Preliminary Program

*Program subject to change – please check this page regularly for further updates.

Time Session
08:00 - 09:00

Registration

Theme: Skullbase and Ventricular Approaches

09:00 - 10:30

Session 1A: Ventricular Surgery

09:00 - 09:15

Introduction

Dr. Aneela Darbar, UAE | Dr. Mohamed Al Olama, UAE

09:15 - 09:30

Anatomy of the Ventricles

Dr. Aneela Darbar, UAE

09:30 - 09:45

How I do It: Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy

Dr. Mohamed Al Olama, UAE

09:45 - 10:00

How I do It: Septum Pellucidotomy

Dr. Eylem Ocal, US

10:00 - 10:15

How I do it: Colloid Cyst and Access to lateral Ventricular Lesions

Dr. Mohammed Al Asha, UAE

10:15 - 10:30

How I do it: Pineal and Posterior Third Ventricular Lesions

Dr. Samer Elbabaa

10:30 - 10:45

Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:45

Hands-on

Session 1B: Cadaveric Experience

All Faculty Members 

12:45 - 13:30

Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30

Session 2A: Skull Base Surgery

13:30 - 13:45

Anatomy of Skull Base

Khalid Mahmood, Pakistan

13:45 - 14:00

How I do It: Pituitary and Access to Sellar Floor

Florian Roser, UAE

14:00 - 14:15

How I do It: Creation of Haddad and Rescue Flap

TBA

14:15 - 14:30

How I do it: CSF Leak and ways to handle it.

Dr. Mohamed Samy Elhammady, US

14:30 - 14:45

Coffee Break

14:45 - 16:45

Hands-on

Session 2B: Cadaveric Experience

All Faculty Members

Time Session
0800 - 0900

Registration

09:00 - 09:15

Opening Ceremony

H.E. Awadh Seghayer Al Ketbi, Director-General, Dubai Health Authority

H.E. Dr. Essam Al Zarouni, Acting Executive Director, EHS

09:15 - 10:37

Session 1: Skullbased | Part 1

Session Chairs: Dr. Samer Elbabaa, US | Dr. Chandrasekhar Deopujari, India

09:15 - 09:30

Tuberculum Sellae Meningioma: Do all roads lead to Rome? Comparative review of surgical approaches

Dr. Mohammed Al Asha, UAE

09:30- 09:45

The Role of Endoscopy in Staging Surgery of Complex Lateral Skull Base Lesions: The Evolution

Dr. Samy Youssef, USA

09:45 - 10:00

Colloid cysts, Craniopharyngiomas and MVD for hemifacial spasm!

Dr. Henry W. S. Schroeder, Germany

10:00 - 10:15

Endoscopic Neurosurgery: Facts, Passion and Fiction

Dr. Basant Misra, India

10:15 - 10:30

Extended endonasal approach to the cavernous sinus

Dr. Charles Teo, Australia

10:30 - 10:37
Panel Discussion /Q&A
10:37 - 10:52

Coffee Break

10:52 - 11:44

Session 2: Skullbased (Part 2)

Session Chairs:
Dr. Mohamed El Beltagy, Egypt | Dr. Tomoru Miwa, Japan

10:52 - 11:07

Endoscopic Approach to Complex Vascular Lesions

Dr. Alvaro Cordova, Uruguay

11:07 - 11:22

Endoscopic Endonasal Approach for Pituitary Microadenomas

Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Pakistan

11:22 - 11:37

Endoscopic face and it's Importance in skull base Endoscopic Surgery

Dr. Mumtaz Khan, Pakistan

11:37 - 11:44

Panel Discussion / Q&A

11:44 - 13:14
Session 3: Endoscopic Endonasal (Part 1) Session Chairs: Dr. Charles Teo, Australia | Dr. Llewellyn Padayachy, South Africa
11:44 - 11:59

