Program

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Day 1: 2nd Yaşargil Microneurosurgery Academy, April 23, 2025
Day 1 Yaşargil Room Speakers Cushing Room Speakers Albucasis Room Speakers Macewen Room Speakers
CZAR ON EARLY MORNING FOCUS SUBJECT Day Director: Paulo Abdo do Seixo Kadri
7:00 – 8:00 Anatomy, Anatomy, Anatomy: The Foundation Base of Microsurgery Moderator: Carlo Serra, Paulo Abdo do Seixo Kadri Aneurysm: The Jewel of Microneurosurgery Moderator: Jean de Oliveira, Kadir Erkmen Meningioma Only for Surgery Moderator: Benedicto Colli, Chandra Sen Glioma Surgery Moderator: Linda Bi, Francesco Sala
7:00 – 7:15 Skull Base Anatomy Alvaro Campero Surgical clipping is still a good choice for the treatment of paraclinoid aneurysms Felix Pahl Tuberculum Sella Meningioma is for Transcranial Removal Amir Dehdashti Medial temporal lobe gliomas Hung-Tzu Wen
7:15 – 7:30 Brainstem Anatomy Paulo Abdo do Seixo Kadri Contralateral approaches to intracranial aneurysms Andreas Gruber Midline subfrontal meningiomas: the neglected sense Samy Youssef New perspectives in investigating brain connectivity during asleep glioma surgery Francesco Sala
7:30 – 7:45 Surgical Anatomy of Foramen Magnum Vicent Quilis Quesada Should I coil this aneurysm? Louis Kim Meningiomas at the petrous apex: Selection of surgical approaches Lucas Possatti Anatomical extension patterns of IDH-mutant gliomas Koray Özduman
7:45 – 8:00 Intraparenchymal Anatomy Carlo Serra It’s not a myth: Large numbers of aneurysms need clipping Abdessamad El Ouahabi 360 Degree Extradural Decompression of Optic Canal Khairi M. Daabak Intraoperative Augmented Reality Fiber Tractography: Pearls and Tenets Sabino Luzzi
8:00 – 8:05 Welcome: Dr. Chiocca
8:05 – 8:10 Welcome: Dr. Sultan
8:10 – 8:15 Yaşargil
8:15 – 10:00 Microneurosurgery for Cure
Yaşargil Room CZAR: Luis Borba Cushing Room CZAR: Alice Giotta Lucifero Albucasis Room CZAR: Ali Krisht Macewen Room CZAR: Mustafa Baskaya
Moderator: Luis Borba, Sébastien Froelich Moderator: Akio Morita, Uğur Türe Moderator: Ali Krisht, Giuseppe Lanzino Moderator: Kenan Arnautovik, Carlos Carlotti
8:15 – 8:27 Microsurgery to Inaccessible Lesions: Is it a lack of training? Luis Borba Microsurgical Management of Pons Gliomas Uğur Türe Basilar Aneurysm is for Clipping Ali Krisht Extramedullary Spinal Cord Tumor Kenan Arnautovic
8:27 – 8:30 Critical Assessment Amir Samii Critical Assessment Fred Lang Critical Assessment Giuseppe Lanzino Critical Assessment Manuel Cunha e Sá
8:30 – 8:42 Brainstem Cavernoma Paulo Abdo do Seixo Kadri Cavernous Sinus Surgery Step by Step Sanford Hsu Thousands of Acoustic Tumor Surgery Marcos Tatagiba Microsurgery in and around the cavernous sinus Jaques Morcos
8:42 – 8:45 Critical Assessment Rabih Tawk Critical Assessment Alvaro Campero Critical Assessment William T. Couldwell Critical Assessment Kaith Almefty
8:45 – 8:57 Perfecting Bypass Rokuya Tanikawa The Adverse Outcome of Radiated Meningioma Alice Giotta Lucifero Cavernoma Surgery Marco Fontanella Thalamic glioma Mustafa Baskaya
8:57 – 9:00 Critical Assessment Michael T. Lawton Critical Assessment Chandra Sen Critical Assessment Takashi Sugawara Critical Assessment Francesco Sala
