Scientific Program
RMNS 2005 Whistler, BC
SATURDAY, June 18th
1:00 - 5:00 pm Registration
SUNDAY, June 19th
07:00-07:55 Breakfast
08:00-12:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
MODERATOR: Jonathan A. White, M.D.
08:00-08:15
Introductory Remarks and Welcome
Richard H. Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society
08:15-08:35
Neurosurgical Considerations in Translumbar Amputation
Talmadge Trammell, MD; Kevin Morrill, MD
Resident Award Candidate
08:35-08:55 Role of EC-IC Bypass in Selected Patients
Joseph Beshay, MD, Jonathan White, MD
Resident Award Candidate
08:55-09:15 Reduced Mortality with Brain Tissue Oxygen Guided Management in Traumatic Brain Injury
Michael F Stiefel, MD, PhD; Alejandro Spiotta, MD; M. Sean Grady, MD; Peter D LeRoux, MD
Resident Award Candidate
09:15-09:35 Biomechanical Characteristics of an Expandable Vertebral Body Replacement Device
Charles R. Gordon, MD; Heather Hanson
09:35-09:55 Glioblastomas in Young Adults Age 18-35 Years: Unusual Phenotypes and Radiation-Induced Tumors
Bette K. Kleinschmidt--Demasters, MD; Kevin O Lillehei, MD
09:55-10:15 In vitro and in vivo glioblastoma multiforme cell growth is inhibited by anti-HIF-1a short hairpin RNA. Preliminary results and drug delivery studies.
Randy L. Jensen, MD, PhD: David L. Gillespie, PhD
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:
Current Principles In The Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
Alex B. Valadka, M.D.
11:00-12:00 Firing Line: Traumatic Brain Injury- Please Bring Interesting Cases
NOON ADJOURN
MONDAY, June 20th
07:00-07:55 Breakfast
08:00-12:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION II
MODERATOR: Randy Jensen, M.D., Ph.D.,
08:00-08:20
Cervical Catheter Tip Placement for Intrathecal Baclofen Administration
Todd McCall, MD: Joel D. MacDonald, MD
Resident Award Candidate
08:20-08:40
Desmoid-Type Fibromatoses Involving the Brachial Plexus: Update on Treatment and Assessment of c-Mutation
Joshua Seinfeld, MD; Bette K. Kleinschmidt-Demasters, MD; Shalini Tayal; Kevin O Lillehei, MD
Resident Award Candidate
08:40-09:00 Inhibition of Lactate-Pyruvate Transport In Malignant Glioma: A Novel Chemo-radiosensitizing Approach
Chaim B. Colen, MD
Resident Award Candidate
09:00-09:20 Anatomical and Quantitative Description of the Transcavernous Approach for Basilar Artery Aneurysms
Joseph M. Zabramski, MD; Eberval G. Figueiredo, MD
09:20-09:40 Spinal Reconstruction After Vertebrectomy Using the Synex Cage System For Thoracolumbar Pathology
Paul Klimo, MD; Meic H Schmidt, MD
09:40-10:00 Spondylolisthesis Reduction Using Poly-Axial Screws
Joel D. MacDonald, MD
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:
What's New on Trigeminal Neuralgia and Other Facial Pain
Kim J. Burchiel, M.D.
11:00-11:10 Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society: Early Years
Homer McClintock
11:10-11:30 40th Anniversary Program
Lee E. Krauth, M.D.
11:40-12:00 Firing Line: Management of Pain - Please Bring Interesting Cases
NOON ADJOURN
TUESDAY, June 21st
07:00-07:55 Breakfast
07:30-07:55 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING FOR RMNS MEMBERS
08:00-12:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
MODERATOR: Mary Kay Gumerlock, M.D.
08:00-08:20 Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Following Use of Epidural Nerve Morphine Paste Analgesia for Routine Lumbar Spine Decompression
John B Dietze, MD
08:20-08:40 Minimally invasive Video-Assisted (MIVA) Endoscopic Approach for Ventral Decompression and Stabilization of Metastatic Spinal Cord Compression
Paul Klimo, MD; Meic H Schmidt, MD
08:40-09:00 Unusual Primary CNS Melanocytic Tumors: Challenges in Classification and Difficulties in Predicting Clinical Outcome
Kerry Brega, MD; Bette K. Kleinschmidt-Demasters, MD; S. Nawaz, MD; G. Kindt, MD
09:00-09:20
Decompression of Cavernous Sinus Meningioma for Preservation and Improvement of Cranial Nerve Function: Technical Note
William T. Couldwell M.D., Peter Kan M.D., Ronald Afelbaum M.D.
09:20-09:40 Comparison of the Telovelar and Transvermian Approaches to the Fourth Ventricle: Anatomic and Clinic Study
Vivek R. Deshmukh, MD; Eberval G. Figueiredo, MD; Kuma Kakaria, MD; Pushpa Deshmukh, PhD, Neil R. Crawford, PhD; Mark C. Preul, MD: Robert F. Spetzler, MD
09:40-10:00 Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCT's): Factors affecting the functional outcome.
Behawani Shanker Sharma
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:
Neurosurgeons and Emergency Coverage: Problems and Solutions
Alex B. Valadka, M.D.
11:00-11:30 Firing Lines: General Neurosurgery Cases
11:30-11:50 Kyphoplasty Decreases Vertebral Body Deformity as Defined By Morphometric Height Ratios in Patients with Vertebral Fractures
Jon t. Ledlie, MD; Mark Renfro, MD
NOON ADJOURN
WEDNESDAY, June 22nd
07:00-07:55 Breakfast
08:00-12:00
SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV
MODERATOR: Robert Replogle, M.D.
08:00-08:20 Unusual Chordoid Rhaboid, and Papillary Variants of Meningiomas: Therapeutic Challenges
Kevin O Lillehei, MD; B.K. Breeze, MD; Bette K. Kleinshmidt-Demasters, MD
08:20-08:40 Microdisectomy: The Untold Story
Al Capanna
08:40-09:00
Cervical Cisternal Shunting as an Alternative to Lumboperitoneal Shunts
Amin Amini
09:00-09:20
Risk of Retreatment of Previously Coiled Aneurysms
Toral Patel, Robert Replogle, M.D.
09:20-10:00
Historical Developments in Spine Surgery
Ronald I. Apfelbaum, M.D.
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:05 SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:
An Update on Functional Neursosurgery
Kim J. Burchiel, M.D.
11:05-11:25 Long Term Clinical and Radiographic Follow-up of 15 Patients with Biopsy Proven Radiation Necrosis Without Tumor
Kris A. Smith M.D., Christopher Biggs M.D.
11:25 Closing Remarks
NOON MEETING ADJOURN: Next Year In Sedona