Thursday, January 29, 2009

6:00am – 7:30am                                  Registrations: Neurosurgery/
                                                            Continental Breakfast

7:30am – 7:45am                                  Leonard I. Kranzler, MD
                                                             Introduction

7:45am – 9:45am                                  Michael Merchut, MD
                                                            Neuropathies & Myopathies &
                                                            Motor Neuron Diseases& EMG

                                                                        
9:45am – 10:00am                                Break

10:00am –12:00pm                               David Rothner, MD
                                                             Pediatric Neurology

12:00pm – 1:00pm                                 Lunch

1:00pm – 2:00pm                                  Sean Ruland, MD
                                                             Basic Stroke Syndromes and                                                              Diagnosis

2:00pm – 3:00pm                                 Sean Ruland, MD
                                                            Acute Stroke Treatment
                                                                                          
3:00pm – 4:00pm                                 Sean Ruland, MD
                                                            Stroke Prevention

4:00pm – 4:15pm                                 Break

4:15pm – 5:30pm                                 Kenneth Casey, MD
                                                            Surgery of the Cranial Nerves

5:30pm – 7:00pm                                 Anthony Reder, MD
                                                            Demyelinating Disorders

END OF THE DAY!

Friday, January 30, 2009     
NeuroRadiology

7:30am – 8:30am                                 Thomas P. Naidich, MD
                                                            Anatomy: The Brain Surface
                                                            (with f-MRI)

8:30am – 9:15am                                 R. Gilberto Gonzalez, MD
                                                            Ischemic Stroke

9:15am – 9:35am                                Break

9:35am – 10:25am                             R. Gilberto Gonzalez, MD
                                                            Intracranial Hemorrhage

10:25am – 11:00am                              Thomas P. Naidich, MD
                                                            Birth: HIE & Hemorrhage

11:00am – 11:40am                             Thomas P. Naidich, MD
                                                            Pediatric Head Trauma
                                                            (Accidental or Not)

11:40am – 12:20pm                             Thomas P. Naidich, MD
                                                             Pediatric Hydrocephalus

12:20pm – 1:40pm                              Lunch

1:40pm – 2:25pm                                Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                            Brain Tumors: Supratentorial
                                                            Pediatric

2:25pm – 3:10pm                                 Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                            Brain Tumors: Supratentonrial
                                                            Extra-axial Adult

3:10pm – 3:55pm                                 Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                            Brain Tumors: Infratentorial                                                             Pediatric

3:55pm – 4:30pm                                 Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                            Brain Tumors: Infratentorial
                                                            Extra-axial Adult

4:30pm – 5:10pm                                 Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                             Sella and Parasellar                                                              Tumors (Pediatric & Adult)

5:10pm – 5:30pm                                  Break

5:30pm – 6:15pm                                Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                             Infections of the Brain  & Meninges

6:15pm – 7:00pm                                Mauricio Castillo, MD
                                                            Imaging Strategies and Pathology 
                                                           in T-Lobe Seizures

7:00pm – 7:30pm                                 Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                            MS & Other White Matter                                                             Diseases

7:30pm – 8:30pm                                Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

END OF THE DAY!

Saturday, January 31, 2009
Neuroradiology

7:00am –7:30am                                 Mauricio Castillo, MD
                                                           Spondylosis and Disc Disease

7:30am – 8:10am                                  Thomas P. Naidich, MD
                                                           The Post-operative Spine

8:10am – 8:50am                                Mauricio Castillo, MD
                                                           Spinal Tumors & Mimics

8:50am – 9:10am                                  Break

9:10am – 9:50am                               Mauricio Castillo, MD
                                                          Spinal Infection

9:50am – 10:45am                             Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                           Spinal Dysraphism

10:45am – 11:30am                              Thomas P. Naidich, MD
                                                            Anatomy of the Basal Ganglia &                                                             Thalami

11:30am – 12:10pm                               Mauricio Castillo, MD
                                                             Pathology of the Basal Ganglia &                                                              Thalami

12:10pm – 1:30pm                                 Lunch

1:30pm – 2:00pm                                 Thomas P. Naidich, MD
                                                            Anatomy & Pathology of the Brain                                                             Stem

2:00pm – 2:30pm                                  Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                            Anatomy & Pathology of the                                                             Cerebellum

2:30pm – 3:30pm                                  Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                             Making the Central Nervous                                                             System

3:30pm – 3:50pm                                  Break

3:50pm – 4:30pm                                  Mauricio Castillo, MD
                                                           The Phakomatoses

