MIS and Emerging Technology for Senior Residents and Fellows

A comprehensive series of didactic lectures and hands-on instruction with internationally recognized faculty presents the state-of-the-art open and MIS management of cervical, thoracic and lumbar disorders.

This invitation-only course will emphasize surgical techniques for management of a wide range of spinal disorders. Discussion topics include treatment of traumatic, degenerative and neoplastic disorders of the spine. Management of more complex conditions, such as spinal deformity, are also discussed.

The salient aspects of surgical anatomy, surgical approach, treatment options, implant design and selection, efficacy, open versus MIS fusion techniques and lateral access options to the spine are included in the course curriculum.

Learning Objectives

Identify the fundamentals of the surgical decision-making process involving disorders of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.
Review the anatomy of anterior and posterior surgical approaches to the cervical, thoracic and lumbosacral spine.
Discuss the indications, results and potential complications for various instrumentation techniques.
Formulate strategies to avoid and manage spine surgery complications.
Apply more advanced surgical techniques, such as occipitocervical, cervicothoracic and spinopelvic instrumentation.

Course Directors

Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, FAANS
Juan S. Uribe, MD, FAANS

Honored Guest

E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD, FAANS

Faculty

Nima Alan, MD
Vince Alentado, MD, FAANS
Mohamad Bydon, MD, FAANS
Andrew Chan, MD
Dean Chou, MD, FAANS
Anthony Digiorgio, DO, MHA
Mladen Djurasovic, MD
Kai-Ming Fu, MD, PhD, FAANS
Oren Gottfried, MD, FAANS
Paul Kim, MD, FAANS
Scott Meyer, MD, FAANS
Thomas Mroz, MD

Paul Park, MD, FAANS
Christopher Shaffrey, MD, FAANS
Jonathan Slotkin, MD, FAANS
Laura Snyder, MD, FAANS
Michael Steinmetz, MD, FAANS
Luis Tumialán, MD, FAANS
Jay Turner, MD, PhD, FAANS
Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA, MSc, FACS, FAANS
Michael Wang, MD, MBA, FAANS
Timothy Yee, MD
Chun-Po Yen, MD, FAANS

Number of Attendees (2026): 29

Including residents from Asian Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons (AASNS), Continental Association of African Neurosurgical Societies (CAANS) and European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS)