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Neurosurgery Department

SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 2026

Didactic Sessions Begin @ 8:00 am Level B Ballroom 1 | Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, UT

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SPINE/TUMOR

8:00 - 8:15 am
A headshot of Dr. Meyer wearing a black jacket and a white shirt.

Rethinking Fusion in High-Risk Spine Surgery: Early Experience with Vascularized Bone Grafting
Jenna Meyer, Phoenix, AZ

Jenna Meyer, Nicholas Jungbauer, Dylon Buchannan, Krishna Unadkat, Nicole Van Spronsen, Maziyar Kalani, and Edward Reece
8:15 - 8:20 am  Discussion
8:20 - 8:35 am 

History of Atlanto-Axial Surgery and the Role of the University of Utah Neurosurgery in Writing this History
Wayne Gluf, San Diego, CA

Wayne Gluf
8:35 - 8:40 am  Discussion
8:40 - 9:10 am
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30 Years of Tubular Microdecompression: Safe, Time-Tested, Cost-Effective
Kevin Foley, Memphis, TN

Kasdon Lecturer

Kevin Foley
9:10 - 9:15 am  Discussion
9:15 - 9:30 am
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Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Mark Mahan, Salt Lake City, UT

Mark Mahan
9:30 - 9:35 am  Discussion
9:35 - 10:05 am 
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Oncolytic Virotherapy for the Treatment of Glioma: A New Focus
James Markert, Birmingham, AL

Kasdon Lecturer

James Markert
10:05 - 10:10 am Discussion
10:10 - 10:25 am 
Allison Liang

Predicting Postoperative Hearing Outcomes for Small Vestibular Schwannomas: An Integrated Radiomics and Clinical Prediction Model
Allison S. Liang, Salt Lake City, UT

Allison S. Liang, Sricharan Veeturi, Jihad Abdelgadir, David Botros, Elena Kurudza, Robert C. Rennert, William T. Couldwell, and Karol P. Budohoski
10:25 - 10:30 am  Discussion
10:30 - 10:45 am
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Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay, Discharge Disposition, and Readmission after Craniopharyngioma Surgery: A Multicenter Study from the RAPID Registry
Samuel A. Tenhoeve, Salt Lake City, UT

Samuel A. Tenhoeve, Anthony Tang, Cody Orton, Diwas Gautam, Nana-Hawwa Abdul-Rahman, Julie M. Silverstein, Albert H. Kim, James J. Evans, Garni Barkhoudarian, Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, Donato R. Pacione, Won Kim, Marvin Bergsneider, Michael R. Chicoine, Gabriel Zada, Varun R. Kshettry, Kyle C. Wu, Carolina G. Benjamin, Jamie Van Gompel, Sandhya R. Palit, Michael P. Catalino, Adam N. Mamelak, Nathan T. Zwagerman, Stephanie K. Cheok, Andrew S. Little, Georgios A. Zenonos, Michael Karsy, Ramin A. Morshed, Spiros L. Blackburn, Debraj Mukherjee, Andre Beer-Furlan, William T. Couldwell, Paul A. Gardner, and Robert C. Rennert
10:45 - 10:50 am  Discussion
10:50 - 11:05 am 
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Spheno-orbital Meningiomas--lessons learned in 100 cases
William T. Couldwell, Salt Lake City, UT

William T. Couldwell
11:05 - 11:10 am Discussion
11:10 - 11:40 am
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Longitudinal Tumor Sampling: A Clinical Trial Paradigm to Understand GBM Evolution in Response to Therapy 
E. Antonio Chiocca, Boston, MA

Kasdon Lecturer

E. Antonio Chiocca
11:40 - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am Adjourn

 

SUNDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1, 2026

VASCULAR

4:00 - 4:25 pm
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Fingerprints Reveal Neutrophil Extracellular Traps: What Can We See with CT Radiomics?
Vincent M. Tutino, Buffalo, NY

Vincent M. Tutino, Briana A. Santo, Tatsat R. Patel, Kerry E. Poppenberg, and Adnan H. Siddiqui
4:25 - 4:35 pm  Discussion/Commentary: Karol P. Budohoski, Salt Lake City, UT
4:35 - 5:00 pm 
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Advancing Aneurysm Diagnostics: Clinical Development of the Blood-Based AneuScreen Assay
Vincent M. Tutino, Buffalo, NY

Vincent M. Tutino, Kerry E. Poppenberg, Tatsat R. Parel, Jan-Karl Burkhardt, Edgar Samaniego, Maxim Mokin, Elad I. Levy, and Adnan H. Siddiqui
5:00 - 5:10 pm  Discussion/Commentary: Adi Mittal, Salt Lake City, UT
5:10 - 5:40 pm Debate #1: Expanding Indications in Endovascular Mechanical Thrombectomy
Brian Jankowitz versus Ramesh Grandhi
5:40 - 6:05 pm
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Indications and Comparison for EC/IC Versus IC/IC Bypass
Jonathan Russin, Burlington, VT

Jonathan Russin
6:05 - 6:15 pm  Discussion/Commentary: Robert C. Rennert, Salt Lake City, UT
6:15 - 6:40 pm 
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Frontiers in Venous Neurointervention
Visish Srinivasan, Philadelphia, PA

Visish Srinivasan
(NON-CME)
6:40 - 6:50 pm Discussion/Commentary
(NON-CME)
6:50 - 7:20 pm Debate #2: Carotid Treatment in the Era of CREST2
Adam Arthur versus Brian Jankowitz
(NON-CME)
7:20 pm Adjourn

 

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Meeting Coordinator

Lanette Dunbar
Email: lanette.dunbar@hsc.utah.edu
Phone: 801-556-2539
Fax: 801-581-4385


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