Scientific Program 2011
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 05
(AFTERNOON SESSION)
03:00 WELCOME Aldo F. Berti, MD (Symposium Director)
03:05 Minimalistic Techniques in Spine Surgery; Dr. Aldo F. Berti (USA)
03:30 Ethical Basis for Minimal Invasiveness in Neurosurgery: Dr. Santiago Valenzuela
(Dominican Republic)
04:00 Minimally Invasive Procedures for the Management of Lumbar Pain; Prof. Armando Basso
(Argentina)
04:30 MISS Anterior Cervical Laser Discectomy; Dr. Merrill Reuter (USA)
05:00 : BREAK
05:30: Trans-1 Axialif: Initial experience with 50 cases. Dr. Miguel Melgar (USA)
06:00 Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Techniques; Dr. Juan Martin Valdivia (USA)
06:30 Trans-Psoas Approaches, Prof. Miguel Melgar, MD (USA)
07:00 Trans-Psoas approaches to treat Infection, Dr. Ildemaro Volcan (USA)
07:30 ADJOURN
SATURDAY, AUGUST 06
(MORNING SESSION)
08:30: Adjacent Segment Disease treated with X-LIF; Ildemaro Volcan (USA)
09:00: Getting maximum access with minimum disruption in T-LIF; Fernando Villamil (Puerto
Rico)
09:30 Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Spine Disorders; Dr. Ramon Castellanos (USA)
10:00: Peek Implants in Disc Regeneration; Dr. Hector Salgado (Spain)
10:30: BREAK
11:00: “Disc regeneration via minimally-invasive autologous stem cell therapy. Part 1: The Rise
& Fall of the IVD”; Thomas Barrows, PhD (USA)
11:30: “Disc regeneration via minimally-invasive autologous stem cell therapy. Part 2: Stem
Cells to the Rescue”: Thomas Barrows, PhD, (USA)
12:00 LES Techniques, Dr. Kingsley Chin (USA)
12:30 ADJOURN
SUNDAY, AUGUST 07
(MORNING SESSION)
09:00: Interspinous Devices Comparative Analysis; Dr. Hector Salgado (Spain)
09:30: Interspinous and Interlaminar Spacers, my Experience; Dr. Julio Rey Lorenzo
(Venezuela)
10:00: When are Spinous Process Spacers not enough? Dr. Fernando Villamil ( Puerto Rico)
10:30: New concepts in Interlaminar Spacers; Prof. Armando Basso (Argentina)
11:00: BREAK
11:30 Lumbar Percutaneous LASER Discectomy; Dr. Roberto Moya (USA)
12:00: Flexible Lumbar LASER assisted Endoscopic Discectomy; Dr. Larry Rothstein (USA)
12:30: Lumbar Facet Screws; Dr. Aldo F. Berti (USA)
01:00 LUNCH BREAK
(AFTERNOON SESSION)
02:30: MISS application in scoliosis; Dr. Juan Martin Valdivia (USA)
03:00: Cervical Arthroplasty; Dr. Hector Salgado (Spain)
03:30: Transforaminal Endoscopic Approaches ; Dr. Roberto Moya (USA)
04:00: MISS Cervical Instrumentation; Dr. Merrill Reuter (USA)
04:30: BREAK
05:30: CyberKnife Radiosurgery in Spine Tumors; Dr. Aldo Berti (USA)
06:00: Endoscopic Foraminotomies; Dr. Larry Rothstein (USA)
06:30: Value of Interventional Procedures in spinal pain control; Dr. Ramon Castellanos (USA)
07:00: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: What the Past Has Taught Us and What the Future
Holds; Prof. Kevin Foley (USA)
07:45: ADJOURN
08:15: FAREWELL DINNER with guests