Scientific Program

RMNS 2006 Sedona, AZ

SUNDAY, JUNE 11, 2006
MODERATOR: J. Paul Elliott, M.D.

7:00 - 7:55 am
Breakfast

 

8:00 - 8:10 am
Introductory Remarks and Welcome
President John McVicker, MD

8:10 - 8:30 am

Concomitant Recurrent Pituitary Adenoma and Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Armen Choulakian, MD; Shawn P. Moore, MD; Bruce Mickey, MD; Kevin Morrill, MD
Resident Award Candidate

 

8:30 - 8:50 am

Transphenoidal Resection of Craniopharyngioma: Results of 12 Consecutive Cases
Scott D Wait, MD; Joseph M. Zabramski, MD; William W White, MD
Resident Award Candidate

 

8:50 - 9:10 am

Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in Adult Patients
Amin Amini, MD; Richard Schmidt, MD
Resident Award Candidate

 

9:10 - 10:00 am

SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE
Maximal Resection for Malignant Glioma: Why and How?
Ray Sawaya, MD

 

10:00 - 10:30 am
Break with Exhibitors

 

10:30 - 10:50 am
Preoperative Imaging and Molecular Markers to Predict Response to Therapy and Survival in Malignant Gliomas
Randy L. Jensen, MD, PhD; Jeannette Flynn, MD; David L. Gillespie, PhD

 

10:50 - 11:40 am
SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE

Evidence Based Guidelines for Lumbar Spine Surgery
Dan Resnick, MD

 

11:40 -12:00 pm
Firing Line: Tumor Cases

 

NOON

ADJOURN

 

MONDAY, JUNE 12, 2006

MODERATOR:
Randy L. Jensen, MD, PhD

 

12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch

 

1:00 - 1:20 pm
Hemifacial Spasm Associated with a Cerebellar Arachnoid Cyst
Steven W Brown, MD; Christopher Madden, MD
Resident Award Candidate

 

1:20 - 1:40 pm
Crossed C2 Laminar Screws
Lothes Christian, MD; Howard Morgan, MD
Resident Award Candidate

 

1:40 - 2:20 pm
SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:

Flexibility and Rigidity in Atlantoaxial Fixation
Dan Resnick, MD

 

2:20 - 2:40 pm
Trans-sacral L5-S1 Fusion: Preliminary Experience
Ken S Yonemura, MD; Joel D. MacDonald, MD

 

2:40 - 3:00 pm
SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:

Neuropathic Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury: the Role of TRPV - 1 and B - 1 Receptors
Dan Resnick, M.D.

 

3:00 - 3:30 pm
Break with Exhibitors

 

3:30 - 3:50 pm
Management of Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms: Evaluation of Surgical and Endovascular Advantages
Babu Welch, MD; Joseph Beshay, MD; G. Lee Pride, Jr., MD; Jonathan A. White, MD; Duke Samson, MD

 

3:50 - 4:10 pm

Intensity Modulated Radiosurgery for Skull Base Lesions: Pretreatment Planning Techniques and Evaluation of Treatment Plans

Randy L. Jensen MD, PhD; Merideth M. Wendland MD; Shyh-Shi Chern PhD; Dennis C Shrieve MD, PhD

 

4:10 - 4:30 pm
Radiosurgical Treatment of Brain Tumors
Mary Kay Gumerlock, MD

 

4:30 - 5 :00 pm
Firing Line: Spine Cases

 

5:00 - 6:00 pm
Annual Business Meeting

 

TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2006

 

MODERATOR:
Mary Kay Gumerlock, MD

 

12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch

 

1:00 - 1:20 pm
Spontaneous CSF Leak Following Use of Epidural Morphine Nerve Paste Analgesia for Routine Lumbar Spine Decompression
John B Dietze, MD

 

1:20 - 1:40 pm
Tubular Retractors for Anterior Odontoid Access
John McVicker, MD

 

1:40 - 2:00 pm
Chylorrhea: A Rare Complication of Thoracoscopic Diskectomy of the Thoracolumbar Spine
Amin Amini, MD; Meic H Schmidt, MD

 

2:00 - 2:20pm
Traumatic Neurovascular Injury
J. Paul Elliott, MD

 

2:20 - 13:00 pm
SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:

Management of Brain Metastases: Surgery v. Radiosurgery
Ray Sawaya, M.D.

 

3:00 - 3:30 pm
Break with Exhibitors

 

3:30 - 4:10 pm
SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE

Neurosurgical Treatment of Blast Induced Neurotrauma: Observations from the Global War on Terrorism

James M. Ecklund, MD, FACS,COL, MC, USA

 

4:10 - 4:30 pm
Neurosurgical Needs After the Battle: Albania, Afghanistan and Kurdistan (Iraq)
Gene Bolles, MD

 

4:30 - 5:00 pm
Firing Line: General Neurosurgical Cases

 

5:00 pm
ADJOURN

 

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006

MODERATOR:
Richard Schmidt MD, PhD

 

7:00 - 7:55 am
Breakfast

 

8:00 - 8:20 am
The Spider Sign as Conformation of Lumbosacral Pathology
Albert H. Capanna, MD; Dawn M. Capanna, BA, MHSA

 

8:20 - 9:00 am
C 1-2 Internal Fixation Techniques: A Review of Proposed Options and Data to Support Them
Ronald Apfelbaum, MD

 

9:00 - 9:20 am
Outcomes Tracking
Richard Schmidt, MD, PhD

 

9:20 - 9:40 am
Sans Wired: The Self Assessment Tool for Neurosurgery Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Brian T Ragel, MD; Nathan Selden, MD; Anthony Asher, MD; Joel D. MacDonald, MD

 

9:40 - 10:00 am
Treatment of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Richard Schmidt, MD PhD

 

10:00 - 10:30 am
Break with Exhibitors

 

10:30 - 10:50 am
Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
John McVicker, MD

 

10:50 - 11:15 am

Advances in the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury
Mary Kay Gumerlock, MD

 

11:15 - 11:45 am
Firing Line: General Neurosurgical Cases

 

11:45 - Noon
Closing Remarks