Philadelphia Spine Summit: Inaugural Meeting
May 8 – 9, 2015
Friday, May 8, 2015 – Didactics
Thomas Jefferson University – Dorrance H. Hamilton Building – Room 505
1001 Locust Street * Philadelphia, PA 19107
7:00AM – 7:30AM
Registration/Breakfast
Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
7:30AM – 7:45AM
Welcome and Introductions
Vincent Arlet, MD
7:45AM – 8:30AM
Keynote: Bundled Payments: How Primary
Care Physicians and Surgeons Can Work
Effectively in the Future
8:30AM – 9:00AM
Complex Case Presentation
Session 1: Emerging Technology for Spinal Disorders
Moderator: Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
9:00AM – 9:30AM
Cervical Spine Fractures in the Elderly: is
Surgery Effective?
9:30AM – 10:00AM
SI Joint Fusion
10:00AM – 10:30AM
Nonsurgical Treatment of Lumbar Stenosis
10:30AM – 11:00AM
Break
Session 2: Lumbar Spine
Moderator: Harvey E. Smith, MD
11:00AM – 11:30AM
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: When is
it Best for the Patient?
11:30PM – 12:00PM
Avoidance and Management of
Complications after Lumbar Spine Surgery
12:00PM – 12:30PM
Update on Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma
12:30PM – 1:00PM
Lunch
Session 3: Deformity
Moderator: Vincent Arlet, MD
1:00PM – 1:30PM
Understanding Spinopelvic Balance in
Deformity
1:30PM – 2:00PM
Innovative Methods of Correcting
Significant Spinal Deformity, Anterior
Interbody Fusion vs. Lateral Interbody
Fusion vs. Posterior Osteotomy
2:00PM – 2:30PM
Spine Osteotomies and Epidural Scarring
2:30PM – 3:00PM
Break
Session 4: Cervical Spine
Moderator: Mark F. Kurd, MD
3:00PM – 3:30PM
Spinal Cord Stimulators
3:30PM – 4:00PM
Cervical Disc Arthoplasty: An Innovative
Way to Treat Cervical Radiculopathy and
Myelopathy
4:00PM – 4:30PM
The Management of Complications After
Cervical Spine Surgery
4:30PM – 5:00PM
Closing Remarks/Meeting Adjourns
Mike West, MBA, CPA
Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
Harvey Smith, MD
Joshua Heller, MD
Mitchell Freedman, DO
Greg Anderson, MD
Adam Bevivino, MD
Chris Kepler, MD
Mark Kurd, MD
Kris Radcliff, MD
Vincent Arlet, MD
Ashwini Sharan, MD
Alan Hilibrand, MD
Jeffrey Rihn, MD
Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
Vincent Arlet, MD
Saturday, May 9 2015 – Cadaver Lab
Penn Human Tissue Laboratory -212 Stemmler Hall
3450 Hamilton Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104
7:00AM – 7:45AM
Registration/Breakfast
7:45AM – 8:00AM
Welcome and Introductions
8:00AM – 12:00PM
Cadaver 1: SI fusion/Pelvic
Cadaver 2: SI fusion/Posterior T-L
Cadaver 3: Thoraco/Lumbar/Pelvic
Cadaver 4: Thoraco/Lumbar
Cadaver 5: Posterior Thoraco/Lumbar
Cadaver 6: Posterior Cervical
Cadaver 7: Instructor Techniques
Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
Vincent Arlet, MD
Vincent Arlet, MD
Mark Kurd, MD
Harvey Smith, MD
Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD