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| Sunday, May 18 |
Pre-Meeting Workshops |
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| 8:00 am - 12:00 noon | Workshop A: Movement Disorder Surgery | |
| Chairs: Patrick Kelly, MD and Ali Rezai, MD | ||
| Workshop B: Pain | ||
| Chairs: David C. Henderson, MD and Kim J. Burchiel, MD | ||
| Workshop C: Image-Guided Surgery | ||
| Chairs: M. Peter Heilbrun, MD and Richard Bucholz, MD | ||
| 12:00 noon – 1:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:30 – 5:30 | Workshop D: Radiosurgery | |
| Chairs: Bruce E. Pollock, MD and Michael Schulder, MD | ||
| Workshop E: Epilepsy Surgery | ||
| Chairs: Nicholas M. Barbaro, MD and David W. Roberts, MD | ||
| 7:00 | Opening Cocktail Reception | |
| Grand Ballroom | ||
| Monday, May 19 | Scientific Program | |
| 7:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 7:30 | Session 1: Open Scientific Session I | |
| OPENING REMARKS | ||
| Chairs: Patrick J. Kelly, MD and Douglas S. Kondziolka, MD | ||
| 7:40 | Keynote Speaker: High Tech Surgery | |
| Richard M. Satava, MD | ||
| 8:10 | The Robotics of Translating Thought into ActionKeynote Lecture: | |
| Miguel A.L. Nicolelis, MD, PhD | ||
| Distinguished Service Award | ||
| Thomas Karger, MD and Philip Gildenberg, MD | ||
| 8:45 | Complications and Outcomes in 1428 Surgical Procedures for Epilepsy. A Comprehensive Review of Contemporary Epilepsy Surgery from One Epilepsy Center | |
| Werner K. Doyle, MD | ||
| 8:55 | Cingulotomy for Intractable OCD: A Long Term Follow-Up Study | |
| Rees Cosgrove, MD, FRCS(C); Darin Dougherty, MD; Lee Baer, PhD; Edwin Cassem, MD; Bruce Price, MD; Mike Jenike, MD; Scott Rauch, MD | ||
| 9:10 | Evaluation of CyberKnife Frameless Real-Time Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Spinal Lesions: A Series of 70 Patients | |
| Peter C. Gerszten, MD; Steven A. Burton, MD; Cihat Ozhasoglu, PhD; William J. Vogel; MD; Barbara A. Atkins, RN; William C. Welch, MD, FACS; Shalom Kalnicki, MD | ||
| 9:20 | Fellow Award | |
| Bilateral Anterior Thalamic Nucleus Lesions Are More Protective than Stimulation Against Pilocarpine Induced Seizures and Status Epilepticus | ||
| Clement Hamani, MD, PhD; Flavio I.S. Ewerton; Saulo M. Bonilha; Gerson Ballester, MD, PhD; Luiz E.A.M. Mello, MD, PhD; Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD, FRCS(C) | ||
| 9:35 | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:15 | INTRODUCTION OF THE ASSFN PRESIDENT | |
| David Roberts, MD | ||
| 10:20 | Learning Stereotactic Surgery: With a Little Help from My Friends | |
| Douglas S. Kondziolka, MD | ||
| 10:40 | Resident Award | |
| Hemorrhagic Complications of Microelectrode-Guided DBS | ||
| Devin K. Binder, MD, PhD; Philip A. Starr, MD, PhD | ||
| 10:50 | Surgery for Parkinson Disease in the United States, 1996-2000: Practice Patterns, Short-Term Outcomes, and Hospital Charges in a Nationwide Sample | |
| Emad N. Eskandar, MD; Rees G. Cosgrove, MD; Barker G. Fred, MD | ||
| 11:00 | Selective Peripheral Denervation for the Treatment of Intractable Spasmodic Torticollis: The Mayo Clinic Experience with 168 Patients | |
| Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, MD; Dudley H. Davis, MD; Eric Ahlskog, MD; Joseph Matsumoto; Mary Swansen, RN | ||
| 11:15 | Electrical Stimulation (ES) of Centromedian Thalamic Nucleus (CM) in Cases of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) | |
| Marcos Velasco, PhD; Ana L. Velasco, MD; Fiacro Jimenez, PhD; Jose A. Hernandez, MSc; Francisco Velasco, MD | ||
| 11:30 | Multicenter Prospective Trial of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) for the Treatment of Intractable Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | |
| Ali R. Rezai, MD; Gerhard Friehs, MD; Nuttin Bart, MD; Rauch Scott, MD; Greenberg Benjamin, MDMalone Donald, MD; Cosyns Paul, MD; Rasmussen Steven, MD; | ||
| 11:40 | Non-Invasive Stimulating Lead and Extension Fault Localization Technique | |
| Jay Shils, PhD; Michele Tagliati, MD; Joan Miravite, RNC; Ron L. Alterman, MD | ||
| 11:50 | Localization of Subcortical Targets with a Near-Infrared Probe: The Stereotactic Periscope | |
