The Second Annual Spine by the Sea Symposium

5:30 p.m.

Registration & Reception –Hotel Maya, Long Beach, CA

6:45 p.m.

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Introductions:

Michael Oh, MD
Professor, UCI Department of Neurological Surgery

Yu-Po Lee, MD
Professor, UCI Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Welcome:

Frank Hsu, MD, PhD
Professor & Chair, UCI Department of Neurological Surgery

Nitin Bhatia, MD
Professor & Chair, UCI Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

7:00 p.m. 

Keynote Speaker

Kevin Foley, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering,
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Chair, Semmes Murphey Clinic

8:00 p.m.

Adjourn

7:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast & Sponsor Engagement, Hotel Maya

8:00 a.m.

Session 1:  Back Pain and Neck Pain

Back Pain:
Hansen Bow, MD
Assistant Professor, UCI Department of Neurological Surgery

Panel:

Kent Choi, DC
Founder, Ichthus Injury Network

Kim Hecht, DO
Medical Director, UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute

Omid Hariri, DO
Neurosurgery, Kaiser Permanente

9:00 a.m.

Neck Pain:

Nitin Bhatia, MD
Professor & Chair, UCI Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Panel:
Kyle Sarton, PT, DPT, OCS
Physical Therapist, UCI Health Outpatient Physical Therapy

Danielle Perret Karimi, MD
Professor, UCI Departments of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation,
and Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care

10:00 a.m.

Coffee Break & Sponsor Engagement

10:30 a.m.

Session 2:  What is MIS?

MIS in Spine Surgery
Yu-Po Lee, MD
Professor, UCI Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Panel:

Irene Say, MD
Assistant Professor, UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery

Langston Holly, MD
Professor & Vice-Chair, UCLA Department of Neurological Surgery

11:15 a.m.

MIS in Interventional Pain

Ariana Nelson, MD
Associate Professor, UCI Department of Anesthesiology

Panel:

Andrew Messiha, MD
Owner and Medical Director, Precision Pain Management

Gene Tekmyster, DO
Assistant Professor, USC Orthopaedic Surgery

12:00 p.m. 

Lunch Speakers & Dessert with Sponsors

Michael J. Stamos, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Dean, UCI School of Medicine

Kushagra Verma, MD, MS, FAAOS
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Verma Spine
Volunteer Physician, Global Spine Outreach

1:15 p.m.

Session 3: SCI, AI, and Robotics

Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Update and Patient Presentation

Sohaib Hashmi, MD
Assistant Professor, UCI Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Spinal Cord Injury: Research Update

Oswald Steward, PhD
Distinguished Professor, UCI Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Director, Reeve-Irvine Research Center, UCI

2:00 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence Fireside Chat:

Daniel Chow, MD
Assistant Professor, UCI Department of Radiology

Panel:

Mo Kadbi, PhD
Researcher

Cristian Luciano, PhD
Researcher

Karl Riesen
Researcher

2:45 p.m.

Robotics:
Michael Oh, MD
Professor, UCI Department of Neurological Surgery

Panel:

Kevin Foley, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery & Biomedical Engineering
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Chair, Semmes Murphey Clinic

Bowen Jiang, MD
St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group

3:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Michael Oh, MD
Professor, UCI Department of Neurological Surgery

Yu-Po Lee, MD
Professor, UCI Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

3:35 p.m.

Adjourn & Network with Faculty Panelists