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17th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders

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Add to Calendar 17th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders 2/8/2018 8:00:00 AM 2/10/2018 12:00:00 PM America/Los_Angeles For More Details: https://cedars.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&EID=7602 The Bellagio Hotel false MM/DD/YYYY


Date & Location
Thursday, February 8, 2018, 8:00 AM - Saturday, February 10, 2018, 12:00 PM PST, The Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

Target Audience
Specialties - Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pain Management

Overview
The 17th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders focuses on treatment methodology, controversies in spine care management, and new and emerging technologies. The faculty is composed of internationally recognized experts who will present lectures focused on innovations in spine surgeries, spine sciences
including biologics, stem cells, minimally invasive surgeries, motion preservation, complications, controversies and deformities. Participants will have several opportunities to enjoy personal interactions with many of our country’s leading spine professionals. All attendees are encouraged to join faculty for discussions and debates regarding all topics. Attendees are also encouraged to submit cases for our “What would you do?” Panel Challenge Case Discussion.


Objectives
  1. Identify vulnerable areas in spine care and develop more effective treatment strategies, taking into consideration longterm effects from injury as well as the complex factors impacting safety and efficacy
  2. Identify risk factors associated with spine surgeries and use evidenced-based best practices to manage complications, should they occur
  3. Discuss recent advances in spine decompression and fusion and the various drivers of disc degeneration and apply best practices in the management of patients with DDD
  4. Discuss new innovations and operative techniques and apply to future clinical decisionmaking processes
  5. Describe options for correcting spinal deformities that avoid significant functional and/or neurological impairment in patients
  6. Recognize and conservatively manage patients with various types of spinal disorders
  7. Discuss the science, risks and benefits of motion preservation technologies and strategies to optimize patient outcomes

Registration

On-Site Registration Only


Physicians

Standard Price: $625  

Non-Physicians
Standard Price: $385

Resident/Fellow
Standard Price: $195 

Additional Exhibitors: $400.00


To Pay by Check:

Mail registration form and payment (with checks made payable to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) to:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Attn: Registrations
8797 Beverly Boulevard, #250
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Refund Policy:

All cancellations must be submitted in writing and refunds will be subject to a $50.00 administrative charge. Please e-mail cancellation request to [email protected]



Accreditation
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


Credit Designation Statement
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (MD, DO) (14.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (RN, NP, PA and Others) (14.00 hours)


Keywords: LIVE

The Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV

The Bellagio Hotel
3600 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, N V 89109


A special group rate of $179/night plus taxes is available until January 24, 2018. After this date, reservations will be
accepted on a space- and rate-availability basis. Reservations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis.

Reservation can be made by calling 1-888-987-6667. Please reference the “Cedars-Sinai Spine Symposium”
or the group code SCED0218.

Reservations can also be made online at the Cedars Sinai Spine Symposium Attendee Reservation Website.

https://aws.passkey.com/e/49209008

*The special group rate has now ended.

