
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
Exhibit Hall
7:50 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Awais Vance, MD
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Integrating Connectomics Into Epilepsy and Movement Disorders for Precision Neurosurgery
Hassenbusch Lecture: Chengyuan Wu, MD
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Vestibular Schwannoma: What Are We Doing?
Michael Link, MD
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
The 2025 Texas Legislature
Bobby Hillert
CME Ethics Hour
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Exhibit Break
Exhibit Hall
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Connecting the Dots Between RVUs and Your Compensation
Kim Pollock (KZA) | Click Here to Learn More
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
2025 Coding Update for Neurological Surgery: Part 1 (Evaluation & Management Overview; What’s Included in Surgical Procedure Codes)
Kim Pollock (KZA) | Click Here to Learn More
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Networking Lunch
Exhibit Hall
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
TANS Business Meeting
Toral Patel, MD
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Anterior Clinoid Meningiomas: Predicting Visual Outcomes
Michael Link, MD
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Resident Lectures
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Ropivacaine, Epinephrine, Clonidine and Ketorolac Cocktail Is Effective as a Local Anesthetic in Spinal Fusions
Anthony Nguyen, MD
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Perfusion-Bypass Recipient Mismatch Predisposes to Perioperative Stroke in Single Barrel STA-MCA Bypass for Symptomatic Atherosclerotic Occlusive Disease
Michael Gaub, MD
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Exhibit Break
Exhibit Hall
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
2025 Coding Update for Neurological Surgery: Part 2 (Hot topics in Cranial, Spine, Functional & Neuroendovascular Procedure Coding)
Kim Pollock (KZA) | Click Here to Learn More
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
A Toast at Sunset
Library and Tenth Fairway Terrace (Omni Lobby)
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