| Cole A. Giller, MD, PhD; Dwight C. German, PhD; Hanli Liu, PhD | ||
| 12:00 noon | Lunch | |
| Poster Viewing with Presenters | ||
| Monday, May 19 | Session 2: Psychiatric Surgery/Open Scientific Session II | |
| Chairs: G. Rees Cosgrove, MD and Ali Rezai, MD | ||
| 1:30 pm | Keynote Lecture: | |
| Psychosurgery: Where Are We Going? | ||
| G. Rees Cosgrove, MD | ||
| 2:05 | Keynote Lecture: Question Period | |
| 2:15 | Bilateral Anterior Capsulotomy for Refractory Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders | |
| Alberto M.D. Aparicio, MD; Bartolome Oliver, MD, PhD; J. Gascon, MD; Marcel Garcia Bach, MD; J.L. Maestro de Leon, MD; Emilio Ayats, MD; Rodrigo Rodriguez, MD; P.A. Soler, MD | ||
| 2:25 | Bilateral Anterior Capsulotomy to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | |
| Jose A. Nasser, MD; Asdrubal Falavigna, MD; Fernando Ferraz, MD; Armando Alaminos, PhD; Helenice Charchat, PhD | ||
| 2:40 | Clinical Study for Alleviating Opiate Drug Abstinence by Method of Lesioning Nucleus Accumbens with Stereotactic Surgery | |
| Gao Guodong, MD; Wang Xuelian, MD; He Shiming, MD; Wang Qinfeng, BA; Li Weixing, BA; Hou Fang, BSN; Liang Qinchuan, BA; Cheng Ling; Li Ailing; Zhang Hua, MD | ||
| 2:50 | Electrical Stimulation of the Interior Thalamic Peduncle (ITP) in the Treatment of Unipolar Depression | |
| Francisco Velasco, MD; Fiacro Jimenez, PhD; Rafael Salin-Pascual, PhD; Jose A. Hernandez, MSc; Ana L. Velasco, MD; Marcos Velasco, PhD | ||
| 3:00 | Refreshment Break | |
| 3:30 | Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus is not Associated with Increased Striatal Dopamine Release as Assessed by (11-C)-Raclopride Displacement | |
| Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD; Shitij Kapur, MD, PhD; Anthony E. Lang, MD; Doug Hussey, BSc; Elspeth Sime, RN; Janis Miyasaki, MD; Sylvain Houle, MD, PhD; Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD | ||
| 3:45 | Deep Brain Stimulation in High-Field Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Environment | |
| Michael W.Y. Lee, FRCS, MBBS; Antonio A.F. DeSalles, MD, PhD.; Prof. Leonardo Frighetto, MD; Rodrigo C. Torres, MD; Eric Behnke, BS | ||
| 3:55 | Microvascular Decompression Surgery (MVD) in the United States, 1966-2000: Mortality, Morbidity, and the Effect of Hospital and Surgeon Volume | |
| Steven N. Kalkanis, MD; Emad Eskandar, MD; Bob S. Carter, MD, PhD; Fred G. Barker II, MD | ||
| 4:05 | Unilateral Ablative Lesions of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Advanced Parkinson Disease: Long-Term Follow-up | |
| Orhan Barlas, MD; Hasmet Hanagasi, MD; Murat Emre, MD | ||
| 4:20 | Stereotactic Interstitial Radiosurgery in Hypothalamic Hamartomas – Functional Outcome | |
| Peter C. Warnke, MD; Brian Tedman, MD; David Chadwick, MD; Volker Homberg, MD; Andreas Schulze-Bonhage, MD; Christoph Ostertag, MD | ||
| 4:30 | The Role of the Basal Ganglia in Voluntary Movement Selection | |
| Joseph S. Neimat, MD; Emad N. Eskandar, MD; John A. Assad, PhD | ||
| 4:40 | PTEN Anti-Oncogene Induces Reversion of Undifferentiated Pheochromocytoma Cells Away from a Neuronal Phenotype | |
| Michael G. Kaplitt, MD, PhD; Jill Roberts, BS; Donald Pfaff, PhD; Sergei Moussatov, PhD | ||
| 4:55 | Neurotransplantation for Basal Ganglia Stroke: Results from a Phase 2 Trial | |
| Douglas Kondziolka, MD; Gary Steinberg, MD; Lawrence Wechsler, MD; James Gebel, MD; Sharon DeCesare; Elaine Elder, DSc; Carolyn Meltzer, MD; Ross Zafonte, DO; David Tong, MD; Michael Marks, MD | ||
| 5:05 | Vagus Nerve Stimulation after Failed Cranial Surgery for Intractable Epilepsy: Results of the Cyberonics Patient Outcome Registry | |
| Arun P. Amar, MD; Michael L.J. Apuzzo, MD | ||
| Tuesday, May 20 | 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| Session 3: Movement Disorder Surgery 1 | ||
| Chairs: Phillip A. Starr, MD and Gordon Baltuch, MD | ||
| 7:30 | Keynote Lecture: Movement Disorder Surgery in the Future | |
| Andres Lozano, MD, PhD | ||
| 8:05 | Keynote Lecture: Question Period | |
| 8:15 | Surgical Complications of DBS Surgery: The Beth Israel Experience | |
| David Poulad, MD; Jay Shils, PhD; Michele Tagliati, MD; Brendan Sullivan, PA-C; Ron Alterman, MD | ||
