SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
June 16-20, 2007
Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Sunday, June 17, 2007
MODERATOR: Mary K. Gumerlock
07:00-07:55 Breakfast
08:00-08:15 Introductory Remarks and Welcome
President Mary K. Gumerlock, M.D.
08:00-12:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
08:15-08:35 A Sheep Study Comparing Two Different Preparations of rhBMP-2 to Autograft in an Instrumented Lumbar Corpectomy and Spinal Reconstruction Model
David G. Schwartz; Amisha Patel; Jean-Pierre Mobasser; Eric Potts; Joseph Williams; Carl Graf; Joseph Riina; Matthew Paddack; Jeffrey Toth; Shane Rose
08:35-08:55 Stereotactic Radiosurgery as Primary Treatment for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma and Melanoma
Dennis Shrieve and Randy L. Jensen
08:55-09:15 Blast Injury to the Spinal Cord Causing Syringomyelia: a Case Report and Literature Review
Oscar Szentirmai; Glenn Kindt
09:15-09:35 Efficacy of Magnesium in a Rodent Model of Spinal Cord Injury
Andrew T. Dailey
09:35-09:55 C 2-3 Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Special Case?
Michael Finn and Joel MacDonald
09:55-10:15 A Sheep Study Evaluating Fusion Rates Using rhBMP-2 in a Morselized Absorbable Collagen Sponge (ACS) Carrier Combined with Resorbable Ceramic Granules in an Instrumented Lumbar Corpectomy Spinal Reconstruction Model
David G. Schwartz; Amisha Patel; Jean-Pierre Mobasser; Eric Potts; Joseph Williams; Carl Graf; Joseph Riina; Matthew Paddack; Jeffrey Toth; Shane Rose
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:
Medical Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Management of Acute Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Injuries
Mark Hadley
11:00-12:00 Firing Line: Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury- Please Bring Interesting Cases
NOON ADJOURN
MONDAY, June 18, 2007
MODERATOR: Randy L. Jensen
07:00-07:55 Breakfast
08:00-12:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION II
08:00-08:20 Carotid Endarterectomy: Experience in the Endovascular Age
Larry D. Tice
08:20-08:40 Early Stent Assisted Coiling on Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
Young-Joon Kim
08:40-09:00 Surgical Anatomy of the Relationship Between the Frontal Sinus and the Supraorbital Notch
William B. Schueler; Eric H. Sincoff
09:00-09:20 MEG Enhances Lesion Detection of MRI in Patients with Epilepsy
Paul A. House
09:20-09:40 A Sheep Study Evaluating Fusion Rates Using rhBMP-2 in a Compression Resistant Matrix (CRM) carrier in an Instrumented Lumbar Corpectomy Spinal Reconstruction Model
David G. Schwartz; Amisha Patel; Jean-Pierre Mobasser; Eric Potts; Joseph Williams; Carl Graf; Joseph Riina; Matthew Paddack; Jeffrey Toth; Shane Rose
09:40-10:00 A Sheep Study Evaluating Fusion Rates Using Autograft in an Instrumented Lumbar Corpectomy Spinal Reconstruction Model
David G. Schwartz; Amisha Patel; Jean-Pierre Mobasser; Eric Potts; Joseph Williams; Carl Graf; Joseph Riina; Matthew Paddack; Jeffrey Toth; Shane Rose
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:
Harvey Cushing and the Birth of Neurosurgery
Michael Bliss
11:00-11:30 Local Naturalist/Geologist
11:30-12:00 Firing Line: Management of Vascular Disorders - Please Bring Interesting Cases
NOON ADJOURN
TUESDAY, June 19, 2007
MODERATOR: Mike Brown
07:00-07:55 Breakfast
07:30-07:55 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING FOR RMNS MEMBERS
08:00-12:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
08:00-08:20 Development of A Novel Intracranial Meningioma Mouse Model Using Luciferase Expressing Meningioma Cells And Preliminary Results of Tumor Growth Inhibition by Combination Chemotherapy and Calcium Channel Antagonists
Randy L Jensen; Brian T Ragel; David L Gillespie
08:20-08:40 Do Trauma Patients with GCS of 15 and Minimal CT Findings Require Neurosurgical Consultation?
Basheer A. Shakir and Mary Kay Gumerlock
08:40-09:00 Decompressive Hemicraniectomy for the Treatment of Intracranial Hypertension: An Institutional Experience
Brad Duhon; Richard Schmidt; Ramin Eskandari
09:00-09:20 Neurosurgeon to the Gladiators
Albert Capanna
09:20-09:40 All Terrain Vehicles; A Public Health Concern
Michael A. Finn and Joel D. MacDonald
09:40-10:00 Degenerative Pannus of the Elderly
Michael A. Finn and Ronald I. Apfelbaum
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE: Perfusion Pressure Management in the Perioperative Treatment of Spinal Cord Pathology
Mark Hadley
11:00-11:30 Firing Lines: General Neurosurgery Cases
NOON AJOURN
WEDNESDAY, June 20
07:00-07:55 Breakfast
08:00-12:00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV
MODERATOR: Joel D. MacDonald
08:00-08:20 Gemcitabine Neurotoxicity in Rats Following Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption
Pal Randahawa, Paul Tompkins, Lilly Wong, and Mary K. Gumerlock
08:20-08:40 The Use of Bone Morphogenetic Protein for High Risk Cervical Fusions
Stewart Levy
09:00-09:20 Incorporation of Functional MRI Data into Neuro-Navigational Guidance for Optimization of Tumor Resection Near Eloquent Cortex
Kris Smith
09:20-10:00 SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE:
The Cushing-Dandy Controversy
Michael Bliss
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:05 Use of an Endovascular Stent to Repair Iliac Artery Injury during Lumbar Microdiscectomy
Mike Brown
11:05-11:25 Overexpression of Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolast Inhibits ADMA-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction in Cerebral Circulation
Hayan Dayoub, Roman Rodionov, Cynthia Lynch, John P. Cooke, Steven R. Lentz, Frank M. Faraci
11:25 Closing Remarks
Mark K. Gumerlock
NOON MEETING ADJOURN