Scientific Program

September 21, 2023
Time Topics Speaker
14:15 Inauguration  
14:30-14:50 ISPN- What it means and the summary of the Course and Faculty Introduction  
14:55-17:15 SESSION 1 – HEAD AND SPINE INJURY
Moderators: Dr. Nelci Zanon/Dr. Mathew Joseph
14:55-15:10 Pediatric Head Injuries Unique to Children Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
15:12-15:27 Role of decompressive craniectomy Dr. Teddy Totimeh
15:29-15:44 Role of ICP monitoring Dr. Nelci Zanon
15:46-16:01 Cranioplasty – Options Dr. Brandon Rocque
16:03-16:18 Cervical spine injuries- Case based discussion Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
16:20-16:35 Dorsal and Lumbar spine injuries Dr. Brandon Rocque
16:37-16:52 Discussion
16:54-17:15 Case based discussion on head injury (Presentation of Case: 7 minutes, Discussion: 13 minutes) Dr. Deepak Gupta
17:15-17:25 Tea Break
17:30-20:05 SESSION 2 – HYDROCEPHALUS – 1
Moderators: Dr. Teddy Totimeh/Dr. C Deopujari
17:30-17:45 Classifying Hydrocephalus Dr. Teddy Totimeh
17:47-18:02 How Shunts work Dr. Kenichi Nishiyama
18:04-18:19 How I do it: VP shunt Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
18:21-18:36 Post haemorrhagic hydrocephalus Dr. Kenichi Nishiyama
18:38-18:53 Post infective hydrocephalus Dr. Azmi Alias
18:55-19:10 Hydrocephalus associated with posterior fossa tumours Dr. Kazuaki Shimoji
19:12-19:27 Shunt infection: Diagnosis and management Dr. C Deopujari
19:29-19:44 Discussion
19:46-20:05 Case based discussionon hydrocephalus (Presentation: 6 minutes, Discussion: 13 minutes) Dr. Ananth P Abraham
20:05 Dinner – 7th Floor Ranipet Campus
September 22, 2023
8:30 – 9:45 SESSION 3 – HYDROCEPHALUS – 2
Moderators: Dr. Teddy Totimeh/Dr. C Deopujari
08:30 – 08:50 ETV – Indications and Prevention of complications Dr. Kenichi Nishiyami
08:52 – 09:12 How I do it: ETV Dr. Nelci Zanon
09:14 – 09:29 Role of image guidance and ultrasound in hydrocephalus management Dr. Azmi Alias
09:31 – 09:45 Discussion  
09:45 – 10:00 Tea break
10:00 – 13:30 SESSION 4 – SPINAL DYSRAPHISM
Moderators: Dr. Kazuaki Shimoji/Dr. V Rajshekhar
10:00 – 10:20 Classifying dysraphism Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
10:22 – 10:42 Neural tube defects: Prenatal and Postnatal Management Dr. Nelci Zanon
10:44 – 10:59 Lipomas Dr. Kenichi Nishiyami
11:01 – 11:16 SCM and Neuroenteric cysts Dr. Suchanda Bhattacharjee
11:18 – 11:34 Dermal sinus and LDM – What is the Clinical difference? Dr. Kazuaki Shimoji
11:36 – 11:45 Discussion
11:47 – 12:07 Case Presentation on dysraphism Dr. Kaushik Sil
12:09 – 12:24 How to prevent complications in dysraphism surgery Dr. Brandon Rocque
12:26 – 12:41 Role of IONM in children undergoing surgery for tethered cord Dr. V Rajshekhar
12:43 – 12:58 Secondary neural tube defects Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
13:01-13:16 Retethering – How and when to act? Dr. Nelci Zanon
13:18-13:30 Discussion  
13:30-14:15 Lunch
14:15-16:35 SESSION 5 – EPILEPSY
Moderators: Dr. Brandon Rocque/Dr. Krishnaprabhu R
14:15-14:30 Indications for surgery in epilepsy Dr. Azmi Alias
14:32-14:47 Presurgical evaluation in children with intractable epilepsy Dr. V P Singh
14:49-15:04 Temporal lobectomy: Indications and Challenges Dr. Suchanda Bhattacharjee
15:06-15:21 Corpus callosotomy: Indications and Technique Dr. Brandon Rocque
