Program

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Time Event Location
5:30 PMEveryone departs for Twin Pines Lodge from The MarriottThe Marriott Lobby
6:00 PM – 8:00 PMOpening Reception @ Twin Pines LodgeTwin Pines Lodge
8:30 PMDepart for The Marriott from Twin Pines Lodge 

 

Wednesday, January 28, 2026
TimeEventLocation
7:30 AM – 9:00 AMOpen Scientific ProgramThe Marriott Lobby
2:30 PMEveryone departs for Twin Pines Lodge from The MarriottTwin Pines Lodge
3:00 PMAfternoon Scientific Program 
3:00 PM – 3:20 PMOslerian Principles in Neurosurgery and Life
Rees Cosgrove, MD
 
3:20 PM – 3:40 PMConfirmation bias in neurosurgery and life
Jiri Fiedler, MD
 
3:40 PM – 4:00 PMLessons learned as a Chairman & Training of
Future Neurosurgeons
Mika Niemelä, MD
 
4:00 PM – 4:20 PMCarry Trade – a gritty future for clinical research
Elomaa Antti-Pekka, MD
 
4:20 PM – 4:40 PMComplex System Failures
Loch MacDonald, MD
 
4:40 PM – 5:00 PMHow do you invest your money as a neurosurgeon
Amir Dehdashti, MD
 
5:00 PM – 5:20 PMThe fear of retirement
Giuseppe Lanzino, MD
 
5:20 PM – 5:40 PMRetirement: A Modern Gift we’re still learning how to use
Paul Camarata, MD
 
5:40 PM – 6:00 PMIntegrative Living
Carolina Benjamin, MD
 
6:00 PMDepart for The Marriott from Twin Pines Lodge 
6:30 PMTransportation Shuttles depart for Marabou Lodge from The Marriott Lobby for all attending dinner at Marabou RanchThe Marriott Lobby
7:30 PM – 10:00 PMDinner @ Marabou Ranch River House
Lodge
Marabou Ranch
10:00 PMTransportation departs for all to The Marriott Residence Inn 

 

Thursday, January 29, 2026
TimeEventLocation
7:30 AM – 9:00 AMOpen Scientific Program Everyone departs for Twin Pines Lodge from The Marriott 
2:30 PMEveryone departs for Twin Pines Lodge from TheThe Marriott Lobby
3:00 PMGroup Photo 
3:30 PMAfternoon Scientific ProgramTwin Pines Lodge
3:30 PM – 3:50 PMCase Presentation
Chuck Ray, MD
 
3:50 PM – 4:10 PMEvolution of Cranial traumas with Skiing
Jean-Yves Fournier, MD
 
4:10 PM – 4:30 PMDural innervation and its clinical implications
Adnan Siddiqui, MD
 
4:30 PM – 4:50 PMY AI?
David Langer, MD
 
4:50 PM – 5:10 PMTravelling through Bhutan with friends but not M.D.s
David Netuka, MD
 
5:10 PM – 5:30 PM7 Years: From Rocky Mountains to Kobuk Valley
Sophia Peng, MD
 
5:30 PM – 5:50 PMGothical baroque architecture in Bohemia – story of Johann Blasius Santini-Eichel
Vladimir Priban, MD
 
5:50 PM – 6:10 PMImpact of horses on western civilization and my personal journey
Gavin Britz, MD
 
5:40 PM – 6:00 PMA Probe?
Jacques Morcos, MD
 
6:00 PM – 6:20 PMWrap Up Discussion 
7:00 PMDepart for The Marriott Lobby/ Vaqueros from Twin Pines Lodge 
7:15 PMDepart from the Marriott Lobby to Vaqueros 
7:30 PM – 10:00 PMDinner @ Vaqueros
Free parking at Restaurant
730 Lincoln Ave
Steamboat Springs,
CO 80487

 

Friday, January 30, 2026
TimeEventLocation
7:30 AM – 9:00 AMOpen Scientific Program 
2:30 PMEveryone departs for Twin Pines Lodge from The
Marriott
The Marriott Lobby
3:00 PM 3:00 PM – 3:20 PMAfternoon Scientific ProgramTwin Pines Lodge
3:00 PMOur biggest quandary: training the next generation
Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, MD
 
3:20 PM – 3:40 PMOn the brink: Life Lessons From Фёдор
Михайлович Достоевский (as described by a Western European/American)
Matthew Koch, MD
 
3:40 PM – 4:00 PMBrno, Moravia, Bohemia, Czechia – where are we standing?
Martin Smrcka, MD
 
4:00 PM – 4:20 PMMondino de Liuzzi the “Restorer Anatomy”: the pioneering role of the Schola Medica Bononiensis in the development and teaching of anatomical dissection and surgical anatomy.
Carlo Bortolotti, MD
 
4:20 PM – 4:40 PMHistory of tennis and its similarity to neurosurgery: A trip of lifetime
Francesco Acerbi, MD
 
4:40 PM – 5:00 PMCultivating Perspective: How My Garden Deepens My Engagement with Art, History, and Science— and Shapes Me as a Neurosurgeon and Leader
Andrew Grande, MD
 
5:00 PM – 5:20 PMPsychedelics: A long, strange trip ahead for Neurosurgery?
Michael Lawton, MD
 
5:20 PM – 5:40 PMFoucault as Surgeon: Critical Theory and the Archeology of Cerebrovascular Knowledge/Power Nexus
Michael Lang, MD
 
5:40 PM – 6:00 PMThe Diocletian Divide
Ivan Radovanovic, MD
 
6:00 PM – 6:20 PMThe Stories We Tell
Fady T. Charbel, MD
 
6:20 PM – 6:40 PMPunk rock and neurosurgery
Andrew Carlson, MD
 
6:40 PM – 7:00 PMWrap Up Discussion 
6:30 PMEveryone departs for family & friends attending dinner at Twin Pines Lodge from The Marriott Lobby 
7:00 PM – 10:00 PMGala Dinner @ Twin Pines Lodge Twin Pines Lodge 

 

Saturday, January 31, 2026
TimeEventLocation
7:30 AM- 9:00 AMOpen Scientific Program 
9:00 AM- 2:30  PMDepartures 

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