[BIC-announce] FW: Neurosurgery Day and Rasmussen Lecture, Friday, Dec 12

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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Dear Colleagues,

Please join us for Neurosurgery Day on Friday, December 12 in the de Grandpré Communications Centre. Research presentations will be given from 8 am to 3:45 pm on topics in functional neurosurgery, neuro-imaging, neuro-oncology and operative neurosurgery.  For titles and times, please see the attached program. [I HAVE COPIED THE PROGRAM BELOW DR. KOFRON'S MESSAGE.  J]

At 4 pm, Professor M. Gazi Yasargil from the University of Arkansas will deliver the Rasmussen Lecture entitled 'My experiences with selective amygdale-hippocampectomy in patients with intractable limbic temporal seizures."  

Dr. Yasargil is internationally known for his clinical and research activities and has authored several books, including the Verlag text Microneurosurgery.  In 1999, Dr. Yasargil was honored by the Journal of Neurosurgery as the Neurosurgeon of the Century.

You are welcome to attend all or part of this interesting Neurosurgery Day program.


Elizabeth Kofron, PhD
Associate Director
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Suite 636 
3801 University Street
Montreal, Quebec, Canada  H3A 2B4
Tel:  514-398-2316
Fax: 514-398-8248
elizabeth.kofron at mcgill.ca


Neurosurgery Day 2008 Fr i d a y, December 12th, 2 0 0 8

de Grandpré Communications Centre

FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY

8:00

Effects of BDNF and Glutamate on Striatal Neuronal Survival:Implications for the

R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease

K. Nguyen

8:15

Early postnatal lesion of thalamo-striatal afferents results in Huntington disease-like

pathology

V.V. Rymar

8:30

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) reduces L-Dopa-induced dyskinesias in primed

dyskinetic and de novo MPTP parkinsonian monkeys

P. Samadi

8:45

The effect of contact size on high frequency oscillation detection in human

intracerebral EEG recordings

C-E. Châtillon

9:00

Neuromodulation for Intractable Epilepsy

H. Al Jehani

9:15

Long Term Functional Performance Post Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy: A Ten-Year

Follow-up

R. S. Saluja

9:30

Outcome in cerebral palsy patients with baclofen pump after spinal fusion for

neuromuscular scoliosis

M. Parolin

9:45

The Use of Tripolar Leads in Spinal Cord Stimulation:Initial Series

H. Al Jehani

10:00

Deep Brain Stimulation for Major Depressive Disorder (Resistant to 4 or more

Treatments): Preliminary Results of a Multi-Centre Study

A. Sadikot

10:15 - 10:30 BREAK (Helen Penfield Atrium)

NEURO - IMAGING

10:30

Intraoperative vessel-based volumetric image registration

S.J.S. Chen

10:45

Ultrasound to CT Registration of Vertebral Bones for Spine Surgery

C.X.B. Yan

11:00

Free-floating thrombus in the carotid circulation: a review of diagnostic modalities

and implications for surgical management

K. Poon

11:15

Pial Single-channel Arteriovenous Fistula

A. Ajlan

11:30

CT features of subarachnoid hemorrhage in patients with First Negative angiogram

and their mid term follow up

T. Mammen

11:45

Pre-operative fMRI and intra-operative behavioral evaluation of high-order cognitive

functionsin patients with low-grade gliomas

E. Ferreira

12:00

Atypical Speech Activations: PET Results of 92 Patients with Left Hemispheric Epilepsy

T. Tanriverdi

12:15 - 13:00 LUNCH (Helen Penfield Atrium)

NEURO - ONCOLOGY

1:00

SLIT2 modulates the transcripts on medulloblastoma and glioma invasion

M. Seyed Sadr

1:15

DRR , a Novel Regulator of Glioma Invasion

K. Petrecca

1:30

MGMT promoter methylation fingerprinting and protein activity levels in glial tumors

and PBMCs

V. Siu

1:45

A Phase 11 Trial to evaluate the effect of low dose Temozolomide (TMZ) for 2 weeks

on brain tumour O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) activity in

patients with gliomas: The Temozolomide MGMT study. Initial results

R.F. Del Maestro

2:00

Brain tumor resection guided by ultrasound - initial experience at the Neuro

L. Mercier

2:15

Cystic Vestibular Schwannomas : Natural History and Treatment

N. Gélinas-Phaneuf

2:30 - 2:45 BREAK (Helen Penfield Atrium)

OPERATIVE NEUROSURGERY

2:45

Interdisciplinary, Multimodality Treatment of Orbital/Skull Base Tumors

H. Al Jehani

3:00

Microsurgery of the Posterior Fossa Post Gamma-knife Therapy

A. Ajlan

3:15

Post-traumatic tension pneumocephalus, a challenging case

Q. Al Hinai

3:30

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH) MNH experience in diagnosis and

treatment

F. Al Subaie

3:45

Decompressive craniectomy in the treatment of traumatic brain injury.

How aggressive should we be?

A. Al Jishi

 

Jennifer Chew

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre

MNI - WB317

3801 University Street

Montreal, Qc  H3A 2B4

Telephone:  514-398-8554

Fax:  514-398-2975

 

 

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