Why Be a Member of NSA

Membership in NSA means joining your colleagues in the only specialty society in Alabama that works to protect the neurosurgical profession and patient’s access to care. Members also receive updates on legislation, what it means to you as a professional, and how to contact committee members to voice your opinion. We offer an educational program each year and  NSA members receive a discount on the conference registration fee. Learn more about our conference here.

2018 Conference Presentation PDFs

NSA 2018 Conference Agenda
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FRIDAY, JULY 20
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception

SATURDAY, JULY 21
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Welcome

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Honored Guest Talk: Magnet Applications in Medicine and Spine
Stephen Cook, PhD, Director, Fellowship of Orthopaedic Researchers

9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Cerebral Vasospasm: Current and Emerging Therapies
Chad Washington, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Mississippi

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Morning Break with Exhibitors

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Interim Analysis of a Longitudinal Study on Diffusion Sensor Imaging and Tractography in Collegiate Football Athletes and its Association with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
John Amburgy, MD, Resident Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Management of Acoustic Nerve Tumors
Winfield S. Fisher III, MD, Griffith Harsh Endowed Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham

11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Update from the Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network
Curtis J. Rozzelle, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama-Birmingham

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Business Session

6:30 p.m.
Cocktails followed by dinner

SUNDAY, JULY 22
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Registration/Breakfast with Exhibitors

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Honored Guest Talk: Magnet Applications in Medicine and Spine
Stephen Cook, PhD, Director, Fellowship of Orthopaedic Researchers

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Update on Endovascular Treatment of Stroke
William R. Stetler Jr., MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Morning Break with Exhibitors

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
The Cost of Avoidable Neurosurgical Transfers
Bart Guthrie, MD, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Stereotactic Placement of Intratumoral Catheters for Convection Enhanced Delivery of HSV G207 in Pediatric Supratentorial Malignant Brain Tumors
James M. Johnston Jr., MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama – Birmingham

11:00 a.m.
Evaluation and Adjourn