| 8:27 | Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Advanced Parkinson’s Disease: First 100 Cases, Indications, Technique, Results and Morbidity | |
| Gordon H. Baltuch, MD, PhD; Jurg Jaggi, PhD; Andrew Siderowf, MD; Amy Colcher, MD; Howard Hurtig, MD; Matthew Stern, MD | ||
| 8:39 | Effect of High Frequency Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus on Subthalamic Neurons – An Intracellular Study | |
| Kendall H. Lee, MD, PhD; Uhnoh Kim, PhD; David W. Roberts, MD | ||
| 8:51 | Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson’s Disease: Correlation of Active Electrode Contacts with Intraoperative Microrecordings | |
| Wolfgang Hamel, MD; Urban Fietzek, MD; Andre Morsnowski, MSc; Dieter Weinert, MD; Bettina Schrader, MD; Jens Volkmann, MD; Gunter Deuschl, MD, Prof; Dieter M. Iler, MD, Prof; H. Maximilian Mehdorn, MD, Prof | ||
| 9:03 | The Response of Specific PD Symptoms to Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation is Anatomically Discrete | |
| Aubrey Okpaku, MD; Jay Shils, PhD; Michele Tagliati, MD; Joan Miravite, RNC; Ron L. Alterman, MD | ||
| 9:15 | Role of the Basal Ganglia in Movement Initiation and Suppression | |
| Emad N. Eskandar, MD; John A. Assad, PhD | ||
| 9:27 | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:15 | Motor Improvement’s Effect on Quality-of-Life Following Subthalamic Stimulation is Mediated by Changes in Depressive Symptomatology | |
| Alexander I. Trster, PhD; Julie A. Fields, BA; Steven Wilkinson, MD; Rajesh Pahwa, MD; Willia, Koller, MD, PhD; Kelly Lyons, PhD | ||
| 10:27 | Long-Term Results of Thalamic Deep Brain Stimulation for Essential Tremor | |
| Nicholas M. Wetjen, MD; John D. Putzke, PhD; Ryan J. Uitti, MD; Zbigniew K. Wszolek, MD; John J.A. Lucas, PhD; Margaret F. Turk, MSN; Robert E. Wharen, MD | ||
| 10:39 | Is Surgery Tremor Forever? | |
| Ronald Tasker, MD, PhD, FRCS(C) | ||
| 10:51 | Progressive Improvement in Generalized Dystonia after Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation | |
| Michele Tagliati, MD; Jay Shills, PhD; Susan Bressman, MD; Joan Miravite, RNC; Ron A. Alterman, MD | ||
| 11:03 | Bilateral Electrical Stimulation of Prelemniscal Radiations in Advanced Parkinson’s Disease | |
| Jose D. Carrillo-Ruiz, MSc; Francisco Velasco, MD; Fiacro Jimenez, MD; Jose A. Hernandez-Silverio, Prof; Carlos Arguelles, MD | ||
| 11:15 | Comparison of MRI Position and Size of STN to Schaltenbrand and Wahren Brain Atlas | |
| Erich O. Richter, MD; Hoque Tasnuva, BSc; Saint-Cyr Jean, PhD; Lozano M. Andres, MD, PhD | ||
| 11:27 | Thalamic Stimulation in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: Long Term Follow-Up | |
| Michael Schulder, MD; Reza Karimi, BA | ||
| 11:39 | The Effects of Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Stimulation on Resting-State Cerebral Glucose Metabolism of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease | |
| Bomin Sun, MD; Dianyou Li, MD; Jiankang Shen, MD; Yongbo Zhao, MD; Chuantao Zuo, MD; Yihui Guan, MD; Liqing Lang, MD; Wen Yu, MD; Shendi Chen, MD | ||
| 11:51 | Target Selection for Primary Dystonia Deep Brain Stimulation: GPi or STN | |
| Bomin Sun, MD; Dianyou Li, MD; Chenyan Sun, MD; Daokuan Liu, MD; Yongbo Zhao, MD; Jiankang Shen, MD; Shendi Chen, MD | ||
| 12:05 pm | Lunch | |
| Poster Viewing with Presenters | ||
| Tuesday, May 20 | Session 4: Image-Guided Surgery | |
| Chairs: M. Peter Heilbrun, MD and John R. Adler, Jr., MD | ||
| 7:30 am | Keynote Lecture: Where is Image Guidance Taking Us? | |
| Richard D. Bucholz, MD | ||
| 8:05 | Keynote Lecture: Question Period | |
| 8:15 | MR Safety in Patients with Implanted Neurostimulators: Update and Future Implications | |
| Ashwini D. Sharan, MD; Ali R. Rezai, MD; Greg Hrdlicka, MBA, MSc; John Nyhenuis, PhD; Jean Tkach, PhD; Paul Ruggieri, MD; Ken Baker, PhD; Mike Phillips, MD | ||
| 8:27 | Stereotactic Image-Guided Surgery with Intra-Operative Portable CT | |
| William D. Tobler, MD | ||
| 8:39 | The NASA Smart Probe Project for Automated Real-Time Multiple Microsensor Tissue Recognition | |
| Russell J. Andrews, MD; Robert W. Mah, PhD | ||
