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  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    (NonCME) Neural Interfaces and BCI Community (NC4401)
    Location:  S504abcd
    Moderator: Jaimie M. Henderson, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Thomas J. Oxley, MD PhD – Mt Sinai Health System - Interventional Neurologist/Professor - The University of Melbourne/Synchron Inc - CEO
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    The Past, Present and Future of Clinical Data Science (NC4402)
    Location:  S501cd
    Moderator: Andrew L. Abumoussa, MD, MSc – University of North Carolina
    Moderator: Maxwell Boakye, MD,MPH,MBA FACS FAANS – University of Louisville
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    The Evolution of Palliative Care and Its Relevance to Neurosurgical Practice (NC4404)
    Location:  S505ab
    Moderator: Martina Stippler, MD – Beth Israel Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Joseph D. Stern, MD, FAANS (he/him/his) – University of Michigan (Michigan Medicine)
    Moderator: Katharine J. Drummond, MD, FRACS – Royal Melbourne Hospital
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    The Evolution of the Business of Neurosurgical Practice: Achieving Sustainability in the Rapid Evolution of Healthcare Economics and Your Reimbursement (NC4405)
    Location:  S502ab
    Moderator: Daniel Yoshor, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Moderator: Matthew Ewend, MD – UNC Health
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Global Responsibility in Neurosurgery (NC4406)
    Location:  S501ab
    Moderator: Isabelle Germano, MD, MBA – Mount Sinai Health System
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  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 7:10 AM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: Daniel Yoshor, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Speaker: Matthew Ewend, MD – UNC Health
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 7:10 AM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location:  S501cd
    Moderator: Andrew L. Abumoussa, MD, MSc – University of North Carolina
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 7:10 AM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location:  S501ab
    Moderator: Isabelle Germano, MD, MBA – Mount Sinai Health System
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 7:10 AM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Jaimie M. Henderson, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Speaker: Thomas J. Oxley, MD PhD – Mt Sinai Health System - Interventional Neurologist/Professor - The University of Melbourne/Synchron Inc - CEO
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:00 AM – 7:15 AM CT
    Welcome and Introduction
    Location:  S505ab
    Speaker: Martina Stippler, MD – Beth Israel Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
    Speaker: Joseph D. Stern, MD, FAANS (he/him/his) – University of Michigan (Michigan Medicine)
    Speaker: Adela Wu, MD (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:11 AM – 7:31 AM CT
    Changing Economics of a Large Private Neurosurgical Practice
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: John D. Davis, MD, MHS, FAANS – NewSouth NeuroSpine
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:11 AM – 7:31 AM CT
    Policy Making: World Health Organization's Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP) on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Diseases
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Kee B. Park, MD, FAANS (L) – Harvard Medical School
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:11 AM – 7:31 AM CT
    The Implantable BCI Collaborative Community
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Jennifer French, MBA – Neurotech Network
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:11 AM – 7:36 AM CT
    Past, Present and Future of AI in Neurosurgery
    Location:  S501cd
    Speaker: Eric Oermann, MD – NYU Langone
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:16 AM – 7:31 AM CT
    Team-Based/Multidisciplinary Care; Gaps in Acute Care Setting; Training for all Levels — Residents, Fellows, Attendings, PCEP and Other Training Opportunities
    Location:  S505ab
    Speaker: Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:32 AM – 7:47 AM CT
    PC Global Perspective: Australia and Other Countries — What We Can Learn From Them?
