The Science of Facet Joint Repair & Total Posterior Arthroplasty

A Private, Invitation-Only Evening Seminar Organized by Robin R. Young

October 22, 2007
6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, Texas
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AGENDA

 
OPENING COMMENTS
 
 

6:30 - 6:35
OVERALL WELCOME

Robin R. Young, CFA: President of RRY Publications. Author of more than 1,000 research reports, six books and a 25-year veteran of the medical device and Wall Street industries.

  
 
6:35 - 6:45
BEYOND THEORY IN FACET REPAIR

Mark Reiley, M.D.: A practicing surgeon with the Berkeley Orthopaedic Medical Group and Chief Medical Officer of INBONE Technologies, Inc. In his spare time Dr. Reiley invented the Kyphon balloon, a leading ankle arthroplasty implant and one of the more innovative facet repair implants.

 
 
FEATURED TOPICS
FEATURED SPEAKERS
 
 
6:50 - 7:00
FACET ANATOMY AND BIOMECHANICS
OF THE SPINE

Lawrence T. Khoo, M.D.: Chief of Neurosurgery, UCLA Santa Monica Hospital; Assistant Professor of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center, Santa Monica, California

  
 
7:05 - 7:15

LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS, FACET ARTHROSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS – DISEASES OF THE POSTERIOR COLUMN
Stephen B. Hochschuler, M.D.: Chairman, Texas Back Institute, Plano, Texas
  
 
7:20 - 7:30
UNDERSTANDING FACET REPLACEMENT WITHIN A CONTINUUM OF CARE

Anthony Castellvi, M.D.: Spine Surgeon, Center for Spinal Disorders at Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa, Florida

  
 
7:35 - 7:45
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF THE
FACET JOINT

Vijay Goel, Ph.D.: Professor and Chair, Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, and Professor and Director, Spine Research Center. Professor Goel is an international authority on spine biomechanics and three-time recipient of the Volvo prize for research.

  
 
7:50 - 8:00

TOTAL POSTERIOR RECONSTRUCTION VS. DYNAMIC STABILIZATION AND INTERSPINOUS PROCESS –
LESSONS FROM CADAVERIC TESTING?
Avinash Patwardhan, Ph.D.: Director, Musculoskeletal Biomechanics laboratory Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois; Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois
  
 
8:05 - 8:15

CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND CASE STUDIES
Scott Webb, M.D.: Director, Spine Fellowship, Florida Spine Institute, Clearwater, Florida
 
 
8:20 - 8:30

CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND CASE STUDIES
John Regan, M.D.: Medical Director, Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders, Los Angeles, CA
  
 
8:30 - 8:40

CLINICAL OUTCOMES AND CASE STUDIES
Paul McAfee / Andy Cappuccino, M.D.: Spine Surgeon, Buffano Spine, Lockport, New York
  
 
8:45 - 8:55

THE FUTURE OF LUMBAR ARTHROPLASTY
Hansen Yuan, M.D.: Professor of Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
  
 
9:00 - 9:15

PANEL DISCUSSION AND
CLOSING REMARKS
Manoj Krishna, Allen Carl, Howard An
Robin R. Young (Moderator)
 
     
 
RECEPTION: Dinner / Networking / Sawbones
 
         
 
7:30 - 10:00
Buffet dinner and drinks during meeting and networking sessions
 
 
9:10 - 10:00
Networking and Sawbones Session
 

This is strictly a seminar and is not approved for CME credit.