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Spine Symposium 2021: Updates on Spine Care - October 7, 2021

Thu, Oct 07

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Zoom

Course Description: A multidisciplinary approach to discuss updates and improvements to spine care in order to educate and inform healthcare providers. Current practices, how those best practices may be improved upon for even greater patient safety, and research will be presented.

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Spine Symposium 2021: Updates on Spine Care - October 7, 2021
Spine Symposium 2021: Updates on Spine Care - October 7, 2021

Time & Location

Oct 07, 2021, 7:00 AM – 5:25 PM

Zoom

About the Event

Agenda Brochure CE Credit Course Directors & Faculty Registration

Target Audience

Neurosurgeons, spine surgeons, PM&R physicians, orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, physical therapists, chiropractors, primary care physicians, patients, care-givers, and all other community healthcare professionals interested in learning the latest treatments and improvements to spine surgery safety.

Agenda

Thursday, October 7, 2021

7:00 am

Registration, Zoom webinar room opens

7:30 am

Welcome by Maxwell Boakye, MD, Thank Sponsors, Introduce First Speaker

8:00 am

Speaker #1 Triage & nonoperative management of spine patients

Lindsay Graves, DO

8:20 am

Q&A

8:30 am

Speaker #2 Depression and anxiety phenotypes and spine surgery outcomes

Maxwell Boakye, MD, MPH, MBA

8:50 am

Q&A

9:00 am

Speaker #3 Updates on treatment of spinal deformity

Isaac Karikari, MD

 

9:20 am

Q&A

9:30 am

Speaker #4 Update on evaluation and management of Cervical deformity

Thomas Altstadt, MD

9:50 am

Q&A

10:00 am

Break 1

10:20 am

Speaker #5 Update on spinal cord injury

Emily Sieg, MD

10:40 am

Q&A

10:50 am

Speaker #6 Problem of Polypharmacy in spinal cord injury

Beatrice Ugiliweneza, PhD

11:10 am

Q&A

11:20 am

Speaker #7 Epidural stimulation neuromodulation of spinal cord injury

Susan Harkema, PhD

11:40 am

Q&A

11:50 am

Lunch Break

12:30 pm

Speaker #8 Speaker #10 Management of Thoracolumbar spine fractures

Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA

12:50 pm

Q&A

1:00 pm

Speaker #9 Management of osteomyelitis and epidural abscess

John Dimar, MD

1:20 pm

Q&A

1:30 pm

Speaker #10 Update on treatment of sacral tumors

Brian Williams, MD

 

1:50 pm

Q&A

2:00 pm

Speaker #11 Robotic spine surgery applications

Nicholas Theodore, MD

2:20 pm

Q&A

2:30 pm

Speaker #12 Treatment of low and high grade spondylolisthesis

Jens Chapman, MD

2:50 pm

Q&A

3:00 pm

Break 2

3:15 pm

Speaker #13 Spine surgery in the elderly

Dean Chou, MD

3:35 pm

Q&A

3:45 pm

Speaker #14  KEYNOTE: Novel Insights from imaging of chronic pain and implications for spine surgeons

Professor AV Apkarian, PhD

4:05 pm

Q&A

4:15 pm

Speaker #15  Geriatric odontoid fractures

Darrel Brodke, MD

4:35 pm

Q&A

4:45 pm

Speaker #16  American spine registry update

Steven Glassman, MD

5:05 pm

Q&A

5:25 pm

Final Thank You to Sponsors/Speaker by Maxwell Boakye, MD

Adjourn

Course Directors

 Thomas Altstadt, MD, FAANS

Associate Professor of Neurosurgery

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Louisville

 Maxwell Boakye, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS, FAANS

Professor of Neurosurgery

Ole A., Mabel Wise & Wilma Wise Nelson Endowed Chair

Chief of Spinal Neurosurgery

Director: Spine Fellowship

Clinical Director: Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Center

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Louisville

 Emily P. Sieg, MD

Assistant Professor

Director of Neurotrauma

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Louisville

Participating Faculty

AV Apkarian, PhD

Director, Center for Translational Pain Research

Professor

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

 

Darrel Brodke, MD

Vice-Chair, Department of Orthopaedics

University of Utah Health

Jens Chapman, MD

Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery

Swedish Health

Dean Chou, MD

Professor, Neurological Surgery

UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

John Dimar, MD

Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery

Norton Healthcare

Steven Glassman, MD

Othopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery

Norton Healthcare

Lindsay Graves, DO

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

UofL Health Restorative Neuroscience

Susan Harkema, PhD

Associate Director of Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Louisville

Isaac Karikari, MD

Neurosurgeon, Spine Surgeon

Duke Health

 

Nicholas Theodore, MD

Donlin M. Long Professor

Johns Hopkins University

 

Beatrice Ugiliweneza, PhD

Assistant Professor

Director of the Bioinformatics Core

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Louisville

Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD, MBA

Co-Director, Delaware Valley Spinal Cord Injury Center

President, Rothman Orthopaedics

Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Professor Neurosurgery

Sidney Kimmel Medical Center of Thomas Jefferson University

Co-Director, Delaware Valley Spinal Cord Injury Center

President, Rothman Orthopaedics

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this activity, the participants should be able to:

1. Identify the best care and treatment options for patients with spinal diseases and injuries to increase quality of life.

2. Recognize surgical and postoperative care technique improvements needed for safer spine surgery.

3. Define ways in which to approach improving treatment, techniques, and outcomes of spine surgery for safer outcomes.

Continuing Education Credit

 Physician Credit - The University of Louisville Continuing Medical Education office designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation

 The University of Louisville School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Nurses - This program has been approved by the Kentucky Board of Nursing for 9.8 continuing education credits through University of Louisville Hospital, provider number 4-0068-12-22-1228. The Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Completion criteria to obtain CE's: Attend entire session and complete the evaluation.

Special Services

All individuals are encouraged to participate. To request disability arrangements, please contact the Course Coordinator Lauren Ellis at least 14 days prior to the date of this program. Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof.

Brochure

CLICK HERE to view a copy of the course brochure (Available Soon)

Registration

Registration Fees: This conference is free to all participants. Advance registration is required to allow for program planning.

Disclosure

We thank all our sponsors for their support of the Spine Symposium 2021: Updates on Spine Care.

A final listing of supporters and exhibitors will be available at the meeting.

CLICK HERE to Register for this Conference

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