4:30pm – 5:30pm                                 Thomas Naidich, MD
                                                            Congenital Malformations: Face &                                                              Brain

5:30pm – 7:30pm                                 Richard Penn, MD
                                                            Stereotactic, Functional Surgery

7:30pm – 8:30pm                                 Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review
 

Sunday, February 1, 2009

7:00am – 7:30am                                 Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                           Board Review
                                                                                          
7:30am – 8:45am                                 John Wheeler, MD
                                                            Neurourology

8:45am – 9:00am                               Break

9:00am – 10:15am                             Fredric Meyer, MD
                                                            Brain Metabolism, Blood Flow &                                                             Ischemic Threshold/Surgical                                                             Management of Cervical Carotid                                                             Artery Disease

10:15am – 11:30am                               Fredric Meyer, MD
                                                            Epilepsy Surgery

11:30am – 12:30pm                                Lunch

12:30pm – 3:30pm                                Robert J. Spinner, MD
                                                             Peripheral Nerve Surgery
                                                             Demonstration of Clinical                                                             Examination of
                                                             Peripheral Nervous System

3:30pm – 3:45pm                                 Break

3:45pm – 5:45pm                                Christopher Ogilvy, MD
                                                            Aneurysm: Posterior Circulation
                                                            Aneurysm: Anterior Circulation

5:45pm – 7:45pm                                 Thomas Mizen, MD
                                                            Afferent Visual Systems
           
7:45pm – 8:15pm                                 Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

End of the Day!

Monday, February 2, 2009

7:00am – 7:30am                                 Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

7:30am – 8:30am                                Antoun Koht, MD
                                                            Neuro-Anesthesia

8:30am – 9:30am                               Antoun Koht, MD
                                                           Intra Operative Evoked

9:30am – 9:45am                               Break

9:45am – 11:15pm                                Vikram Prabhu, MD
                                                            Brain Tumors
                                               
11:15pm – 12:15pm                                 Vikram Prabhu, MD
                                                            Surgical Management of Brain                                                             Tumors/ Targeted Therapy of Brain                                                             Tumors

12:15pm – 1:15pm                                 Lunch

1:15pm – 2:15pm                               Richard Penn, MD
                                                           Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

2:15pm – 3:45pm                                Juan Cayaffa, MD
                                                           The Thalamus

3:45pm – 5:45pm                                Peter Letarte, MD
                                                            Diagnosis and Treatment of Head                                                             Injuries              

5:45pm – 6:00pm                               Break

6:00pm – 8:00pm                                 Manuel Utset, MD
                                                            Degenerative Disease,
                                                            Dementing  Illnesses & Aging,                                                             Disorders of Myelin and Lipid                                                             Metabolism,                                                            Neuropathologies of AIDS/                                                            Opportunistic CNS Infection

8:00pm – 8:30pm                                 Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

END OF THE DAY!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

7:00am – 7:30am                              Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                           Board Review

7:30am – 10:30am                            Albert Rhoton, MD
                                                           Surgical Anatomy of Aneurysm                                                            Sites/Posterior Fossa/ Microsurgery

10:30am – 10:45am                           Break

10:45am – 11:45pm                           Albert Rhoton, MD
                                                          Pituitary and Sellar Anatomy

11:45am – 12:45pm                              Lunch

12:45pm – 2:15pm                               Juan Cayaffa, MD
                                                            The Basil Ganglion and Extra                                                              Pyramidal System

2:15pm – 4:15pm                               John Shea, MD
                                                           The Brain Stem Anatomy

4:15pm – 4:30pm                               Break

4:30pm – 5:30pm                               John Shea, MD
                                                          Reticular Formation Anatomy

5:30pm – 7:45pm                               Thomas Mizen, MD
                                                           Efferent Visual Systems

7:45pm – 8:15pm                               Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                           Board Review

END OF THE DAY!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

7:00am – 7:30am                                 Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

7:30am – 9:30am                                 Jennifer Glover, MD
                                                            Neuro Intensive-Care Made Easy

9:30am – 9:45am                               Break

9:45am – 11:15am                             Albert Rhoton, MD
                                                           Skull Base Anatomy

11:15am – 12:30pm                             Albert Rhoton, MD
                                                           Ventricular System Surgical
                                                           Approach to the Ventricles

12:30 – 1:30pm                                 Lunch

1:30pm – 3:00pm                                 Juan Cayaffa, MD
                                                            The Limbic System

