Program Information

Thursday Breakfast Sessions

Acoustic Schwannomas: Surgical Approaches and Long Term Results
R.L. Martuza (USA), Moderator
H. Nakase (Japan); A. Goel (India); M. Samii (Germany); F. Knezevich (Argentina); J.C. Ganz (Egypt)

Intraoperative Imaging and Guidance
R. Fahlbusch (Germany), Moderator
C. Nimsky (Germany); B. Thapa (Nepal); J.S. Weinberg (USA); W. Stummer (Germany); F. Yamaguchi (Japan)

Convexity Meningiomas
G. Broggi (Italy), Moderator
M.P. Sindou (France); V. Dolenc (Slovenia); E. Samaha (Lebanon); S. Yano (Japan); M.R. Mahmud (Nigeria)

Pituitary Adenomas: Medicine, Radiosurgery or Surgery? When and How?
P.B. Nelson (USA), Moderator
E. Knosp (Austria); P. Semple (South Africa); M. Powell (UK); C-L Liang (Taiwan); K. Nishikuni (Brazil)

Controversies in the Management of Pediatric Spine Anomalies
D.L. Brockmeyer, (USA), Moderator
M. Zerah (France); O. Collor (Colombia); A. Mahapatra (India); J.U. Choi (South Korea); A.H. Jea (USA)

Controversies in the Management of Arachnoid Cysts
H.L. Rekate (USA), Moderator
S. Oi (Japan); C. Teo (Australia); S. Cavalheiro (Brazil); S. Valenzuela Abasolo (Chile); J. Ragheb (USA)

Radiosurgery for Vascular Malformations
W.A. Friedman (USA), Moderator
M.L. Schwartz (Canada); G.T. Szeifert (Hungary); Y. Kida (Japan); B.E. Pollock (USA); J. Antico (Argentina)

Motor Cortex Stimulation for Central Pain
Y.R. Lazorthes (France), Moderator
A.M. Raslan (USA); J-P Nguyen-Buu (France); B.J.M. Pirotte (Belgium); Y. Katayama (Japan); Y. Keravel (France)

Neurorehabilitation and Neurosurgery
K.R.H. von Wild (Germany), Moderator
S. Fujiwara (Japan); J-R Vignes (France)

Petroclival Meningiomas : Skull Base or Conventional Approaches?
T. Kawase (Japan), Moderator
H. Van Loveren (USA); A. Samii (Germany); J.B. Delashaw (USA); I. Sbeih (Jordan); H.W. Jung (South Korea)

Foramen Magnum Tumors
B. Georges (France), Moderator
M.A. Arraez Sanchez (Spain); M. Bruneau (Belgium); H. Bertalanffy (Switzerland); P. Ajler (Argentina); C. Sen (USA)

Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy
J. Schramm (Germany), Moderator
R.E. Wharen (USA); A. Olivier (Canada); T. Hori (Japan); E. Watanabe (Japan); W. Harkness (UK

Virtual Reality and Robotics in Neurosurgery
A.L Benabid (France), Moderator
K. Hongo (Japan); M.L.J. Apuzzo (USA); S.I. Abdulrauf (USA); T. Yoshimine (Japan); G.M. Lemole (USA)

Spine Surgery Training: What the Future Holds
G. Towns (UK), Moderator
R.P. Schlenk (USA); D.L. Benzil (USA); J. Shilton (Argentina); K.T. Foley (USA); P. Kim (Japan)

Lumbar Spondylosis
Z. Ghogawala (USA), Moderator
R. Burgos (Columbia); I. Shevelev (Russia); G. Dechambenoit (Ivory Coast); M.B. Camins (USA); A.K. Nachanakian (Lebanon)

Surgery of Congenital Craniocervical Junction Anomalies
G. A. de Carvalho (Brazil), Moderator
V. Radchenko (Ukraine); V. Rajshekhar (India); R.J. Hurlbert (Canada); A.H. Menezes (USA); S. Naderi (Turkey)

Chronic Spinal Pain
M. Giudicissi Filho (Brazil), Moderator
R.B. North (USA); G. Barolat (USA); J.M. Henderson (USA); M. Baabor Aqueveque (Chile); A.G. Machado (USA)

Traumatic Brain Injury in Sports: When Can the Athlete Return to Play?
J.C. Maroon (USA), Moderator
J.E. Bailes (USA); T.A. Gennarelli (USA); F. Servadei (Italy); R.C. Cantu (USA); F. Benech (Italy)

Management of Vasospasm Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
R.L. MacDonald (Canada), Moderator
W.R. Selman (USA); F.F. LeFranc (Belgium); P. Vajkoczy (Germany); S. Hendryk (Poland); D.H. Han (South Korea)

Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Management in 2009
S. Ezzat (Egypt), Moderator
N.D. Kitchen (UK); A.D. Mendelow (UK); M. Zuccarello (USA); I.A. Awad (USA); M. Suzuki (Japan)

Thursday Main Topic Sessions

Convection Enhanced Delivery: Promises and Limitations
E.H. Oldfield (USA), Moderator
J.H. Sampson (USA); M.M. Souweidane (USA); R.L. Jensen (USA)

Neural Tube Defects: Clinical Manifestations and Treatment
S. Sgouros (UK), Moderator
S.W. Tew (Singapore); B.J. Iskandar (USA); E.C. Ventureyra (Canada)

Neurosurgical Approaches to Intractable Headache
P.J. Goadsby (UK), Moderator
K.V. Slavin (USA); G. Barolat (USA); R.L. Weiner (USA)

Petroclival Meningiomas: The Art of Achieving Quality of Life
O. Al-Mefty (USA), Moderator
V. Seifert (Germany); K. Ohata (Japan); S-W Lee (South Korea)

New Horizons in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
A.L. Benabid (France), Moderator
G. Broggi (Italy); A.R. Rezai (USA); JW Chang (Korea)

Carotid Stenosis in 2009 : Stent or Endarterectomy?
C.M. Loftus (USA), Moderator
I. Nagata (Japan); V. Priban (Czech Republic); A. Takahashi (Japan)

Acute Ischemic Stroke: Surgical Indications and Techniques
R.M. Friedlander (USA), Moderator
C.S. Ogilvy (USA); B.G. Thompson (USA); J.M. Findlay (Canada)

Technology and Telemedicine in Neurosurgery
K. Ganapathy (India), Moderator
N.A. Martin (USA); T. Kanno (Japan); W.S. Poon (China)

Spinal Cord Injury Research
B.A. Green (USA), Moderator
S.A. Shapiro (USA); M.P. Steinmetz (USA); M. Hudalo (Poland)

Spinal Alignment: Sagittal and Coronal Balance
C. Kuntz (USA), Moderator
S.L. Ondra (USA); I. Koyanagi (Japan); D.G. Vollmer (USA)

Thursday Plenary Sessions

Presiding Officer: A. John Popp (USA)
Moderator: Peter Black (USA)

Jack W. Szostak, PhD (USA); Rudolph Fahlbusch (Germany); M. Ross Bullock (USA); Albino P. Bricolo (Italy)