• Past Guest Speakers
• 2024 Conference Presentations
SATURDAY, JULY 11
8:20 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Legal Testimony
H. Louis Harkey III, MD, Chairman of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi
9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Patient Satisfaction with Spine Surgery: A Systematic Review
Joshua Y. Menendez, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham
10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Virtual Interactive Presence in Global Surgical Education: International Collaboration Through Augmented Reality
Matthew C. Davis, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes Following Traumatic Carotid and Vertebral Artery Injury
William W. Scott, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of South Alabama College of Medicine
10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Video Analysis of a Division I College Football Team and the Conservation of Impact Energies from Modern Football Helmets
John Amburgy, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Patterns of Transfer to a Tertiary Neurosurgical Care Facility
E.B. Kuhn, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham
SUNDAY, July 12
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Endovascular Neurosurgery Update
Gustavo Luzardo, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi
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9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Anterior Corpectomy with Expandable Titanium Cages for Thoraco-Lumbar Fractures
Anthony Martino, MD, Associate Professor and Chair of Neurosurgery, University of South Alabama College of Medicine
Pat O’Brien, Student, University of South Alabama College of Medicine
9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Incidence of Depression in Spine Patients
Ross Dawkins, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham
10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network
Curtis J. Rozzelle, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, UAB School of Medicine
10:30 a.m. – 10:50 A.M.
“The Process” and Getting Paid
Jerry W. Golden, Chief Administrative Officer, Coastal Neurological Institute
10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Update on Trends in Invasive Monitoring for Epilepsy
Kristen Riley, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, UAB School of Medicine
11:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Development of a Rapid Complement Array for Detection of Shunt Infection and Hydrocephalus
James M. Johnston Jr., MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, UAB School of Medicine
11:30 a.m. – 11:50 p.m.
Topographic and Electrophysiological Optimization of Deep Brain Stimulation
Bart Guthrie, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery, UAB School of Medicine