48th Annual Scientific Meeting
North Charleston Marriott Hotel – Charleston, SC
April 11-12, 2025
Due to the long standing relationship with the United States Section of the International College of Surgeons (ICSUS) the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons (the Academy) has once again designated the ICSUS Annual Surgical Update as the Academy Annual Scientific Meeting. Working closely with members of the Academy’s Scientific Organizing Committee to determine professional practice gaps and educational need, ICSUS planners are developing two days of programming that is planned to provide at least 8 hours of category 1 credit specifically related to our major surgical specialties. A total of approximately 20 credits will be available for the entire meeting (starts April 10th).
Please join us!
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Following is the planned program as of February 11th. Speakers are not in their final order.
Friday 8:00am-12:00pm
AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting:
Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 1
Keynote Presentation
Abel’s Offering and the Work at Loma de Luz
Jefferson McKenney, MD, FICS Biloxi, MS
Founder & Director, Hospital Loma de Luz, Balfate, Colon, Honduras; President, Asociación Piedra Angular de Honduras
Founder and President, The Cornerstone Foundation (USA)
Machine Learning and AI in Spine Surgery
Lucia Zamorano, MD, FICS Birmingham, MI
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, President Michigan Brain and
Spine Surgery Center
Multi-Center Prospective Cohort of Intractable Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Treated with Restorative
Neurostimulation – Outcomes from 5-Year Data
Mohan YS, MD, FICS Rochester Hills, Mi
Head, Dept of Neurosurgery, Garden City Hospital, Garden City, MI
Endoscopic Odontoidectomy: Indications and Technique
Cristian Gragnaniello, MD, PhD, FICS San Antonio, TX
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Otolaryngology
Interesting Applications of Spinal Endoscopy
Cristian Gragnaniello, MD, PhD, FICS San Antonio, TX
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Otolaryngology
The Management of Civilian Casualties During War
Mark Perlmutter, MD, FICS Rocky Mount, NC
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Private Practice
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
Stability and Decision-Making in Thoracolumbar Injuries: Insights from the Two-Column Theory
Asif Al-Rawi, FRCS(Tr&Orth) London, UK
Consultant Spinal SurgeonLead of Spinal TraumaThe James Cook University HospitalUK
Beyond Curvature: Evaluating Intraoperative Challenges in Adult Spinal Deformities
Asif Al Rawi, FRCS(Tr&Orth) London, UK
Consultant Spinal Surgeon, Lead of Spinal TraumaThe James Cook University Hospital
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)
Management of Pain and Inflamtion, And What is New
Mansoor Ahmad, , FICS Lahore, Pakistan
Ex-Chief Consultant Surgeon Services Hospital Lahore
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon Rupture. Case report and review of management
Sudhir Rao, MD Big Rapids, MI
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Private Practice
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
Saturday 8:00am-12:00pm
AANOS Annual Scientific Meeting:
Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery Part 2
Development of a Novel Artificial Intelligence Model to Predict Post-Operative Correction in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Surgery
Mert Marcel Dagli, MD, FICS Philadelphia, PA
Sharpe Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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
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 Philadelphia, PA
Sharpe Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Generative Language Models as Resource-Conscious Decision Aids: Triaging MRI Evaluation of Lower Back Pain in the
Emergency Department
Arya Rao, BA, FICS (Jr) Boston, MA
MD-PhD Candidate, Harvard Medical School Chair, Medically Engineered Solutions in Healthcare AI Subgroup, Massachusetts General Hospital
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
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 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 Rochester Hills, MI
Presenting for Mohan YS, MD; Head of the Dept. of Neurosurgery, Garden City Hospital, Garden City, MI