    Location:  S505ab
    Speaker: Kate J. Drummond, MD, FRACS – Royal Melbourne Hospital
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:32 AM – 7:52 AM CT
    Global Neurotrauma Policy Update
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Ernest J. Barthélemy, MD, MPH, MA (he/him/his) – SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:32 AM – 7:52 AM CT
    How Could This Work Under a Single Payor: Canada
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: Gelareh Zadeh, MD PhD – University of Toronto
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:32 AM – 8:52 AM CT
    Upper Extremity Neuroprosthetics
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Jennifer Collinger, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:37 AM – 8:02 AM CT
    A Clinician’s Guide to Understanding and Using AI
    Location:  S501cd
    Speaker: Omar Arnaout, MD – Harvard School of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:48 AM – 8:03 AM CT
    How Do We Provide End-of-Life Care Now? Scoping Review of PC in NS
    Location:  S505ab
    Speaker: Stephen P. Miranda, MD – University of Pennsylvania
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:53 AM – 8:13 AM CT
    Intracortical BCI for Vision Restoration
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Daniel Yoshor, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:53 AM – 8:13 AM CT
    Neurosurgery in the Academic Medical Center
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: Brian Hoh, MD, MBA, FACS, FAHA, FAANS – University of Florida
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    7:53 AM – 8:13 AM CT
    Peer-Reviewed Education
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Michael Dewan, MD, MSCI – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:03 AM – 8:28 AM CT
    How Data Science is Powering QI and Outcomes Research - Panel Discussion
    Location:  S501cd
    Panelist: Anand Veeravagu, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Omar Arnaout, MD – Harvard School of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
    Panelist: Adam R. Ferguson, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center and San Francisco VAHCS
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:04 AM – 8:19 AM CT
    Panel Discussion
    Location:  S505ab
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:14 AM – 8:34 AM CT
    How Hospitals View Neurosurgeons in 2024
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: Thomas J. McAfee, MHA, FACHE (he/him/his) – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:14 AM – 8:34 AM CT
    Intravascular BCI
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: J Mocco, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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  • Monday, May 6th
    8:14 AM – 8:34 AM CT
    Intravascular BCI
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: J Mocco, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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  • Monday, May 6th
    8:14 AM – 8:34 AM CT
    Meetings Education
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Anthony Figaji, MD (he/him/his) – University of Cape Town
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:20 AM – 8:34 AM CT
    What Can We Do Better? Shared Decision Making
    Location:  S505ab
    Speaker: Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:29 AM – 8:54 AM CT
    How AI is Transforming Neurovascular Care
    Location:  S501cd
    Speaker: Elad I. Levy, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – University at Buffalo Neurosurgery
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:35 AM – 8:49 AM CT
    Goal Concordant Care
    Location:  S505ab
    Speaker: Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:35 AM – 8:55 AM CT
    Residents Education
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Anthony O. Asemota, MD MPH – University of Texas Southwestern
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:35 AM – 8:55 AM CT
    Understanding and Restoring Speech with ECoG
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Edward Chang, MD – University of California-San Francisco
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:35 AM – 8:55 AM CT
    When You Are the Payor....
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: Robert Friedlander, MD, MA – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:50 AM – 9:04 AM CT
    Futile Surgeries
    Location:  S505ab
    Speaker: Martina Stippler, MD – Beth Israel Medical Center / Harvard Medical School
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:55 AM – 9:25 AM CT
    Beverage Break
    Location:  S501cd
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:56 AM – 9:16 AM CT
    Intracortical Speech BCI
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: David Brandman, MD (he/him/his) – UC Davis, Department of Neurological Surgery
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:56 AM – 9:16 AM CT
    Medical Students Education
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Gail Rosseau, MD (she/her/hers) – George Washington University
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:56 AM – 9:16 AM CT
    Roundtable
    Location:  S502ab
    Panelist: John D. Davis, MD, MHS, FAANS – NewSouth NeuroSpine
    Panelist: Brian Hoh, MD, MBA, FACS, FAHA, FAANS – University of Florida
    Panelist: Thomas Scully, MD, FAANS – Tucson Medical Center One Health
    Panelist: Robert Friedlander, MD, MA – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Panelist: Thomas J. McAfee, MHA, FACHE (he/him/his) – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    8:56 AM – 9:16 AM CT
    Roundtable
    Location:  S502ab
    Panelist: John D. Davis, MD, MHS, FAANS – NewSouth NeuroSpine
    Panelist: Brian Hoh, MD, MBA, FACS, FAHA, FAANS – University of Florida
    Panelist: Thomas Scully, MD, FAANS – Tucson Medical Center One Health
    Panelist: Robert Friedlander, MD, MA – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Panelist: Thomas J. McAfee, MHA, FACHE (he/him/his) – Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:05 AM – 9:15 AM CT
    Panel Discussion
    Location:  S505ab
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:16 AM – 9:46 AM CT
    Beverage Break
    Location:  S505ab
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:17 AM – 9:47 AM CT
    Beverage Break
    Location:  S501ab
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:17 AM – 9:47 AM CT
    Beverage Break
    Location:  S502ab
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:17 AM – 9:57 AM CT
    Beverage Break
    Location:  S504abcd
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:26 AM – 9:50 AM CT
    Future of AI in Functional Neurosurgery
    Location:  S501cd
    Speaker: Shivanand Lad, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Duke University Department of Neurosurgery
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:47 AM – 10:17 AM CT
    Introduction to Palliative Care Communication Principals and Cognitive Maps; VitalTalk Platform
    Location:  S505ab
    Speaker: Jonathan Fischer, MD, CAQHPM (he/him/his) – Duke University Health System
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:48 AM – 10:08 AM CT
    How Are Neurosurgeons Viewed in a Value-Based Care Reimbursement Model?
