Neuro–Oncology and Skull Base

07:00 Welcome - G Narenthiran [UK, US]

07:15 Spinal Oncology – Jean–Paul Wolinsky [US]

07:45 Management of meningiomas invading sinuses - Benedicto Oscar Colli [Brazil]

08:15 The increasing role of radiosurgery in the management of neurosurgical disease - Lawrence Chin [US]

08:45 Classification of brain tumors, I - Douglas Miller [US]

09:15 Classification of brain tumors, II - Douglas Miller [US]

09:45 Break

10:00 Endoscopy for skull base surgery - Nevo Margalit [Israel]

10:30 Advances in the treatment of malignant brain tumors - Andreas Unterberg [Germany]

11:00 Intra-axial tumors of the posterior fossa and pineal gland - Pierre Robe [The Netherlands]

11:30 Awake surgery for gliomas - Brad Zacharia [US]

12:00 Skull base surgical approaches - William Couldwell [US]

12:30 Lunch

Pediatrics, Craniofacial, Endoscopy

13:30 Non-accidental head trauma in infants - Mark Dias [US]

14:00 Management of hydrocephalus - Eylem Ocal [US]

14:30 Craniosynostosis - Hannes Haberl [Germany]

15:00 Endoscopy in pediatric neurosurgery - Mark Iantosca [US]

15:30 Craniospinal dysraphic malformations - Nick Wetjen [US]

16:00 Break

16:15 Pediatric CNS tumors - Pieter Wesseling [The Netherlands]

16:45 Chiari malformations and syringomyelia in children - Krystal Tomei [US]

17:15 Surgical aspects of paediatric brain tumors - Guirish Solanki [UK]

17:45 Surgical epilepsy in children - Rick Boop [US]

18:15 Shunt hardware - Dieter Class [Germany]

Vascular and Endovascular

07:00 Unruptured aneurysms. management decisions - Robert Harbaugh [US]

07:30 Aneurysmal SAH - Kevin Cockroft [US]

08:00 AVM classification and management – Daniel Barrow [US]

08:30 Spinal vascular malformations and fistulas - Francesco Signorelli [Italy]

09:00 Carotid artery disease - Robert Harbaugh [US]

09:30 Break

09:45 Management of ischemic stroke including thrombectomy - Scott Simon [US]

10:15 Moya-Moya disease - Chris Loftus [US]

10:45 Cerebral bypass - Albert van der Zwan [The Netherlands]

11:15 Venous stenting – indications and outcomes - Kenneth Liu [US]

11:45 Cranial and spinal cavernomas - Ramez Kirollos [Singapore]

12:15 Lunch

Functional, Stereotactic, Epilepsy, Other

13:30 Ultrasound imaging - Giles H Vince [Germany]

14:00 Normal pressure hydrocephalus - Russell Andrews [US]

14:30 DBS for movement disorders - Nicholas Brandmeier [US]

15:00 VNS for epilepsy - Ersin Erdogan [Turkey]

15:30 Invasive monitoring and stereo EEG in epilepsy - Michael Sather [US]

16:00 Break

16:15 Surgical resection for epilepsy - Michael Sather [US]

16:45 MVD for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm - Takamitsu Fujimaki [Japan]

17:15 Emerging indications for functional neurosurgery - James McInerney [US]

17:45 Radiosurgery - James McInerney [US]

18:15 Fellowship training in neurosurgery - Robert Harbaugh [US]

Neurotrauma and Critical Care

0700 Principles of cerebral physiology - Dolin Bhagawati [UK]

0730 Facial and skull fractures - Kathryn Beauchamp [US]

0800 Spinal cord injury syndromes - Chris Zacko [US]

0830 Cervical and occipitocervical spinal column injuries - Chris Zacko [US]

0900 Thoracolumbar spinal column injuries - Cara Sedney [US]

0930 Break

0945 Penetrating brain trauma - Tariq Khan [US]

1015 Blunt vascular injury - Shelly Timmons [US]

1045 Classification of head injuries - Raimund Firsching [Germany]

1115 Management of raised intracranial pressure - Haejoe Park [US]

1145 Decompressive craniectomy for head injury - G Narenthiran [UK]

Hands-on Workshops

13:30 - 17:00

Microsurgery (anastomoses)
Endovascular stimulators
Neurocritical
Skull base dissection
Craniofacial
Spine dissection
Peripheral nerve dissection

Spine, Peripheral nerve & Pain surgery

07:00 Rhizotomy for spasticity and pain - Elias Rizk [US]

07:30 Peripheral nerve tumors - Kimberly Harbaugh [US]

08:00 Brachial plexus surgery - Pim van Ourwerkerk [US]

08:30 Peripheral nerve entrapments - Ali Zarina [US]

09:00 Craniovertebral junction anomalies - Komal Prasad Chandrachari [India]

09:30 Break

09:45 Minimally invasive spine surgery - Gabriel Tender [US]

10:15 Surgery for pain - Michael Sather [US]

10:45 Principles of deformity surgery - JP Kelleher [US]

11:15 Traumatic nerve injuries and nerve transfers - Thomas Wilson [US]

11:45 The evolution of spine surgery in the United States - Regis Haid [US]

Hands-on Workshops

13:30 - 17:00

Microsurgery (anastomoses)
Endovascular stimulators
Neurocritical
Skull base dissection
Craniofacial
Spine dissection
Peripheral nerve dissection

The 4th International Neurosurgery Resident Course (INRC) is of the Neurosurgery Research Listserv, hosted by Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania and, endorsed by the Foundation of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)