The Fantastic Four: Four Debates on Key Topics

Sunday, May 5, 2024

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Location: N427d

Moderator(s)

Zoher Ghogawala, MD, FAANS, FACS

Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Burlington, MA, US
John Knightly, MD, FAANS (he/him/his)

Vice President
AANS
Cedar Knolls, NJ, US
Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc

Professor of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Eight experts debate spine topics that don't always have a clear answer.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the diverse perspectives and arguments presented by experts during debates on challenging spine topics.
Evaluate the complexities inherent in spine-related issues that lack definitive solutions, as explored through expert debates.
Analyze the various viewpoints presented by experts to enhance critical thinking and decision-making skills in navigating ambiguous spine-related scenarios.

Disclosure(s):

Zoher Ghogawala, MD, FAANS, FACS: NidusAI, Inc.: Ownership Interest (Ongoing)

John Knightly, MD, FAANS: No financial relationships to disclose

Charles Sansur, MD, MHSc: Maryland Development Corp: Ownership or Partnership (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing); NuVasive/Globus: Consultant (Ongoing), Royalty Recipient (Ongoing); OnPoint Surgical: Ownership or Partnership (Ongoing); SI Bone: Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing); Stryker: Royalty Recipient (Ongoing)

Presentations:

3:30 PM – 3:32 PM CT

Welcome and Introduction
Moderator: Zoher Ghogawala, MD, FAANS, FACS – Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
3:33 PM – 3:35 PM CT

3-Level Cervical Surgery in <65-Year-Old Patients: Anterior vs. Posterior and Why
Speaker: Andrew K. Chan, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
3:36 PM – 3:42 PM CT

Posterior Surgery Is Best
Speaker: Erica F. Bisson, MD, MPH – University of Utah
3:43 PM – 3:49 PM CT

Anterior Surgery Patients Do Great
Speaker: Mark Shaffrey, MD – University of Virginia
3:50 PM – 3:54 PM CT

Discussion
Speaker: Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
3:55 PM – 3:57 PM CT

Primary Spine Tumor: Only Site of Disease — En Bloc with Significant Morbidity or Plan Subtotal Excision with SBRT
Speaker: Nima Alan, MD – UCSF
3:58 PM – 4:04 PM CT

En Bloc: Definitive, Tried, and True
Speaker: Ziya L. Gokaslan, MD – Department of Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Health System
4:05 PM – 4:11 PM CT

En Bloc Is Too Morbid and Rarely Curative - Resect as Much as You Can and Then SBRT
Speaker: Mark Bilsky, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Department of Neurosurgery
4:12 PM – 4:16 PM CT

Discussion
Speaker: John E. O'Toole, MD, MS – Rush University Medical Center
4:17 PM – 4:19 PM CT

Grade 2 L4-5 spondylolisthesis that moves to grade 3 on flexion: ALIF vs TLIF.
Speaker: Theresa Williamson, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – MGH
4:20 PM – 4:26 PM CT

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion patients do great and is far superior than TLIF
Speaker: Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, MBA – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
4:27 PM – 4:33 PM CT

TLIF Makes the Most Sense — Why Waste Time?
Speaker: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina
4:34 PM – 4:38 PM CT

Discussion
Speaker: Clifford Crutcher, MD
4:39 PM – 4:41 PM CT

Introduction Van Wagenen Lecture
Speaker: Daniel Lubelski, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
4:42 PM – 4:56 PM CT

Van Wagenen Lecture: Spinal Cord Injury
Speaker: Brian Kwon, MD, PhD, FRCSC – University of British Columbia
4:57 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Discussion
Speaker: Sanjay S. Dhall, MD – Harbor UCLA Medical Center