 3:25 pm Douglas Chyatte, MD – Utility of routine serial surveillance head computerized tomography after closed head injury
3:25 – 3:40 pm David Daniels, MD – Pediatric motocross racing: How safe is it?
3:40 – 3:55 pm Christopher Graffeo, MD – Procedure exposure and confidence (PEAC) survey results – lumbar puncture
3:55 – 4:10 pm Ross Puffer, MD – Patient specific factors affecting cost of lumbar spine surgery
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