Q. What excites you the most about the 2022 Spine Section Meeting? Is there any part of the program that you are most excited about?

Dr. Meyer: Spine Summit 2022 is going to have a fantastic program that encompasses the entire spectrum of spine surgery. The section annual meeting continues to grow and every year we are able to grow on the past successes and modify the meeting to meet the changing landscape of spine surgery. This year we have extended our programs for Advanced Practice Providers to make the meeting an enhanced educational opportunity for them and to increase the value of the meeting to our private practice surgeons. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Transformative Technologies,” so there will be a focus on new advances that are likely to propel spine surgery forward in the immediate future.

Q. What excites you the most about the 2022 Spine Section Meeting? Is there any part of the program that you are most excited about?

Dr. Meyer: I grew up in Rhode Island and graduated from Brown University Medical School. I subsequently did my neurosurgery residency at Mount Sinai in New York City. Following residency, I had the opportunity to complete a spine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco under the mentorship of Dr. Praveen Mummaneni. After fellowship, I joined Dr. Jack Knightly in New Jersey where I have been for the last 11 years. My clinical interests include spinal deformity, minimally invasive spine surgery, and motion preservation.