Scientific program
| 09:00 - 14:00 | Workshops *limited number of places, available only with pre-registration |
| 09:00 - 12:00 | Morphopathological and Genetic Diagnosis Workshop Sergiu Șușman Venue: IMOGEN Research Center, Morphopatology, 43 Victor Babeș St. |
| 9:00 - 14:00 | Live Surgery Ioan Ștefan Florian Venue: Neurosurgery Clinic's Library, 43 Victor Babeș St. |
| 10:00 - 13:00 | EEG & Epilepsy Surgery Workshop Robert Mîndreanu Venue: Modern Languages Facility, Room 4, UMF Cluj, 4-6 Louis Pasteur St. |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | White Matter Dissection Tudor Zăgărin, Alexia Vărgănici, Alexandra Călăuz Venue: Anatomy Building, UMF Cluj, 3-5 Clinicilor St. |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Objective Neurological Examination Workshop Irina Vlad Venue: Neurology Clinic's Library, 43 Victor Babeș St. |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Neuroanatomy Imaging using 3D Slicer Miriana Dorobanțu, Alexandru Drăghici Venue: Modern Languages Facility, Room 3A, UMF Cluj, 4-6 Louis Pasteur St. |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Mini K&S Workshop SSCR Venue: Anatomy Building, UMF Cluj, 3-5 Clinicilor St. |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Opening Ceremony Iuliu Hațieganu Auditorium |
| 14:30 - 16:30 | Session 1: Points of Interest Chairs: Stud. Dragoș-Nelu Font & Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Embryology of Central Nervous System Stud. Alexandru Drăghici |
| 14:50 - 15:10 | Evolution of Craniofacial Surgery Torstein R. Meling, MD PhD (online presentation) |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Chiari Malformations Ioan Alexandru Florian, MD PhD |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | Update in Hydrocephalus Martina Messing-Junger, MD PhD (online presentation) |
| 15:50 - 16:10 | Place of Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in Chiari 1 Malformations Alexandru Szathmari, MD PhD |
| 16:10 - 16:30 | Cyst and Cyst-like Tumors at the Pediatric Age Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 - 18:40 | Session 2: Varia Chairs: Lukas Rasulić, MD PhD & Alexandru Szathmari, MD PhD |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Pediatric Subdural Hematomas in Shaken Baby Syndrome Stud. Andreea Nicorici |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Resective Surgery for Drug Resistant Epilepsy in Children Akyoldaş Göktuğ, MD PhD |
| 17:40 -18:00 | Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) in Pediatric Drug Resistant Epilepsy Akyoldaş Göktuğ, MD PhD |
| 18:00 - 18:20 | Particularities of Craniocerebral Trauma in Children Vlad Pădurean, MD |
| 18:20 - 18:40 | Surgical Repair of the Child’s Peripheral Nervous System (Highlighting Functional Aspects) Lukas Rasulić, MD PhD |
| 18:40 - 19:00 | NEUROQUIZ |
| 20:00 | Networking Cocktail HillHouse Lounge, Feleacu 534, Feleacu 407270 *available only with pre-registration |
| 09:00 - 10:20 | Session 1: Surgical and Molecular Advances in Pediatric Brain Tumor Chairs: İhsan Solaroğlu, MD PhD & Margareta Wilhelm, PhD |
| 09:00 - 09:20 | Skull Base Anatomy Stud. Miriana Dorobanțu |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Research Models for Brain Tumors: Advances and Pitfalls Stud. Dragoș-Nelu Font |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Genetic Syndromes Predisposing to Pediatric Brain Tumors İhsan Solaroğlu, MD PhD |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Patient-Derived Stem Cell Models Identify Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Targets in Childhood Neural Tumors Margareta Wilhelm, PhD |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Surgical Management of Clival Chordomas in Children İhsan Solaroğlu, MD PhD |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | The Value of Clinoidectomy in Craniopharyngiomas Victor Volovici, MD PhD |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Fourth Ventricle Tumors in Children Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD |
