Program Information

Friday Breakfast Sessions

Biology of Malignant Gliomas: New Discoveries
P.H. Gutin (USA), Moderator
K. Kurisu (Japan); G.M. Zadeh (Canada); T. Watanabe (Japan); A.B. Heimberger (USA); Y. Hirose (Japan)

Spinal Cord and Sacral Tumors
J. Brotchi (Belgium), Moderator
I.U. Kanaan (Saudi Arabia); L.D. Rhines (USA); H. Rocha (Brazil); M. Zileli (Turkey); C.I. Shaffrey (USA)

Cushing’s Disease
E.H. Oldfield (USA), Moderator
B. Swearingen (USA); Z. Ram (Israel); J.D. Oviedo (Argentina); G. Mohr (Canada); D. Luedecke (Germany)

Pineal Region Tumors
J.G. McComb (USA), Moderator
P. Chumas (UK); A. Peraud (Germany); S.K. Kim (South Korea); S. Santoreneos (Australia); K.Y.C. Goh (Singapore)

Functional Radiosurgery
A.A. Kemeny (UK), Moderator
M. Levivier (Belgium); N.M. Barbaro (USA); C. Ohye (Japan); A.C.J. De Lotbiniere (USA); A. DeSalles (USA)

Tethered Cord Syndrome in the U.S.: Prevalence, Pathophysiology and Controversies in Management
S. Yamada (USA), Moderator
D.G. McLone (USA); M.G. Luciano (USA); B.A. Green (USA); K.M. Muraszko (USA); L.N. Sutton (USA)

Early Rehabilitation of Higher Cortical Brain Function
A.V. Ciurea (Romania), Moderator
W.S. Poon (Hong Kong); H. Oshima (Japan); K. Sakatani (China); K.R.H. von Wild (Germany); T. Maeda (Japan)

Clival Chordomas: Multidisciplinary Approaches
M. Guthikonda (USA), Moderator
L.D. Lunsford (USA); L.N. Sekhar (USA); J.M. Selman Rossi (Chile); B. Georges (France); C. Teo (Australia)

Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas: Resection or Radiosurgery?
O. Al-Mefty (USA), Moderator
C.S. Chen (USA); A. Goel (India); M. Yamamoto (Japan); J. Philippon (France); W.I. Steudel (Germany)

Invasive Pituitary Adenomas
M. Hadani (Israel), Moderator
M. Kitano (Japan); J.A. Landeiro (Brazil); N.M. Oyesiku (USA); E.R. Laws (USA); T. Ozgen (Turkey)

Psychosurgery
G.R. Cosgrove (USA), Moderator
J.W. Chang (South Korea); B.H. Kopell (USA);
K.D. Foote (USA); D.E. Sakas (Greece); V. Sturm (Germany)

New Horizons in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
T.Z. Aziz (UK), Moderator
P. Mazzone (Italy); G.M. Friehs (USA); A.R. Rezai (USA); F. Velasco Campos (Mexico); I.M. Mendez (Canada)

History of Neurosurgery
S.H. Greenblatt (USA), Moderator
F.S. Haddad (Lebanon); S. El Gindi (Egypt); U. Rocca (Peru); T. Kanno (Japan); A. Basso (Argentina)

Lumbar Stenosis: Laminectomy, Fusion, Instrumentation?
L.B. Atmadji (Indonesia), Moderator
A. Radek (Poland); P. Kim (Japan); A. Lubansu (Belgium); J. Flores Salinas (Chile); P. Yokota Beuret (Chile)

Biological Materials in Spine Surgery: What’s New and How Much Will it Cost?
R.W. Haid (USA), Moderator
L.T. Khoo (USA); P. Bustos (Chile); V.C. Traynelis (USA); J. Mizuno (Japan); B. Meyer (Germany)

Transplantation and Other Regeneration Strategies for Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury in Humans
T.J. Pentelenyi (Hungary), Moderator
H.C. Park (South Korea); N. Knoller (Israel); S.A. Shapiro (USA); H. Cheng (Taiwan); C.H. Tator (Canada)

Management of Vein of Galen and Other Neonatal/Early Infancy Arteriovenous Shunts
E.R. Smith (USA), Moderator
C.J. Prestigiacomo (USA); A. Krivoy (Venezuela); R. Nelson (UK); M.F. Kuo (Taiwan); F.C. Albuquerque (USA)

Management of Spinal Vascular Malformations
R.F. Spetzler (USA), Moderator
V.S. Mehta (India); C.M. Cawley (USA); M.E. Frudit (Brazil); T. Tominaga (Japan); M. Zenteno (Mexico)

Complex Cranial AVMs (Large, Eloquent, Deep): Treatment Options and Outcomes
R.C. Heros (USA), Moderator
A. Krivoshapkin (Russia); V. Benes (Czech Republic); Y.K. Tu (Taiwan); F. Nataf (France); P.A Mello (Brazil)

Friday Main Topic Sessions

Colloid Cyst Management: Endoscopy vs. Microsurgery
A.R. Cohen (USA), Moderator
M.G. Hamilton (Canada); R. Ramamurthi (India); V. Rajshekhar (India)

Brain Tumors and Stem Cells: Oncogenesis and Therapy
M. Westphal (Germany), Moderator
P.B. Dirks (Canada); F. DiMeco (Italy); I.M. Germano (USA)

Hydrocephalus in Children: Challenges, Shunts and Alternatives
J.M. Drake (Canada), Moderator
S. Constantini (Israel); J.R.W. Kestle (USA); B. Oton de Lima (Brazil)

Adult Craniopharyngiomas: Strategy for Long Time Quality of Life
E.R. Laws (USA), Moderator
A.H. Kaye (Australia); A. A. Mansy (Egypt); G. Frank (Italy)

Clival Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas: How Deep Should You Go?
T. Kawase (Japan), Moderator
T. Mine (Japan); F. Tzortzidis (Greece); M. Samii (Germany)

The Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysm: Clip, Coil or Neither?
A.L. Day (USA), Moderator
H. Sano (Japan); A. Pedroza Campo (Colombia); P. Lylyk (Argentina)

Conducting Clinical Trials
J.D. Pickard (UK), Moderator
A.H. Friedman (USA); R. Kerr (UK); J. Philippon (France)

Cervical Spine Deformity
R.P. Schlenk (USA), Moderator
C. Kuntz (USA); R.J. Laing (UK); P. Yokota Beuret (Chile)

Syringomyelia
T. Abe (Japan), Moderator
U. Batzdorf (USA); A.A. Krishnaney (USA); F. Van Calenbergh (Belgium)

Decompressive Craniotomy in Traumatic Brain Injury: When, How and Why?
S.D. Timmons (USA), Moderator 
J. Yao (China); J.R. Jagid (USA); J. Rosenberg (Australia)