Our Faculty 

Friday, September 15th, 2023

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3:00 PM Hotel check-in

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SYMPOSIUM BEGINS

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5:15 PM Registration & Cocktail Reception

6:00 PM Welcome Message and Introduction  | Per Trobisch, MD

 

INTERACTIVE CASE DISCUSSION – STANDARD PATHOLOGIES

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Moderator: Per Trobisch

 

6:20 PM to 6:40 Degenerative Spine | Achim Benditz, MD Spinal Stenosis – Decompression with or without Fusion?

 

6:40 to 7:00 Deformity | Viola Bullmann, MD – Degenerative Deformity 

 

7:00 to 7:20 Trauma | Thomas Blattert, MD – Thoracolumbar Fracture

 

7:20 PM Adjourn

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7:30 PM Dinner with Globus Medical for Young Surgeons

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Saturday, September 16th, 2023

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7:00 AM Breakfast

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8:00 AM Brief Review of the Day’s Agenda | Per Trobisch, MD

 

8:05 AM Welcome Message from Globus Medical

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TYPICAL SPINAL PATHOLOGIES AND HOW TO ADDRESS THEM

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8:10 AM to 8:30 AM Common Practice for Degenerative Spondylolistheses | Achim Benditz, MD

8:30 AM to 8:40 AM Topic Discussion and Q&A

8:40 AM to 9:00 AM MIS Treatment for Degenerative Spondylolisthesis | Frank Hassel, MD 

9:00 AM to 9:10 AM Topic Discussion and Q&A

9:10 AM to 9:30 AM Lumbar Fusion: When and how to Fuse. Techniques Covered: ALIF, TLIF, LLIF, 360 | Yu-Mi Ryang, MD

9:30 AM to 9:40 AM Topic Discussion and Q&A

9:40 AM to 10:00 AM Spinal Alignment: What Parameters Are Essential to Measure in My Everyday Practice? | Viola Bullmann MD

10:00 AM to 10:10 AM Topic Discussion and Q&A

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COFFEE BREAK

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10:10-10:15 AM Coffee Break

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CASE DISCUSSIONS 

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10:15 AM to 10:40 AM Thoracolumbar/Lumbar Vertebral Fracture | Thomas Blattert, MD

10:40 AM to 11 AM:  Attendee Cases (max. 2 cases)

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PANEL DISCUSSION, Moderator Per Trobisch

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BREAKOUT SESSION I

 

11 AM to 12:00 PM Didactic Sessions with Industry

 

INTERMISSION

12:00 PM to 12:15 PM Coffee and Refreshment Break
 

CASE DISCUSSIONS

 

12:15 PM to 1:00 PM 

 

Case 1: Cervical Myelopathy | Yu-Mi Ryang, MD – 

Moderator: Thomas Blattert, MD

 

Case 2: Lumbar Degenerative | Achim Benditz, MD Recurrent Disc Herniation 

Moderator: Frank Hassell, MD

 

Case 3: Degenerative Deformity | Viola Bullmann, MD Sagittal Imbalance

Moderator: Per Trobisch, MD

 

LUNCH

 

1:00 PM to 2 PM

 

BREAKOUT SESSION II

 

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Didactic Sessions with Industry

 

HOT TOPICS

 

3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

 

Moderator | Viola Bullman, MD

Non-Fusion Surgery (VBT) for Scoliosis | Per Trobisch, MD

Endoscopic Surgery | Frank Hassell, MD

Carbon Implants | Yu-Mi Ryang, MD – 

Navigation | Thomas Blattert, MD

Coccygodynia – Achim Benditz, MD

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4:30 PM to 4:45 PM Hot Topic Discussion Q&A

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SYMPOSIUM ENDS

 

4:45 PM to 4: 50 PM

Per Trobisch, MD

Glenn Abel, CEO, Magnifi Group, Inc.