At the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Spine Summit 2017 - 33rd Annual Meeting of the Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Dr O'Brien presented a lunchtime symposium on minimally invasive spine surgery. Additionally, he was faculty for the Hands-on Cadaver Lab: Innovative Techniques in Minimally Invasive and Deformity Surgery.
Additionally at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr O'Brien was chairman of an instructional course lecture on avoiding complications in routine lumbar spine surgery.