| 8:51 | A Non-Contacting 3-D Digitizer for Use in Image-Guided Neurosurgery | |
| Hai Sun, MSc; Hany Farid, PhD; David W. Roberts, MD; Kyle Rick, BA; aAlex Hartov, PhD; Keith Paulsen, PhD | ||
| 9:03 | Outcome Analysis in fMRI-Integrated Neuronavigation for Surgery in the Central Region | |
| Rene Krishnan, MD; Hilal Yahya, MD; Andrea Szeleny, MD; Sabine Wagner, MD; Andreas Raabe, PhD; Volker Seifert, Prof. | ||
| 9:15 | Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in a Low Field Intraoperative Scanner | |
| Michael Schulder, MD; Hooman Azmi, MD; Elizabeth Van Iperen, BA; Bharat Biswal, PhD | ||
| 9:27 | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:15 | Image Guided Interstitial Laser Thermotherapy: A Canine Model Evaluated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Quantitative Autoradiography | |
| Alexander Muacevic, MD; Michael Peller, MD; Dieter Berg, MD; Hanns-Juergen Reulen, MD, PhD; Joerg-Christian Tonn, MD, PhDLutz Ruprecht, MD; Freidrich W. Kreth, MD; | ||
| 10:27 | Use of a Frameless Stereotactic Robot for Movement Disorder Surgery | |
| Thelekat, R.K. Varma, FRCS; Paul E. Eldridge, FRCS; Alan Forster, MD; Susan Fox, MD; Nick Fletcher, MD; Malcolm Steiger, MD; Patricia Littlechild, FRCS; Patricia Byrne, RN; Ann Sinnott, RN | ||
| 10:39 | Laser Surface Scanning Patient Registration in Neuronavigation | |
| Rene Krishnan, MD; Andreas Raabe, PhD; Volker Seifert, Prof | ||
| 10:51 | Thalamic Stimulation for Essential Tremor: Relation of Lead Location to Outcome | |
| Efstathios Papavassiliou, MD; Nicholas Barbaro, MD; Paul Larson, MD; Aviva Abosch, MD, PhD; William Marks Jr., MD; Kathleen Lambourn, PhD; Heidi Clay, RN; Susan Heath, CNRN, MS, RN; Philip Starr, MD, PhD | ||
| 11:03 | Beneficial Effect of Moderate Volume Reduction in Hematoma by Stereotactic Aspiration in Spontaneous Thalamic Hemorrhage | |
| Chung-Ching Hsia, MD; Shinn-Zong Lin, MD, PhD | ||
| 11:15 | Longevity of Batteries in Internal Pulse Generators Used for Deep Brain Stimulation | |
| Mohammed S. Bin-Mahfoodh, MBBS; Clement Hamani, MD, PhD; Elspeth Sime, RN; Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD, FRCS(C) | ||
| 11:27 | Stereotactic-Guided Gamma Probe-Assisted Brain Tumor Microsurgical Resection | |
| Osvaldo Vilela Filho, MD; Omar Carneiro Filho, MD | ||
| 11:39 | Precision and Accuracy New Robot Designed for Neurosurgery | |
| Rene Krishnan, MD; Michael Zimmermann, PhD; Andreas Raabe, PhD; Volker Seifert, Prof | ||
| 11:51 | Influence of Stimulus Pacing on Language Lateralization with fMRI Using a Semantic Decision Task: Preliminary Results | |
| Ann Tieleman, MD; Olivier Vandamme, MD; Karel Deblaere, MD; Jacques Caemaert, MD, PhD; Eric Achten, MD, PhD | ||
| 12:05 pm | Lunch | |
| Poster Viewing with Presenters | ||
| Tuesday, May 20 | Session 5: Pain | |
| Chairs: Ronald Tasker, MD and Robert J. Coffey, MD | ||
| 1:30 pm | Keynote Lecture: Pain Surgery: Who, What, Where, When and Why | |
| Kim J. Burchiel, MD | ||
| 2:05 | Keynote Lecture: Question Period | |
| 2:15 | Spinal Cord Stimulator Adjustment to Maximize Implanted Battery Longevity: A Randomized, Controlled Trial Using a Computerized, Patient-Interactive Programmer | |
| Richard North, MD; Sherri-Kae Calkins; David Brigham, BS; David Campbell, BS; Steven Piantadosi, MD, PhD; Michael Daly, MD; Bobby Day, MD; Giancarlo Barolat, MD | ||
| 2:27 | Bulbar Trigeminal Stereotactic Nucleotratotomy for Treatment of Facial Pain | |
| Guilherme Lepski, MD; Paulo Henrique Aguiar, PhD; Valter Cescato, MD; Luis Rogano, MD; Manoel Teixeira, PhD | ||
| 2:39 | Repeat Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GKRS) for Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) | |
| Ronald Brisman, MD | ||
| 2:51 | Longterm Outcome of Spinal Cord Stimulation and Hardware Complications | |
| David G. Quigley, FRCS, MBBS; Jonathan Arnold; Paul R. Eldridge, FRCS, MBBS; Heather Cameron, BSc; Kate McIvor, BSc; John B. Miles, FRCS, MBBS; Thelkat R.K. Varma, FRCS, MBBS | ||
| 3:03 | Refreshment Break | |
| 3:33 | Treatment of Atypical Facial Pain with Gamma Knife Trigeminal Rhizotomy | |
| Rebekah C. Austin, MD; Thomas L. Ellis, MD; Volker W. Stieber, MD; Edward G. Shaw, MD; Stephen B. Tatter, MD, PhD | ||