9:00 – 9:12 Ultimate Lab Practice: Live Cadaver Model Emad Aboud Importance of tools for microneurosurgery Akio Morita Spheno-orbital Meningioma William T. Couldwell Surgeries for Jugular Foramen tumors Muchihiro Kohno
9:12 – 9:15 Critical Assessment Deanna M. Sasaki-Adams Critical Assessment Antonio di Ieva Critical Assessment Jorge Salazar Critical Assessment Luciano Mastronardi
9:15 – 9:27 Chordoma Maximum Surgery Sébastien Froelich Brainstem Glioma Liwei Zhang Surgical anatomy and technique of internal auditory canal opening for vestibular schwannoma resection Takashi Sugawara Jugular foramen schwannomas: microsurgical removal using an extended combined approach Tony Van Havenbergh
9:27 – 9:30 Critical Assessment Luis Borba Critical Assessment Uğur Türe Critical Assessment Carl Heilman Critical Assessment
9:30 – 9:42 Surpratentorial AVM Michael T. Lawton Clinoidal Meningioma Chandra Sen Bypass By the Thousands Bin Xu Experience with intraoperative MRI in pediatric brain tumor surgery Niklaus Krayenbühl
9:42 – 9:45 Critical Assessment Yong-Kwang Tu Critical Assessment Kenan Arnautovic Critical Assessment Nima Etminan Critical Assessment Carlos Gilberto Carlotti
09:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 10:45 My Ways
Moderator: Paulo Abdo do Seixo Kadri, Badih Adada Moderator: Bin Xu, Antonio Aversa Moderator: Samer Elbabaa, Niklaus Krayenbuehl Moderator: Kaith Almefty, Abdessamad El Ouahabi
10:00 – 10:15 Distinguished Lecture – Carlos Carlotti: How to nurture and grow neurosurgery discipline in giant leading university Distinguished Lecture – John Polk: Teams For Today’s Complex Neurosurgery Distinguished Lecture – Ali Sultan: Endovascular and Microneurosurgery – Marriage Made in Heaven Distinguished Lecture – Shigeaki Kobayashi: Anatomical Considerations for Microneurosurgery: Tracing Personal Experience with Acoustic Tumors and Aneurysms – A Journey Through Interaction with Giants of Neurosurgery
10:15 – 10:25 VIDEO Flow Diverting Bypass for Unclippable/Untrappable Giant Fusiform Aneurysms: Demonstration of Two Contrasting Cases Mustafa Baskaya VIDEO Optimal bypass Bin Xu VIDEO The posterior interhemispheric transparieto-occipital fissure approach to the atrium of the lateral ventricle Uğur Türe VIDEO Surgery for the Complicated Previously Treated Aneurysms Rokuya Tanikawa
10:25 – 10:35 Total vs ‘planned’ subtotal excision of Vestibular Schwannoma Shatabdi Chakraborty Brainstem Glioma Surgery and White Matter Fiber Dissection Techniques Li Cai Transcranial classic approaches to the Anterior Fossa Meningiomas Sebastian Lopez Retrosigmoid Approach in semi-lateral position. Anatomical considerations for the treatment of several pathologies of the cerebello-pontine angle Adan Anibal Romano
10:35 – 10:45 Anatomic Nemesis: Anterior Clinoid vs. PCOM aneurysm Walter Jean Single cell sequencing on human dura Gavin Dunn Step by Step and the Truth in Petroclival Meningiomas, 15 years of development Francisco Guzmán Far Lateral Approach: How to deal with the condyle Mateus Reghin Neto
10:45 – 11:30 The Trinity of Anatomy, Microsurgery, and Skull Base Surgery
10:45 – 10:57 Intramedullary Tumors Carlos Alegria Glomus Jugulare: Tailoring the Approach Antonio Aversa do Souto Clinoidal Meningioma Carlos Eduardo da Silva Mastering the neurosurgical approaches to cure brain AVMs with microneurosurgery Jean de Oliveira️
