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ForwardAdvancing Neurosurgery Innovations in Complex Cranial, Neuro-Oncology, and Spine Care
Chicago, IL US
September 10, 2026
Join UChicago Medicine Neurosurgery for an evening of education, collaboration, and clinical innovation focused on the latest advances in complex cranial, neuro-oncology, and spine care!
This activity will bring together community physicians and UChicago Medicine faculty to explore emerging treatment strategies, discuss complex patient cases, and strengthen referral pathways that improve access to highly specialized neurosurgical care. Participants will gain valuable insights into the evolving landscape of neurosurgery while engaging directly with nationally recognized experts dedicated to advancing patient outcomes.
It will foster meaningful collaboration between referring providers and subspecialty experts, ensuring patients receive timely access to comprehensive, multidisciplinary care across the continuum of neurological disease.
We look forward to an engaging evening of learning as we work together to elevate the standard of neurosurgical care throughout the region!
Target Audience
This activity is designed for community physicians, neurosurgeons, neurologists, primary care physicians, and other healthcare professionals involved in the evaluation, referral, and management of patients with complex cranial, neuro-oncologic, and spinal conditions.
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the natural history and clinical behavior of incidental and symptomatic diffuse gliomas.
- Explain the rationale for maximal safe resection in the management of intrinsic brain tumors.
- Determine an appropriate referral strategy for patients with intracranial aneurysms based on aneurysm and patient-specific characteristics.
- Differentiate treatment considerations for ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms based on clinical presentation and natural history.
- Evaluate the potential benefits and limitations of augmented reality technology in spinal surgery.
| TIME | SESSION | FACULTY |
|---|---|---|
| 6:30 – 6:45 PM | Networking | |
| 6:45 – 7:00 PM | Welcome | Mohammed Bydon, MD |
| 7:00 – 7:30 PM | The Evolving Art and Science of Intrinsic Brain Tumor Surgery: Maximizing Resection While Preserving Function | Youssef Comair, MD |
| 7:30 – 8:00 PM | The Tale of Two Aneurysms: Personalized Treatment in the Modern Era | Ryan Naylor, MD |
| 8:00 – 8:30 PM | Augmented Reality in Spinal Surgery | Timothy Witham, MD |
| 8:30 – 8:45 PM | Q&A | |
| 8:45 – 9:00 PM | Wrap-up and Thank You | Antoine Curtis |
The agenda is subject to change.
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520 N Dearborn St
Chicago, IL
60654
United States
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office via email.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FACULTY
Youssef Comair, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Chief, Section of Neuro-Oncology
Ryan Naylor, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Timothy Witham, MD
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Chief, Section of Spine Surgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Chief, Section of Neuro-Oncology
Ryan Naylor, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Chief, Section of Spine Surgery
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and, where appropriate, in the content.
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and, where appropriate, in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
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