Program Information

Wednesday Breakfast Sessions

Ventricular Tumors
M.L.J. Apuzzo (USA), Moderator
V. Seifert (Germany); G.S. Fernández Molina (Argentina); I. Sbeih (Jordan); X.F. Roux (France); R. Sawaya (USA)

Pituitary Adenomas: Management Outcomes
A. Basso (Argentina), Moderator
H. Ikeda (Japan); A.C. Antunes (Brazil); T. Ozgen (Turkey); I.E. McCutcheon (USA); A. Klibanski (USA)

Neuro-Endoscopy in Tumor Management
E. De Divitiis (Italy), Moderator
E. Ferrer (Spain); A. Melikian (Russia); J.M. Drake (Canada); K. Oka (Japan); S. Wolfsberger (Austria)

Craniopharyngiomas in Children: Controversies in Management
C. Sainte-Rose (France), Moderator
M.M. Ozek (Turkey); J. Steno (Slovakia); C. Di Rocco (Italy); T. Tomita (USA); W. Hader (Canada)

Management of Spasticity
S. Sgouros (UK), Moderator
M.C. Kim (South Korea); A. Cubillos Lobos (Chile); H.J. Chen (Taiwan); M.Taira (Japan); J.P. Blount (USA)

Management of Meningiomas Around the Optic Nerve: How to Improve Optic Function
A. El Khamlishi (Morocco), Moderator
I.U. Kanaan (Saudi Arabia); F. Gentili (Canada); K. Fujitsu (Japan); V. Benjamin (USA); J.M. Selman Rossi (Chile)

Craniocervical Junction Pathologies
A. H. Menezes (USA), Moderator
K. Sridhar (India); T. Matsui (Japan); H. Nakagawa (Japan)

Predicting Growth Rate in Skull Base Tumors: Dream or Reality?
M.W. Mc Dermott (USA), Moderator
K. Kurisu (Japan); W. T. Couldwell (USA); H.W. Jung (South Korea); N.M. Pamir (Turkey); S Ohba (Japan)

Surgical Treatment of Dystonia
P. Coubes (France), Moderator
P.A. Starr (USA); A. Franzini (Italy); A.M. Alkhani (Saudi Arabia); C. Fukaya (Japan); Z. HT. Kiss (Canada)

Intracranial Infections
S. Del Villar Perez-Montt (Chile), Moderator
M. El Fiki (Egypt); A. Potapov (Russia); E.J. Wahjoepramono (Indonesia); A. Antoniuk (Brazil); B.Y. Sheik (Saudi Arabia)

Ethics in Neurosurgery
A.J. Popp (USA), Moderator
M. Bernstein (Canada); G. Gillett (New Zealand); T.I. Mathiesen (Sweden); R. Jooma (Pakistan); K.D. Post (USA)

Thoracic Disc Herniation: Operative and Non-Operative Management
Y.A. Shulev (Russia), Moderator
J.P. Johnson (USA); M.B. Camins (USA); P.W. Hitchon (USA); N. Okais (Lebanon); K. Kouzelis (Greece)

Penetrating Spine Trauma
M.E. Carey (USA), Moderator
P.A. Ball (USA); P. Bustos (Chile); J.G. Martin-Rodriguez (Spain); A. Amirjamshidi (Iran): H.R.C. Azevedo-Filho (Brazil)

Controversies in Lumbar Disc Surgery
M. Shoda (Japan), Moderator
M.M. Smith (USA); O. Cuadra Cardenas (Chile); F. Ravera Zunino (Chile); D.G. Vollmer (USA); R.G. Perrin (Canada)

Deformity Surgery: When, Why, How?
S.L. Ondra (USA), Moderator
D. Rosenthal (Germany); J. Mizuno (Japan); J. Mizuno (Japan); C.I. Shaffrey (USA); M.P. Grevitt

Diagnosis and Management of Vascular Lesions in the Severe Trauma Patient: Dissections, Aneurysms and Vasospasm
R.A. Armonda (USA), Moderator
M. Du Trevou (South Africa); M.K. Baskaya (USA); M. Niemela (Finland); F.R. Revilla-Pacheco (Mexico);
A.S. Boulos (USA)

Surgical and Neuroprotection Trials in the Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury
I. Koyanagi (Japan), Moderator
M.G. Fehlings (Canada); R.G. Grossman (USA); R.J. Hurlbert (Canada); M. Tadie (France); M.A. Taricco (Brazil)

Management of the High Grade Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Patient
R. Du (USA), Moderator
Y. Kato (Japan); J.A. Damian Guasti (Brazil); J. Hernesniemi (Finland); Z. Muttaqin (Indonesia); J.D. Laidlaw (Australia)

The Acute Stroke: Indications for Surgical and Endovascular Intervention
B.S. Carter (USA), Moderator
K.U. Frerichs (USA); F.T. Charbel (USA); S. Cobanoglu (Turkey); P.T. Ulrich (Germany); S. Endo (Japan)

Genetics of Cerebrovascular Diseases: Aneurysms, Cavernous Malformations, AVMs and Atherosclerosis
M. Gunel (USA), Moderator
D.H. Kim (USA); H. Kuivaniemi (Finland); I.A. Awad (USA); H. Onda (Japan); L. Regli (Switzerland)

Wednesday Main Topic Sessions

Brainstem Tumors: Surgical Approaches and Results
S. Cavalheiro (Brazil), Moderator
V. S. Mehta (India); L.F. Zhou (China); N. Saito (Japan)

Surgical Aspects of Peripheral Nerve Tumors
E. Fernandez (Italy), Moderator
M.G. Siqueira (Brazil); M.S. Tatagiba (Germany); R.L. Tiel  (USA)

Radiosurgical Challenges
S.D. Chang (USA), Moderator
J. Rowe (UK); W.A. Friedman (USA); J. Antico (Argentina)

Endoscopic Surgery for Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions
P. Cappabianca (Italy), Moderator
A. Kassam (USA); L.C. de Alencastro (Brazil); L.M. Cavallo (Italy)

Acoustic Neuromas: Why Should We Operate?
D.S. Kondziolka (USA), Moderator
S.J. Haines (USA); T. Sasaki (Japan); J. Regis (France)

Psychosurgery: Dreams and Realities
A.M. Lozano (Canada), Moderator
E.N. Eskandar (USA); B. Nuttin (Belgium); M.C. Kim (South Korea)

The Status of Bypass Surgery 2009: Indications and Techniques
A. Ogawa (Japan), Moderator
R.L. Grubb (USA); D.Y. Rhee (South Korea); G.K. Steinberg (USA)

Neurosurgical Education: Challenges and Opportunities
D.L. Benzil (USA), Moderator
A.J. Popp (USA); R.A. Ratcheson (USA); K.W. Lindsay (UK)

CSF Hydrodynamics: Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor, Chiari and Syringomyelia: Theories, Pathology and Treatments
G.K. Bejjani (USA), Moderator
M. Vonau (Australia); T. H. Milhorat (USA); P.K. Eide (Norway)

Radiosurgery for Spine Tumors
L. Angelov (USA), Moderator
P.C. Gerszten (USA); J.P. Rock (USA); J.R. Adler (USA)

Wednesday Plenary Sessions

Presiding Officer: Arthur L. Day (USA)
Moderator: Robert A. Ratcheson (USA)

David A. Sinclair, PhD (USA); Andrew H. Kaye (Australia); Ossama Al-Mefty (USA); Luiz Henrique de Mattos Pimenta (Brazil)