9th Annual USC Spine Symposium

The USC Spine Symposium aims to provide information and education on the management of spinal disorders to clinical practitioners and researchers. The program is an all-day event with didactic lectures, group discussions and question and answer sessions with participants. Topics covered include the natural history of various spinal disorders, the diagnostics workup and imaging of spinal diseases, and medical and surgical treatment of commonly encountered spinal diseases in the clinical setting.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Identify appropriate workup, diagnostic options and imaging modalities for cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal disorders.
• Examine non-surgical management and medical treatment options for spinal diseases including advanced interventional techniques.
• Assess the data and efficacy of surgical treatment of various spinal disorders.
• Examine complex surgical case management including intraoperative neuromonitoring, intraoperative imaging and anesthetic management.