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Full Schedule

  • Saturday, February 28, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM MST
    Continental Breakfast
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM MST
    Registration
    Registration
  • 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM MST
    Speaker Ready Room
  • 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM MST
    Wellness Room
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM MST
    Specialty Abstract Breakout Session 1: Degenerative
    Moderator: Jared S. Fridley, MD – Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
    Moderator: Sonia Eden, MD – Semmes Murphey Clinic
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM MST
    Award Winning Abstract Presentations: Session 1
    Moderator: Julie Chan, MD, PhD – University of Florida
    Moderator: Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD, FAANS – Duke University Medical Center
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM MST
    Award Winning Abstract Presentations: Session 2
    Moderator: Won Hyung Andrew Ryu, MD, MSc, MTM, FAANS – Oregon Health & Science University
    Moderator: Jacob Greenberg, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM MST
    Award Winning & Top Abstract Presentations: Session 3
    Moderator: Andrew Yew, MD – Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
    Moderator: Shashank Gandhi, MD – Advanced Neurosurgery Associates, Northside Hospital Atlanta
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM MST
    Beverage Break / What's New Sessions in Exhibit Hall
    Sponsored Session
  • 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM MST
    Exhibit Hall
  • 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM MST
    Industry Coffee Talk: Sponsored by Amgen (Non-CME)
    Sponsored Session
  • 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM MST
    Industry Coffee Talk: Sponsored by Globus Medical (Non-CME)
    Sponsored Session
  • 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM MST
    Industry Coffee Talk: Sponsored by Stryker (Non-CME)
    Sponsored Session
  • 8:35 AM - 8:45 AM MST
    What's New Session: Barricaid (Non-CME)
    Sponsored Session
  • 8:55 AM - 9:35 AM MST
    Scientific Session 5: Caring for the Spine Patients Through Time
    Moderator: Cheerag Upadhyaya, MD, MBA – University of North Carolina
  • 9:35 AM - 10:45 AM MST
    Scientific Session 6: Inspiration to Climb Featuring Visionary Keynote Speaker
    Keynote Speaker: Harris Sondak, PhD
    Visionary Keynote
  • 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM MST
    Cahill Debates
    Moderator: Charles L. Branch, Jr., MD – Dept of Neurosurgery Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Health
    Moderator: Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD – Rush University Medical Center
    Moderator: Eric Potts, MD – Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine
  • 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM MST
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:25 PM - 12:50 PM MST
    What's New Session: National Spine Health Foundation (Non-CME)
    Sponsored Session
  • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM MST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Sponsored by Globus Medical (Non-CME)
    Sponsored Session
  • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM MST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Sponsored by icotec (Non-CME)
    Sponsored Session
  • 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM MST
    Industry Lunch-n-Learn: Sponsored by Medtronic (Non-CME)
    Sponsored Session
  • 12:55 PM - 1:05 PM MST
    What's New Session: SI-Bone (Non-CME)
    Sponsored Session
  • 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM MST
    Scientific Session 7: Let Technology Help You Go Beyond Limits (Non-CME)
    Moderator: Langston T. Holly, MD – UCLA Neurosurgery
    Moderator: Michael S. Virk, MD, PhD – Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM MST
    Industry Awards (Non-CME)
    Moderator: John H. Shin, MD, MBA, FAANS – Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
  • 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM MST
    Special Course 5: Translating Evidence to Action: How ISSG Research Has Evolved My Practice of Spine Deformity Surgery—And How It Can Improve Yours
    Moderator: Shay Bess, MD – Colorado Scoliosis and Spine Specialists
    Moderator: Virginie Lafage, PhD – Lenox Hill Hospital
    Moderator: Dean Chou, MD – Columbia University
    Ticketed Session
  • 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM MST
    Special Course 6: Save Your Patient and Yourself: Complication Management
    Course Director: Luis M. Tumialan, MD – Barrow Neurological Institute
    Course Director: Adam S. Kanter, MD, MBA, FAANS – Hoag Neurosciences Institute
    Ticketed Session
  • 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM MST
    Special Course 7: State of the Art Tumor Management
    Course Director: John H. Shin, MD, MBA, FAANS – Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    Course Director: Michael Galgano, MD – UNC Health
    Ticketed Session
  • 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM MST
    Special Course 8: The Future Is Now – Learning the Future Spine Surgeries That Modulate Spinal Cord Functions
    Course Director: Joseph Neimat, MD, MSc, FAANS – University of Louisville
    Course Director: David O. Okonkwo, MD, PhD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
    Course Director: Yi Lu, MD PhD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Ticketed Session
  • 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM MST
    Women in Spine Reception Hosted by Women in Neurosurgery (WINS)
  • 6:15 PM - 7:00 PM MST
    Young Spine Surgeon Award Winner Reception (By Invitation Only)
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM MST
    An Evening with Globus Medical
    Sponsored Session
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM MST
    ATEC Spine Reception (Invitation Only)
    Sponsored Session