10:57 – 11:00 Critical Assessment Ibrahim Omerhodžić Critical Assessment Michihiro Kohno Critical Assessment Marco Fontanella Critical Assessment Nirav J. Patel️
11:00 – 11:12 Bypass for Replacement of the Carotid Laligam Sekhar Petrous Apex is Small Territory with Many Intruders Kaith Almefty The Challenges of Giant Meningiomas Arturo Ayala Arcipreste Medullary AVM through Transcondylar Approach Kadir Erkmen
11:12 – 11:15 Critical Assessment Fady T. Charbel Critical Assessment Marcos Tatagiba Critical Assessment Suresh Nair Critical Assessment Jean de Oliveira️
11:15 – 11:27 Microsurgery: The Impact on the management of epilepsy refractory to medical management Badih Adada Pediatric Chordoma Marcio Rassi Supracerebellar infratentorial or transtentorial approach to a pineal tumour – which one is better? Thomas Santarius Paraclinoid Aneurysm Martin Sameš
11:27 – 11:30 Critical Assessment Nitin Tandon Critical Assessment Sébastien Froelich Critical Assessment Türker Kılıç Critical Assessment Ali Krisht
11:30 – 11:40 Presidential Address
11:40 – 12:00 Keynote Speaker – Ian Dunn
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:50 My Microneurosurgery Forte
Yaşargil Room CZAR: Uğur Türe Cushing Room CZAR: Marcio Rassi Albucasis Room CZAR: Linda Bi Macewen Room CZAR: Kenan Arnautovic
Moderator: Ekkehard M. Kasper, Marcos Tatagiba Moderator: Marcio Rassi, Sanford Hsu Moderator: Nasser El-Ghandour, Pablo Ajler Moderator: Ketan Bulsara, Katsumi Sakata
1:00 – 1:12 EC-IC bypass surgery for patients with critical hemodynamic insufficiency – patient selection and outcomes Nima Etminan Auditory midbrain implant for hearing restoration – concept, results from the clinical trial and future perspective Amir Samii Management of Giant aneurysms Eka J. Wahjoepramono Current concepts of arachnoid and its relevance in facial nerve preservation in relation to large and giant vestibular schwannomas Suresh Nair
1:12 – 1:15 Critical Assessment Martin Sameš Critical Assessment Torstein Meling Critical Assessment Critical Assessment Mustafa Baskaya
1:15 – 1:27 The redefined telo-velar approach: a new perspective from inside the fourth ventricle Alberto Feletti Microsurgery of Insular Glioma Frederick Lang The role of ETV in microsurgical treatment of posterior fossa tumors in children Nasser El-Ghandour Microsurgical approach to herniated cervical, thoracic and lumbar disk Paulo M. Honda
1:27 – 1:30 Critical Assessment Pablo Rubino Critical Assessment Niklaus Krayenbühl Critical Assessment Samer K. Elbabaa Critical Assessment Carlos Alegria
1:30 – 1:42 COZ for anterior fossa meningioma Rui Manilha Avoidance of Complications in Neurosurgery Keki Turel Role of Endoscope in Brainstem Surgery Ali Ayyad Surgery for lesions in and around the posterior incisural space Manuel Cunha e Sá
1:42 – 1:45 Critical Assessment Samy Youssef Critical Assessment Marcus Ware Critical Assessment Juan Luis Gómez Amador Critical Assessment Thomas Santarius
1:45 – 1:55 Transcavernous approach Ugnius Kšanas Cavernous Sinus Meningioma Ali Krisht Surgical Strategy for large clinoidal meningiomas Takeo Goto VIDEO Petrosal approach for craniopharyngioma Kadir Erkmen