Bellagio Property Map



Faculty Member Information
Role in activity
Name of Ineligible Company(s) / Nature of Relationship(s)
Christopher Ames, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery, Director of Spine Tumor Surgery, Director of Spinal Deformity
University of California San Francisco
Faculty
Royalty-Stryker|Royalty-Biomet Spine|Royalty-DePuy Synthes|Royalty-Nuvasive|Consulting Fee-DePuy Synthes|Consulting Fee-Medtronic, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Stryker|Medicrea|Consulting Fee-K2M
Neel Anand, MD
Director, Spine Trauma
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Royalty-Medtronic, Inc.|Royalty-Globus Medical|Royalty-Elsevier|Receipt of Intellectual Property Rights/Patent Holder-Medtronic, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Medtronic, Inc.|Ownership Interest-Medtronic, Inc.|Ownership Interest-Globus Medical|Ownership Interest-Paradigm Spine|Ownership Interest-Theracell|Ownership Interest-Atlas Spine|Ownership Interest-Spinal Balance|Ownership Interest-Bonovo
Hyun W. Bae, MD
Director, Spine Fellowship Program, Director of Spine Education
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Royalty-Nuvasive; Stryker|Consulting Fee-Nuvasive; DePuy|Ownership Interest-Prosidyan|Speakers Bureau-Nuvasive; DePuy|Contracted Research-Pfizer; Zyga; Mesoblast; Simplify
Eli M. Baron, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Cedars Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Royalty-elsevier: book authorship|Royalty-McGraw Hill: Book Authorship
Robert Bernstein, MD
Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs, Medical Director
Cedars-Sinai Orthopedic Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Sigurd Berven, MD
Professor in Residence, Director of Spine Tumor Surgery, Director of the Spine Fellowship and Resident Education Program
University of California, San Francisco
Faculty
Royalty-Medtronic, Inc.|Royalty-Stryker|Consulting Fee-Medtronic, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Stryker|Consulting Fee-Globus|Consulting Fee-RTI|Ownership Interest-Providence Medical|Ownership Interest-Simpirica
Scott L. Blumenthal, MD
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Texas Back Institute
Faculty
Consulting Fee-VertiFlex|Consulting Fee-Baylis Medical|Consulting Fee-Aesculap|Ownership Interest-VertiFlex|Ownership Interest-Fziomed|Ownership Interest-Spinal Kenetics
Jens R. Chapman, MD
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Jason M. Cuellar, MD, PhD
Spine surgeon
Cedars-Sinai
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Ashish Diwan, PhD
Chief, Spine Service,
St. George Hospital Campus
Faculty
Receipt of Intellectual Property Rights/Patent Holder-Kunovus Pty Ltd
Richard Fessler, MD
Neurosurgeon
Rush University Medical Center
Faculty
Consulting Fee-DePuy Synthes
Christopher Gilligan, MD
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine,
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Faculty
Scientific Advisory Board-Medtronic, Whale Imaging, Axial Healthcare, Nuvectra, Medasense|Sponsored Research-Mainstay Medical
Theodore Goldstein, MD
Co-Medical Director
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Richard Guyer, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Orthopedics
Texas Back Institute
Faculty
Royalty-KZM|Royalty-Alphatec|Consulting Fee-Aesculap|Consulting Fee-KZM
Stephen Hochschuler, MD
Chairman
Texas Back Institute
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
J Patrick Johnson, MD
Director, Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Evish Kamrava, MD
Interventional Spine Physician
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Armen A. Khachatryan, MD
Orthopedic Spine Surgery
The Disc Replacement Center
Faculty
Speakers Bureau-Zimmer Biomet
Sanjay Kumar Khurana, MD
Spine Surgeon, Medical Director
Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Faculty
Royalty-Globus, Stryker, Nuvasive, K2|Consulting Fee-Globus, Stryker, Nuvasive, K2|Ownership Interest-DISC Surgical Center
Sang Kim, MD
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Terrence T. Kim, MD
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Christopher Y. Kong, MD
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Michael A. Kropf, MD
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tenure, Chief, Degenerative, MIS and Robotic Spine Surgery, Director, Athletes Spine Center, Director, Spine Research, Co-Director, Adult and Pediatric Spine Fellowship
The Spine Hospital, New-York-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Edward K. Nomoto, MD
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Medtronic, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Nuvasive|Consulting Fee-Depuy Synthes
Frank Phillips, MD
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Section Head Minimally Invasive Spine
Rush University Medical Center
Faculty
Royalty-Nuvasive, Stryker, DePuy, Medtronic|Stock/Options - Advisory Board/Board of Directors-Nuvasive, Theracell, SI Bone. Providence, Expanding Orthopaedics, Spinal Simplicity, Vertiflex, Spinal Kinetics
David W. Polly, MD
Professor and Chief of Spine Surgery
University of Minnesota
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Alexandre Rasouli, MD
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Harvinder S. Sandhu, MD
Associate Professor
Hospital for Special Surgery
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Paul Santiago, MD
Associate Professor of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery
Washington University School of Medicine
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Aesculap|Consulting Fee-Ulrich|Ownership Interest-Corelink|Ownership Interest-Globus|Ownership Interest-Corelink|Consulting Fee-Medtronic, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Mizuho|Speakers Bureau-Stryker|Royalty-Zimmer
Jayne Tomko-Griffin
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Vince Traynelis, MD
Professor of Neurosurgery 
Rush University Medical Center
Faculty
Royalty-Medtronic, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Medtronic, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Thompson Surgical instruments
Robert G. Watkins III, MD
Co-Director
Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Faculty
Consulting Fee-RTI/Pioneer|Royalty-RTI/Pioneer|Royalty-Medtronic, Inc.
Robert G. Watkins IV, MD
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Co-Director
Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Faculty
Ownership Interest-Back Doctor App
Karl Wittnebel, MD
Director, Preoperative Pain Program
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Faculty
Nothing to disclose
Jack E. Zigler, MD
Medical Director, Chairman
Texas Back Institute
Faculty
Consulting Fee-Johnson and Johnson|Consulting Fee-Aesculap|Consulting Fee-Centinel spine

