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NASS Advanced Practice Provider Course: Bridging the Gap in Comprehensive Spine Care

San Antonio, TX

Starts: Sat 7:30AM CT (Oct 17, 2026) Ends: Sat 12:30PM CT (Oct 17, 2026) OnDemand

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Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) play an increasingly critical role in the evaluation, coordination, and management of patients with spinal disorders. This half-day educational program is designed to strengthen the clinical knowledge and practical decision-making skills needed to manage complex spine presentations across interdisciplinary settings.

Through focused lectures and case-based discussions, faculty will explore common diagnostic challenges where spinal pathology overlaps with hip, pelvic, shoulder, and upper extremity conditions. Participants will also examine current controversies in lumbar pathology and review treatment considerations across conservative and surgical pathways.

The course concludes with practical perspectives on the evolving role of APPs in both academic and private spine practices, highlighting strategies to improve patient care, surgical optimization, and practice efficiency. This program is intended to provide APPs with practical insights that can be immediately applied in clinical spine care settings.

Registration opens April 13 for NASS Members and April 27 for All.

Up to 4.75 CME is available for participation in this course.

Chairs

Paul Saiz, MD

Jerry Buchert, PA-C

Audience

This course is designed for Advanced Practice Providers involved in spine care, including physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other APPs working in orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, physiatry, pain management, or interdisciplinary spine practices. 

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 Member Affiliated Healthcare$279.00$299.00$59.00
 Member In-Training$149.00$169.00$45.00
 Non-Member Affiliated Healthcare$379.00$399.00$59.00
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Location

Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center
900 E. Market Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
US


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By reserving with the NASS contracted block, our attendees are guaranteed the lowest room rate sold directly by the hotel. A small portion of the guaranteed lowest room rate is rebated to NASS to help offset meeting costs.

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