- Includes Surgeon Panel, Strategic Updates, and Product Showcase -
- St. Regis Hotel, New York, 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. ET -
SAN DIEGO, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA), a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today that it will host a meeting for investors and analysts at the St. Regis Hotel, 2 East 55th St., New York, NY on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. ET.
The agenda will include key updates from management, surgeon panel presentations, audience Q&A with both management and surgeons, and hands-on product demonstrations. Alex Lukianov, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will open the meeting with a company update and then moderate a surgeon panel with presentations and forum discussion on the following topics:
- The economy's impact on a spine surgeon's practice and future outlook
- Broad application of XLIF(R) to address increasing number of indications
- Advantages of XLIF and the lateral approach vs traditional surgery, including physician insight into patient and economic benefits
- Outcome comparison of XLIF enabled with NeuroVision(R) vs other lateral techniques
- Surgeon perspective on reimbursement environment for spine surgery
- Experience with recent product additions in biologics and cervical motion preservation
The surgeon panel will be followed by a product strategy overview and demonstration by NuVasive management including updates on NuVasive's Osteocel(R) Plus biologic and the recent acquisition of Cervitech(R) Inc., with its investigational PCM(R) cervical disc system. Various product booths will be available for attendees to experience a hands-on demonstration with the unique opportunity to speak with both NuVasive management and presenting surgeons.
NuVasive is honored to have the participation of the following leading spine surgeons:
- Dr. Christopher R. Brown, Duke University Medical Center
- Dr. Andrew Cappuccino, Buffalo Spine Surgery
- Dr. Eric Elowitz, NYC Neurosurgery
- Dr. James Hale, Eastern Orthopedic Associates
- Dr. Robert Isaacs, Duke University Medical Center
- Dr.