Thursday, February 8, 2018
Registration and Exhibit Hall Open
12:00PM - 1:00PM
SESSION 1: SOCIOECONOMICS OF SPINE CARE
1:00PM - 1:05PM
Welcome
1:00PM - 1:10PM
Theodore Goldstein, MD
J Patrick Johnson, MD
Musings from the Mesozoic
1:10PM - 1:25PM
Theodore Goldstein, MD
Question and Answer
1:25PM - 1:35PM
Future Directions in Spine Surgery Education: The Impact of Rapid Change on Surgical Technique
1:35PM - 2:00PM
Richard Fessler, MD
Innovation and Value in a Changing World
2:00PM - 2:35PM
Frank Phillips, MD
The Future of Risk Stratification and Outcome Optimization
2:35PM - 3:05PM
Christopher Ames, MD
Break in Exhibit Hall
3:05PM - 3:25PM
SESSION 2: SPINE-CHILLING COMPLICATIONS & CONTROVERSIES IN THE O.R. (AKA: I WISH I’D NEVER DONE THIS CASE)
3:25PM - 3:30PM
Paul Santiago, MD
3:30PM - 3:40PM
Paul Santiago, MD
Eli Baron, MD
3:40PM - 3:50PM
Eli M. Baron, MD
Dave Polly, MD
3:50PM - 4:00PM
David W. Polly, MD
Vincent Traynelis, MD
4:00PM - 4:10PM
Vince Traynelis, MD
Christopher Ames, MD
4:10PM - 4:20PM
Christopher Ames, MD
Panel Discussion
4:20PM - 4:35PM
Dinner on Your Own
4:35PM - 5:50PM
Friday, February 9, 2018
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
7:00AM - 7:30AM
Basilar Vertebral Nerve: A New Direction
7:30AM - 7:40AM
Hyun W. Bae, MD
SESSION 3: COMMON SPINE TOPICS: DISC HERNIATION AND DDD
7:30AM - 7:35AM
The Cellular Drivers of Disc Degeneration – What’s New?
7:40AM - 7:50AM
Ashish Diwan, PhD
Surgical and Procedural Drivers of Disc Degeneration
7:50AM - 8:00AM
Harvinder S. Sandhu, MD
Can We Recreate the Disc After a Discectomy?
8:00AM - 8:10AM
Ashish Diwan, PhD
When is Decompression Sufficient as Opposed to Decompression and Fusion
8:10AM - 8:20AM
Richard Fessler, MD
Lumbo-sacral Fusion at the Bottom of a Long Construct:
8:20AM - 8:40AM
Sigurd Berven, MD
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD
Panel Discussion
8:40AM - 8:50AM
CHALLENGING CASE DISCUSSION
8:50AM - 9:00AM
Paul Santiago, MD
8:50AM - 9:00AM
Paul Santiago, MD
Sigurd Berven, MD
9:00AM - 9:10AM
Sigurd Berven, MD
W. Lee Warren, MD
9:10AM - 9:20AM
Vince Traynelis, MD
9:20AM - 9:30AM
Vince Traynelis, MD
Break in Exhibit Hall
9:30AM - 10:00AM
Robotic Spine Surgery
10:00AM - 10:10AM
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD
SESSION 4: FIT – FUTURE INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES
10:00AM - 10:05AM
The Evolution and Changing Landscape of ASC-Based Spine Surgery
10:10AM - 10:20AM
Sanjay Kumar Khurana, MD
There’s an App for That
10:20AM - 10:30AM
Robert G. Watkins IV, MD
