Conference Information

• Past Guest Speakers
• 2024 Conference Presentations

NSA thanks our 2024 Exhibitors:

American Health Imaging AstraZeneca
Barricaid
Baxter Advanced Surgery
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
Cerapedics
Cerenovus
DePuy Synthes
Gleolan
Medtronic Enabling Technologies
Medtronic Spine and Biologics
Spineology
Stryker

2025 Vendor Information

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.

Past Guest Speakers

2024

Betsy Grunch, MD

2023

Satoshi Tateshima, MD, DMSc

2020

Daniel J. Hoh, MD, FAANS

2019

Brian L. Hoh, MD

2018

Stephen Cook, PhD

2017

Tamela Esham, JD

2016

Jerry Oakes, MD, University of Alabama

2015

H. Louis Harkey III, MD, University of Mississippi

2014

L.N. Hopkins, MD, FACS University of New York at Buffalo

2013

Joseph S. Cheng, MD, MS Vanderbilt Medical Center

2012

Fernando Vale, MD University of South Florida

2011

Peter W. Carmel, M.D. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark

2010

James R. Bean, M.D. Neurosurgical Associates, Lexington, Kentucky

2009

Alex B. Valadka, M.D. University of Texas

2008

Duke Sampson, M.D. University of Texas Southwestern

2007

Roberto Heros, M.D., University of Miami

2006

Professor Gazi Yasargil, University of Arkansas

2005

Kevin Foley, M.D., Semmes-Murphey Clinic

2004

Stephen Papadopoulos, M.D., Barrow Neurosurgical

2003

Charles L. Branch, Jr., M.D., Wake Forest University
Katie Orrico, J.D., Director Washington Office

2002

Jon H. Robertson, M.D., Semmes-Murphey Clinic

2001

Loren Amacher, M.D., Danville, Pennsylvania

2000

Dennis Spencer, M.D., Yale University

1999

Craig A. Van Der Veer, M.D., Charlotte, North Carolina

1998

Richard M. Hodosh, M.D., University of New Jersey

1997

John Girvin, M.D., London, Ontario

1996

Arnold Menezes, M.D., Iowa City, Iowa

1995

Edward C. Tarlov, M.D., Lahey Clinic Medical Center

1994

Freemont P. Wirth, M.D., Savannah, Georgia

1993

James T. Robertson, M.D., Memphis, Tennessee

1992

Robert H. Wilkins, M.D., Duke University

1991

Peter Jannetta, M.D., University of Pittsburgh

1990

George Sypert, M.D., Fort Myers, Florida

1989

Robert Nugent, M.D., West Virginia University

1988

David Kline, M.D., Louisiana State University
Earl Hackett, M.D., Louisiana State University

1987

William Hunt, M.D., Ohio State University

1986

Charles Drake, M.D., University of Western Ontario

1985

Robert Campbell, M.D., University of Indiana

1984

Ross Miller, M.D., Mayo Clinic

1983

Bennett Stein, M.D., Columbia University

1982

Robert G. Ojemann, M.D., Harvard University
Richard J. Whitley, M.D., UAB

1981

Michael Salcman, M.D., University of Maryland
Julio H. Garcia, M.D., UAB

1980

Al Hohoton, M.D., University of Florida

1979

Thomas Ducker, M.D., University of Maryland

1978

David G. Kline, M.D., Louisiana State University
J. Garber Galbraith, M.D., UAB

1977

Thoralf Sundt, M.D., Mayo Clinic