Friday, Nov. 20
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Friday November 20, 2026
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Room A |
Controversies in Management: Natural & Unnatural History of Meningiomas Moderators: Linda Bi, TBD |
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| 7:30-7:40 AM | Incidental meningiomas: Act early or regret later? | Tiit Mathiesen | |
| 7:40-7:50 AM | Clinicopathologic aspects of higher grade transformation in meningiomas | Tayo Akanji | |
| 7:50-8:00 AM | Malignant transformation in meningiomas: Meaningful risk or myth? | David Raleigh | |
| 8:00-8:10 AM | Meningiomas Worldwide: Natural History, Diagnostic Pathways and Disparities in Neurosurgical Care | Durga Neupane | |
| 8:10-8:20 AM | When to stop treatment: Patient-centered decision making in aggressive meningiomas | Ihsan Dogan | |
| 8:20-8:30 AM | Discussion | ||
Room B |
Specialized Anatomy: Anatomy of CSF Leak Pathways and Endoscopic Repair Moderators: Thomas Beaumont, Vivek Tomar |
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| 7:30-7:40 AM | Endoscopic endonasal surgical anatomy of the anterior skull base | Guilherme Gago | |
| 7:40-7:50 AM | Nuances of reconstruction following the trans-orbital approach | Mauricio Mandel | |
| 7:50-8:00 AM | Revision cases and failure analysis in CSF leak repair | Garret Choby | |
| 8:00-8:10 AM | Endoscopic skull base reconstruction after meningiomas excision | Juan Carlos Roa Montes de Oca | |
| 8:10-8:20 AM | Complex cases requiring innovative skin closure / sealing of CSF leakage at bone level using bone cement | Charith Nanayakkara | |
| 8:20-8:30 AM | Discussion | ||
Room C |
The Failed Meningioma: Recurrence, Reoperation, and Salvage Strategies Moderators: Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Edgar Acosta-Gomez |
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| 7:30-7:40 AM | Risk Factors for Recurrent Meningiomas | Albert Kim | |
| 7:40-7:50 AM | Aggressive Cranial Meningiomas: outcome and progressive behavior | Tarek Elserry | |
| 7:50-8:00 AM | Beyond Simpson: Modern Risk Stratification in Meningiomas | Sophie Peeters | |
| 8:00-8:10 AM | Salvage Surgical Strategies for Recurrent Meningiomas | Shaan Raza | |
| 8:10-8:20 AM | Anaplastic Meningioma and its Management | Askhay Patil | |
| 8:20-8:30 AM | Discussion | ||
Friday November 20, 2026
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Room A |
Controversies in Management: The Art of Enough – Defining the Endpoint of Meningiomas Moderators: Diego Mendez, Todd Vitaz |
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| 8:30-8:40 AM | What is Radical these days? | Stephen Magill | |
| 8:40-8:50 AM | Radiological vs. Functional Outcomes: Defining success in meningioma surgery | Samy Youssef | |
| 8:50-9:00 AM | Surgery for cavernous sinus meningiomas: Last frontier or no-fly zone? | Sanford Hsu | |
| 9:00-9:10 AM | Endonasal cavernous sinus decompression for meningioma: Innovation or Illusion? | Kyle Wu | |
| 9:10-9:20 AM | Genomics in Meningiomas: Guiding Decisions or Guiding Research? | Mark Youngblood | |
| 9:20-9:30 AM | Discussion | ||
Room B |
Peripheral Nerve & Brachial Plexus Surgery Moderators: Whitney Muhlestein, Hassan Saad |
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| 8:30-8:40 AM | Brachial plexus anatomy | Kevin Swong | |
| 8:40-8:50 AM | Trunk syndromes and exposures | Robert North | |
| 8:50-9:10 AM | Nerve repair and transfer techniques | Thomas Kretschmer | |
| 9:10-9:20 AM | Peripheral nerve decision-making | Eric Zager | |
| 9:20-9:30 AM | Discussion | ||
Room C |
Complications That Changed My Practice: Meningioma Surgery Part 1 – Complications of Decision Making Moderators: Ali Jamshidi, Wael Mostafa |
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| 8:30-8:40 AM | Case 1 | Osaama Khan | |
| 8:40-8:50 AM | Case 2 | Spiros Blackburn | |
| 8:50-9:00 AM | Case 3 | Philip Theodosopoulos | |
| 9:00-9:10 AM | Case 4 | Michael McDermott | |
| 9:10-9:20 AM | Case 5 | Gavin Britz | |
| 9:20-9:30 AM | Discussion | ||
| 9:30-10:00 AM | BREAK with Exhibitors | ||
Friday November 20, 2026
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Room A |
Meningiomas: Controversies in Management: It’s not either/or – Rethinking the divide in Skull Base Surgery Moderators: Hamid Borghei Razavi, Surath Munasinghe |