1:55 – 2:05 Honoring Yaşargil’s Legacy: Establishing Microsurgery Training in 38 LMICs Through 148 Microsurgery Training Kits Donations Across Four Continents Abdullah Keleş Surgical Education Muhammad Shahzad Shamim The bilateral Basi-frontal approach for craniopharyngiomas: A neglected highway Sadok Benamor Real-time intraoperative depth estimation in transsphenoidal surgery using deep learning: a pilot study Victor Staartjes
2:05 – 2:17 Meningiomas recurrence: what to do Benedicto Colli Direct Microsurgical Interruption of Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Simple and Effective Curative Strategy James K. Liu Fetal In-Utero Microneurosurgical Techniques Inside The Womb Samer K. Elbabaa Encephalomyosynangiosis for ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion: Proof of Concept in Animal Model Ketan R. Bulsara
2:17 – 2:20 Critical Assessment Liwei Zhang Critical Assessment Bernard R. Bendok Critical Assessment Ricardo Santos de Oliveira Critical Assessment Rose Du
2:20 – 2:32 Hypervascularized Large Vestibular Schwannomas: single-center experience Luciano Mastronardi Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia Ahmed Alkhani Microneurosurgery & Endoscopy for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms Juan Luis Gómez Amador Strategies for safe and expeditious skull base surgery Jennifer Moliterno
2:32 – 2:35 Critical Assessment Tony Van Havenbergh Critical Assessment Sanford Hsu Critical Assessment Laligam Sekhar Critical Assessment Thibault Passeri
2:35 – 2:47 Pineal Region Microsurgery Türker Kılıç Brief History of Microneurosurgery Bruno Splavski Craniopharyngiomas: When I use the transcranial approach Pablo Ajler Computational Neurosurgery Antonio Di Ieva
2:47 – 2:50 Critical Assessment Critical Assessment Paulo Abdo do Seixo Kadri Critical Assessment Amir Dehdashti Critical Assessment Byron Salazar
2:50 – 3:05 Coffee Break
3:05 – 5:25 Challenges
Moderator: Torstein Meling, William T. Couldwell Moderator: Carlos Alegria, Bruno Splavski Moderator: Nirav Patel, Türker Kılıç Moderator: Mustafa Baskaya, Rui Manilha
3:05 – 3:15 VIDEO Craniorbital pretemporal approach for microsurgical endoscope assisted resection of hypothalamic glioma to reverse preoperative blindness Kenan Arnautovic VIDEO Combined Petrosal approach for petroclival lesions Sébastien Froelich VIDEO Surgical clipping of complex paraclinoid aneurysms Sanford Hsu VIDEO Yaşargil’s clipping technique Juan Luis Gómez Amador
3:15 – 3:25 VIDEO Reconstruction and bypass for complex aneurysm Jacques J. Morcos VIDEO Pediatric craniopharyngioma Lissa Baird VIDEO Bypass Technique for Complex Aneurysm Michael T. Lawton VIDEO Grade 0 removal of clinoidal meningiomas Luis Borba
3:25 – 3:35 Four-by-four Microsurgical Technique for Decompressing the Optic Apparatus Nebojsa Lasica Clinical outcome and treatment strategy for parasellar meningiomas affecting the optic nerve Kiyohiko Sakata Surgical management and pathological considerations for fusiform and dolichoectatic intracranial aneurysms Hirofumi Nakatomi Sphenoid wing meningiomas: multiparametric analysis of a large series using artificial intelligence Ricardo Santos de Oliveira️
3:35 – 3:45 The 6 surgical approaches for tentorial meningiomas according to their localization and extension Eldaniz Mammadli Laterally positioned transcallosal interforniceal for third ventricular tumors Manabu Kinoshita Sinus shunting for intracranial hypertension Stylianos Rammos Novel classification of foramen magnum meningiomas predicted by topographic position relative to neurovascular bundle Rafael Martinez-Perez
