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    Specialty Abstract Breakout Session 5: Basic Science/Oncology/Other

    Sunday, March 1, 2026
    7:00 AM - 9:00 AM MST

    Presentations:

    • 7:00 AM - 7:02 AM MST
      Welcome and Introduction
    • 7:02 AM - 7:04 AM MST
      Biomechanical Impact of Splint Rods in Posterior Cervicothoracic Fixation: A Finite Element Analysis

      Presenting Author: Jaskaran Singh, MD – University of Manitoba

    • 7:04 AM - 7:06 AM MST
      Bone Optimization for Perioperative Spine Patients: A Multidisciplinary Approach at a Single Academic Center
    • 7:06 AM - 7:08 AM MST
      Continuous, Real-World Recovery Monitoring After Lumbar Spine Surgery Using a Consumer Wearable: New Insights from the SpineTrak Randomized Controlled Trial

      Presenting Author: Sayeri Lala, PhD – Stanford University, Department of Neurosurgery and Quantitative Sciences Unit

    • 7:08 AM - 7:10 AM MST
      Do postoperative outcomes meet preoperative expectations following elective cervical spine surgery?

      Presenting Author: Theodore A. Joaquin, MS – Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    • 7:10 AM - 7:12 AM MST
      Intrawound Vancomycin Powder for Infection Prevention in Spine Surgery: Safe but Ineffective? A Systematic Review

      Presenting Author: Giovanna Gouveia – Uninove Guarulhos

    • 7:12 AM - 7:14 AM MST
      Long-term Safety and Clinical Outcomes from a Single-site Phase I Study of Neural Stem Cell Transplantation for Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

      Presenting Author: Mickey E. Abraham, MD MS MBA – UC-San Diego

    • 7:14 AM - 7:16 AM MST
      Norepinephrine-Mediated Closed-Loop Feedback Control of Blood Flow After Spinal Cord Injury Outperforms Constant Infusion

      Presenting Author: Denis Routkevitch, BS – Johns Hopkins

    • 7:16 AM - 7:18 AM MST
      Paraspinal but Not Psoas Fatty Infiltration Predicts Sagittal Malalignment Following Lumbar Decompression

      Presenting Author: Gregorio Baek, BS – Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

    • 7:18 AM - 7:20 AM MST
      Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging Reveals Spatiotemporal Vascular and Glial Remodeling Following Spinal Cord Injury

      Presenting Author: Abdul Ghaith, MD, PHD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    • 7:20 AM - 7:22 AM MST
      The Impact of Lesion Size on Outcomes Following Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Spinal Metastases

      Presenting Author: Daniel T. Lilly, MD – Cleveland Clinic

    • 7:22 AM - 7:24 AM MST
      Examining the Role of Spine Surgeon Experience in Outcomes in Scoliosis Surgery: A Multi-Subtype National Database Study

      Presenting Author: John Souter, MD – University of Illinois - Chicago

    • 7:24 AM - 7:26 AM MST
      Predictors of Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation Failure in Cancer Patients with Pathological Vertebral Body Fractures

      Presenting Author: Graham M. Winston, MD – Weill Cornell Department of Neurological Surgery

    • 7:26 AM - 7:28 AM MST
      Surgical Management of Spinal Chondrosarcomas: An Institutional Experience and Systematic Review of the Literature

      Presenting Author: Abdul Ghaith, MD, PHD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    • 7:28 AM - 7:30 AM MST
      Standardizing Safety in Spinal Cord Stimulation: Development of the SAFE-SCS Core Outcome Set
    • 7:30 AM - 7:32 AM MST
      Predictors of Kyphoplasty Failures Requiring Surgical Stabilization in Cancer Patients with Pathological Vertebral Body Fractures

      Presenting Author: Graham M. Winston, MD – Weill Cornell Department of Neurological Surgery

    • 7:32 AM - 7:34 AM MST
      Survival and Molecular Predictors in Colorectal Cancer Spinal Metastases: A Retrospective Cohort Study

      Presenting Author: Abdul Ghaith, MD, PHD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    • 7:36 AM - 7:38 AM MST
      Injury-specific effect of Schwann cell-derived exosome treatment for peripheral nerve injury

