The following is the scientific program presented during the 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons in Charleston, South Carolina on April 11 and 12, 2025. Click the presentation title to see the PowerPoint slides in PDF format. This may require your browser to download a file. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat or another PDF viewer to see the contents of the file. Some larger files may be stored on another server, so you might be redirected by your browser.
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Friday – 4/11/2025 8am-12pm
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Abel’s Offering and the Work at Loma de Luz
Jefferson McKenny, MD, FICS, Biloxi, MS
Founder & Director, Hospital Loma de Luz, Balfate, Colon, Honduras
President, Association Piedra Angular de Honduras
Founder and President, The Cornerstone Foundation
Complications of Spine Surgery: A Radiological Perspective
Razia Rehmani, MD, FICS Austin, TX
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Treatment of Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: Don’t Spare the Rod
Gerald Greenfield, Jr, MD, MS, FICS San Antonio, TX
Orthopaedic Surgeon, South Texas Spinal Clinic
Overcoming Cervical Myelopathy: From Wheelchair to Walking Again!
Zakhria Belasher, MD, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Vice Chief of Staff, Associate Program Director of Spine Fellowship, Insight Institute of Neurosurgery & Neuroscience (IINN)
Beyond Curvature: Evaluating Intraoperative Challenges in Adult Spinal Deformities
Asif Al-Rawi, FRCS(Tr&Orth), London, UK
Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Lead of Spinal Trauma The James Cook University Hospital
Stability and Decision-Making in Thoracolumbar Injuries: Insights from the Two-Column Theory
Asif Al-Rawi, FRCS(Tr&Orth), London, UK
Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Lead of Spinal Trauma The James Cook University Hospital
Live Cadaver Model for Surgical Training. Is There Spare Space for Cadavers in Surgical Training?
Emad Aboud, MD, North Little Rock, AR
Director Of Microneurosurgery Laboratory, Arkansas Neuroscience Institute. Neurosurgeon, National Hospital, Swaida, Syria.
Optimal Surgical Approaches for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy – Radiculopathy Syndromes A Case-based Approach
Gazanfar Rahmathulla, MBBS, MD, Eau Claire, WI
Associate Professor, Neurosurgery Mayo Clinic Senior Associate Consultant Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic Health System
Saturday – 4/12/2025 8am-12pm
ChatGPT and Neck Pain: Accuracy as a Learning Tool
Vinay Bijoor, BA Briarcliff Manor, NY
Medical Student, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
Preoperative Transfusion and Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Outcomes
Vinay Bijoor, BA Briarcliff Manor, NY
Medical Student, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, College of Medicine
Utilizing the ACS NSQIP Database to Develop a Novel Artificial Intelligence Model for Prediction of Reoperation Following Surgical Site Infection for Lumbar Spine Surgeries
Jaskeerat Gujral, BS, MSE, FICS(Jr.) Philadelphia, PA
Sharpe Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University
of Pennsylvania
Recurrent Subdural Hematoma Post-Surgical Evacuation Treated with Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization
Sushmita Mantravadi, MD, FICS(Jr.) Rochester Hills, MI
Garden city Hospital, Inkster Road, Garden City, MI
Compartment Syndrome in Association with Tibial Plateau Fracture: Standardized Protocols Ensure Optimal Outcomes
Luke Schwartz, BS Roslyn, NY
Medical Student, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York
Osteonecrosis of the Humeral Head 3 Years Following Fracture Fixation of a 4-Part Proximal Humerus Fracture:
A Case Report
Luke Schwartz, BS Roslyn, NY
Medical Student, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York
Advancing Radiological Automation for TCA Measurements following Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using
Whole-Spine Standing Radiographs Through Keypoint Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD, FICS(Jr.) Philadelphia, PA
Sharpe Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania
Development of a Novel Artificial Intelligence Model to Predict Post-Operative Correction in Adolescent Idiopathic
Scoliosis Surgery
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD, FICS(Jr.) Philadelphia, PA
Sharpe Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania
Nerve-Racking: Exploring the Effects of TBI on Cranial Nerve Injury
Caitlin McPartland, Medical Student Columbia, SC
Medical Student at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Columbia