This symposium provides an important update for neurological physicians and advanced practitioners who collaborate on the neuromonitoring team, as well as surgeons and anesthesiologists who require intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) during procedures. Experts in IONM education will examine common and important methods, including:

• Somatosensory and transcranial motor evoked potentials and EMG for complex spine surgery.
• Auditory evoked potentials and cranial nerve monitoring for craniotomy and skull-based monitoring.
• EEG and MSEP for carotid endarterectomy and aneurysm monitoring.
• Didactic sessions and interactive panel debates will focus on pre-existing conditions, data analysis, anesthetic considerations, complications and troubleshooting, reporting changes to the surgical team and report writing. A session on essential CPT coding and billing guidelines for IONM will examine recent changes in coding LCD and implications of Stark and Stark 3.