      Presenting Author: Adham M. Khalafallah, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Miami

    • 7:38 AM - 7:40 AM MST
      The Association of Objectively Measured Physical Activity with Surgical Intervention in Patients with Degenerative Lumbar Spine Conditions: An Analysis of the All of Us Research Program

      Presenting Author: Aryaa N. Karkare – Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

    • 7:42 AM - 7:44 AM MST
      Hybrid Spine Reconstruction Using an Expandable Cage Combined with Vascularized Free Fibula Autograft After En Bloc Spondylectomy for Primary Bone Tumors of the Mobile Spine

      Presenting Author: Laurence Rhines, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

    • 7:44 AM - 7:46 AM MST
      Utilizing a Supervised Machine Learning Strategy to Automate Detection of Bony Fusion Using X-Rays in Lumbar Fusion Surgery

      Presenting Author: Rushikesh S. Joshi, MD – University of Michigan

    • 7:46 AM - 7:48 AM MST
      Long-Term Hardware Failure and Autofusion Rates for Spinal Oncology

      Presenting Author: Luis O. Vargas, BS – Jacobs School of Medicine University at Buffalo

    • 7:48 AM - 7:50 AM MST
      Neurological Recovery After Metastatic Spine Tumor Surgery for Spinal Cord Compression: Can Unsupervised Machine Learning Identify Recovery Patterns?

      Presenting Author: Clayton R. Baker, BS – Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

    • 7:50 AM - 7:52 AM MST
      Preoperative Radiotherapy Timing Does Not Influence Wound Complication Rates

      Presenting Author: Hunter S. Yamada, BS – UCSF

    • 7:52 AM - 7:54 AM MST
      Impact of Bowel and Bladder Dysfunction on Patient Reported Outcomes in Patients Undergoing a Sacrectomy for a Primary Bone Tumor

      Presenting Author: Raphaele Charest-Morin, MD, FRCSC – University of British Columbia

    • 7:54 AM - 7:56 AM MST
      Incidence of Mechanical Complications and Outcomes Following One- or Two-Level Lumbar Fusion in Osteoporotic Patients Treated With Anabolic Therapy: A Comparison with a Historic Cohort

      Presenting Author: Zachary Pennington, MD – Mayo Clinic

    • 7:56 AM - 7:58 AM MST
      National trends in preoperative prophylactic antibiotic selection for Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: 2016-2022

      Presenting Author: Austin R. Chen, B.A. – Feinberg School of Medicine

    • 7:58 AM - 8:00 AM MST
      Preoperative Nutrition Screening Predicts 90-Day Surgical Site Infections in Elective Spine Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study

      Presenting Author: Molly Szpakowski, BA – Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine

    • 8:00 AM - 8:02 AM MST
      Proof of Concept: Synthetic CT from MRI can be used for Robotic Navigation in Spine Surgery

      Presenting Author: James Caruso, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    • 8:02 AM - 8:04 AM MST
      Impact of Surgical Margins and Radiation Therapy on Survival in Spinal Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma: A Single-Institution Retrospective Cohort Study

      Presenting Author: William Chu Kwan, MD PhD – University of Miami

    • 8:08 AM - 8:10 AM MST
      Defining the Optimal Surgical Composite Outcome in Primary Malignant Bone Tumors of the Spine: International Delphi Study

      Presenting Author: Rafael de la Garza Ramos, MD – Montefiore Einstein

    • 8:10 AM - 8:12 AM MST
      Does Duration of Symptoms in Metastatic Spine Disease Affect Recovery and Outcomes? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

      Presenting Author: Advith Sarikonda, BA BS – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    • 8:12 AM - 8:14 AM MST
      Does preoperative embolization help to lower surgical blood loss in nonvascular metastatic spine tumor surgery?

