19th Annual Symposium on Current Concepts in Spinal Disorders

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 7:30 AM - Saturday, February 1, 2020, 5:00 PM PST, Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas, 3960 Las Vegas Boulevard South


The 19th 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 the business of spine care, the emergence of outpatient surgeries, updates in spinal tumors and malignancies and future innovations and technologies. Participants will also evaluate unusual cases and controversies in spine care and the management of deformities. Attendees will have ample opportunities to enjoy personal interactions with many of our country’s leading spine professionals and everyone is encouraged to join faculty for discussions and debates in all topic areas.

1. Discuss emerging issues encountered in spine surgery practices, including patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs), telemedicine, and physician wellness
2. Evaluate the controversies of outpatient spine surgery amidst the rise of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and the implications for patient safety
3. Demonstrate knowledge and skills for performing basic and complex corrections for adult spinal deformities
4. Integrate techniques for posterior-only and anterior-lateral deformity corrections
5. Employ best practices and techniques to avoid complications in spinal deformity surgery
6. Explore unusual cases and controversies and the shared recommendations and insights that can potentially influence improvements in case

On-site Registration will be Available.

Registration will begin at 12:00 pm on Thursday, January 30th,2020 in the Four Season Ballroom( Second Floor)
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Agenda:
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Meeting Location:
Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas
3960 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89119

Four Season Hotel Parking Information: https://www.fourseasons.com/lasvegas/faq/

Physicians	$715
Non-physicians	$440
Resident/ Fellows	$255

To Pay by Check:

Mail payment (with checks made payable to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) to:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Attn: Registrations
700 N. San Vicente Blvd., Suite G550
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Refund Policy:

All cancellations must be submitted in writing and refunds will be subject to an administrative charge.  To view the policy, click here. Please e-mail cancellation request to [email protected]. If you do not receive confirmation of your cancellation via e-mail, please call (310) 423-5548. . 

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 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Non-Physician Attendance

Non-Physician: A certificate of participation will be provided to other health care professionals requesting credits. Participants should ensure in advance that their credentialing or licencing organization accepts AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. 

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (MD, DO) (16.00 hours), Non-Physician AMA Attendance (16.00 hours)

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Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas
3960 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 89119

COURSE DIRECTORS

Hyun Bae, MD Co-Director, Spine Fellowship Program Co-Director of Spine Education Professor, Orthopaedics Cedars-Sinai Spine Center Terrence Kim, MD Co-Director, Spine Fellowship Program Co-Director of Spine Education Cedars-Sinai Spine Center

Theodore Goldstein, MD Co-Medical Director Orthopaedics Cedars-Sinai Spine Center J. Patrick Johnson, MD Director, Neurosurgery Neurosurgery Spine Fellowship Co-Medical Director Cedars-Sinai Spine Center

GUEST FACULTY

Christopher Ames, MD University of California, San Francisco Edward Anderson, MD Harvinder Bedi, MD Arizona Integrated Neuro, Spine & Pain Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital Mark Bilsky, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Scott Blumenthal, MD Texas Back Institute Adam Bruggeman, MD Texas Spine Care Center Christopher Gilligan, MBA, MD Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center Rick Guyer, MD Texas Back Institute Alan Hilibrand, MD Jefferson Medical College Rothman Orthopaedic Institute Stephen Hochschuler, MD Texas Back Institute M. Kamran Khan, DO Silver Cross Hospital

Ronald Lehman, Jr., MD The Spine Hospital at NewYork-Presbyterian The Allen Hospital Greg Licholai, MD Yale School of Management Michael McGinity, MD University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Rod Oskouian Seattle Science Foundation Frank Phillips, MD Rush University Medical Center David Polly, MD University of Minnesota Harvinder Sandhu, MD HSS Spine Zeeshan Mohammad Sardar, MD Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Daniel Sciubba, MD John Hopkins Medicine Nicholas Theodore, MD Johns Hopkins Medicine Michael Wang, MD University of Miami Hospital Jack Zigler, MD Texas Back Institute

CEDARS-SINAI FACULTY
Eli Baron, MD
Diana Cheng, MD
Jason Cuellar, MD, PhD
Omar Durra, MD
Sang Kim, MD
Christopher Kong, MD
Michael Kropf, MD
Todd Lanman, MD
Marcel Maya, MD
Edward Nomoto, MD
Alexandre Rasouli, MD
Ehsan Saadat, MD
Alexander Tuchman, MD
Mary A. Vijjeswarapu, MD
Mark Vrahas, MD
Willis Wagner, MD
Karl Wittnebel, MD

Platinum Exhibit Fee: $15,000

Gold Exhibit Fee: $6,000

Additional Exhibit Badges: $400


Should you decide to participate at this important educational activity, please complete the online exhibit registration. 
Online registration is required even if paying by check. An account will need to be created. 

Click the “Register” tab, select your registrant category “Exhibitor/Vendor” and proceed. 

Please email [email protected] for more information.