Here patient progress and management plans are discussed in detail. All residents assigned to Tisch University Hospital, Bellevue and the VA are required to attend. When available the rotators on neurology and electives are encouraged to attend. This is described in more detail in the next section. No elective surgery and no clinics are held on Friday.
Resident attendance is mandatory, staff attendance is strongly encouraged.
This 1 hour long conference concerns the management of routine and difficult spine problems. Clinical presentations, radiographic aspects, pre and postoperative care are stressed. Typically, cases from the previous week are presented and residents are called upon to discuss decision making and technical aspects of the surgical procedure. Prospective cases are also discussed to present options and alternatives in management. Salient diagnostic features and surgical indications and approaches to the problems demonstrated on the imaging studies are stressed.