June 17–19, 2027

Tivoli Carvoeiro Algarve Resort, Carvoeiro, Portugal

16th Annual MINS Conference

2027 Theme: Minimally Invasive Surgical Innovators

Registration

We look forward to welcoming you to the 2027 MINS Meeting! To register, kindly email meeting coordinators; Jennifer Harris at harrisjen10@yahoo.com and Kristin Perez-Cruet at k.perezcruet@gmail.com—we are happy to assist you.

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Resort Reservations

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Location – Tivoli Carvoeiro Algarve Resort
Dates – June 17-19, 2027
Booking – Please contact our Tivoli meeting coordinators directly by email to book your hotel stay:

Natalia Duarte: n.duarte@tivoli-hotels.com
Liliana Sousa: l.sousa@tivoli-hotels.com

Use the code: MINS GROUP

And this template for booking:

Name: ____________
Please insert number of guests of your booking: ___
Check-in: June ___ / Check-out: June ___ 2027
Number of Nights: ___

Once booking is requested through email, our Tivoli team will send a secure page link for credit card details, the guest will be charged 1 night nonrefundable when confirming the booking.

The remaining payment due 14 days prior to arrival

Cancelation policy:

Cancellations up to 40 days prior to arrival – no cancelation fees except for the 1-night deposit payed with confirmation.
Cancellations between 45 and 22 nights prior to arrival – 50% cancelation fee
Cancellations less than 21 days prior to arrival – 100% cancelation fee

Course Directors

Mick Perez-Cruet, MD, FAANS

MINS President
Royal Oak, Michigan

Neel Anand, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
Los Angeles, California

Arthur Jenkins III, MD

Neurosurgeon
New York, New York

David Fessler, MD

Neurosurgeon
South Bend, Indiana

Aaron Rapp, MD

Neurosurgeon
Royal Oak, Michigan

Pierce Nunley, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon
Shreveport, Louisiana

2027 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Anthony T. Yeung, M.D. (Retired)

Retired Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Board-Certified

Dr. Anthony Yeung is a board-certified Orthopedic Spine Surgeon who specialized in diagnosing and treating the causes of back pain and sciatica from painful degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine, particularly herniated discs, bulging discs with annular tears, and foraminal stenosis. His techniques have proven to be very effective in relieving both back and leg pain, elusive to many spine specialists because his technique targets and visualizes the pain generator with his endoscope, using imaging as a guide, but confirming the pain source with diagnostic and therapeutic injections. He is the first to use endoscopically guided lasers and is the developer of the FDA approved Yeung Endoscopic Spine System (YESS™).

2027 MINS Meeting Agenda

Thursday, June 17, 2027

4:00 – 5:00pm	Exhibitor Set-Up
5:00 – 6:00pm	Signature Cocktail Hour with Exhibitors
5:55 – 6:00pm	Mick Perez-Cruet, MD, MSc – Welcome Address
6:00 – 9:00pm	Dinner talks
	MINS 5th Annual Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Anthony Yeung, MD
6:00 – 6:45pm	Keynote address: MINS Lifetime Achievement Award to Anthony Yeung MD (presented by Mick Perez-Cruet, MD, MSc)
	Session Moderator: Mick Perez-Cruet, MD, MSc
6:45 – 7:15pm	Oscar Alveres
7:15 – 7:35pm	Ricardo Fontes, MD – Where is the line between MIS and Open Surgery
7:35 – 7:55pm	Kevin Chen, MD – Focused Ultrasound: Current State and Future Directions
7:55– 8:15pm	Fred Lang, MD-Biological Therapies for Brain Tumors: Cellular and Endovascular Approaches
8:15 – 8:45pm	Mick Perez-Cruet, MD, MSc – Innovations advancing Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Friday, June 18, 2027