15:23-15:38 Role and technique of hemispherectomy Dr. Suchanda Bhattacharjee
15:40-16:07 Case Based discussion on epilepsy (Presentation: 7 minutes, Discussion: 20 minutes) Dr. Nishant Gubbur/Dr. Arivazhagan
16:07-16:25 Discussion  
16:25-16:45 Tea Break
16:45-18:47 SESSION 6 – SUPRATENTORIAL TUMOURS
Moderators:Dr. Nelci Zanon/Dr. Arivazhagan
16:45-17:00 Tips and tricks of surgery on supratentorial gliomas Dr. Suchanda Bhattacharjee
17:02-17:17 Glioneural tumours Dr. Azmi Alias
17:19-17:34 Craniopharyngiomas Dr. Nelci Zanon
17:36-17:51 Intraventricular tumours Dr. Suchanda Bhattacharjee
17:53-18:08 Pineal region tumours Dr Arivazhagan
18:10-18:25 Discussion  
18:27-18:47 Case based discussion on supratentorial tumour (Presentation: 7 minutes, Discussion: 13 minutes) Dr. Suhas Udayakumaran
19:00 Travel to Hotel Darling Residency
20:00 Dinner
September 23, 2023
08:30 – 10:50 SESSION 7 – INFRATENTORIAL TUMOURS
Moderators: Dr. Suhas Udayakumaran/Dr. Dattatraya Mazumder
08:30 – 08:45 Pilocytic astrocytoma Dr. Teddy Totimeh
08:47 – 09:02 Medulloblastomas Dr. Dattatraya Mazumder
09:04 – 09:19 Ependymomas Dr. Nelci Zanon
09:21 – 09:36 How I do posterior fossa tumours Dr. Suchanda Bhattacharjee
09:38 – 09:53 Approach to brain stem tumours Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
09:55 – 10:15 Case based discussion on infratentorial tumours (Presentation: 7 minutes, Discussion: 13 minutes) Dr. Krishnaprabhu R
10:17 – 10:32 Non tumor space occupying lesions in posterior fossa Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
10:34 – 10:49 Discussion
10:50 – 11:05 Tea Break
11:05 – 12:55 SESSION 8 – CASE BASE LECTURES ON COMPLICATIONS
Moderators: Dr.Azmi Alias/Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
11:05 – 11:25 Tethered cord surgery Dr. Nelci Zanon
11:27 – 11:47 Temporal lobectomy Dr. Suchanda Bhattacharjee
11:49 – 12:09 Surgery of pineal region tumours Dr. Brandon Rocque
12:11 – 12:31 Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy Dr. Kenichi Nishiyami
12:33 – 12:48 Management issues in long standing VP shunts with infections Dr. Ranjith K Moorthy
12:50-13:00 Listen to the patient Dr. Ashis Pathak
13:00-13:40 Lunch
13:40-15:52 SESSION 9 – CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION
Moderators: Dr. Baylis Vivek Joseph/Dr. Brandon Rocque
13:40-14:00 Applied anatomy of this region SC Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
14:02-14:22 Types of craniovertebral anomalies Dr. Teddy Totimeh
14:24-14:39 Techniques of fixation Dr. Brandon Rocque
14:41-14:56 Tumours of the Craniovertebral region Dr. Sandip Chatterjee
14:58-15:13 Chiari malformations: Genesis and management Dr. Suhas Udayakumaran
15:15-15:30 Discussion
15:32-15:52 Case based discussion on craniovertebral junction anomaly Dr. Tony Varghese Panicker
15:55-16:10 Tea break
16:10-16:30 MCQ Session  
16:30-17:30 SESSION 10 – OPERATIVE VIDEOS
Moderators: Dr. Suchanda Bhattacharjee/Dr. Kaushik Sil
16:30-16:40 Temporal lobectomy Dr. Arun Srivastava
16:42-16:52 Spinal Lipoma Dr. Kaushik Sil
16:54-17:04 Split Cord Malformation Type 1 Dr. Suhas Udayakumaran
17:06-17:16 Cervical intramedullary tumour Dr. Ashish Pathak
17:18-17:28 Role of ultrasound in supratentorial tumour Dr. Suchanda Bhattacharjee
17:30 Valedictory Ceremony