      Presenting Author: Hunter S. Yamada, BS – UCSF

    • 8:14 AM - 8:16 AM MST
      Effect of Facility Caseload on Clinical Outcomes for Primary Malignant Intramedullary Spinal Tumors

      Presenting Author: Ataollah Shahbandi, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin

    • 8:16 AM - 8:18 AM MST
      En Bloc Versus Intralesional Resection in Cervical Chordoma with Sub-analysis of High Cervical Chordomas: An Institutional Experience with Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

      Presenting Author: Taha Khalilullah, BS – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

    • 8:18 AM - 8:20 AM MST
      A Signal Transducing Covalently Bound Peptide Coating for Titanium Spine Implants

      Presenting Author: Joseph Scott Hudson, MD – University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurosurgery

    • 8:22 AM - 8:24 AM MST
      Evaluating Patient Readiness for Spine Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study

      Presenting Author: Lindsay D. Orosz, PhD, MSPAC – National Spine Health Foundation

    • 8:24 AM - 8:26 AM MST
      Long-Term Follow-Up of Standalone Intrapelvic Fixation Post-Sacrectomy

      Presenting Author: Gabrielle Santangelo, MD – Northwell Health

    • 8:26 AM - 8:28 AM MST
      Pathology Type and Outcome in Patients Who Had Post-Flip Neuromonitoring Change: Impact of Head Holder Type

      Presenting Author: Ashel C. Dsouza, MBBS – University of California San Francisco

    • 8:28 AM - 8:30 AM MST
      Are Multimodal Large Language Models Superior to Text-Only Natural Language Processing Models for Automated Information Extraction from Spine Operative Notes? A QOD Spine CORe Study

      Presenting Author: Nishantha M. Jayasuriya, B.A. – Drexel University College of Medicine

    • 8:30 AM - 8:32 AM MST
      Can Large Language Models Accurately Extract Data from Operative Notes on Grade II Spondylolisthesis? A QOD Spine CORe Study

      Presenting Author: Irina-Mihaela Matache, MD – Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Chicago, IL, USA

    • 8:32 AM - 8:34 AM MST
      Comparison of Survival, Neurological, and Radiographic Outcomes Between Corpectomy and Separation Surgery for Spinal Metastatic Disease: A Single Institutional Experience

      Presenting Author: Clayton Rosinski, MD – University of Iowa

    • 8:34 AM - 8:36 AM MST
      Evaluating the Real-World Predictive Utility of Karnofsky and ECOG Performance Status for 90-Day Survival After Oncologic Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Tumors

      Presenting Author: Rafael de la Garza Ramos, MD – Montefiore Einstein

    • 8:36 AM - 8:38 AM MST
      Impact of Tumor Location on Clinical Presentation and Outcomes in Spinal Ependymomas: Insights from a 17-Year Retrospective Analysis

      Presenting Author: Abdul Ghaith, MD, PHD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    • 8:38 AM - 8:40 AM MST
      Burst Versus Tonic Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Radicular Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Crossover Trials and a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
    • 8:40 AM - 8:42 AM MST
      Evaluation of Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Blocks for Postoperative Pain Control in Lumbar Spinal Fusion Patients

      Presenting Author: Eeric Truumees, MD – Ascension Texas Spine and Scoliosis

    • 8:42 AM - 8:44 AM MST
      Implications of 30-Day Postoperative DVT/PE on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Spinal Surgery for Metastatic Spinal Tumors

      Presenting Author: Apratim Maity, BS – Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

    • 8:44 AM - 8:46 AM MST
      One in Five Cases of Lumbar Spondylolysis Are Missed on MRI: A Retrospective Analysis of Pediatric Patients with Back Pain

      Presenting Author: James Caruso, MD – Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    • 8:46 AM - 8:48 AM MST
      Development of a RFID-Based Spinal Navigation System: Accuracy, Interference, and Motion Tracking Assessment

      Presenting Author: Andrew Schindler, BS – Texas A&M University, EnMed

    • 8:48 AM - 8:50 AM MST
      Drain Placement in Single-Level Cervical Spine Surgery: Are They Really Necessary?

      Presenting Author: Muhammad Irfan Kaleem, MBBS – Washington University in St. Louis

    • 8:52 AM - 8:54 AM MST
      Development and Validation of a Preoperative Risk Score for Poor Neurological Recovery in Spinal Tuberculosis

      Presenting Author: Hafiz Muhammad Irfan Razzaq, MBBS – Punjab Institute of Neurosciences, Lahore, Pakistan