3:45 – 3:55 Application of the horizontal mattress techniques in side-to-side microvascular anastomoses maximizes intima eversion Xiaochun Zhao Brainstem Cavernoma Surgery: Breaking a Paradigm Alberto Dau Acosta Ergonomics of Neurosurgery João M. Silva Staged surgery for giant skull base tumors Miguel A. Lopez-Gonzalez
3:55 – 4:07 Outcome-Oriented Assessment of Microsurgical Anastomosis Torstein Meling The fissures of the posterior fossa and the worlds they reveal Bernard R. Bendok Anterior Interhemispheric Approach to Parasellar & III Ventricle Tumors Miguel A. Arraez Which by-pass do you need? Fady T. Charbel
4:07 – 4:10 Critical Assessment Rokuya Tanikawa Critical Assessment Carlo Serra Critical Assessment Mateus Reghin Neto Critical Assessment Jacques J. Morcos
4:10 – 4:22 Aneurysm that I cannot coil Giuseppe Lanzino Intraventicular tumor surgery Ekkehard M. Kasper Lessons learned from microvascular decompression surgery Yong-Kwang Tu Nuances in decision making and surgical management of giant pituitary adenomas Hamid Borghei-Razavi
4:22 – 4:25 Critical Assessment Ivan Radovanovic Critical Assessment Lucas Possatti Critical Assessment Shigeaki Kobayashi Critical Assessment Francisco Guzmán
4:25 – 4:37 The evolution of the treatment of sinonasal malignancies Franco DeMonte Functional mapping to optimize resection of gliomas in language cortex Nitin Tandon Tutorial: Minimal anterior and posterior combined petrosal approach for large petroclival meningioma Takeo Goto D Rule for Meningioma Surgery Byron Salazar
4:37 – 4:40 Critical Assessment Antonio Aversa do Souto Critical Assessment Badih Adada Critical Assessment Rui Manilha Critical Assessment Carlos Eduardo da Silva
4:40 – 4:52 500 Paraclinoid Aneurysms Jaafar Basma 3rd ventricular Lesions: Microsurgery is still the mainstay: Based on an experience of nearly 300 Cases Basant K. Misra No need for embolization in AVM surgery Nirav J. Patel Learning to operate the temporal bone Carl Heilman
4:52 – 4:55 Critical Assessment Mohamed Samy Elhammady Critical Assessment Jennifer Moliterno Critical Assessment Ibrahim Erol Sandalcioglu Critical Assessment Akio Morita
4:55 – 5:07 Intradural spinal tumors – unilateral vs standard approach Ibrahim Omerhodžić Colloid Cyst Endoscopic Vs Microsurgical Excision Hemant Bhartiya Multidisciplinary treatment strategy for skull base malignancy Calvin Mak Little Resources, Giant Skull Base Tumor Samer Ayoubi
5:07 – 5:10 Critical Assessment Ahmed Alkhani Critical Assessment Jalal Najjar Critical Assessment Franco DeMonte Critical Assessment Arturo Ayala Arcipreste
5:10 – 5:22 Clinical characteristics in patients with asymptomatic intracranial meningioma; its surgical results and pitfalls Katsumi Sakata Microsurgery for hemispheric tumors Wenya Linda Bi Management of Orbital Tumors Jorge Salazar Intra- and extradural anterior clinoidectomy: anatomy review and surgical technique step by step Pablo Rubino
5:22 – 5:25 Critical Assessment Benedicto Colli Critical Assessment Sahin Hanalioglu Critical Assessment Marcio Rassi Critical Assessment James K. Liu

Day Two schedule below.

