Scientific program
| 17:00 - 21:00 | Microsurgical Workshop Stud. Elisa Marziali Center for Experimental Medicine and Practical Skills (UMF Biobase, no. 6, Louis Pasteur Str., next to MedFuture building) |
*limited number of places, available only with pre-registration* |
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| 08:00 - 10:00 | Eye-Tracking Workshop Emanuel Ștefănescu, MD, Olivia Verișezan Roșu, MD RoNeuro Center for Research and Diagnosis of Neurological Diseases, no. 37, Mircea Eliade Str. |
| 08:00 - 10:00 | Pathology Workshop Sergiu Șușman, MD PhD IMOGEN Research Center, no. 43, Victor Babeș Str. |
| 08:30 - 11:30 | Live Surgery Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD Neurosurgery Clinic Library, Pavilion 7, no. 43, Victor Babeș Str. |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | NextAR Ronda Medical Modern Languages building, Room 8B, UMF Iuliu Hațieganu, no. 4-6 Louis Pasteur Str. |
| 10:00 - 12:30 | Genomics Hands-On Ioana Berindan Neagoe, MD PhD Functional Genomics, Biomedicine and Translational Medicine Research Center, no. 23, Gh. Marinescu Str. |
| 10:30 - 14:30 | White Matter Dissection Raluca Pașcalău, MD PhD stud. Center for Experimental Medicine and Practical Skills (UMF Biobase, no. 6, Louis Pasteur Str., next to MedFuture building) |
| 10:30 - 14:30 | Microsurgical Workshop Stud. Elisa Marziali Center for Experimental Medicine and Practical Skills (UMF Biobase, no. 6, Louis Pasteur Str., next to MedFuture building) |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Neurological Exam Enola Maer, MD PhD stud. Modern Languages building, Room 8B, UMF Iuliu Hațieganu, no. 4-6 Louis Pasteur Str. |
| 13:00 - 13:20 | Opening Ceremony |
| 13:20 - 15:40 | General Session Moderators: Stud. Dragoș-Nelu Font & Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD |
| 13:20 - 13:40 | Innovation and Research in Peripheral Nerve Surgery Lukas Rasulić, MD PhD |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Advances in Neuro-oncological Surgery Akyoldas Goktug, MD |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Cranial neuralgias Tomislav Sajko, MD PhD |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Cerebral Organoids and Assembloids as a Model in Neurosurgical Research Stud. Dragoș-Nelu Font |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | NextAR Augumented Reality Surgical Platform Andrei Farcaș, MD Organized with the support of Ronda Medical |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Microneurosurgical training- from the lab to the OR Jon Olabe Goxencia, MD PhD |
| 15:20 - 16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00 - 17:40 | General Vascular Session Moderators: Nikolay Velinov, MD PhD & Jon Olabe Goxencia, MD PhD |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | Experimental Microsurgical Studies and What They Mean to Neurosurgery Stud. Alexandra Călăuz |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Role of the neurosurgeon in the acute treatment of stroke Nikolay Velinov, MD PhD |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Extra - intra cranial bypass, the art of vascular construction Jon Olabe Goxencia, MD PhD |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Organization of a stroke unit, challenges and strategies to reduce door to needle time Nikolay Velinov, MD PhD |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Sculpting Skulls with 3D printing Bon Verweij, MD PhD |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | NEUROQUIZ |
| 20:00 | Networking Cocktail - HillHouse Lounge *available only with pre-registration |
| 09:00 - 11:20 | Spine Innovations Session Moderators: Tomislav Sajko, MD PhD & Andreas Demetriades, MD PhD |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Brain-machine interfaces Vlad Pădurean, MD PhD stud. |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Intraoperative assessment of motor system integrity: A functional approach to modern Neurosurgery Francesco Sala, MD PhD - online presentation |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Minimally invasive spine surgery in the era of technology George Ungureanu, MD PhD |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Is there resource wastage in spinal research? Andreas Demetriades, MD PhD |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Minimally invasive surgery of lumbar disc herniations Ante Subašić, MD |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Robotic spine surgery: pearls and pitfalls Marisa Gandia, MD PhD - online presentation |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | The "banana splitting DREZotomy": an atraumatic method to improve pain relief after dorsal root entry zone lesioning in brachial plexus injuries Stefano Ferraresi, MD PhD - online presentation |
| 11:20 - 11:50 | Coffee Break |
| 11:50 - 13:20 | Vascular - Malformations Session Moderators: Sándor Nardai, MD PhD & Jon Olabe Goxencia, MD PhD |
| 11:50 - 12:10 | The Role of microRNAs in the formation of AVMs Ioan Alexandru Florian, MD PhD |
