UCLA Neurosurgery Update 2019
The Department of Neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA presents its second annual comprehensive update on emerging diagnostic and treatment modalities for diseases of the brain and spine drawing upon the department’s world class expertise in each subspecialty.
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Day 1
1) Brain Mapping for Glioma Surgery | Rich Everson, MD
2) Brain Metastases: Management and Challenging Cases | Won Kim, MD
3) Immunotherapy and Clinical Trials for Brain Tumors | Linda Liau, MD, PhD, MBA
4) DBS: Indications and Limitations | Ausaf Bari, MD, PhD
5) Epilepsy: Mapping and Treating Brain Networks | Itzhak Fried, MD, PhD
6) Neurosurgical Targets for Chronic Pain | Jean-Philippe Langevin, MD
7) Facial Pain: A Treatment Matrix | Won Kim, MD
8) Laser Ablation of Brain Tumors | Nader Poratian, MD, PhD
9) Laser Ablation for Epilepsy | Itzhak Fried, MD, PhD
10) MRI Guided Focused Ultrasound for Tremor and Beyond | Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD
11) Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Where Have We Come From and Where Are We Going | Kevin Foley, MD
12) Minimally Invasive Intradural Spine Surgery | Luke Macyszyn, MD
13) Thoracic Myelopathy - An Underappreciated Cause Of Neurological Dysfunction | Langston Holly, MD
14) Anterior Reconstruction Techniques In Spinal Deformity | Luke Macyszyn, MD
Day 2
1) Controversies in Surgery for Traumatic Brain Injury - From Subdural to Craniectomy | Rich Everson, MD
2) Intracranial Monitoring in Traumatic Coma - Emerging Targets for Therapy | Manuel M. Buitrago Blanco, MD, PhD
3) Imaging in TBI - What it Means and How it Changes Management | Paul Vespa, MD
4) The Evolution Of Image Guided Spine Surgery | Kevin Foley, MD
5) Updates on Mechanical Thrombectomy for Stroke | Geoffrey P. Colby, MD, PhD
6) Advanced Endovascular Therapy for Brain Aneurysms | Geoffrey P. Colby, MD, PhD
7) Current Management Strategies for Vascular Malformations | Anthony C. Wang, MD
8) Modern Treatment Paradigms for Moyamoya and Arterio-Occlusive Disease | Anthony C. Wang, MD
9) Latest Updates for Meningiomas | Isaac Yang, MD
10) Pearls and Pitfalls of Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Surgery | Marvin Bergsneider, MD
11) Optimizing Treatment Selection in Infantile Hydrocephalus | Aria Fallah, MD, MSc
12) Treatment Strategies for Chiari Malformation | Ulrich Batzdorf, MD
13) Advances in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Thumbnail | Aria Fallah, MD, MSc