| 3:45 | Frameless Radiosurgery for Trigeminal Neuralgia | |
| Pantaleo Romanelli, MD; Gary Heit, MD, PhD; Steve Chang, MD; John Adler, MD; Dave Martin, MD | ||
| 3:57 | High-resolution MR Imaging in Patients with Primary Trigeminal Neuralgia: Comparison to Age-Matched Controls | |
| Sam P. Javedan, MD; Adrian Harvey, BA; Andrew G. Shetter, MD; John P. Karis, MD; Bruce L. Dean, MD; Kris A. Smith, MD | ||
| 4:09 | Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis | |
| Mohsen Javadpour, FRCS; Pataricia Littlechild, FRCS; Ajay K. Sinha, FRCS; Paul R. Eldridge, FRCS; Telekath R. Varma, FRCS | ||
| 4:21 | Chronic Pain After Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Aspects and Results of Pharmacological, Physiatric and Functional Neurosurgical Treatments | |
| Guilherme Lepski, MD; Luis Rogano, MD; Lin Yeng, PhD; Manoel Teixeira, PhD | ||
| 4:33 | Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) in the Treatment of Refractory Unilateral Limb Pain Syndrome (RULPS) | |
| Abbay Kumar, MD; Sam Eljamel, MD | ||
| 4:45 | The Role of Pituitary Radiosurgery for the Management of Intractable Pain and Potential for Future Work | |
| Motohiro Hayashi, MD; Takaomi Taira, MD; Roman Liscak, MD; C.-P. Yu, MD; Tomokatsu Hori, MD | ||
| Tuesday, May 20 | Session 6: Movement Disorders Surgery 2 | |
| Chairs: Andres Lozano, MD, PhD and Aleksandar Beric, MD | ||
| 1:30 pm | Keynote Lecture: The History of the ASSFN and Movement Disorder Surgery | |
| Philip Gildenberg, MD | ||
| 2:05 | Keynote Lecture: Question Period | |
| 2:15 | Effects of Pallidotomy on the Parkinsonian Subthalamic Nucleus | |
| Vasilios A. Zerris, MD, MSc; Jeff Arle, MD, PhD; Jay Shils, PhD; Ron Alterman, MD | ||
| 2:27 | STN DBS for Parkinson’s Disease: Are We Where We Think We Are? | |
| Claudio Pollo, MD; Reto Meuli, MD, PhD; Francois Vingerhoets, MD; Joseph Ghika, MD; Philippe Maeder, MD; Jean-Guy Villemure, FRCS(C) | ||
| 2:39 | Unilateral Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus | |
| Roy A.E. Bakay, MD; Leo Verhagen, MD; Jean Arzbaecher, CNRN, MS, RN,; Diane Sierens, MD; Brian Myre, MD; Nick Verwey, MD | ||
| 2:51 | Variability in Position of the Subthalamic Nucleus Targeted by Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Microelectrode Recordings as Compared to Atlas Co-Ordinates | |
| Patricia Littlechild, FRCS; Thelekat R.K. Varma, FRCS; Paul R. Eldridge, FRCS; Susan Fox, MD; Alan Forster, MD; Nick Fletcher, MD; Malcolm Steiger, MD; Patricia Byrne, RN; Kath Tyler, MSc; Sally Flintham, BSc | ||
| 3:03 | Refreshment Break | |
| 3:33 | Synaptic Mechanism of Deep Brain Stimulation in Thalamus | |
| Trent Anderson, PhD; Bin Hu, MD, PhD; Zelma HT Kiss, MD, PhD | ||
| 3:45 | Stimulation-Induced Mood Changes in Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation, Location of the Cathodal Contact | |
| Paul S. larson, MD; Gabriel Zada, BA; Matthew Mori, BA; Geoff Rau, BS; Efstathios Papavassiliou, MD; Susan Heath, MS, RN; Chadwick Christine, MD; William J. Marks, MD; Philip A. Starr, MD, PhD | ||
| 3:57 | Functional Outcomes After Gamma Knife Thalamotomy for Medically Refractive Tremor | |
| John Y.K. Lee, MD; Ajay Niranjan, MD; Doug S. Kondziolka, MD; John C. Flickinger, MD; L. Dade Lundsford, MD | ||
| 4:09 | >Stereotactic Ventrooralis Thalamotomy for Task-Specific Focal Hand Dystonia (Writer’s Cramp) | |
| Takaomi Taira, MD, PhD, Prof; Tomokatsu Hori, MD, PhD, Prof | ||
| 4:21 | A Novel Denervation Procedure for Idiopathic Cervical Dystonia | |
| Takaomi Taira, MD, PhD, Prof; Tomokatsu Hori, MD, PhD, Prof | ||
| 4:33 | Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation in Cervical Dystonia: Clinical Outcome in 4 Cases | |
| Hazem A. Eltahawy, MD, FRCS; Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD, FRCS(C) | ||
| 4:45 | Lesions Using DBS Electrodes: Experimental Studies in Fresh Egg Whites and in Human Cadavers | |
| Sylvie Raoul, MD, PhD; Dominique Leduc, PhD; Roger Robert, MD; Jean-Michel Rogez, MD; Marie Garco, PhD; Joel Leborgne, MD; Youenn Lajat, MD; Andres M. Loazno, MD, PhD | ||
| 5:00 | BUSINESS MEETING/ELECTIONS | |
| 7:00 | Gala Dinner Cruise | |
