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Friday, April 10, 2026
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
Registration

7:30 AM - 8:20 AM East Coast USA Time
Non-CME Workshops with Breakfast

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
GENERAL SESSION 4: Free Paper Session
Moderator: Josha Woodward, MD, MCR – Rush University Medical Center
Moderator: Deeptee Jain, MD – Washington University in St. Louis
Moderator: Puya Alikhani, MD – University pf South Florida

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
Refreshment Break with Exhibits and E-Poster Viewing

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
GENERAL SESSION 5: ENDOSCOPIC SPINE SURGERY (NON-CME)
Moderator: James Yue, MD
Moderator: Si-Young Park – Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM East Coast USA Time
Non-CME Workshop with Lunch: How Enabling Technologies are Transforming Procedures from Skull to Sacrum: The PILAR Technique and MIS TLIF | Medtronic

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
Lunch with Exhibits & E-Poster Viewing

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
CONCURRENT SESSION 4: SPINAL ONCOLOGY: DECISION MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OPTIONS
Moderator: Naresh Kumar, MBBS, MS (Orth), DNB (Orth) FRCS ED, FRCS (Trauma & Orth), DM [University of Nottingham] (Orth & Spinal Surgery) – NUHS: National University Health System
Moderator: Brenton Pennicooke, MD, MS

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
CONCURRENT SESSION 5: CONTROVERSIES IN CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY (NON-CME)
Moderator: Regis W. Haid, Jr., MD – Haid consulting
Moderator: Han Jo Kim, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
Panelist: Matthew F. Gornet – The Orthopedic Center of St. Louis
Panelist: Ernest E. Braxton, Jr., MD, MBA – Vail Summit Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery
Panelist: Rick C. Sasso, MD – Indiana Spine Group

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM East Coast USA Time
CONCURRENT SESSION 6: EARLY-CAREER SURGEONS: BEST ADVICE GIVEN AND HARDEST LESSONS LEARNED

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
Refreshment Break with Exhibits and E-Poster Viewing

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
GENERAL SESSION 6: GLOBAL SESSION: HOW I’D TREAT THIS IN MY COUNTRY; WORLDWIDE PERSPECTIVES
Moderator: Chang-Nam Kang, MD – Hanyang University
Moderator: Massimo Balsano, MD – AOUI Verona
Moderator: Huilin Yang, MD.PhD. – The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

4:10 PM - 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
GENERAL SESSION 6: CONTINUED - INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Moderator: Chang-Nam Kang, n/a – Hanyang University
Moderator: Massimo Balsano, MD – AOUI Verona
Moderator: Huilin Yang, MD.PhD. – The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
GENERAL SESSION 7: DEBATES & DRINKS

5:00 PM - 5:20 PM East Coast USA Time
Case I - Grade I Spondy at 4/5 – Endoscopic Decompression vs Mini-Open TLIF

5:20 PM - 5:40 PM East Coast USA Time
Case 2 - Myeloradiculopathy in a 30-Year-Old Professional Soccer Player

5:40 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
Case 3 - Spondylotic C5-6 with Foraminal Stenosis in 50-Year-Old House Painter
Faculty: K. Daniel Riew, MD
Faculty: Brandon Carlson, MD, MPH – Kansas University Medical Center

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM East Coast USA Time
WOMEN IN SPINE SURGERY RECEPTION

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM East Coast USA Time
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