Comprehensive Spine Course

Comprehensive Spine Course, New York.

The programme is expected to focus on the application of practical experience and knowledge to improve the practitioners knowledge base. 

This one-day course is expected to be a comprehensive review of four stages of the spine care continuum: examination, evaluation, and diagnosis; therapeutic interventions; spinal injections; surgical interventions. 

Each area is expected to focus on common pitfalls, application of practical experience, and comprehensive understanding of evidence-based care. 

Spine patient care is anticipated to be improved by incorporating innovative knowledge of conservative, surgical, alternative, and rehabilitative treatments into day-to-day practice.

The course is expected to be offered in both person and live-streamed online.

Expected topics on agenda:

• Pain in the neck? Evaluation of neck and arm pain
• Back ache? Evaluation of bad and leg pain
• Primary spinal cord tumors 
• Medical Management of spinal disorders
• The evaluation and treatment of neck pain and radiculopathy 
• The Evaluation and Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy
• Operative and Non-operative Treatment of Disc Herniations
• The Evaluation and Treatment of Spinal Stenosis
• Early Onset Scoliosis and Casting
• The Evaluation and Treatment of Adult Spinal Deformity
• And more 

Expected Learning Objectives 

• Develop a systematic method for physical examination of their patients with reported spinal disorders

• Identify specific mediators of back and neck pain
• Compare various nonoperative methods of relieving back pain (exercise, drugs, acupuncture, injections, therapy, TENs, ultrasound, other complementary methods)
• Establish a screening strategy using the single or combined objective electrophysiological and imaging tools to correctly identify spine degenerative diseases and deformities in their spine patients
• Establish a screening strategy using the single or combined objective electrophysiological and imaging tools to correctly identify spine degenerative diseases and deformities in their spine patients
• Recognize when it’s best to treat patients non-operatively versus when to refer a patient for surgical consultation
• Describe the type of surgery performed on their patient and that surgery’s implications on postoperative care
• Develop a postoperative management plan
• Identify and treat patients with history of fragility fractures and patients who have high fracture risk
• Identify management approaches based on modern pain theory/knowledge for patients with LBP
• Analyze evidence on the management approaches based on modern pain theory

Anticipated Target Audience:

• Physiatrists 
• Neurologists,
• Pain Management Physicians,
• Rheumatologists
• Sports Medicine Physicians
• Primary Care Physicians 
• Internists,
• Orthopedic Surgeons
•  Physical Therapists
• Chiropractors
• Nurses
• Athletic Trainers Caring for Patients with Spinal Disorders

Expected Course Speakers 

Course Directors 

• Kolawole Jegede, MD
• Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
• NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• Peter G. Passias, MD
• Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
• NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• Jonathan R. Stieber, MD
• Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
• NYU Grossman School of Medicine

NYU GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SPEAKERS

• John A. Bendo, MD
• Steven Calvino, MD
• Charla R. Fischer, MD
• Anthony K. Frempong-Boadu, MD
• Jeffrey A. Goldstein, MD
• Stephen Honig, MD
• Mohammed F. Khan, MD
• Hiroshi Kiyota, PT
• Darryl Lau, MD
• Ilya Laufer, MD
• Athena M. Lolis, MD
• Kristoffer Padjen, MD
• Anthony M. Petrizzo, MD
• Paula J. Rackoff, MD
• Juan C. Rodriguez-Olaverri, MD
• Chirag D. Shah, MD
• Michael L. Smith, MD

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