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1 Scientific Program Wednesday, March 14, :00 5:00 PM Registration Foyer 1:00 5:00 PM Speaker Ready Room Sapelo Thursday, March 15, :00 AM 1:00 PM Registration & Poster Viewing Cloister Ballroom Foyer 7:00 AM 12:30 PM Exhibits I & Foyer 7:00 AM 7:30 AM Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors I & Foyer 7:25 AM Welcome and Introduction Anil Nanda, MD, FACS Shreveport, Louisiana President, Southern Neurosurgical Society 7:30 9:30 AM Scientific Presentations I Moderators: John A. Wilson, MD, FACS Robert E. Wharen Jr., MD Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 7:30 AM The Art of Carotid Endarterectomy John A. Wilson, MD, FACS 7:50 AM Management of Metastatic Spine Tumors Phillip A. Tibbs, MD Lexington, Kentucky 8:10 AM Risk Management and Financial Consequences Richard B. Morawetz, MD 8:30 AM Radiosurgical Management of Metastatic Intracranial Disease William Friedman, MD, FACS Gainesville, Florida

2 8:50 AM Finesse of Intracranial Metastatic and Glioma Surgery Raymond Sawaya, MD Houston, Texas 9:10 AM Discussion 9:30 10:00 AM Beverage Break with Exhibitors I & Foyer 10:00 11:30 AM Scientific Session I Oral Abstract Presentations Moderators: Winfield S. Fisher III, MD Stephen B. Tatter, MD, PhD 11:30 11:45 AM Recipient of the Augustus McCravey Resident Award 11:45 AM 12:20 PM William Henry Hudson Lecture Finesse of Neurosurgical Techniques Jon H. Robertson, MD Memphis, Tennessee 12:20 1:00 PM Annual Business Meeting 12:30 1:30 PM Residents Luncheon I: The Finesse and Finance of Setting up a Neurosurgical Practice Cloister Ballroom I Craig A. Van Der Veer, MD, Charlotte, North Carolina; Domenic P. Esposito, MD, FACS, Jackson, Mississippi; Clarence B. Watridge, MD, Memphis, Tennessee; Harry van Loveren, MD, Tampa, Florida 5:30 7:00 PM Welcome Reception (Dinner on own) Ocean Room & Terrace Friday, March 16, :00 AM 1:00 PM Registration & Poster Viewing Foyer 7:00 AM 12:30 PM Exhibits I & Foyer 7:00 AM 7:30 AM Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors I & Foyer 7:30 9:30 AM Scientific Presentations II

3 Moderators: Harry van Loveren, MD Tampa, Florida 7:30 AM Head Injury Update Mark E. Shaffrey, MD Charlottesville, Virginia Robert A. Mericle, MD Nashville, Tennessee 7:50 AM Finesse of Releasing Tethered Cords Timothy B. Mapstone, MD Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 8:10 AM Endovascular Coiling of Intracranial Aneurysm Michael J. Alexander, MD Durham, North Carolina 8:30 AM Pay for Performance Robert E. Harbaugh, MD, FACS Hershey, Pennsylvania 8:50 AM Finesse of Clipping Intracranial Aneurysm Arthur L. Day, MD, FACS Boston, Massachusetts 9:10 AM AANS Update Donald O. Quest, MD New York, New York 9:15 AM Discussion 9:30 10:00 AM Presidential Address Dharma in Dixie Anil Nanda, MD, FACS Shreveport, Louisiana 10:00 10:30 AM Beverage Break with Exhibitors 10:00 AM 12:30 PM Nurse/PA Symposium I Oglethorpe 10:30 11:30 AM Scientific Session II Oral Abstract Presentations Moderators: W. Jerry Oakes, MD Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD Atlanta, Georgia

