Dear Residents, Fellows, and Students:

It is our great pleasure to invite you to submit an abstract to be included in a poster session at the Awake Spine Pre-Conference Workshop at the 7th Annual Multidisciplinary Spine Care Conference 2023 on November 9, 2023 at the Ritz-Carlton Ameila Island Resort.

As part of the course, a poster session for presentation of original research dedicated to the field of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Anesthesiology specifically in regards to spinal surgery and conditions will be held during the welcome reception. They may include and are not limited to guidelines, randomized trials, outcome studies, practice innovations, case studies, case reports or descriptive analyses.

Abstract Eligibility: Original abstracts that either have or have not been presented at other meetings will be considered. Abstracts are eligible if they have been published; abstracts based upon full papers that have been published are unfortunately not eligible.

Research Competition: Outstanding abstracts will be selected by our course directors for poster presentations at the course.

Number of Entries: A participant may be the primary author on no more than two abstracts; however, he or she may be a contributing author on any number of abstracts.

Submission Deadline: Abstract submission deadline is Friday October 6, 2023

Notification of Results: All primary authors will be notified no later than Friday, October 13, 2023, if their submission has been selected for the poster session. Details regarding poster set-up will follow. Early submissions may be accepted and notified prior to the above date.

Inquiries: Email flacmeabstracts@mayo.edu for further information, questions or to submit an abstract.