SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM – JUNE 16th to 20th
Rocky Mountain Neurosurgical Society
53nd Annual Meeting
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Breakfast – 7 AM to 7:55 AM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
Moderator: Kelly Schmidt, MD
| 08:00-08:10 | Introductory Remarks and Welcome President Brett Dietze, MD |
| 08:00-08:10 | James P. Caruso, MD PGY-1 UT Southwestern. ** Psychosurgery, Ethics and Media: A History of Walter Freeman and the Lobotomy |
| 08:10-08:30 | James Caruso, MD. PGY-1 UT Southwestern. ** A Long-Term Study of the Treatment of Nelson’s Syndrome with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. |
| 08:30-08:50 | Christopher Wilkerson, MD – PGY 2 University of Utah. ** Early and Late Complications in Surgical Correction of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis |
| 08:50-09:10 | Tarek El Ahmadieh, MD PGY-4 UT Southwestern. ** Lumbar Drain Trial Outcomes of Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus Patients: A Single- Institution Experience of 254 Patients. |
| 09:30-10:00 | Break |
| 10:00-10:20 | Local Host Welcome to Banff Springs Kelly Schmidt, MD Vendors Welcome |
| 10:20-10:40 | Evan Joyce, MD, MS PGY-2 University of Utah. ** From Dandy to Uganda: The Punctuated History of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy. |
| 10:40-11:00 | Aaron Plitt, MD PGY-3 UT Southwestern. ** Intraventricular Bone Dust Migration after Neuroendoscopy: A Report of Two Pediatric Cases. |
| 11:00-12:00 | SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE – Hunt Batjer, MD Athletic Head Trauma: The interface Between Sport, Science, Pseudoscience, Politics and Money. |
| NOON | ANNOUNCEMENTS & ADJOURN |
Breakfast – 7 AM to 7:55 AM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION II
Moderator: Bryan J. Wohlfeld, MD
| 08:00-08:20 | Aaron Plitt, MD PGY-3 UT Southwestern. ** Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Outcomes in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus |
| 08:20-08:40 | Pal Randhawa, MD PGY-7 University of Colorado ** Spine Surgery in Octogenarians. |
| 08:40-09:30 | SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE – John Hurlbert, MD, PhD Methylprednisolone in Acute Spinal Cord Injury: where did we go wrong? |
| 09:30-10:00 | Break |
| 10:00-10:50 | SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE – Hunt Batjer, MD Perspective on Brain AVMs 1977-2018 |
| 10:50-11:10 | Tarek El Ahmadieh – PGY4 UT Southwestern. ** The Southwestern Aneurysm Severity Index (SASI) Prediction of Outcomes of Ruptured Aneurysms Treated with Microsurgery |
| 11:10-11:55 | Banff – Special Local Guest Speaker from the Whyte Museum |
| NOON | ANNOUNCEMENTS & ADJOURN |
Breakfast – 7 AM to 7:55 AM
ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING FOR ALL RMNS MEMBERS – 7:30 AM to 7:55 AM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
Moderator: Mark Mahan, MD
| 08:00-08:10 | Introduction to RMNS 54 rd Annual Meeting in Purgatory/Durango, Colorado Brad Duhon, MD |
| 08:10-08:30 | Timothy Ung, MD. Intraoperative Sodium Flourescein for Tissue Biopsy and Resection of Spinal Cord Lesions. |
| 08:30-09:30 | SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE – Hunt Batjer, MD Advances in Surgical Management of Large and Giant Paraclinoidal Aneurysms. |
| 09:30-10:00 | BREAK |
| 10:00-11:00 | SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE – John Hurlbert MD, PhD Cervical Disc Arthroplasty: Lessons From 3 Generations |
| 11:00-11:20 | Al Capana Route 91 Harvest |
| 11:20-12:00 | Jon A. White, MD Interventional Stroke Update 2018 |
| NOON | ANNOUNCEMENTS & ADJOURN |
Breakfast – 7 AM to 7:55 AM
SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV
Moderator: Brad Duhon, MD
| 08:00-12:00 | SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV Moderator: Brad Duhon, MD |
| 08:00-08:20 | Bradley Lega, MD Using Machine Learning Algorithms to Estimate Memory Loss After Temporal Lobe Surgery |
| 08:20-08:40 | Kris Smith, MD Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy for GBMs: Is This a Viable Option with Scientific Evidence for Efficacy? |
| 08:40- 09:00 | Bryan J. Wohlfeld, MD Potential Advantages of Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy at L1/2 and 2/3 vs traditional approaches. A case comparison. |
| 09:00- 09:20 | Christopher Wilkerson, MD. PGY- 2 University of Utah. ** Update on Transsphenoidal Approaches for resection of Pituitary Adenomas in Pediatric Patients. |
| 09:20-10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 -10:20 | SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE – John Hurlbert, MD, PhD Six Years of Border Jumping: Does the Fence Really Work? |
| 10:20- 10:40 | Bradley Lega, MD Integrating New Innovations in the Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy |
| 10:40-11:00 | Mark Mahan, MD Learning Curve for Endoscopic Interlaminar Decompression. |
| 11:00-11:20 | Brad Duhon, MD Revision Strategies in MIS SI Joint Fusion |
| 11:20-11:55 | Case review- Spine/ complications? Do-overs? |
| 11:55-12:00 | Closing Remarks and meeting adjourn Brett Dietze, MD |