| 11:20 - 12:00 | Coffee Break |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Session 2: Peripheral Nerve and Functional Neurosurgery in Children Chairs: Andreas Demetriades, MD PhD & Victor Volovici, MD PhD |
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Optimizing Pediatric Epilepsy Care: Neurosurgical Approach Stud. Dalia Groza |
| 12:20 - 12:40 | The Neurosurgeon in Pediatric Trauma Andreas Demetriades, MD PhD |
| 12:40 - 13:00 | Presurgical evaluation in epilepsy surgery Zoltán Zsigmond Major, MD PhD |
| 13:00 - 13:20 | Multimodal Monitoring in Neurotrauma - A Basic Overview Andreas Demetriades, MD PhD |
| 13:20 - 13:40 | Nerve Injuries in Children Stefano Ferraresi, MD PhD (online presentation) |
| 13:40 - 14:00 | Obstetical brachial plexus palsy: Clinical pictures and indications for Surgerys Stefano Ferraresi, MD PhD (online presentation) |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Lunch Break |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | UBE Basics: Do's and don'ts Xavier Augusto Santander, MD State of the Art presentation, organized with the support of Ronda MedTech |
| 16:20 - 18:20 | Session 3: Vascular Chairs: Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD & Victor Volovici, MD PhD |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Vascular Anatomy of the Brain Stud. Alexandra Călăuz |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | Pediatric Vascular Lesions Victor Volovici, MD PhD |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | Vascular Malformations at the Pediatric Age Ioan Ștefan Florian, MD PhD |
| 17:20 - 17:40 | Techniques for STA - MCA Bypass, Workhorse of Revascularization Jon Olabe Goxencia, MD |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Multimodal Treatment of AVM Malformation in Children Alexandru Szathmari, MD PhD |
| 18:00 - 18:20 | Neurosurgical Treatment of Pediatric Brain Cavernomas Miroslav Gjurasin, MD |
| 18:20 - 18:40 | Microsurgical Training for Vascular Microsurgery Jon Olabe Goxencia, MD |
Neurosurgical Trainees' Corner |
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| 09:00 - 10:00 | Case Presentations - Session I |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Pilocytic Astrocytoma of the Posterior Fossa: Case Report, Differential Diagnosis and Surgical Outcome Tudor-Andrei Ilie, MD |
| 09:10 - 09:20 | Nijmegen syndrome and medulloblastoma- case presentation Alessandra Ariana Spinean, MD |
| 09:20 - 09:30 | Comparison of Surgical Techniques for Chiari I Malformation in Pediatric Patients: A Case Series of Suboccipital Craniectomy vs. Interlayer Dural Split Approach Vasile-Daniel Dascălu-Sălăgean, MD |
| 09:30 - 09:40 | One goal different techniques – treatment for shaken baby syondrome aneurysms Stud. Beatrice Bianca Bastiurea |
| 09:40 - 09:50 | Surgical outcomes in Pediatric Craniopharyngioma: Transcranial vs Endoscopic Approaches Stud. Leonardo-Andrei Iașar |
| 09:50 - 10:00 | Giant desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma in a 4-month old boy Stud. Tudor Zagarin |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 11:40 | Case Presentations - Session II |
| 10:30 - 10:40 | Optimizing Hydrocephalus Management in Posterior Fossa Tumors: A Review of Risk Stratification and Treatment Approaches Matei Ioan Baltac, MD |
| 10:40 - 10:50 | Giant crush injury in the case of a 9-year old patient Stud. Alexia Varganici |
| 10:50 - 11:00 | Cerebral hydatid cyst in the pediatric patient: surgical vs medical Stud. Alexia Marian |
| 11:00 - 11:10 | Utilization of 3D printing in preoperative planning and resident training. Stud. Adonis Roland Horațiu Bora |
| 11:10 - 11:20 | Different tumors in the same brain region in three children Stud. Cristina Veronica Haidu |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Jury Deliberations |
| 11:40 - 12:15 | Awards and Closing Ceremony |
