Topics And Speakers:
Vascular
Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke – Henrikas Vaitkevicius, MD
Intracranial Aneurysms – Rose Du, MD, PhD
Vascular Malformations and Moyamoya Disease – Gary K. Steinberg, MD, PhD
Extracranial Carotid Artery Disease – Christopher M. Loftus, MD, Dr.h.c. (Hon), FAANS
Endovascular Considerations in Vascular Disease – Alan S. Boulos, MD, FACS, FAANS
Head Injury/Craniocerebral Trauma
Closed Head Injury/Concussion and Head Injury in Sports – Mark R. Proctor, MD
Skull and Facial Fractures/Paranasal Sinus and Skull Base Trauma – Rocco Anthony Armonda, MD, FACS (Col. [Ret.], MC, UCS)
Subdural Hematoma – Maya Babu, MD
Decompressive Craniectomy – Jamie S. Ullman, MD, FACS, FAANS
Spinal Surgery
Cervical Spine Trauma – John H. Chi, MD, MPH
Thoraco-Lumbar Fractures – Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc
Disc Herniations: Cervical, Lumbar and Thoracic – Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion – Adam S. Kanter, MD
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD
Hydromyelia/Syringomyelia – Charles A. Sansur, MD, MHSc
Peripheral Nerves
Acute Nerve Injury and Repair – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
Peripheral Nerve Tumors – Robert J. Spinner, MD
Brachial Plexus Lesions – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
Compression Neuropathy – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
Nerve Transfers for Shoulder and Elbow – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
Nerve Transfers for the Hand – Susan E. Mackinnon, MD
Brain Tumors
Metastatic Brain Tumors – Peter E. Fecci, MD, PhD
Malignant Gliomas – Charles S. Cobbs, MD
Meningiomas – Ossama Al-Mefty, MD, FACS
Low Grade Gliomas – Nader Sanai, MD, FAANS, FACS
Pineal Region Tumors – Jeffrey N. Bruce, MD, FACS
Posterior Fossa Tumors of Childhood – Tord D. Alden, MD
Vestibular Schwannoma – Michael J. Link, MD
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Brain Tumors, Arteriovenous Malformations, and Trigeminal Neuralgia – Jason Sheehan, MD, PhD, FACS
Spine and Spinal Cord Tumors
Metastatic Tumors of the Spine – Michael W. Groff, MD
Spinal Cord Tumor Management – Paul C. McCormick, MD, MPH
Skull Base Lesion
Meningiomas of the Skull Base and Other Skull Base Tumors – Ian F. Dunn, MD, FAANS
Skull Base Surgical Approaches – Ian F. Dunn, MD, FAANS
Pituitary Tumors and Craniopharyngiomas
Non-Functioning and Functioning Pituitary Tumors – Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS
The Evolution and Development of Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery – Edward R. Laws, MD, FACS
Craniopharyngiomas – R. Michael Scott, MD
Hydrocephalus/Cysts/Infection
Hydrocephalus and Congenital Cysts – Tord D. Alden, MD
Functional Neurosurgery
Functional Neurosurgery – Garth Rees Cosgrove, MD, FRCSC
Special Topics
Neurofibromatosis and von Hippel-Lindau Disease – Ashok R. Asthagiri, MD
Coma and Brain Death – Allan H. Ropper, MD
Anticoagulation, Reversal, and Hemostasis in Neurosurgery – Christopher M. Loftus, MD, Drhc, FAANS
