2024 ONS Annual Meeting

The 2024 ONS Annual Meeting was held on Saturday February 3, 2024 at the Samis Educational Center in Okalhoma City. The 2024 Honored Guests were Dr. Langston Holly and Dr. Martina Stippler. Nearly 50 neurosurgical providers and medical students attended from across the state. 

Participants heard talks on cervical spondylosis, lumbar adjacent level disease, emerging treatment paradigms for cranial trauma, updates on endovascular techniques, surgical approaches, moral injury in neurosurgery, and an update on opioid prescribing (meeting the OK state requirement for opioid education). 

CME credit was provided and attendees recieved credit for the yearly OK Medical Board Opioid requirement. 

Meeting Agenda

7:55- Welcome- Caple Spence, MD

8:00- 2024 Narcotics Update- Michael McLaughlin, DO

9:00-The Management of Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Cervical Stenosis – Langston Holly, MD

9:30- Coffee with Exhibitors

10:00- Triage of Complicated Mild TBI- Martina Stippler, MD

10:30- Evolving Perspectives on Family Priority in Neurosurgery- Langston Holly, MD

11:00- Thoracolumbar Deformity from Adjacent Level Degeneration- John Burke, MD

11:30- Lunch

12:30- Burnout and Moral Injury in Neurosurgery- Martina Stippler, MD

1:00- Advances in Endovascular Techniques for Intracranial Vascular Malformations- Hakeem Shakir, MD

1:30- The Application of the Eyelid Transorbital Approach- Kyle Zhao, MD

The INTEGRIS Health System is accredited by the Oklahoma State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The INTEGRIS Health System designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 4.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Disclosure Statement: The Presenters/Planners and CME Planning and Review Committee have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. The CME Department has reviewed the speaker’s information and has resolved all conflicts of interest, if applicable.

CME certifcates will be available on-site for the 2024 meeting.