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Annual Forum '21 Scientific Program

The Full Program with Abstracts is Available Now!

NEW THIS YEAR:

  • Travis Rieder, PhD, from the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and author of In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids, serves as the Keynote Speaker
  • Thursday evening session sponsored by the Society of Lateral Access Surgery (SOLAS)
  • Tackling complications in endoscopic surgery and at ambulatory surgical centers
  • Expert-led technique videos for complex cases
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Program-at-a-Glance

All times are Pacific (US)

Thursday, October 28, 2021
7:30 am - 4:00 pm Optional Non-CME Cadaveric Lab
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration Open
5:00 pm - 7:10 pm Session 1: SOLAS Sponsored Session
   

Friday, October 29, 2021
6:45 am - 6:00 pm Registration Open
7:30 am - 8:20 am Non-CME Workshops with Breakfast
8:30 am - 10:30 am Session 2: Minimally Invasive Management of the Complex Spine Patient
10:30 am - 11:00 am Refreshment Break & Exhibit Viewing
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Sessions 3A & 3B: Free Papers
Session 3C: Young Surgeons Forum
12:30 pm - 1:20 pm Lunch & Exhibit Viewing; Young Surgeons Lunch
1:20 pm - 3:00 pm Session 4A: Imaging, Navigation & Robotics
Session 4B: Postoperative Pain Control
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Refreshment Break & Exhibit Viewing
3:30 pm - 5:45 pm Session 5: Deformity
  Plus Keynote Speaker Travis Rieder, PhD
5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Course Reception in Exhibit Hall
   

Saturday, October 30, 2021
7:00 am - 3:00 pm Registration Open
7:30 am - 8:20 am Non-CME Workshops with Breakfast
8:25 am - 10:35 am Session 6: Endoscopic Surgery & MIS Case Debate
10:35 am - 11:00 am Refreshment Break & Exhibit Viewing
11:00 am - 12:10 pm Sessions 7A, 7B, & 7C: Free Papers and Young Surgeons Track
12:10 pm - 12:45 pm Lunch with Exhibit Viewing
12:45 pm - 3:00 pm Session 8: Ambulatory Surgical Centers
3:00 pm Meeting Adjourns

 
Program is subject to change.