4 11:30 AM Introduction Edward Ned Downing Lecture John M. Tew Jr., MD Cincinnati, Ohio 11:35 12:30 PM Edward Ned Downing Lecture Nature Against Man John M. Barry, Author New Orleans, Louisiana 12:30 1:30 PM Video Symposium Luncheon Spine and Intracranial Moderators: Christopher G. Paramore, MD Florence, South Carolina 12:30 PM Minimally Invasive TLIF Christopher G. Paramore, MD Florence, South Carolina Jacques J. Morcos, MD, FRCS Miami, Florida 12:40 PM High Low Carotic-M2 Saphenous Vein Bypass for Giant Cavernous Carotid Aneurysm Jacques J. Morcos, MD, FRCS Miami, Florida 12:50 PM Skull Base Case Sunil J. Patel, MD Charleston, South Carolina 1:00 PM Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery Matthew G. Ewend, MD, FACS Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1:10 PM Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Mark R. Lee, MD Augusta, Georgia 1:20 PM Artificial Lumbar Disc Surgery R. Patrick Jacob, MD Gainesville, Florida 1:30 PM Cervical Artificial Disc Surgery Domagoj Coric, MD Charlotte, North Carolina 2:00 3:00 PM Resident Updates Moderators: Haring J. W. Nauta, MD, PhD

5 Galveston, Texas Fernando L. Vale, MD Tampa, Florida 2:00 PM Sports Injury Update Julian E. Bailes Jr., MD Morgantown, West Virginia 2:15 PM Radiosurgery Update Ricardo H. Brau, MD, FACS San Juan, Puerto Rico 2:30 PM Glioma Update James M. Markert, MD 2:45 PM Pediatric Neurosurgery Update David F. Jimenez, MD, FACS San Antonio, Texas 3:00 4:00 PM Resident Presentations Moderators: Joshua L. Dowling, MD St. Louis, Missouri Todd W. Vitaz, MD Louisville, Kentucky 6:00 7:00 PM Meet and Greet for Residents Interested in Practicing Neurosurgery in the South Rainbow Island 6:00 9:00 PM Family Night Rainbow Island Saturday, March 17, :00 AM 12:30 PM Registration & Poster Viewing Foyer 7:00 AM 12:30 PM Exhibits I & Foyer 7:00 AM 7:30 AM Continental Breakfast with Exhibitors I & Foyer 7:30 9:30 AM Scientific Presentations III Moderators: Daniel Suh, MD, PhD

6 Savannah, Georgia Glenn Crosby II, MD Memphis, Tennessee 7:30 AM Evolution and Finances of a Neurovascular Practice Roberto C. Heros, MD Miami, Florida 7:50 AM Neurosurgical Education in the 21 st Century and CNS Update Anthony L. Asher, MD, President of CNS Charlotte, North Carolina 8:10 AM Current Status of Cervical Arthroplasty Regis W. Haid Jr., MD Charlotte, North Carolina 8:30 AM CPT Coding Update Gregory J. Przybylski, MD Edison, New Jersey 8:50 AM Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spine Surgery Kevin T. Foley, MD Memphis, Tennessee 9:10 AM Discussion 9:30 10:00 AM Beverage Break with Exhibitors I 10:30 11:30 AM Scientific Session III Oral Abstracts (10 min each) Moderators: Andrew Parent, MD Jackson, Mississippi Jason Sheehan, MD Charlottesville, Virginia 11:30 AM 12:05 PM R. Eustace Semmes Lecture The Finances of Neurosurgery James R. Bean, MD Lexington, Kentucky 11:30 AM 12:15 PM Nurse/PA Symposium II Oglethorpe 12:05 12:15 PM Closing Remarks, 2008 Meeting Announcements John A. Wilson, MD, FACS

7 President, Southern Neurosurgical Society ( ) 12:15 1:30 PM Financial Luncheon with Focus on Asset Protection and Political Advocacy for Members and Spouse Alan Scarrow, MD, JD, Springfield Missouri; Stan Pelofsky, MD, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Troy Tippett, MD, Pensacola, Florida 12:30 1:30 PM Residents Luncheon II: Preparing for Neurosurgical Boards Cloister Ballroom I Steven L. Giannotta, MD, FACS, Los Angeles, California; Mary Louise Sanderson, Houston, Texas; M. Sean Grady, MD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Donald O. Quest, MD, New York, New York; Daniel L. Barrow, MD, Atlanta, Georgia 6:00 10:00 PM Final Banquet Cloister South Lawn &

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