Summer Meeting
Saturday August 8, 2015
The Lord Jeffery Inn • Amherst, MA
Allen L. Carl, MD
Technology Development from Personal Experience and Observations
Eugene Carragee, MD
From MiG to BMP: Challenges and Risks of Integrity Loss
Daniel Sciubba, MD
Management of the Spine Tumor Patient
Member Case Discussions
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Winter 2015 Meeting
January 10th • Sturbridge, MA
Charles Mick, MD • Northampton, MA
Barn Building- Lessons from a NASS President
John Burleson, MD • Worcester, MA
The Incidence of Instrumentation Failure and Reoperation After
Posterior Cervical Fusion that Terminates Cranial or Caudal to the Cervicothoracic Junction
Peter J. Wagner, MD • Worcester, MA
Use of the Spine AdVerse Events Severity (SAVES) System to
Categorize and Report Adverse Events in Spine Surgery
John Kostuik, MD • Phoenix, AZ
Spinal Deformity: From Yesterday to Tomorrow, an Evolution
Member Case Discussions
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Summer 2014 Meeting
August 2 • New Castle, NH
Derek Moore, MD
Center for Nerve and Spine • Dartmouth, MA
Moving to Data-Driven Physician Training
Michael Heggeness, MD, PhD
University of Kansas • Wichita, KS
Vertebrogenic Back Pain; Can the bone itself be a source of pain?
Roger P. Jackson, MD
Spine and Scoliosis Surgery, Inc. • N. Kansas City, MO
An Approach to Understanding Sagittal Spinopelvic Alignments and Balance - A 25 Year Quest!
Member Case Discussions
Joseph Aferzon, Frank Rand, Charles Mick
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Winter 2014 Meeting
January 11 • Sturbridge, MA
Bernard A. Pfeifer, MD
Lahey Clinic • Burlington, MA
ICD-10
Rowland G. Hazard, MD FACP
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Geisel School of Medicine • Lebanon, NH
Goal Achievement Scores: A Measure of Outcomes in Chronic Spinal Disorders
David H. Strothman, MD
Institute for Low Back and Neck Care • Bloomington, MN
Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)
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Summer 2013 Meeting
July 27 • Westbrook, CT
Peter G. Whang, MD, FACS
Yale Medical Center • New Haven, CT
The Current State of rhBMP: The Results of the Yale Review
Glenn R. Rechtine, MD
University of Rochester • Rochester, NY
Radiation Safety and Patient Safety
Albert Telfeian, MD
Rhode Island Hospital • Providence, RI
Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy
Khaled Kebaish, MD, MSc, FRCS (C)
Johns Hopkins Medical • Baltimore, MD
Spinal Deformity Surgery in Older Adults; Is a Good Outcome Possible?
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Winter 2013 Meeting
Allen Carl, MD
What To Do With Your Innovative Idea
Gregory Przybylski, MD
The Safety of Output Cervical Spine Surgery
Thomas Kleeman, MD
A new approach to L5, S1
K. Daniel Riew, MD
Catastrophic Complications of Cervical Spine Surgery
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Summer 2012 Meeting
July 21 • Plymouth, MA
Kevin McGuire, MD, MS
How Making Cars Can Help Us Take Care of Patients: Lean Management and Health Care
Zoher Ghogawala, MD
Lumbar Spinal Fusion plus Laminectomy is Superior to Laminectomy alone for Grade I Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: SLIP Study – RCT Results
Chris Bono, MD
Overview of Biologics for Spinal Surgery: What Are They and How Do They Work?
Tony Tannoury, MD
MIS: Deformity, Trauma & Concept
Anthony Lapinsky, MD
A Lateral Approach to Coccygectomy
Christian DiPaola, MD and Natalie Egge, MD
OR Quality Improvement: A Pilot Study
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Winter 2012 Meeting: The Many Facets of Spinal Deformity
January 28th • Sturbridge, MA
Dr. Edward Southern
The Classification and Modern Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis 2012: an update from the Scoliosis Research Society Growing Spine Committee
Dr. John Street
Understanding Complications of Surgery for Adult Saggital Imbalance
Dr. Ken Paonessa
1.) Transpsoas approaches for scoliosis patients
2.) Research from a Global Outreach Scoliosis Site
Dr. Ronald Donelson
Radiculopathy cases (one lumbar and one cervical) with simultaneous and intentional improvement in their clinical AND imaging findings in less than an hour's time
Dr. Frank Rand
Adult spinal deformity and revision cases
Dr. Chrisitan DiPaola
Spinal deformity case