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Vol 9 No 1 Archive

Skull Base Surgery 2000 - Meeting Information

PRE-MEETING COURSES
The Pre-Meeting Courses will include a two day Workshop on Skull Base Approaches with hands-on cadaver dissection. There will also be a one day Practical Course, Surgical Approaches to the Skull Base, featuring 3D-video presentations of live surgical procedures and cadaver dissections by the experts in the field. The Pre-Meeting Courses will be coordinated by Dr. Joseph M. Zabramski and assisted by Drs. Ali Krisht and Jacques Morcos.

Workshop Objectives:
This hands-on Workshop will allow the practicing physicians and residents/fellows to explore a variety of surgical approaches to the skull base utilizing state-of-the-art instrumentation under the guidance of a distinguished panel of surgeons. Participants will become familiar with the anatomy of the orbit, middle fossa, cavernous sinus, petrous region and foramen magnum. Stations will be equipped with cadaver specimens, high-speed drill systems, operating microscopes and micro-instrumentation.

Invited faculty:

• C. Phillip Daspit, MD
• Evandro de Oliveira, MD
• Vinko Dolenc, MD
• Michael J. Harrison, MD
• Ali F. Krisht, MD
• Sean O. McMenomey, MD
• Jacques Morcos, MD
• Robert F. Spetzler, MD
• Helder Tedeschi, MD
• Fred F. Telischi, MD
• Joseph M. Zabramski, MD

Practical Course Objectives:
The Practical Course is designed to provide both practicing physicians and residents/fellows with an opportunity to explore the use of a variety of skull base approaches for the management of cranial tumors and cerebrovascular disease. This one-day course is taught by an outstanding faculty of recognized experts from the fields of neurotology, neurosurgery, and facial-reconstructive surgery. It is an interactive demonstration with the aid of slides, cadaver dissections, and intraoperative videos.

New this year, the program will include LIVE 3D-VIDEO DEMONSTRATIONS of the surgical approaches and anatomy in cadaver specimens, as well as direct video feed from live surgical cases.

Invited Faculty:

• Hiroshi Abe, MD
• Ossama Al-Mefty, MD
• Stephen P. Beals, MD
• Derald E. Brackmann, MD
• C. Phillip Daspit, MD
• Evandro de Oliveira, MD
• Johnny Delashaw Jr, MD
• Paul W. Detwiler, MD
• Vinko V. Dolenc, MD, PhD
• Paul J. Donald, MD
• Bruce J. Gantz, MD
• Bernard George, MD
• Georges F. Haddad, MD
• Edward F. Joganic, MD
• Takeshi Kawase, MD
• Engelbert Knosp, MD
• John M. Milligan, MD
• Thomas C. Origitano, MD, PhD
• Guy J. Petruzzelli, MD, PhD
• Randall W. Porter, MD
• John M. Raines, MD
• Jon H. Robertson, MD
• J. Thomas Roland, MD
• Laligam N. Sekhar, MD
• Chandranath Sen, MD
• Robert F. Spetzler, MD
• Helder Tedeschi, MD
• Peter C. Weber, MD
• Donald C. Wright, MD

FACILITIES:
The courses will be held in the new state-of-the-art Surgical Teaching Laboratory and the Goldman Auditorium at the Neuroscience Research Center, Barrow Neurological Institute, in Phoenix, Arizona. Transportation will be provided to and from BNI.

TUITION/REGISTRATION:
To ensure the maximum benefit to each participant, enrollment in the hands-on Workshop has been limited to 40 individuals. Enrollment in the Practical Course will be limited to 100 registrants. Registration will be confirmed in the order in which payment is received. Participants requiring special accommodations for their participation in the course should include those requests along with their registration.

The fee for the two day hands-on Workshop is $800. The fee for the Practical Course is $400. If you register for both Pre-Meeting Courses (the hands-on Workshop and the Practical Course), you will receive a $100 discount. For residents/fellows, the fee for the Workshop is $600 and $200 for the Practical Course. Residents registering for both courses will also receive a $100 discount. These fees are detailed on the registration form in this brochure.

In the event of cancellation prior to January 3, 2000, a 10% administration fee will be assessed . Because of the need to limit enrollment, a 50% cancellation fee will be charged after January 3, 2000. After February 25, 2000, no refunds are possible.

CME ACCREDITATION
The North American Skull Base Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The NASBS designates Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award for the following educational activities: Pre-Meeting Workshop for up to 16 hours; Pre-Meeting Practical Course for up to 8 hours; and the Annual Meeting for up to 32 hours. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.