Changing My Practice to an Exclusive Cervical Disc Replacement Practice
10:30AM - 10:40AM
Armen A. Khachatryan, MD
Implanted Stimulator of the Multifidus Muscle for LLP
10:40AM - 10:50AM
Christopher Gilligan, MD
Innovation in American Medicine II: Lessons from Europe
10:50AM - 11:00AM
Alexandre Rasouli, MD
What’s New in SI Joint Fixation
11:00AM - 11:10AM
David W. Polly, MD
Panel Discussion
11:10AM - 11:15AM
Anterior Fusion for Thoraco-Lumbar Scoliosis
11:15AM - 11:30AM
Robert Bernstein, MD
SESSION 5: DEFORMITIES
11:15AM - 11:20AM
The Importance of Cervical Lordosis in One and Two Level ACDF
11:30AM - 11:45AM
Christopher Ames, MD
How to Avoid PJK
11:45AM - 12:00PM
Jens R. Chapman, MD
Lunch Lecture: Decision Making in Athletes with Spine Injuries
12:00PM - 12:45PM
Robert G. Watkins III, MD
Break
12:45PM - 1:00PM
Breakout Sessions and Dry Labs
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Technique Videos & Discussion - Circumferential Minimally Invasive Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity
2:30PM - 3:30PM
Neel Anand, MD
Keynote Lecture: The Importance of Alignment in Degenerative Cervical Disc Disease
3:30PM - 4:15PM
Vince Traynelis, MD
Cocktail Reception for Faculty, Attendees, Guests and Vendor Partners
4:15PM - 6:00PM
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00AM - 8:30AM
SESSION 6: THE PAIN CHAIN
8:30AM - 8:35AM
The Psychology of Pain
8:30AM - 8:40AM
Christopher Y. Kong, MD
How to Weed Out Back Pain
8:40AM - 8:50AM
Christopher Gilligan, MD
No Gain, No Pain with Chronic Opioid Therapy
8:50AM - 9:10AM
Christopher Gilligan, MD
The Role of Pain Pumps and Spinal Cord Stimulators
9:10AM - 9:20AM
Evish Kamrava, MD
Cedars-Sinai’s Pre-Operative Pain Program:
9:20AM - 9:30AM
Karl Wittnebel, MD
Successes and More Successes Opioid Use: The DEA’s Perspective
9:30AM - 9:40AM
Jayne Tomko-Griffin
Panel Discussion plus Question and Answer with Faculty Panelists
9:40AM - 9:55AM
Break in Exhibit Hall
9:55AM - 10:10AM
Posterior Facet Replacement
10:10AM - 10:20AM
Richard Guyer, MD
SESSION 7: A NEW TWIST ON THE CLASSICS
10:10AM - 10:20AM
Comparison of Therapies in Lumbar DDD: Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials
10:20AM - 10:30AM
Jack E. Zigler, MD
Multiple Level Arthroplasty for Myelopathy
10:30AM - 10:40AM
Hyun W. Bae, MD
If You Can’t Do the Rehab – Don’t Do the Spine Surgery in Professional Athletes
10:40AM - 10:50AM
Robert G. Watkins IV, MD
Panel Discussion
10:50AM - 11:15AM
Closing Remarks and Adjournment
11:15AM - 11:45AM

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