Agenda

Thursday, September 7, 2023

  • 07:00 – 07:30 — Registration and Breakfast
  • 07:30 – 07:45 — Welcome – E. Antonio Chiocca, Ali Aziz-Sultan, Stefan Florian
  • 07:45 – 08:00 — Neurosurgeon as a Global Healer – Ossama Al-Mefty
  • 08:00 – 09:30 — Aneurysm: Why I Do What I Do
    • Case Presentation – Ali Aziz-Sultan
    • Why I medically manage – Nima Etminan
    • Why I treat with endovascular technology – Ricardo Hanel
    • Why I treat with microneurosurgery – Jacques Morcos
    • Why I treat with both – Louis Kim
    • How I treat with training constraints – Hayan Dayoub
    • How I treat with resource constraints – Stefan Florian
    • Debate
      • Moderator – Ossama Al-Mefty
      • Microsurgical framework – Michael Mooney
      • Endovascular framework – Alfred Pokmeng See
      • Microsurgical treatment – Ali Krisht
      • Endovascular treatment – Jacques Moret
  • 09:30 – 10:30 — Cavernous Sinus: A Microsurgical Home
    • Moderator – Ossama Al-Mefty
    • Knowing the landscape – Kaan Yagmurlu
    • Cavernous sinus meningioma – normal to normal – Ali Krisht
    • Chordomas of the cavernous sinus – Chandra Sen
    • Trigeminal schwannoma – Kaith Almefty
    • Cavernous sinus hemangioma – Walid Ibn Essayed
  • 10:30 – 10:45 — Break
  • 10:45 – 12:30 — Triumphs
    • Moderator – Jacques Morcos
    • Mastery – Jacques Morcos
    • AVM – Nirav Patel
    • Aneurysm – Abdessamad El Ouahabi
    • Bypass – Bin Xu
    • Brainstem cavernoma – Mustafa Baskaya
    • Endovascular frontiers – Ray Turner
    • Intra-axial tumors – Wenya Linda Bi
  • 12:30 – 13:00 — Keynote: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Jacques Moret
  • 13:00 – 13:45 — Lunch
  • 13:45 – 15:45 — Diving for Pearls
    • Moderator – Wenya Linda Bi
    • How we learn – Roberto Heros
    • Aneurysm treatment: pearls and bailouts during open approaches – Jorge Mura
    • Aneurysm treatment: endovascular pearls and bailouts – Kadir Erkmen
    • Bypass: intraoperative failure and bailouts – Michael Lawton
    • Bypass: hyperperfusion – Miki Fujimura
    • AVM surgery and embolization – Martin Smrčka
    • Stroke thrombectomy – Robert Regenhardt
    • Fistulas – Phillipp Taussky
    • Carotid disease – David Langer
    • Vascular complications during skull base tumor resection – Akash Patel
    • Sinonasal cancers – Antonio Aversa do Souto
    • Pituitary macroadenoma: tricks and tips – Stephen Magill
    • Chordoma resection: pitfalls, tips, bailouts – George Zenonos
  • 15:45 – 16:00 — Break
  • 16:00 – 17:00 — Reflections: Lessons Learned Over Time
    • Moderator – Ali Aziz-Sultan
    • Dr. Roberto Heros
    • Dr. Edward Laws
    • Dr. Jacques Moret

Friday, September 8, 2023

  • 07:00 – 07:30 — Registration and Breakfast
  • 07:30 – 07:45 — Global Impact / Afghanistan – Ali Aziz-Sultan
  • 07:46 – 10:15 — Individuals and System
    • Moderator – Rose Du
    • Stroke
      • Surgical thrombectomy – Jiri Fiedler
      • Endovascular solutions: US perspective – Rami Almefty
      • Endovascular solutions: Global perspective – Mahjouba Boutarbouch
      • Global expansion of stroke care – Dileep Yavagal
      • Next frontiers in stroke – Adel Malek
      • Discussion
    • Acoustic Neuroma
      • Case Presentation – Omar Arnaout
      • Why I observe – Lucas Possatti
      • Why I treat with microsurgery – Samy Youssef
      • Why I treat with radiosurgery – Ekkehard Kasper
      • How I optimize facial nerve preservation with surgical resection – James Liu
      • Debate
        • Moderator – Ossama Al-Mefty
        • Microsurgical perspective – Kaith Almefty
        • Radiosurgery perspective – Julian Wu
  • 10:15 – 10:30 — Break
  • 10:30 – 12:30 — Perspectives
    • Moderator – Wenya Linda Bi
    • Becoming Better – Rose Du
    • Paraclinoid aneurysm surgery – Sanford Hsu
    • Ruptured aneurysm: urban perspective – Dwarakanath Srinivas
    • Ruptured aneurysm: rural perspective – Mbaye Thioub
    • Bypass – Hidenori Endo
    • Low-middle income countries perspective – Mohammad Jaweed
    • Considerations in pediatric craniopharyngioma – Lissa Baird
    • Considerations in adult craniopharyngioma – Carolina Benjamin
    • Meningiomas and the optic nerve – Marcio Rassi
    • Facial nerve preservation: how can we do better? – Michael Mooney
    • Visual outcomes: the impact of optic nerve biomechanics – Kenan Arnautovic
    • Glomus tumor – Luis Borba
  • 12:30 – 13:00 — Keynote: Reflections on Latin America – Roberto Heros
  • 13:00 – 13:45 — Lunch
  • 13:45 – 14:45 — Bridges
    • Moderator – Nirav Patel
    • Mission Brain: program building – Michael Lawton
    • Advocates and Champions: AVM surgery in Paraguay – Nirav Patel
    • Sustaining after Ignition: the development in Uganda – Ben Warf
    • Cerebrovascular neurosurgery in Tanzania: an example of the challenges for LMICs & global neurosurgery development – Dilan Ellegala
    • Neurosurgery in war: adaptations of microneurosurgery in Syria – Jalal Najjar
    • Discussion
  • 14:45 – 15:00 — Break
  • 15:00 – 16:45 — Challenges & Opportunities
    • Moderator – Wenya Linda Bi
    • Harvard Program for Global Surgery and Change – Robert Riviello
    • Advocacy – Gail Rosseau
    • Policy and Financing – Kee Park
    • Training the next generation of international neurosurgeons – Abdeslam El Khamlichi
    • Stroke networks in Czech Republic – Martin Sames
    • AI and improving access – Chris Mansi
    • Engineering solutions – Alexandra Golby
    • Digital phenotyping for stroke detection and follow-up – Timothy Smith
    • Navigating the neurovascular landscape in emerging markets – Ashwini Sharan
    • Ideas: Ignition – All
  • 16:45 — Closing Remarks
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