Courses Completed:

2008 - 2009 Training Courses

Date / Faculty / Specialty / Course Title / Company / # Attendees
Feb 1, 2008 / Patel
Burger / Spine / Posterior Fusion for L5-S1 – Live OR feed / TranS1 / 45
Feb 22, 2008 / Dayton / Ortho / Hip Resurfacing – live OR feed / Smith & Nephew / 80
Mar 1, 2008 / Kim / Urology / Woman’s Pelvic Health Course / American Med. Systems / 20
Mar 28, 2008 / Dayton / Ortho / Hip Resurfacing / Smith & Nephew / 60
Apr 4, 2008 / Patel Burger / Spine / Posterior Fusion for L5-S1 – Live OR feed / TranS1 / 45
Apr 12, 2008 / Patel / Spine / Balloon Kyphoplasty (trained residents in radiology, ortho-spine, and neuro) / Kyphon / 20
Apr 18, 2008 / Patel / Spine / pedicle screws in the thoracic and lumbar regions / Styker / 10
Apr 28, 2008 / Robinson / Gen Surg / Electrosurgery Training - Sales Force / ConMed Electrosurgery
Apr 29, 2008 / Patel
Burger / Spine / Posterior Fusion for L5-S1 – Live OR feed / TranS1 / 160
May 3, 2008 / Flynn / Urology / AdVance™ Male Sling System / American Med. Systems / 30
May 9, 2008 / Robinson / Gen Surg / Electrosurgery Training - Sales Force / Covidien
May 17, 2008 / Patel / Spine / Advance Radiofrequcency Ablation Techniques / Stryker / 35
May 19. 2008 / Kingdom / ENT / Resident Sinus Dissection Lab / Storz, Medtronic / 18
Jun 19, 2008 / Robinson / Gen Surg / Pre-Intern Surgical Training / Covidien, Storz
Jul 18, 2008 / Patel / Spine / introduction to the C-Tek® MaxAn™ and Altius M-INI™ Cervical SpineSystems / Biomet / 52
Jul 25, 2008 / Patel / Spine / DePuy Spine CHARITÉ® Training / DePuy / 28
Aug 4, 2008 / Patel / Spine / Posterior Fusion for L5-S1 / TranS1 / 6
Aug 11, 2008 / Robinson / Gen Surg / Electrosurgery Training - Sales Force / ConMed Electrosurgery / 20
Aug 13, 2008 / Robinson / Gen Surg / Electrosurgery Training - Sales Force / Covidien / 30
Aug 15, 2008 / McCarter / Surg Onc / Microwave Ablation for Hepatic Malignancies / Covidien / 30
Sep 13, 2008 / Patel / Spine / Posterior Fusion for L5-S1 / TranS1 / 120
Oct 25, 2008 / Witt / Spine / Spine / Aesculap / 18
Nov 8, 2008 / Patel / Spine / US Spine Facet Screws / US Spine / 8
Nov 15, 2008 / Patel / Spine / Posterior Fusion for L5-S1 / TranS1 / 30
Nov 22, 2008 / Burger / Spine / posterior MIS procedures; MIS TLIF, MIS UniLIF / Stryker / 10
Jan 10, 2009 / Patel / Spine / XYcor Spinal Implant, US Spine Facet Screws and the Hydrocision Spine Jet / ProMed / 15
March 13-14 / Patel / Spine / DISCOVER Bioskills / DePuy / 28
March 20-21 / Patel / Spine / Kyphoplasty/MAST / Medtronic / 26
April 4 / Payton / General / FLS Training / 10
May 2-3 / Akuthota / Pain Management / Annual Pain Management Meeting / ISIS / 80
May 29 / Patel/Burger / Spine / Lateral Interbody Approach / Synthes / 5
June 4,5 / Patel/Burger / Spine / MIS Procedures / Stryker / 35

Courses currently scheduled:

Summer 2009 Training Courses

June 11 / Patel/Burger / Spine / XLIF / Nuvasive / 28
June 18 / Robinson / General / Intern training / Resident pig lab / 32
July 23, 24 / McCarter / General / Microwave Ablation / Covidien / 38