Management of Giant and Dumbbell-shaped pituitary adenomas

Dr. Stefan Wolfsberger, Austria

11:59 - 12:14

Special considerations for endonasal endoscopic surgery in children

Dr. Chandrashekhar. E. Deopujari, India

12:14 - 12:29

Skull-base Endoscopic approach, challenges and outcome at Tertiary Care Facility

Dr. Shahid Ayub, Pakistan

12:29 - 12:44

Endoscopic Endonasal Extended Approach to Intracranial Craniopharyngiomas

Dr. Suresh Shankla, India

12:44 - 12:59

Management of vascular injuries in endoscopic endonasal skull base surgery

Dr. Mohamed Samy Elhammady, UAE

12:59 - 13:06
Panel Discussion / Q&A
13:06 - 14:40

Lunch Break

14:40 - 15:32

Session 4: Paediatric (Part 1)

Session Chairs: Dr. Rabia Qaiser, US | Dr. Ryan Jafrani, US

14:40- 15:32

Session 5: Cerebral Endoscopy Part 1

Session Chairs: TBA

14:40 - 14:55

Use of endoscopy in complex hydrocephalus patients

Dr. Eylem Öcal, USA

14:40 - 14:55

Management of Supraselycyst

Dr. Manas Panigrahi, India

14:55 - 15:10

Endoscope-controlled versus endoscope-assisted surpracerebellar approaches to the Pineal Region in children

Dr. Samer Elbabaa, USA

14:55 - 15:10

Transventricular Surgical Technique for Craniopharyngiomas-Combined Surgery Using Flexible and Rigid Ventriculoscope

Dr. Tomoru Miwa, Japan

15:10- 15:25

Neuroendoscopic management of multiloculated hydrocephalus

Dr. Llewylln Padayachy, South Africa

15:10- 15:25

Endoscopic Management of Cerebrospinal Fluid Rhinorrea

Dr. Tariq Salahuddin, Pakistan

15:25- 15:32
Panel Discussion / Q&A

15:25 - 15:32

Panel Discussion / Q&A
15:32 - 15:47

Coffee break

15:47 - 17:02

Session 6: Paediatric (Part 2)

Session Chairs: Dr. Virendra Deo Sinha, India | Dr. Assem Mounir, Egypt

15:47 - 16:39

Session 7: Abstract Presentations

Session Chairs:
Dr. Llewylln Padayachy, South Africa
Dr. Kenichi Nishiyama, Japan

Session 8: Abstract Presentations

Session Chairs: Dr. Shahid Ayub, Pakistan| Dr Florian Roser, UAE

15:47 - 16:02

Endoscopic assisted Vs endoscopic endonasal surgery for pediatric craniopharyngioma

Dr. Mohamed El Beltagy, Egypt

16:02 - 16:17

The Role of Stented Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy

Dr. Jonathan Roth, USA

16:17 - 16:32

Management of complex hydrocephalus

Dr. Flavio Giordano, Italy

16:32 - 16:47

Ventricular Endoscopy: endoscopic lavage in premature infants with intraventricular hemorrhage

Dr. Ehab Elrefaee, Germany

16:47 - 17:02

The Past, Present and Future of Endoscopic Pediatric Neurosurgery

Dr. Rabia Qaiser, USA

17:05 - 18:45

Session 9: Cerebral Endoscopy

Session Chairs: Dr. Henry W. S. Schroeder, Germany | Dr. Flavio Giordano, Italy

16:40 - 17:30

Session 10: Abstract Presentations

Session Chairs:Dr Samy Elhammady, US | Dr Keki Turel, India

Session 11: Abstract Presentations

Session Chairs:
Dr Tariq Salahuddin, Pakistan | Dr Manas Panigrahi, India

17:05 - 17:20

Endoscopic-Assistance For Microsurgical Clipping of Aneurysms

Dr. Florian Roser, UAE

17:20 - 17:35

Exo-endoscopic Treatment of Epilepsy

Dr. Albert Sufianov, Russia

17:35 - 17:50

Comparative evaluation of microvascular decompression in trigeminal neuralgia: microscopic vs endoscopic

Dr. Virendra Deo Sinha

17:50 - 18:05

Endoscopic Techniques for Intracerebral and Intraventricular Hemorrhage Removal: State of the art review in 2024

