6:00 – 7:00 am

Breakfast

7:00 – 7:10 am

7:10 – 7:20 am

7:20 – 7:30 am

7:30 – 7:45 am

7:45 – 8:00 am

Barriers to Adoptions of New Technologies in Spinal Care
Moderator: Alexander R. Vaccaro

Surgeon perspective

Hospital perspective

Government perspective

Insurance Industry Perspective (Guest Speaker: Roberta Dressen, SVP United Health Care)

Discussion

8:00 – 8:15 am

8:15 – 8:30 am

8:30 – 9:30 am
5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
30 min

9:30 – 9:40 am

9:40 – 9:50 am

9:50 – 10:00 am

10:00 – 3:30 pm

Degenerative Disc Disease
Moderator: Jeff Wang

Disc Disease: Spine Pain Generators that Mimic Discogenic Pain

Isolating the Pain Generator in the Disc

Painful Disc Treatment Options – Panel Discussion
Case Presentation
Non-operative, Non-invasive Treatment
Percutaneous disc Treatments Without Implants
Nucleus Replacements
Arthroplasty
Fusion
Panel Discussion

Debate - Dynamic Stabilization is the treatment of choice for Disc Disease?

Interspinous Process Spacers is the treatment of choice for Disc Disease?

Discussion

Break

3:30 – 4:00 pm

3:30 – 3:50 pm

Apres Ski snacks served in Exhibit Hall

WORKSHOPS

4:00 – 5:00 pm

4:00 – 4:10 pm

4:10 – 5:00 pm

Legislative Panel
Moderator: Alex Vaccaro

Changes in Patents

Topics:  Government initiatives in healthcare and the effect on spinal care; Gain sharing pitfalls and benefits; Conflict of interest in CME participation and what we use clinically; Government perspective on surgeon surgicenter and specialty hospital ownership; Consulting – What’s legal, what’s not.

5:00 – 5:10 pm

5:10 – 5:20 pm

5:20 – 5:30 pm

5:30 – 6:15 pm

5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
20 min

6:15 – 6:30 pm

Facet Arthosis
Moderator: Darrel Brodke

The Cascade of Facet Degeneration

Isolating the Pain Generator in the Facet

Are All Facet Replacement Technologies the Same?

Painful Facet Treatment Options – Panel Discussion

Case Presentation
Injections and Ablation Options
Fusion
Facet Replacement
Dynamic Stabilization
Discussion

Appetizers served in Exhibit Hall

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Spine Trauma
Moderator: Alan Hilibrand

6:30 – 7:30 pm

Compression Fracture: Traumatic and Osteoporotic
Moderator: Bill Sullivan

10 min

Evaluation and diagnosis of compression fracture

10 min

Update on bracing options

10 min

Vertebroplasty: Pros and Cons

10 min

Kyphoplasty: Pros and Cons

6:00 – 7:00 am

Breakfast

7:00 – 7:10 am

7:10 – 7:20 am

7:20 – 7:55 am

Spinal Stenosis
Moderator: Bill Sullivan

The Natural History of Neurogenic Claudication

Defining the Failure of Non-op Treatment of Spinal Stenosis

Neurogenic Claudication – Panel Discussion (5 slide maximum)

5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
10 min

Case presentation
Epidural injections
Laminectomy
Dynamic Stabilization
Interspinous Process Spacers
Discussion

8:00 – 8:50 am

INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE LECTURES
15 Minute Lecture, 35 minute case-based discussion
New technology subject matter chosen by supporter. Faculty chosen by supporter. All course faculty will attend.

“Meet the Press”

9:00 – 10:00am

Cervical Disc Disease
Moderator: Dan Riew

9:00 – 9:10 am

9:10 – 9:20 am

9:20 – 10:00 am

5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
10 min

10:00 – 10:10 am

10:10 – 10:20 am

10 min
10 min

10:20 – 4:00 pm

3:00 – 4:00 pm

The Natural History of Cervical Myelopathy with radiographic correlates

Identifying the pain generator in cervical disc disease

Cervical Radiculopathy/myelopathy Panel Discussion

Case Presentation
Non-operative treatment options
ACDF
Laminectomy
Laminoplasty
Arthroplasty
Discussion

