Guest Speakers
Lecturers
Programme
Saturday, 12th December
9:00 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome – Mr Ramez Kirollos and Mr Thomas Santarius
9:45 – 11:00 Prof Guilherme Ribas – Anatomy of the ventricles and deep structures
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break and Exhibitions
11:15 – 12:15 Prof Guilherme Ribas – Anatomy of sulci and gyri
12:15 – 13:00 Prof Guilherme Ribas – Surgical anatomy of gyral and lobar lesions
13:00 – 14:30 Photograph + Lunch Break and Exhibitions
14:30 – 15:15 Prof Guilherme Ribas – Surgical anatomy of ventricular and deep lesions
15:15 – 15:45 Prof Guilherme Ribas – Neurosurgical key points
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee Break and Exhibitions
16:00 – 17:15 Prof Robert Reisch – Endoscopic transnasal surgery of the central skull base
17:15 – 18:30 Prof Fred Gentili – Evolution of skull base surgery: lessons learned and quo vadis
18:30 – 18:45 Announcements
19:00 for 19:30 Course Dinner
Sunday, 13th December
9:00 – 10:00 Mr Ramez Kirollos – Neurosurgical anatomy quiz
10:00 – 10:30 Prof Fred Gentili – Tuberculum sellae meningiomas: open versus endoscopic techniques (including video session)
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break and Exhibitions
10:45 – 11:15 Prof Robert Reisch – Tuberculum sellae meningiomas – supraorbital subfrontal approach through an eyebrow skin incision
11:15 – 12:15 Prof Fred Gentili / Prof Robert Reisch – Endoscopic pituitary surgery: the standard of practice?
12:15 – 13:00 Prof Fred Gentili – Chordomas and chondrosarcomas: open versus endoscopic techniques and the role of photon versusproton radiation
therapy
13:00 – 14:00 Course Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Prof Robert Reisch and Prof Fred Gentili – The role of endoscopy in skull base surgery: does it complement, antagonizesor replace traditional open skull base surgery (an interactivesession with me presenting cases and discussing their management interms of open versus endoscopic techniques)
15:00 – 15:15 Mr Ramez Kirollos – Conclusion