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  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:00 AM – 4:30 PM CT
    Real World Topics for Advanced Practice Providers
    Location:  S401cd
    Course Director: Alice Edwards, PA-C, MHCM – Rutgers State of New Jersey/ RWJBarnabas Health
    Course Director: Robin Saiki, DNP, ACNP-BC (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado School of Medicine Dept. of Neurosurgery
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:00 AM – 8:05 AM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Alice Edwards, PA-C, MHCM – Rutgers State of New Jersey/ RWJBarnabas Health
    Speaker: Robin Saiki, DNP, ACNP-BC (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado School of Medicine Dept. of Neurosurgery
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:06 AM – 8:41 AM CT
    Robotic Spine Surgery from A-Z
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD – University of Miami
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    8:42 AM – 9:12 AM CT
    Craniosynostosis Surgeries
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Christina Notarianni, MD, FAANS – LSUHS-Shreveport
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    9:13 AM – 9:43 AM CT
    AI Apps in Strokes
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Rocco A. Armonda, MD, FAANS – Medstar Washington Hospital Center
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    9:44 AM – 10:14 AM CT
    Beverage Break
    Location:  S401cd
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    10:15 AM – 11:12 AM CT
    Day in the Life of Private Practice, Academics and Hospital Surgery
    Location:  S401cd
    Panelist: Ebonye Green, ACNPC-AG, APRN, FNCS (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Panelist: Tiffany Buchert, PA-C (she/her/hers) – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
    Panelist: Lauren Waldron, PA-C (she/her/hers) – Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    11:13 AM – 11:43 AM CT
    Tethered Cord
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Jamal McClendon, Jr., MD, FAANS (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic Arizona/Phoenix Children's
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    11:44 AM – 11:59 AM CT
    Hot Topics
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Ebonye Green, ACNPC-AG, APRN, FNCS (she/her/hers) – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    12:00 PM – 12:55 PM CT
    Lunch Break
    Location:  S401cd
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    1:00 PM – 1:29 PM CT
    Name that Tumor
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Isaac Yang, MD (he/him/his) – Departments of Neurosurgery, Radiation Oncology, Head and Neck Surgery, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    1:30 PM – 1:59 PM CT
    3D Printing: How it has Changed Spine Surgery
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Michael Y. Wang, MD – University of Miami
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    2:00 PM – 2:29 PM CT
    Coding E/M, P2P (GKR MRI), Biologics for Sx
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Michael Johnson, PA-C – The George Washington University
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    2:30 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Beverage Break
    Location:  S401cd
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    3:01 PM – 3:28 PM CT
    AHA: Top Things to Know: 2023 Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Guideline
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, n/a – Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    3:29 PM – 3:56 PM CT
    Ultrasound vs DBS for Tremors Duel
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Robert E. Gross, M.D., Ph.D., – Emory University, Department of Neurological Surgery
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    3:57 PM – 4:24 PM CT
    Ethical Issues in Neuroprognostication
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Kimberly Kicielinski, MD, MSPH – Medical University of South Carolina
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  • Friday, May 3rd
    4:25 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Closing Remarks
    Location:  S401cd
    Speaker: Alice Edwards, PA-C, MHCM – Rutgers State of New Jersey/ RWJBarnabas Health
    Speaker: Robin Saiki, DNP, ACNP-BC (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado School of Medicine Dept. of Neurosurgery
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