| Wednesday, May 21 | 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| Session 7: Tumors | ||
| Chairs: Antonio DeSalles, MD, PhD and Michael Apuzzo, MD | ||
| 7:30 | Keynote Lecture: Where Are We Going? | |
| Patrick J. Kelly, MD | ||
| 8:05 | Keynote Lecture: Question Period | |
| 8:15 | Brain Metastases Radiosurgery: An Expanding Role in Cancer Management | |
| Ajay Niranjan, MBBS; L. Dade Lunsford, MD; Douglas Kondziolka, MD; John M. Varlotto, MD; John C. Flickinger, MD | ||
| 8:27 | A Multi-Center Prospective Trial Evaluating a Miniature X-Ray Device for Interstitial Radiosurgery of Brain Metastases | |
| Rees Cosgrove, MD, FRCS(C); David Porter, MD; Felix Senanayke, MD; Mark Bilsky, MD; Peter Black, MD, PhD; Jay Loeffler, MD; Nicholas Zervas, MD | ||
| 8:39 | Stereotactic Radiosurgery Compared to Surgery is Associated with the Reduced Risk of Leptomeningeal Spread in Patients with Posterior Fossa Metastases | |
| Vitaly E. Siomin, MD; Andrew A. Kanner, MD; Shih-Yuan Lee, MHSA; John H. Suh, MD; Michael A. Vogelbaum, MD, PhD; Gene H. Barnett, MD | ||
| 8:51 | Stereotactic Brainstem Biopsy is Indicated for Diagnosis of a Diversity of Brainstem Pathology | |
| Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD; Kevin D. Judy, MD | ||
| 9:03 | Combined Magnetic Resonance (MR)- and Positron Emission Tomography (PET)-Guided Radiosurgery for Brain Tumors: Experience of 46 Cases Treated with Leksell Gamma Knife (LGK) | |
| Marc Levivier, MD, PhD; Nicolas Massager, MD; Jose Lorenzoni, MD; David Wikler, BS; Philippe David, MD; Daniel Devriendt, MD; Serge Goldman, MD, PhD; Jacques Brotchi | ||
| 9:15 | Phosphorus-32 Intracavitary Irradiation for Patients with Cystic Craniopharyngiomas | |
| Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, MD; Toshi Hasegawa, MD; Douglas Kondziolka, MD; L. Dade Lunsford, MD | ||
| 9:27 | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:15 | Permanent Iodine-125 Interstitial Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Non-GBM High-Grade Gliomas | |
| Lucia Zamorano, MD; James Fontanesi, MD; Kenneth Levin, MD; Qinghang Li, MD; Fernando Diaz, MD | ||
| 10:27 | Aggressive Treatment of Cerebellar Brain Metastases Improves Outcome | |
| Andrew A. Kanner, MD; Vitaly Siomin, MD; Gene H. Barnett, MD; Shih-Yuan Lee, MHSA; John H. Suh, MD; Michael A. Vogelbaum, MD, PhD | ||
| 10:39 | Integration of a Neurosurgical Image Guidance System and an Intraoperative MR-Scanner: The University Hospitals of Cleveland Experience | |
| Robert J. Maciunas, MD; Dean David, PhD; Lewin Jonathan, MD; Duerk Jeffrey, PhD; Selman Warren, MD; Ratcheson A. Robert | ||
| 10:51 | CT-Guided Stereotactic Microsurgical Removal of Intraventricular Lesions Assisted by Endoscopy | |
| Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis, MD; Anthony E. Harris, MD; L. Dade Lunsford, MD; Andrew K. Lunsford, MD; Amin Kassam, MD | ||
| 11:03 | Interstitial irradiation for CNS lesions | |
| Guilherme Lepski, MD; Claudio Correia, PhD; Paulo Henrique Aguiar, PhD; Manoel Teixeira, PhD | ||
| 11:15 | From a Letterbox to a Keyhole Approach for Resecting Intracranial Brain Lesions | |
| M. Sam Eljamel, MD; Monica Hofner, MD | ||
| 11:27 | Presurgical fMRI: Usefulness as Perceived by the Clinicians | |
| Ann Tieleman, MD; Olivier Van Damme, MD; Karel Deblaere, MD; Jacques Caemaert, MD, PhD; Eric Achten, MD, PhD | ||
| 11:39 | Standard Imaging Protocol for fMRI | |
| Samuel R. Browd, MD, PhD; William T. Couldwell, MD, PhD; James Lee, PhD | ||
| 11:51 | Lunch | |
| Poster Viewing with Presenters | ||
| Wednesday, May 21 | Session 8: Basic Science/Imaging | |
| Chairs: Robert E. Gross, MD, PhD and Edmond Knopp, MD | ||
| 7:30 am | Keynote Lecture: How Does the Brain Work? | |
| Rodolfo Llinas, MD, PhD | ||
| 8:05 | Keynote Lecture: Question Period | |
| 8:15 | Keynote Lecture: Cerebral Microdialysis and Single Neuron Recordings in the Human Brain – What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going? | |
| Itzhak Fried, MD, PhD | ||
| 8:45 | Use of Multichannel Auditory Brainstem Implant for Deafnessin Neurofibromatosis Type II | |
| Marc S. Schwartz, MD; Steven R. Otto, MA; Derald E. Brackmann, MD; William E. Hitselberger, MD; Robert V. Shannon, PhD | ||