Dr. Clemens Schirmer

18:05 - 18:20

Keyhole Brain Tumor Surgery under Full Endoscopic Control

Dr. Waleed Azab, Kuwait

18:20 - 18:35

ETV for Parkinsonism Related to Hydrocephalus

Dr. Kenichi Nishiyama, Japan

18:35 - 18:42
Panel Discussion / Q&A
18:42 - 18:45

Closing Remarks

19:30 - 21:30
Gala Dinner
Time Session
08:00 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:15

Opening Remarks

09:15 - 12:30

Session 1: Complication Avoidance and Management in Neuroendoscopy 

Dr. Keki Turel, India

09:15 - 10:15

Sub-session: Neuroendoscopy - Intra Cranial

10:15 - 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:30

Sub-session: Neuroendoscopy - Extra Cranial (Skull Base) 

11:30 - 12:30

Sub-session: Neuroendoscopy - Spine & Peripheral Nerves

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:22
Session 2: Endoscopic Endonasal (Part2)

Session Chairs:
Dr. Albert Sufianov, Russia | Dr. Suresh Shankla, India
14:00 - 14:37
Session 3: Spine

Session Chairs: TBA
 
14:00 - 14:15
Endonasal, Endoscopic Repair of CSF Leaks: Better & Safe Than Other Conventional Methods

Dr. Riaz Raja, Pakistan
14:00 - 14:15
Trans-Axillary Transthoracic Approach to Upper Dorsal Spine
Lesions: An Anatomical Corridor with Muscle Preservation

Dr. Fahmida Arab Mallah, Pakistan
14:15 - 14:30
Extended Endonasal Approach for Craniopharyngioma

Dr. Amer Elsamman, Egypt
14:15 - 14:30
Endoscopic Lumbar Spine Surgery our development

Dr. Wesley Alaba, Peru
14:30 - 14:45
Tips and Tricks on Transclival Approaches

Dr. Geogios Zenonos, USA
14:30 - 14:37

Panel Discussion / Q&A

15:00 - 15:15

Neuronavigation in Neuroendoscopy Practical Aspects

Dr. Spyros Sgouros, Greece

14:37 - 15:14
Session 5: Innovation and
Training in Neuroendoscopy

Session Chairs:
Dr. Riaz Raja, Pakistan | Dr. Jonathan Roth, USA
 
15:15 - 15:22
Panel Discussion / Q&A
14:37 - 14:52

Innovation in Neurosurgery: from Endoscopy to Fetoscopy.

Dr. Bassel Zebian, UK

14:52 - 15:07
From Trainee to Expert: Neuroendoscopic Skill Acquisition in Neurosurgery

Dr. Ryan Zafrani, USA
15:07 - 15:14
Panel Discussion / Q&A
15:22 - 15:37

Coffee Break

15:37 - 16:34

Session 4: Pediatric (Part 3)

Session Chairs: Dr. Mohamed El Beltagy, Egypt | Dr Eylem Oycal, US

15:37 - 16:44

Session 5: Cerebral Endoscopy Part 2

Session Chairs:
Dr. Amr Elsamman, Egypt | Dr Bassel Zebian, UK

15:37 - 15:52
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy with or without Choroid Plexus Cauterization for Preventing Shunt Dependence in Pediatric Hydrocephalus: Preliminary Results Of A Prospective Clinical Case Series in a Lower -Middle-Income Country (Egypt)

Dr. Assem Mounir, Egypt
15:37 - 15:52
Flexible Neuroendoscopy as an Adjunct in intraventricular Neuroendoscopy

Dr. Subodh Raju, India
15:52 - 16:07
ETV and ETV/CPC for hydrocephalus after fetal in-utero myelomeningocele repair

Dr. Samer Elbaba, USA
15:52 - 16:07

Endoscopic Management of Pineal and Third Ventricular Tumors in Pediatric Age Group

Dr. Mohammed Reda, Egypt
16:07 - 16:22
Endoscopic Complications: How To Avoid Them?

Dr. Mohamed Al Olama, UAE
16:07 - 16:22
Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Growth Hormones Secreting Tumor and Management of Acromegaly

Dr. Aneela Darbar
16:22 - 16:29
Panel Discussion / Q&A
16:22 - 16:37
TBA
16:29 - 16:34

Closing Remarks

16:37 - 16:44

Panel Discussion / Q&A

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