9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Saturday March 15, 2008

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Harvey Morse Auditorium
South Tower, Plaza Level
Los Angeles, California

8:30 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.
Non-Surgical care For Low Back Pain
Avrom Gart, MD
Director, Pain Management and Rehabilitation
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders

9:20 a.m.
Role of Spinal Fusion Today
Justin Paquette, MD
Neurosurgeon
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders

9:40 a.m.
Management of Osteoporotic Compression Fractures
Khawar Siddique, MD
Associate Director, Neurological Spine Surgery,
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders

10:00 a.m.
Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
Justin Paquette, MD
Neurosurgeon
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders

10:20 a.m.
Lumbar Artificial Disc Replacement
Brian Perri, DO
Associate Director, Orthopedic Surgery,
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders

10:40 a.m.
Questions and Answers

11:10 a.m.
Break

11:30 a.m.
Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement
Robert S. Pashman
Director, Scoliosis and Spine Deformity,
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders

11:50 a.m.
Stabilization of the Spine Without Fusion For Back Pain
Neel Anand, MD, Mch Orth
Director, Orthopedic Spine Surgery
Co-Director, Spine Fellowship

12:10 p.m.
Minimally Invasive Correction and Fusion for Scoliosis
Eli Baron, MD
Co-author of the recently published book Spine Surgery: Operative Techniques

12:30 p.m.
Future Treatments For Spinal Disorders
Srinath Samudrala, MD, FACS
Neurosurgeon

12:50 - 1:30 p.m.
Questions and Answers