Day 2: MGB Global Neurosurgery Symposium, April 24, 2025
Time Session Speaker
7:00 – 7:30 Registration and Breakfast
7:30 – 7:45 Welcome Remarks
Tone Setting: MGB Global Neurosurgery
7:46 – 9:00 Challenges: Setting the Stage
7:46 – 7:48 Introduction to “Challenges” Moderator – Wenya Linda Bi
7:49 – 7:56 Defining Global Neurosurgery Kee Park
7:57 – 8:04 Financing Dilan Ellegale
8:05 – 8:12 Workforce Deficit Abdeslam El Khamlichi
8:13 – 8:20 Research Deficit and Empowering Research Franco Servadei
8:21 – 8:28 Haiti Ernest Barthelemy
8:29 – 8:36 Ukraine Rocco Armonda
8:37 – 8:44 Gaza David Hasan
8:45 – 9:00 Open Discussion Wenya Linda Bi / Ali Aziz-Sultan
9:01 – 10:15 Paradigms (Success / Failures)
9:01 – 9:03 Introduction to “Paradigms” Moderator – Gail Rosseau
9:04 – 9:11 Mission:Brain April Sabangan
9:12 – 9:19 FIENS – Training Bob Dempsey
9:20 – 9:27 Training Lab: US perspective Ali Krisht
9:28 – 9:35 Training Lab: Global perspective Mustafa Baskaya
9:36 – 9:43 Project Medishare Barth Green
9:44 – 9:51 Paraguay: Fellowship at Home Nirav Patel / Jose Kuzli
9:52 – 9:59 Duke – Uganda Twin/Twin Program Michael Haglund
10:00 – 10:04 Introduction of Keynote Speaker E. Antonio Chiocca
10:05 – 10:25 Keynote Speech Joe Kennedy III
10:26 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:46 – 12:10 Milieu / Support Pillars
10:46 – 10:48 Introduction to “Milieu/Support Pillars” Moderator – Nirav Patel
10:49 – 10:56 System-based approach Louise Ivers
10:57 – 11:04 Partnerships for Success: the HHI example Michael Van Rooyen
11:05 – 11:12 Education Brian Nahed
11:13 – 11:20 WHO and Global Neurosurgery Walt Johnson
11:21 – 11:28 Organized Neurosurgery and Philanthropy Miguel Arraez
11:29 – 11:36 Industry Pascal Girin
11:37 – 11:44 Patient Advocacy Alex Khalessi
11:45 – 11:52 Government funding (NINDS/NIH) Clint Wright
11:53 – 12:10 Group Discussion Nirav Patel / Brian Nahed
12:11 – 1:00 Lunch Break
1:01 – 2:28 Champions
1:01 – 1:03 Introduction to “Champions” Moderator – Isabelle Germano / Kenan Arnautovic
1:04 – 1:08 Bosnia Kenan Arnautovic
1:09 – 1:13 Sierra Leone Fatu Conteh
1:14 – 1:18 Gambia Saksham Gupta / John Jabang
1:19 – 1:23 Ethiopia Sarah Woodrow
1:24 – 1:28 Tanzania Caitlin Hoffman
1:29 – 1:33 Tanzania Kevin Lillehei
1:34 – 1:38 Kenya Farhan Siddiq
1:39 – 1:43 Afghanistan Mohammad Jaweed
1:44 – 1:48 Syria Jalal Najjar
1:49 – 1:53 Vietnam Cuong Bui
1:54 – 1:58 Nepal Mark Witcher
1:59 – 2:03 Pakistan Syed Ather Enam
2:04 – 2:08 UAE Ali Baaj
2:09 – 2:13 Taiwan Clark Chen
2:14 – 2:18 London David Baskin
2:19 – 2:23 Puerto Rico Rodolfo Alcedo
2:24 – 2:28 Neurokids Samer Elbabaa
2:29 – 2:44 Group Discussion
2:45 – 4:00 Community / Neurosurgical Societies
2:45 – 2:47 Introduction to “Community/Neurosurgical Societies” Moderator – Ali Aziz-Sultan / Ossama Al-Mefty
2:48 – 2:55 AANS / North America Jacques Morcos
2:56 – 3:03 CNS Garni Barkhoudarian
3:04 – 3:11 EANS / Europe Torstein Meling
3:12 – 3:19 AASNS / Asia and Australia Kate Drummond
3:20 – 3:27 FLANC / Latin America Luis Borba
3:28 – 3:35 CAANS / Africa Abdessamad El Ouahabi
3:36 – 3:43 WFNS Najia El Abbadi
3:44 – 3:59 Group Discussion Ossama Al-Mefty
4:00 – 4:10 Transition Remarks
4:11 – 4:29 Coffee Break
4:30 – 6:00 Boston Declaration Ali Aziz-Sultan / Gail Rosseau / Kee Park / Alfredo Borrero
6:00 – 7:00 Reception
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