Cervical Total Disk Replacements:  A Comparison

Yes Position
No Position

BREAK

Exhibit Hall Open – Apres Ski snacks served in Exhibit Hall

4:00 – 4:15 pm

4:15 – 4:25 pm

4:25 – 4:35 pm

4:35 – 5:00 pm

5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min
5 min

5:00 – 5:10 pm

5:10 – 5:20 pm

5:20 – 5:30 pm

DEFORMITY
Moderator: Mike Daubs

Idiopathic scoliosis -natural history and fusion principles, selecting levels

Degenerative Scoliosis, natural history

Identifying Pain Generators in Adult Scoliosis Patients

Degenerative Scoliosis in Pre-Exisiting Idiopathic Scoliosis – Panel Discussion

Case presentation
Physical Therapy, Meds and Brace Treatment
Limited Decompression
Limited Fusion
Sagittal Balance Reconstruction

Is there a role for XLIF in the treatment of Thoracolumbar Spinal Deformity

Motion Preserving techniques in the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis

Discussion

INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE LECTURES
15 Minute Lecture, 35 minute case-based discussion
New technology subject matter chosen by supporter.
Faculty chosen by supporter.
All course faculty will attend.

6:45 – 7:45 pm

10 min
10 min
10 min
30 min

7:45 pm

Overview of the Spinal Implant Industry: A Roundtable Discussion
Moderators: Alexander R. Vaccaro & Carl Lauryssen

Wall Street Overview (Guest Speaker: Robin Young, Publisher, Orthopedics This Week)
Surgeon Perspective: Are surgeon owned/driven companies good for business
Legal Perspective
Industry: Perspective from Industry leaders on effect of small start companies

Buffet Supper

6:00 – 7:00 am

Breakfast

Debates
Moderator: Frank Phillips

7:00 – 7:14 am
7 min
7 min

7:14 – 7:35 am
7 min
7 min
7 min

7:35 – 7:49 am
7 min
7 min

7:55-8:30 am

Percutaneous pain ablation procedures
RF/Laser discectomy
IDET

Posterior soft tissue stabilization vs fusion vs arthroplasty
Posterior soft tissue stabilization
Fusion
Arthroplasty

Cervical Disc Arthroplasty vs fusion
Arthroplasty (
Fusion

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Dr. Richard Guyer
President
North American Spine Society

Moderator: Alex Vaccaro

8:40 – 9:20

10 min

10 min

10 min

10 min

EVIDENCE-BASED LECTURES

What is the role of acupuncture, manipulation, prolotherapy and office based machine traction devices in the management of low back pain

Gene Therapy: New Horizons for Degenerative Disc Disease

Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Diagnosis of exclusion

9:20 – 10:00 am

10 min
10 min
10 min
10 min

CURRENT ISSUES
Moderator: Jim Youssef

The Current Evidence for the Application of Dynamic Stabilization
Company Sponsored Study Groups: The future of nonoperative and operative spinal research
Have we agreed on the cause of junctional disease and can we change the natural history
Discussion

10:00 – 4:00 pm

3:30 – 4:00 pm

4:00 – 4:30 pm

BREAK

Apres Ski snacks served in Exhibit Hall

WORKSHOPS

4:30 – 4:40 pm

4:40 – 4:50 pm

4:50 – 5:00 pm

5:00 – 5:15 pm

5:15 – 5:45 pm

CURRENT ISSUES
Moderator: Carl Lauryssen

Medicare reimbursement: Who will take care of our parents?

Medical legal landscape: How have the societies helped in preventing frivolous claims

Frivolous Lawsuits, Angry Bloggers, Demands for Refunds and Other Joys of Medicine:
Definitive Solutions for Physicians 

Will I get paid to put in this implant? How changes in technology assessment and reimbursement will determine the future of new devices.

“All The Presidents Men” Roundtable Debate with Past Presidents of NASS

5:45–6:50 pm

8 min
8 min
8 min
8 min
8 min
8 min
8 min
8 min

6:50 pm

7:30 pm

Complications and Management
Moderator: Carl Lauryssen

Complications of Cervical and Lumbar Injections and Management
Complications of off-label BMP use
Complications of Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty
Complications of MIS procedures
Difficulties in Pain Management: Alternative Techniques
Complications and Management: lumbar disc arthroplasty
Vertebral Artery Injuries
Discussion/Q & A

Appetizers served in Exhibit Hall

Meeting Adjourns