3:00pm – 4:00pm                                 John Shea, MD
                                                            Spinal Cord Reflex Arcs

4:00pm – 4:15pm                                 Break

4:15pm – 5:15pm                                  John Shea, MD
                                                            The Cerebellum

5:15pm – 6:45pm                                  Manuel Utset, MD
                                                            Glial/ Non-Glial Tumors of the                                                             Nervous System

6:45pm – 8:00pm                                  H. Hunter Batjer, MD
                                                            Anterior Venous Malformations of                                                             the Brain & Spinal Cord

8:00pm – 8:30pm                                  Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

END OF THE DAY!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

7:00am – 7:30am                               Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

7:30am – 9:30am                             John Hughes, MD
                                                       BasicNeurophysiology:                                                                 Epilepsy from Prematurity to Old                                                               Age

9:30am – 11:00am                             Vijay Maker, MD
                                                          General Surgical Principles

11:00am – 11:15am                               Break

11:15am – 12:45pm                              Allan Levi, MD
                                                            Spinal Fractures and Spinal                                                               Cord Injuries

12:45pm – 1:45pm                                 Lunch

1:45pm – 3:45pm                               Allan Levi, MD
                                                        Non Tumor, Non Traumatic Surgical
                                                         Lesions of the Spine
                                                            (e.g. Disc Synovial, Cysts, Infection)

3:45pm – 5:15pm                                 Juan Cayaffa, MD
                                                             Hypothalamus

5:15pm – 5:30pm                                Break

5:30pm – 6:45pm                                Bakhtier Yamini, MD
                                                            Pediatric Brain Tumors

6:45pm – 7:45pm                                Ivan Ciric, MD
                                                            Surgery of the Sellar
                                                            & Suprasellar Regions

7:45pm – 8:15pm                                Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                           Board Review

END OF THE DAY
           

Friday, February 6, 2009

7:30am – 7:30am                                 Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                             Board Review

7:30am – 10:30am                                Larry Goodman, MD
                                                           Infectiouns of the Nervous System

10:30am – 10:45am                               Break

10:45am – 12:45pm                             Ossama Al-Mefty, MD
                                                           Meningiomas/Cranio
                                                          – Vertebral Junction R.

12:45pm – 1:45pm                               Lunch

1:45pm – 3:45pm                                 Ossama Al-Mefty, MD
                                                            of the Jugular Foreamen/Surgery
                                                          of the Carvernous Sinus

3:45pm – 4:00pm                                  Break

4:00pm – 6:00pm                                 Loch MacDonald, MD
                                                            Cerebral Vasospasm
                                                            Pathophysiology of SAH

6:00pm – 8:15pm                                 Edward Benzel, MD
                                                            Biomechanics of the Spine &
                                                            Spinal Tumor Surgery

8:15pm – 8:45pm                                 Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

END OF THE DAY

Saturday, February 7, 2009

7:00am – 7:30am                                 Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

7:30am – 9:30am                                 M. Kelly Nicholas, MD
                                                           Neuro-Oncology

9:30am – 9:45am                               Break

9:45am – 11:45am                           Daniel Curry, MD
                                                       Pediatric Head Injury                                                        Congenital Defects/Hydrocephalus

11:45am – 12:45pm                                   Lunch

12:45pm – 1:45pm                                 Daniel Curry, MD
                                                             Pediatric Head Injuries                                                             

1:45pm – 3:45pm                                 Robert Levy, MD
                                                            Neurosurgical Treatment of
                                                             Pain Trigeminal Neuralgia

3:45pm – 5:45pm                                 M. Gazi Yasargil, MD
                                                            Cerebral Hemisphere
                                                            Tumors

5:45pm – 6:00pm                                 Break

6:00pm – 8:00pm                                 M. Gazi Yasargil, MD
                                                            Brain Stem Tumors

END OF THE DAY!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

7:15am – 8:15am                                  George Dohrmann, MD
                                                             Spinal Cord Tumors
                                                                                                        
8:15am – 8:45am                                  Presentation of Bucy Award
                                                           

8:45am – 9:45am                                Issam Awad, MD
                                                             Science of Neurosurgery

9:45am – 11:15am                             Mark Molitch, MD
                                                            Physiology & Disease of the
                                                            Hypothalamus & Pituitary

11:15am – 12: 15pm                               Jaime Gascó, MD
                                                            Board Review

END OF THE COURSE

Thank You for Attending.