| 12:10 - 12:30 | Innovations in endovascular neurosurgery Sándor Nardai, MD PhD |
| 12:30 - 12:50 | Optimal Time to Treat Ruptured AVMs Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD |
| 12:50 - 13:10 | Creativity in microsurgical treatment of aneurysms and AVMs Victor Volovici, MD PhD - online presentation |
| 13:10 - 13:30 | Microsurgical treatment of paraclinoid aneurysms Jon Olabe Goxencia, MD PhD |
| 13:30 - 14:20 | Lunch Break |
| 14:20 - 15:40 | Varia Session Moderators: Ihsan Solaroğlu, MD PhD & Andreas Demetriades, MD PhD |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Virtual Reality and its uses in Neuroscience Stud. Mihail Tănăsescu |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Imagistic Considerations in Brain Death Laura Popovici, MD |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Virtual Reality: a Gateway to Neurorehabilitation Irina Vlad, MD |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | How to start your career in neurosurgery and neurosurgical research Cristina Aldea, MD PhD stud. |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | Science in Neurosurgery: Necessity or Redundancy? Andreas Demetriades, MD PhD |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 18:20 | Oncologic Session Moderators: Bon Verweij, MD PhD & Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD |
| 16:30 - 16:50 | Brainstem Tumors – From a Forbidden Area to Daily Practice Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD |
| 16:50 - 17:10 | Smart operating rooms: where we are and what’s coming Marisa Gandia, MD PhD - online presentation |
| 17:10 - 17:40 | From bedside to the bench and back to the bedside Ihsan Solaroğlu, MD PhD |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Beyond Scalpels - Exploring Innovation and Research in Neurosurgery Torstein Meling, MD PhD - online presentation |
| 18:00 - 18:20 | Exploring the Horizon: Can we accelerate surgical training, minimize complications, and maximize efficiency using 3D printing, AR/VR, haptic feedback, and AI? Bon Verweij, MD PhD |
| 18:20 - 18:40 | Translational Research in Neurosurgery Ishan Solaroğlu, MD PhD |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Case Presentations - Session I |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Telovelar versus Transvermian Approach: A Case Report of Microsurgical Resection of a 4th Ventricle Epidermoid Cyst and Literature Review Stud. Alexandru Necula (Cluj-Napoca) |
| 09:10 - 09:20 | Overestimating the effectiveness of antibiotics: A case study of infectious discitis Stud. Eduard Marin (Cluj-Napoca) |
| 09:20 - 09:30 | IRRAflow: game-changing innovation in intracranial CSF drainage – case presentation and literature review Mihai - Stelian Moreanu, MD (Bucharest) |
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Intraoperative neuromonitoring in cerebellopontine angle tumors – present state and future frontiers Stud. Răzvan Robu (Tg. Mureș) |
| 09:40 - 09:50 | Supratentorial anaplastic ependymoma following internal posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in a pediatric patient Stud. Iancu - Ionuț Harghel (Bucharest) |
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Undiagnosed adenocarcinoma with metastatic onset at the level of the clivus Stud. Eliza Chiriac (Iași) |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | Large asymptomatic cerebellar tumor Stud. Ruxandra - Andreea Zaprațan (Iași) |
| 10:10 - 10:20 | Challenges in Early Patient Care Following Peripheral Nerve Surgery Stud. Aleksa Micic (Belgrade) |
| 10:20 - 10:30 | Deciphering Foramen Magnum Meningiomas: A Nexus of Neurosurgical Challenges Stud. Alaa Moustafa (Cluj-Napoca) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Case Presentations - Session II |
| 11:00 - 11:10 | The Management of a Right Parietal Lobe AVM Stud. Cristina Elena Voicu (Bucharest) |
| 11:10 - 11:20 | Surgical Management of Ruptured MCA Aneurysm with Intraparenchymal Hematoma – a Case Report Stud. Irina Pana (Bucharest) |
| 11:20 - 11:30 | Multicentric Glioblastoma can be tamed - a case presentation Bogdan Voinea, MD (Cluj-Napoca) |
| 11:30 - 11:40 | Cranio-Spinal Junction Secretory Meningioma – Case Report Stud. David - Andrei Papuc (Bucharest) |
| 11:40 - 11:50 | Advancements in Virtual Reality for Neurosurgical Training Stud. Ioan Zahiu (Bucharest) |
| 11:50 - 12:00 | Right internal carotid aneurysm's carousel - a case presentation Andrei Ilie, MD (Cluj-Napoca) |
| 12:00 - 12:10 | Aneurysm or meningioma: which one should be treated first? Case report and literature review Stud. Robert - Alexandru Filimon (Cluj-Napoca) |
| 12:10 - 12:20 | Intracranial epidermoid cysts- a case about teaching Alessandra Ariana Spinean, MD (Cluj-Napoca) |
| 12:20 - 12:30 | Single-Stage Surgical Approach for Large Pituitary Adenoma and Intraventricular Cyst: A Case Report Stud. Alina Botezatu (Cluj-Napoca) |
| 12:30 - 12:40 | Navigating the Anterior Cranial Fossa: Surgical Management of Olfactory Groove Meningioma Stud. Miriana Dorobantu (Cluj-Napoca) |
| 12:40 - 12:45 | Break |
| 12:45 - 13:00 | Awards and Closing Ceremony |
