Congress Agenda
Pre-congress Fresh
     Cadaver Workshops
Program at a Glance
Preliminary Program
Scientific Program
Industrial Workshop
Pre-Congress Fresh Cadaver Workshops
Place : University of Hawaii School of Medicine (http://jabsom.hawaii.edu)
When : 08:00-17:00, June 3-4, 2008
Course Director :Gun Choi, MD, PhD
Objectives : These courses will focus on minimally invasive procedures for cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine surgery. Cadaveric hands-on practice sessions will be conducted. Three sessions will discuss techniques for percutaneous endoscopic discectomy, dynamic spinal stabilization, and interventional pain management. Upon completion of these pre-congress cadaveric workshops, participants should be able to describe various minimally invasive techniques for cervical and lumbar spine surgery.
Course Outline:
 

*Session A - Percutaneous Endoscopic Procedures (PELD, PETD and PECD)
*Session B - Interventional Pain Management Therapy
*Session C - Posterior Dynamic Stabilization / Minimally Invasive Fusion Surgery and MED
Shuttle Bus Schedule:
 
  June 3 (Tue.) June 4 (Wed.)
Time Departure # of Bus Arrival Departure # of Bus Arrival
7:15AM Hotel 2 Cadaver Lab. Hotel 2 Cadaver Lab.
12:00PM - - - Hotel 1 Cadaver Lab.
12:00PM - - - Cadaver Lab. 1 Hotel
6:00PM Cadaver Lab. 2 Hotel Cadaver Lab. 2 Hotel
* Hotel Departure & Arrival Point: Bus & Tour transportation stop
   (behind of the Tapa Tower)
* Cadaver Lab. Departure & Arrival Point: Shuttle bus stop area

Faculty Members:
 
Session A Co-directors: Gun Choi, MD, PhD and Yong Ahn, MD, PhD
PECD Yong Ahn, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery,
Director of the 2nd Spine Surgery Team
Wooridul Spine Hospital
  Merrill W. Reuter, MD, PhD, FACS
Advanced Orthopedics of South Florida
  Stefan Hellinger, MD
Isar Kliniken
  Sebastian Ruetten, MD
Head of the Dept. of Spine Surgery and Pain Therapy
Centre for Orthopaedics and Traumatology
St. Anna Hospital, Herne, Germany
  June Ho Lee, MD, PhD
Wooridul Spine Hospital
PETD Ho Yeung Kang, MD
President of Dongnae Wooridul Spine Hospital, Busan Korea
  John C. Chiu, MD, FRCS
Director, Neurospine Surgery Department
California Spine Institute Medical Center, Inc
Editor-In -Chief, IJMIST
President, ISMISS/SICOT
Chairman, AAMISMS
PELD Gun Choi, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery,
President of Non-Invasive Spine Center,
Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul Korea
  Anthony T. Yeung, MD
Arizona Institute for Minimally Invasive Spine Care
Arizona Orthopedic Surgeons
  Martin T. N. Knight, MD, FRCS
Consultant Spinal Surgeon
The Spinal Foundation
  Sebastian Ruetten, MD
Head of the Dept. of Spine Surgery and Pain Therapy
Centre for Orthopaedics and Traumatology
St. Anna Hospital, Herne, Germany
  Thomas Hoogland, MD
Head and founder of department Alpha Klinik,
Diplomate American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
  Pradyumna P. Pai Raiturker
SRS Memorial Hospital
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  Jorge Ramirez, MD
Clinica Reina Sofia, Director of Spine Surgery, Columbia
El Bosque University, Director of the Spine Surgery Program, Columbia
  Rudolf Morgenstern, MD
Centro Medico de Terapia de la Columna, Spain
  Manuel Enes, MD
Centro De Cirurgia Discal Doutor Manuel Enes
Session B Co-directors: Salahadin Abdi, MD, Sang-Chul Lee, MD PhD
  Salahadin Abdi, MD, PhD, DAAPM, DABPM
Chief, Division of Pain Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Pain Management
Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology
Director, Fellowship Program in Pain Medicine
Medical Director, JMH
University of Miami School of Medicine
Attending Anesthesiologist, Jackson Memorial Hospital
  Sang-Chul Lee, MD, PhD
Seoul National University Hospital
  Richard Derby, MD
Medical Director, Spinal Diagnostics & Treatment Center
Associate Clinical Professor, Stanford University Professor Department of Functional Restoration
Chief Executive Officer, Comprehensive Spine Diagnostics Medical Group
  Steven E Levine, MD
Pain Management
Midwest Pain Institute-Center for Minimally Invasive Spine
  Kyung-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
School of Medicine
Pusan National University
  Gabor Racz, MD
Professor and Chairman Eneritus
Director Pain Services
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA
  Craig Flinders, MD
Interventional Pain Consultants, USA
  Sang-Heun LEE, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Korea University Medical Center.
Research Physician, Physiatrist
Spinal Diagnostics & Treatment Center
Session C Co-directors: Kevin T. Foley, MD, Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD
  Kevin T. Foley, MD
Director, Complex Spine Program
Semmes-Murphey Clinic
Medical Director
Image Guided Surgery Research Center
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee School of Medicine Memphis, TN
  Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  Neel Anand, MD
Director, Orthopedic Spine Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders
Los Angeles, California
  Larry Teik-Man Khoo, MD
Co-Director, UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center
Chief of Neurosurgery, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery & Orthopedics
University of California Los Angeles
  Chan Shik Shim, Md, PhD
Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul Korea
  W. Lee Warren, MD
Auburn Neurosurgery, USA
  Tony Tannoury, MD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Boston Medical Center, USA
  Farbod Asgarzadie, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Loma Linda University Medical Center, USA

No. Date Schedule Limited No.
of participants
for each
station		 No. of
Cadaver
Stations		 Total No. of
participants
Session A June 3, 2008 8:00-16:00 5 8 40
Session B June 4, 2008 7:00-12:00 4 20
Session C 13:00-17:00 8 40

C-arm, fresh cadaver and state-of-the-art equipment are utilized in these course. Participate are required to dress in casual attire or scrubs. Leaded aprons and thyroid shields will be provided. However, participants are advised to bring their own protective eye-wear.


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Changing Area Lodging Dock
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