June 28-29, 2019
University of Missouri School of Medicine PCCLC
745 Kentucky Blvd., Columbia, MO 65211 • Patient Centered Care Learning Center (LC 230)
June 28 – Morning: Didactic Lectures in General Spine Care
7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00
Welcome & Announcements – Fassil B. Mesfin MD, PhD
9:00 – 9:30
Physical Exam in Evaluation of Spine – Matthew Burton, MD
10:00 – 10:30
Spine Imaging for Primary Care Providers – Joseph Cousins, MD, PhD
10:30 – 11:00
Medical Management for Acute and Chronic Spine Pain – Mohammad T. Agha, MD
11:00 – 11:30
Interventional Treatments for Acute and Chronic Spine Pain – Fassil B. Mesfin, MD, PhD
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
Question and Answers –Faculty
12:00 – 1:00
Lunch – Exhibits
June 28 – Afternoon: Didactic Lectures in Common Pathologies in Spine
1:05 – 2:05 p.m.
Cranio-cervical Junction Pathologies and Surgical Treatments
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- Radiographic findings – Humera Ahsan, MD
- Non-surgical managements – Ebby Varghese, MD
- Surgical approaches – Thor Norregaard, MD
2:05 – 3:05
Cervical Spine Pathologies and Surgical Treatments
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- Radiographic findings – Humera Ahsan, MD
- Non-surgical managements – Ebby Varghese, MD
- Surgical approaches – Tomoko Tanaka, MD
3:05 – 4:05
Thoracic Spine Pathologies and Surgical Treatments
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- Radiographic findings – James Stensby, MD
- Non-surgical managements – Endrit Ziu, MD
- Deformity TL spine surgical approaches – Ted Choma, MD
4:05 – 5:05
Lumbo-sacral Spine Pathologies and Surgical Treatments
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- Radiographic findings – James Stensby, MD
- Non-surgical managements – Mark Drymalski, MD
- Surgical approaches – Don Moore, MD
5:05
Conclusion of Day 1
Course continues on June 29 at 9:00 a.m.
5:05
Symposium – Sponsors/ Exhibitors
June 29 – Morning: Practical Cadaver Laboratory
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Breakfast
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Practical Cadaver Laboratory
Station 1, 2, and 3: Interventional spine and SI joint procedures – SI joint injection, Facet joint injection, Spinal epidural injection, Nerve root block, Epidural blood patch, Vertebroplasty, SCS placement
Ebby Varghese, MD; Nicholas Madaffer, DO; James Stensby, MD
Station 4: Approaches for Cervical Spine – O-C fusion, C1-2 fusion, and C-spine lateral mass instrumentation/stabilization, ACDF
Tomoko Tanaka, MD; Don Moore, MD
Station 5: Approaches to T-spine, L-spine, and LS spine stabilization via open and MIS techniques
S. Craig Meyer, MD; Fassil Mesfin, MD, PhD
Station 6: Lateral approaches to T-spine and L-spine stabilization
Thor Norregaard, MD; Ted Choma, MD
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
7:00
Dinner/Keynote – Country Club of Missouri
The Evolution and Future of Spine Care – Edward C Benzel, MD
2019 Spine Program – downloadable pdf file