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: Mark Gwynne, DO (he/him/his) – UNC Health
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:48 AM – 10:08 AM CT
    Neurosurgery Oncology
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Syed Ather Enam, MD, Phd (he/him/his) – Center of Oncological Research in Surgery, The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
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  • Monday, May 6th
    9:51 AM – 10:16 AM CT
    Spine Surgery vs Machines: Identifying the True Backbone in Spine
    Location:  S501cd
    Speaker: Christopher P. Ames, MD – University of California, San Francisco
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    9:58 AM – 10:18 AM CT
    Restoring Movement with BCI and FES
    Location:  S504abcd
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:09 AM – 10:29 AM CT
    Medicare/Medicare Advantage/Medicaid - Neurosurgery and the Government Payors
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: G. Edward Vates, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Rochester Medical Center
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  • Monday, May 6th
    10:09 AM – 10:29 AM CT
    Spine
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Maria Gandia Gonzalez, MD, PhD, DO (she/her/hers) – University Hospital La Paz
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:17 AM – 10:42 AM CT
    Clinicians' Guide to Responsible use of AI in Neurosurgery
    Location:  S501cd
    Panelist: Mohamad Bydon, MD, FAANS – Mayo Clinic
    Panelist: Daniel P. Sexton, MD – Duke University
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:18 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    NURSE (Emotions)
    Location:  S505ab
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:19 AM – 10:39 AM CT
    Restoration of Walking with Patterned Stimulation
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Henri Lorach, PhD – University of Lausanne
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:30 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    The Payor's Perspective
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: Sophie Clarke, MD (she/her/hers) – Elevance Health
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:30 AM – 10:50 AM CT
    Trauma and Intensive Care
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Franco Servadei, MD – Humanitas University
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:31 AM – 10:43 AM CT
    Role Play/Drills
    Location:  S505ab
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:40 AM – 11:00 AM CT
    Network Correlates of Mood Disorders
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Sameer Sheth, MD/PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
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  • Monday, May 6th
    10:43 AM – 11:08 AM CT
    Role of AI in Global Neurosurgery
    Location:  S501cd
    Speaker: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, MD – Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
    Speaker: Michael T. Lawton, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, 85013, Arizona, USA
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:44 AM – 10:56 AM CT
    REMAP
    Location:  S505ab
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  • Monday, May 6th
    10:51 AM – 11:11 AM CT
    Disrupting the Health Care Payment Complex
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: Marion Couch, MD PhD MBA – IntoValue LLC
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:51 AM – 11:11 AM CT
    Pediatrics
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Nelci Zanon-Collange, MD, PhD, IFAANS (she/her/hers) – UNIFESP, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    10:57 AM – 11:09 AM CT
    Role Play/Drills
    Location:  S505ab
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    11:01 AM – 11:21 AM CT
    Detecting Pain States with Intracranial Recordings
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Prasad Shirvalkar, MD PhD – University of California San Francisco
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  • Monday, May 6th
    11:09 AM – 11:34 AM CT
    Translational Computation and Neurotrauma
    Location:  S501cd
    Speaker: Adam R. Ferguson, MS, PhD (he/him/his) – UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center and San Francisco VAHCS
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    11:10 AM – 11:40 AM CT
    How to Teach This: How to Take it Home and Spread the Word
    Location:  S505ab
    Panelist: Mary K. Buss, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Tufts Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Jonathan Fischer, MD, CAQHPM (he/him/his) – Duke University Health System
    Panelist: Laura C. Taylor, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan Health
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    11:12 AM – 11:32 AM CT
    Cerebrovascular
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Tsegazeab Laeke, MD (he/him/his) – Addis Ababa University
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  • Monday, May 6th
    11:12 AM – 11:32 AM CT
    How is Neurosurgery Different Under Hospital Employment?
    Location:  S502ab
    Speaker: Michael W. McDermott, MD – Baptist Health - Miami Neuroscience Institute
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  • Monday, May 6th
    11:22 AM – 11:42 AM CT
    Detecting Appetitive States with Intracranial Recordings
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Casey H. Halpern, MD (he/him/his) – Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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  • Monday, May 6th
    11:33 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Epilepsy and Functional
    Location:  S501ab
    Speaker: Manas Panigrahi, MD – Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences
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  • Monday, May 6th
    11:33 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Roundtable
    Location:  S502ab
    Panelist: Daniel Yoshor, MD (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    11:35 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Role of Organized Neurosurgery in Training Future Technical Leaders - Panel Discussion
    Location:  S501cd
    Panelist: Andrew L. Abumoussa, MD, MSc – University of North Carolina
    Panelist: Maxwell Boakye, MD,MPH,MBA FACS FAANS – University of Louisville
    Panelist: Eric Oermann, MD – NYU Langone
    Envisioning Solutions Sessions
  • Monday, May 6th
    11:41 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Summary: Letter to Oneself
    Location:  S505ab
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  • Monday, May 6th
    11:43 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Understanding Cognition with Intracranial Recordings
    Location:  S504abcd
    Speaker: Ziv Williams, MD, FAANS – Massachusetts General Hospital
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