
Radiosurgery Pre-Meeting Course Program: Thursday, February 15th
This course requires an additional registration. Space is limited.
This course offers a comprehensive overview of stereotactic radiation therapy for skull base tumors with emphasis on practical application, technique, indications and complications. The course will be divided into two half-day sessions focused on single-session Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (GK-SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) using advanced radiotherapy imaging and techniques. This course is targeted at neurosurgeons, neurotologists, medical physicists, radiation oncologists, fellows and residents interested in skull base stereotactic radiosurgery, and is an opportunity to expand the practitioner’s range of treatment options.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge on indications for radiosurgery at the skull base.
- List clinical and imaging expectations of outcomes.
- Describe how radiosurgery, resection, and observation are integrated into clinical care.
- Discuss the expected outcomes in individual patients and potential range of complications after skull base radiotherapy/radiosurgery.
- Apply the principles of stereotactic radiotherapy imaging, target delineation, dose planning and motion management for day-to-day management of skull base tumors.
Morning Session: 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
7:59 AM | Welcome and Course Introduction | |
8:00 AM | Technical Aspects of Stereotactic Radiosurgery | |
8:30 AM | Cerebello-pontine Angle/Petroclival | |
8:45 AM | IAC, Cochlea and Hearing | |
9:00 AM | Jugular Foramen and Foramen Magnum | |
9:15 AM | Cavernous Sinus and Petrous Apex | |
9:30 AM | Break | |
10:00 AM | Pituitary Adenomas: Dose, Contour and Endocrine Considerations | |
10:15 AM | Anterior Skull Base and Perioptic Tumors | |
10:30 AM | How Much to Resect? How Much for Radiosurgery? | |
11:00 AM | LINAC Based Radiosurgery | |
11:15 AM | Comparing Target and Dose Distribution Between SRS Machines | |
11:30 AM | Radiosurgery Dose Planning Around the Skull Base |
Working Lunch: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Afternoon Session: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
1:00 PM | Introduction: Stereotactic Radiosurgery or Radiation Therapy at the Skull Base | |
1:10 PM | Protons or Photons? | |
1:25 PM | Stereotactic Radiation Therapy: SBRT, FSRS, SBPT | |
1:45 PM | RT Toxicity and Normal Tissue Complication Probability (NTCP) | |
2:05 PM | Target Delineation with MRI/CT & Functional Imaging Co-registration | |
2:20 PM | Use of Structures at Risk | |
2:35 PM | IGRT and Motion Management | |
2:50 PM | Radiotherapy Mapping and Boost Strategies for R1/R2 Resections | |
3:05 PM | Skull Base Reirradiation | |
3:20 PM | Break | |
3:30 PM | Dural Metastases from Esthesioneuroblastoma       | |
3:45 PM | Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma with PNS | |
4:00 PM | T4 Nasopharynx Cancer and SNUC |
Pre-Meeting Dissection Course Program: Wednesday, February 14th – Thursday, February 15th
Wednesday, February 14
Day 1: Wednesday, February 14
The skull base dissection course is designed for residents, fellows and practicing surgeons within the surgical specialties comprising the NASBS. Participants will have access to high-quality fixed and injected cadaveric specimens for hands-on dissection utilizing state-of-the-art equipment and instrumentation. Proctoring will be provided by experts in skull base surgery who will demonstrate a wide variety of open and endoscopic skull base approaches with one-on-one table-side supervision and mentorship. All participants will receive training in the endoscopic carotid artery injury cadaveric simulation.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Describe the anatomical basis for most commonly performed skull base procedures.
- Perform the most frequently utilized open and endoscopic skull base approaches in a cadaveric model.
- Achieve proficiency in visualization and hemostasis using the endoscopic carotid artery injury simulator.
Day 1: Morning Lectures & Dissection
7:30 AM | Introduction/Welcome | |
8:00 AM | Endonasal Skull Base Anatomy and Flaps/Flap Modifications | |
8:30 AM | Step by Step Sellar Exposures | |
8:45 AM | Step by Step Cribiform | |
9:00 AM | Step by Step Tubercular/Planar | |
9:15 AM | Step by Step Transclival/Transodontoid | |
9:30 AM | DISSECTION Trans-Sellar Prosection Trans-Cribiform Prosection Transclival, Odontoidectomy Prosection Trans-Tuberculum, Trans-planum Prosection |
Day 1: Afternoon Lectures & Dissection
12:00 PM | Lunch/Managing Endonasal Skull Base Complications | |
1:00 PM | PPF/ITF 3DAnatomy | |
1:30 PM | Step by Step PPF/ITF with Middle Fossa/Mekels/Cavernous | |
1:45 PM | Break | |
2:00 PM | DISSECTION PPF/ITF with Middle Fossa/Mekels/Cavernous Prosection |
Day 2: Thursday, February 15
The skull base dissection course is designed for residents, fellows and practicing surgeons within the surgical specialties comprising the NASBS. Participants will have access to high-quality fixed and injected cadaveric specimens for hands on dissection utilizing state of the art equipment and instrumentation. Proctoring will be provided by experts in skull base surgery who will demonstrate a wide variety of open and endoscopic skull base approaches with one-on-one table-side supervision and mentorship. All participants will receive training in the endoscopic carotid artery injury cadaveric simulation.
At the conclusion of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Describe the anatomical basis for most commonly performed skull base procedures.
- Perform the most frequently utilized open and endoscopic skull base approaches in a cadaveric model.
- Achieve proficiency in visualization and hemostasis using the endoscopic carotid artery injury simulator.
Day 2: Morning Lectures & Dissections
7:30 AM | Introduction/Welcome | |
7:45 AM | Open Skull Base 3D Anatomy | |
8:00 AM | Eyebrow Craniotomy | |
8:15 AM | Tones/Lat Orbital | |
8:30 AM | Step by Step Pterional, OZ, Pre-temporal Transcavernous | |
8:45 AM | Step by Step Middle Fossa with Kawase | |
9:00 AM | Step by Step Retrosigmoid/Far Lateral | |
9:15 AM | Break | |
9:30 AM | DISSECTION Eyebrow Prosection Lateral Transorbital Prosection Pterional, OZ, Pre-temporal Transcavernous Prosection Middle Fossa with Kawase Prosection Retrosigmoid/Far Lateral Prosection |
Day 2: Afternoon Lectures & Dissections
12:00 PM | Lunch | |
1:00 PM | Temporal and Posterior Fossa 3D Anatomy | |
1:30 PM | Step by Step Translabyrinthine/Transcochlear | |
1:45 PM | DISSECTION Translabyrinthine/Transcochlear Prosection |