| 8:57 | Brain Machine Interfaces: Functional and MRI-Guided Placementof High-Density Microelectrode Arrays in the Study of Movement in Non-Human Primates | |
| Parag G. Patil, MD, PhD; Dennis A. Turner, MD, MA; Miguel A.L. Nicolelis, MD | ||
| 9:09 | Stereotactic Accuracy of a 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit | |
| Hooman Azmi, MD; Michael Schulder, MD | ||
| 9:21 | High Yield Differentiation of Neurons from Rat Neural Progenitor Cells | |
| Elizabeth C.Tyler-Kabara, MD, PhD; Yongjian Liu, PhD; Glenn Gobbel, PhD; Douglas Kondziolka, MD, FACS, FRACS, MSc | ||
| 9:33 | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:15 | New Instrumentation for Electrophysiologically-Guided Delivery of Microvolumes of Therapeutic | |
| Miles G. Cunningham, MD, PhD; Hayrunnisa Bolay, MD, PhD; Douglas Jacoby, PhD; Michael Moskowitz, PhD; Charles Scouten, PhD; Christopher Moore, PhD | ||
| 10:27 | Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Neural >Precursors Following Transplantation into the Immunodeficient Mouse Brain | |
| Daniel J. Guillaume, MD; Su-Chun Zhang, MD, PhD | ||
| 10:39 | Anterior Mesiotemporal Lobe Activation Detected with fMRI: >Preliminary Results | |
| Karel Deblaere, MD; Ann Tieleman, MD; Pieter Vandemaele; Kristel Vonck, MD; Guy Vingerhoets, PhD; Paul Boon, Md, PhD; Eric Achten, MD, PhD | ||
| 10:51 | A Quick, and Universal Method for Stereotactic Visualization of the Subthalamic Nucleus Before and After Implantation of Deep Brain Stimulation Electrodes | |
| Marwan I. Hariz, MD, PhD, Prof; Paul Krack, MD, PhD; Roger Melvill, MD; Jan V. Jorgensen, MD; Wolfgang Hamel, MD; Hidehiro Hirabayashi, MD, PhD; Mathieu Lenders, MD; Nils Wesslen, MD, PhD; Magnus Tengvar, MD; Tarek Yousry, MD, PhD, Prof | ||
| 11:03 | Experience Using Frameless Navigation in 646 Epilepsy Surgery Cases | |
| Werner K. Doyle, MD | ||
| 11:15 | Corpus Callosotomy in Children: A Review of 15 Cases | |
| Gustavo Luzardo-Small, MD; Lamar Davis, BS; V.V. Vedanarayanan, MD; Mecheri Sundaram, MD; Colette Parker, MD; Owen Evans, MD; John A. Lancon, MD | ||
| 11:27 | Effect of Stereotactic High-Frequency Stimulation in the Anterior Lobe of Cerebellum in Cerebral Palsy | |
| Miroslav Galanda, MD, PhD; Stanislav Horvath, PhD | ||
| 11:39 | Correlation Between Peroperative STN Neurophysiology | |
| Lazorthes Yves, MD; Cintas Pascal, MD; Simonetta-Moreau Marion, MD; Breffel-Courbon Christine, MD; Fabre Nelly, MD; Ory Fabienne, MD; Chaynes Patrick, MD; Sabatier Jean, MD; Rascol Olivier, MD; Berry Isabelle, MD | ||
| 11:51 | Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease: Association Between Stimulation Parameters and Cognitive Performance | |
| Paul Francel, MD; Kersi J. Bharucha, MD; Alan Stevens, BS; Katherine A. Ryder, MS; Jeffrey Wetmore, BS; James G. Scott, PhD | ||
| 12:05 pm | Lunch | |
| Poster Viewing with Presenters | ||
| Wednesday, May 21 | Session 9: Epilepsy | |
| Chairs: David W. Roberts, MD and Andre Olivier, MD, PhD | ||
| 1:30 pm | Keynote Lecture: What’s New In Epilepsy Surgery | |
| Dennis D. Spencer, MD | ||
| 2:05 | Keynote Lecture: Question Period | |
| 2:15 | Subtraction Ictal SPECT Co-Registered to MRI (SISCOM) in theLong Term Outcome for Repeat Epilepsy Surgery | |
| Nicholas M. Wetjen, MD; Gregory D. Cascino, MD; A. James Fessler, MD; Elson L. So, MD; Denise M. Cambier, MD; Terence J. O’Brien, MBBS; Brian P. Mullan, MD; W. Richard Marsh, MD | ||
| 2:27 | Chronic Electrical Stimulation (CES) of Bilateral Hippocampal Foci in the Treatment of Temporal Lobe Seizures | |
| Ana L. Velasco, MD; Marcos Velasco, PhD; Beatriz Rojas, BSc; Jose A. Hernandez, MSc; Martha L. Perez, BSc; Francisco Velasco, MD | ||
| 2:39 | Complications and Outcome in 296 Vagus Nerve Stimulator Procedures for Epilepsy | |
| Werner K. Doyle, MD | ||
| 2:51 | New Modified Treatment Method in MTLE Radiosurgery – Based on the Evaluation of 23 MTLE Cases in Marseille Timone Hospital | |
| Motohiro Hayashi, MD; Jean Regis, MD; Taku Ochiai, MD; Fumitaka Yamane, MD; Tomokatsu Hori, MD | ||
| 3:03 | Refreshment Break | |
| 3:30 | A 10 Year Experience with Magnetic Source Imaging in the Guidance of Epilepsy Surgery | |