7:30 – 8:00am	Breakfast with Exhibitors
	Session Title-Endoscopic Spine Surgery Moderator: Arthur Jenkins, MD
8:00 – 8:30am	Christopher Yeung, MD – Pars Fracture Repair with Percutaneous Headless Compression Screws, Navigation, and Endoscopy.
8:30 – 9:00am	Aaron Rapp MD: Trans-Kambin Approaches and Advances
9:00 – 9:30am	David Fessler, MD, PhD – Alternative spine treatments: what is real and what is snake oil?
9:30 – 10:00am	Daniel Kim – Current Progress in Endoscopic Spine Surgery
10:00–10:30am	Arthur Jenkins, MD – TBD
10:30 – 11:00am	Keynote Address: Roger Hartl, MD – A New Classification System for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery: A Tool for Research, Patients, and Industry (MISS Inc.)
	Exhibitor Sponsored Talks
11:00 – 11:30am	TBA
11:30am till 4:00pm	Free Time
4:00 – 5:00pm	Signature Cocktails with Exhibitors
	Session Moderator: Mick Perez-Cruet, MD, MSc
5:00 – 5:30pm	(Panel Discussion) Most exciting developments and innovations in Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery Neel Anand, Karam Asmaro, Aaron Rapp, David Fessler, Fred Lang
	Sponsored Talks
5:30 – 5:45pm	TBD
5:30– 5:45pm	TBD
6:00 – 9:00pm	Dinner talks
6:00 – 7:00pm	Keynote Address: Richard G. Fessler MD, PhD: History of Medicine from Antiquity to Pre-modern Times
	Session Moderator: Neel Anand, MD
7:00 – 7:20pm	Neel Anand, MD – Most exciting developments and innovations in scoliosis treatment
7:20 – 7:40pm	Fred Jung, MD – Lateral approach for discitis
7:40 – 8:00pm	Karam Asmaro, MD – Advances, developments, and innovations in skull based surgery
8:00 – 8:20pm	Brett Gunter, MD – Single surgeon experience with cervical disc replacement
8:20 – 8:40pm	Pierce Nunley, MD – Arthrodesis vs fusion, which should we do?

Saturday, June 19, 2027

7:30 – 8:00am	Breakfast
	Session Moderator: Bill Tolber, MD
8:00 – 8:20am	Daniel Fahim, MD – TBD
8:20 – 8:40am	Christopher Elia, MD – TBD
8:40 – 9:00am	Casey Spinelli, MD – Can Fish Skin Improve Spine Wound Healing?
9:00 –10:00am	Panel Discussion: Building a Success Ambulatory Surgery Center (Moderator, Mick Perez-Cruet MD MS) Discussants: Jad Khalil, MD, Mark Jacobson, MD, Stephen Rapp, MD, Pierce Nunley, MD
10:00 – 10:20am	Brian Gantweker Physician advocacy in Neurosurgery
10:20 – 10:40am	Fidel Hassan, MD – Does LITT increase survival rate for insular gliomas?
10:40 – 11:00am	Jose Jimenez
11:00 – 11:20am	Andrew Nelson, MD – Emergency Medicine Neurosurgery
Noon	Meeting Adjourn

Agenda: Subject to change

Sponsorship Levels

Primary Exhibitorships:
Sponsorship includes exhibitor table.

1) Platinum ($15,000)

4 guests for Dinner. Also includes 20 minute talk at dinner.

2) Gold ($10,000)

3 guests for Dinner. Also includes 15 minute talk at dinner.

3) Silver ($7,000)

2 guests for Dinner. Also includes 10 minute talk at dinner.

4) Bronze ($5,000)

2 guests for Dinner. Also includes 5 minute talk at dinner.

5) Cocktail Hour ($2,500)

1 guest for Dinner.

*Airfare and hotel bookings are the financial responsibility of the Sponsors and done directly with airlines and with Tivoli Carvoeiro Algarve Resort.

Vendor Equipment shipping information:
Attention Mrs. Natalia Duarte
Re: MINS GROUP
Tivoli Carvoeiro Algarve Resort
Praia do Vale Covo, 8400-526 Carvoeiro – Lagoa, Algarve, Portugal