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Comprehensive Training
Advance your skills with sessions led by nationally recognized speakers focusing on the latest topics and in-depth debates.
Cutting-Edge Techniques
Learn the latest advances in minimally invasive treatments of the spine, covering differential diagnosis, anatomy, and various techniques.
Hands-On Experience
Engage in hands-on cadaveric training at the Seattle Science Foundation BioSkills lab, enhancing your practical skills.
Friday, October 31, 2025 - Saturday, November 1, 2025
This interventional training course is for fellows from Interventional Spine, Interventional Pain Management and many other interventional Fellowship programs. Sessions with nationally recognized speakers will focus on the latest topics and in-depth debates with time to discuss contemporary issues. The course covers the latest advances in in spine intervention to include nearly all of the latest in minimally invasive treatments of the spine. The main objective of the course is to bring interventional pain management, interventional spine, and other fellows in training who specialize in minimally invasive treatments together to advance the specialty of percutaneous intervention. We will cover the differential diagnosis of spine pain, lumbar and cervical spinal anatomy, the pathophysiology of facet-mediated pain, the latest radiofrequency techniques for spine and joints, indications for spinal cord stimulation, cervical and lumbar spinal cord stimulation trial techniques, spinal cord stimulation implantation, peripheral nerve stimulation, indirect lumbar decompression, and numerous other techniques that will improve our physician’s armamentarium in treating patients with pain. The conference incorporates hands-on cadaveric training in the Seattle Science Foundation BioSkills lab, and case-based teaching that emphasizes faculty/fellow interactions. The conversion of any fellowship to practice often can be challenging. It is our hope that this course will provide a useful starting point for this important phase of training.
Registration Information
The live conference is open exclusively to applicants from U.S. residency and fellowship programs in their fourth year or higher. Attendance is limited to 30 participants. Thanks to educational grants from industry, the registration fee is waived. For out-of-town attendees, SSF will provide two nights of shared accommodations at the Silver Cloud Hotel (Thursday and Friday evenings). SSF will handle all room bookings. Please note: Airfare, ground transportation, meals outside of course functions, uninvited guests, and other personal or incidental expenses are not covered.
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Virtual Attendance for International Attendees
While this course has been designed as a live, in-person activity, virtual attendance is welcome for those living outside of the United States. Please use the link below to attend virtually. For questions, feel free to contact us at [email protected].
What Participants Are Saying
Discover how being physician-driven makes all the difference.
The Seattle Science Foundation has provided me with free access to some of the best spine surgery educational events, demonstrations, courses, and novel procedure demonstrations, with the highest-quality and well-known experts in the field. This is done on a consistent basis and has become a regular educational source for learning or refining my spine practice.
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Service, Co-Director USC Spine Center Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery USC Spine Center
The Seattle Science Foundation (SSF) is an incredible source of basic and advanced spine education. Through in-person conferences and a plethora of online material, the SSF platform is able to reach the global spine community to provide opportunities that directly improve clinical and surgical outcomes. It is an honor to contribute and collaborate with other “giants” in the field to teach and advance spine surgery via the SSF.
Professor, Director, Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center Director, Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity Program Special Advisor, UPMC Enterprises University of Pittsburgh
The Seattle Science Foundation has been an inspirational force for education, collaboration, and collegiality for over a decade. SSF has brought me tremendous professional satisfaction and many new friends. When I think of the great privileges of my career, several have a direct connection to SSF.
Professor, Director, Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center Director, Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity Program Special Advisor, UPMC Enterprises University of Pittsburgh
The Seattle Science Foundation has provided me with free access to some of the best spine surgery educational events, demonstrations, courses, and novel procedure demonstrations, with the highest-quality and well-known experts in the field. This is done on a consistent basis and has become a regular educational source for learning or refining my spine practice.
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Service, Co-Director USC Spine Center Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery USC Spine Center
The Seattle Science Foundation (SSF) is an incredible source of basic and advanced spine education. Through in-person conferences and a plethora of online material, the SSF platform is able to reach the global spine community to provide opportunities that directly improve clinical and surgical outcomes. It is an honor to contribute and collaborate with other “giants” in the field to teach and advance spine surgery via the SSF.
Professor, Director, Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center Director, Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity Program Special Advisor, UPMC Enterprises University of Pittsburgh
The Seattle Science Foundation has been an inspirational force for education, collaboration, and collegiality for over a decade. SSF has brought me tremendous professional satisfaction and many new friends. When I think of the great privileges of my career, several have a direct connection to SSF.
Professor, Director, Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center Director, Scoliosis and Spinal Deformity Program Special Advisor, UPMC Enterprises University of Pittsburgh
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