| Joseph R. Smith, MD; Don W. King, MD; Yong D. Park, MD | ||
| 3:42 | Optical Imaging of Epileptiform Events in an Acute In Vivo Model | |
| Ashesh D. Mehta, MD, PhD; Suh Minah, PhD; Bahar Sonya, PhD; Schwartz H. Theodore, MD | ||
| 3:54 | Epilepsy Surgery for Cortical Dysplasia (CD): Outcome and Efficacy of Moderate to Severe CD | |
| Werner K. Doyle, MD | ||
| 4:06 | Selective Amygdalo-Hippocampectomy in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Results in 200 Patients | |
| Andre Olivier, MD, PhD; F. Andermann, MD; F. Dubeau, MD; Aviva Abosch, MD; N. Poulin, MD; W. Boling, MD | ||
| 4:18 | Operative Technique and Results of Subtemporal Amygdalohippocampectomy for Medically Intractable Medial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | |
| Tomokatsu Hori, MD, DMSc; Fumitaka Yamane, MD, DMSc; Taku Ochiai, MD; Motohiro Hayashi, MD, DMSc; Takaomi Taira, MD, DMSc | ||
| 4:30 | Implantation and Testing of Responsive NeuroStimulator (RNS) | |
| Michael Munz, MD; Robert D. Sweazey, PhD; Carla Barrett, MS; Audra Plenys-Loftman, PhD; Harry Vinters, MD; Zaneta Popovska, BS; David A. Greene, BS | ||
| 4:42 | Peri Insular Hemispherotomy: Potential Pitfalls and Complication Avoidance | |
| Roy T. Daniel, MS; Jean-Guy Villemure, FRCS(C) | ||
| Wednesday, May 21 | Session 10: Radiosurgery | |
| Chairs: Douglas Kondziolka, MD and Eban Alexander, MD | ||
| 1:30 pm | Keynote Lecture: Radiosurgery: Where Are We Heading? | |
| L. Dade Lunsford, MD | ||
| 2:05 | Keynote Lecture: Question Period | |
| 2:15 | Long-Term Results After Radiosurgery for Benign Brain Tumors | |
| Douglas Kondziolka, MD; Narendra Nathoo, MD; John Flickinger, MD; Ajay Niranjan, MD; Ann Maita, MS; L. Dade Lunsford, MD | ||
| 2:27 | Radiation and Regeneration: Behavioral Improvement and GDNF Expression After Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the 6-OHDA Model of Hemi-Parkinsonism | |
| Vasilios A. Zarris, MD; Zhen Zheng, PhD; George Noren, MD; Arno Sungarian, MD; Gerhard Friehs, MD | ||
| 2:39 | Predictive Factors of Radiation Necrosis After Radiosurgery for Cerebral Metastases | |
| Charles A. Valery, MD; Georges Noll, MD; Michel Duyme, PhD;Gilbert Boisseire, PhD; Jean-Jacques Mazeron, MD, PhD; Remy van Effenterre, MD; Philippe Cornu, MD | ||
| 2:51 | Analysis of Tumor Control Toxicity in Patients Who Have Survived at Least One Year After Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases | |
| John M. Varlotto, MD; John C. Flickinger, MD; Ajay K. Bhatnagar, BA; Douglas Kondziolka, MD; Dad Lunsford, MD | ||
| 3:03 | Refreshment Break | |
| 3:30 | Clinical Implementation of an Automated Planning System for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery | |
| Lawrence S. Chin, MD; David M. Shepard, PhD; Steven J. DiBiase, MD; Shahid A. Naqvi, PhD; Jinho Lim, PhD; Michael C. Ferris, PhD | ||
| 3:42 | Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Skull Base Meningiomas – Tumour Metablism as Predictive Parameter | |
| Peter Warnke, MD; Danny Fritzsche, MD; Ekkehard Kasper, MD, PhD; Christoph B. Ostertag, MD | ||
| 3:54 | MRI Changes in the Rat Hippocampus Following Proton Radiosurgery | |
| Paul Chapman, MD; James Rabinov, MD; Jonathan Brisman, MD; Jay Loeffler, MD; Marc Bussiere, PhD; Patricia Lee; Gilberto Gonzalez, MD; Rees Cosgove, MD, FRCS(C) | ||
| 4:06 | Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Management of Brain Metastases from Lung Carcinoma: Factors Affecting Survival, Local Control and Freedom from New Brain Metastases/td> | |
| Ajay Jawahar, MD; Ronnie E. Matthew, BS; Beepti Shukla, MD; Brian K. Willis, MD, FACS; Donald R. Smith, MD; Federico Ampil, MD; Anil Nanda, MD, FACS | ||
| 4:18 | The Significance of Tumor Location in Gamma Knife Treatment for Meningiomas | |
| Thomas F. Mindermann, MD; Olivier de Rougement | ||
| 4:30 | The Role of MRI and Proton MRS in Directing Leading Edge Boost Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme | |
| Christopher M. Duma, MD; Michael Brant-Zawadzki, MD; Michael Shea, MD; Jay Tassin, MD; Mackintosh Ralph, PhD; Plunkett Marianne, BSc; Sharp Shari, PA-C | ||
| 4:45 | CLOSING CEREMONIES |