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| 10:00-10:10 AM | Beyond the binary: why endoscopic vs open is the wrong question | Sebastien Froelich | |
| 10:10-10:20 AM | Hybrid thinking: creativity over dogma | Takeo Goto | |
| 10:20-10:30 AM | Transorbital approach: an eye for the future? | Doo-Sik Kong | |
| 10:30-10:40 AM | Staged surgery: wisdom or weakness | Mohamed Labib | |
| 10:40-10:50 AM | Building the skull base surgeon of the future | Mike Ivan | |
| 10:50-11:00 AM | Discussion | ||
Room B |
Spinal surgery: Bony Corridors and Instrumentation Anatomy Moderators: Martin Herman, Andrew Fanous |
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| 10:00-10:10 AM | Craniovertebral junction corridors | Lee Tan | |
| 10:10-10:20 AM | Subaxial Cervical Fixation Anatomy | Anthony Sin | |
| 10:20-10:30 AM | Thoracic pedicle and canal morphometry | Karthik Madhavan | |
| 10:30-10:40 AM | Lumbar posterior-element corridors | James Liu | |
| 10:40-10:50 AM | Sacrum and pelvis | Hassan Saad | |
| 10:50-11:00 AM: | Discussion | ||
Room C |
Complications That Changed My Practice: Meningioma Surgery Part 2 – Complications of Surgical Approach Moderators: Kenan Arnautovic, Georgios Zenonos |
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| 10:00-10:10 AM | Case 1 | Henry Schroeder | |
| 10:10-10:20 AM | Case 2 | Basant Misra | |
| 10:20-10:30 AM | Case 3 | Luciano Mastronardi | |
| 10:30-10:40 AM | Case 4 | Takashi Sugawara | |
| 10:40-10:50 AM | Case 5 | Michihiro Kohno | |
| 10:50-11:00 AM | Discussion | ||
Friday November 20, 2026
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Room A |
PLENARY 4Moderators: Ramsey Ashour, Atul Goel |
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| 11:00-11:15 AM | Spinal endoscopic techniques – A revolution with two fuels: Anatomy and Innovation | Christoph Hofstetter | |
| 11:15-11:30 AM | The perfect bypass for Moyamoya: Anatomy and physiology at the service of microtechniques | Xu Bin | |
| 11:30-11:45 AM | Why I moved away from endonasal endoscopy for extensive chordomas: Anatomical and ergonomical factors | Sebastien Froelich | |
| 11:45AM-12:00PM | Why I stayed with endonasal endoscopy even for petroclival meningiomas: Anatomical and ergonomical factors | Paul Gardner | |
| 12:00-12:30 PM | From Dissection to Distinction: The Anatomy Lab as a Career Catalyst | ||
| Moderators: Nickalus Khan, Carolina Martins | |||
| Panelists: Juan C Fernandez-Miranda Francisco Gonzalez-Llanos Jeff Sorenson Mustafa Baskaya Ali Krisht |
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Friday November 20, 2026
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Lunch and Lunch n’ Learn Industry sessions |
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Room A |
The Future of Meningioma Care: Personalized, Molecular, and Multidisciplinary Moderators: Will Curry, Raj Shrivastava |
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| 12:30-12:40 PM | Barriers to Progress: The Promise—and Limits—of Implementation Science | Gelareh Zadeh | |
| 12:40-12:50 PM | The Cost of Progress: Who Pays for Innovation? | Lawrence Chin | |
| 12:50-1:00 PM | Alignment Over Agreement: Building Teams That Actually Move Forward | Bob Carter | |
| 1:00-1:10 PM | Evidence vs. Tradition: What Are We Actually Practicing? | Madison Michael | |
| 1:10-1:30 PM | Discussion | ||
Room B |
TBD | ||
| 12:30-1:30 PM | TBD | ||
Room C |
TBD | ||
| 12:30-1:30 PM | TBD | ||
Friday November 20, 2026
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Room A |
Meningiomas: Decision Making in the Gray Zone Moderators: Nicholas Khattar, Isaac Yang |
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| 2:00-2:10 PM | Definitive treatment for meningiomas: the case for upfront radiation (without surgery) | Omar Arnaout | |
| 2:10-2:20 PM | Definitive treatment for meningiomas: the need for surgery in 2026 | Philip Theodosopoulos | |
| 2:20-2:30 PM | Grade 2 meningiomas: Why wait? The case for delayed radiation | JoĂŁo Silva | |
| 2:30-2:40 PM | High dose radiation is needed for high grade meningioma | Arjun Sahgal | |
| 2:40-2:50 PM | Radiosurgery for Meningiomas: Where It Wins and where It Fails | Carolina Benjamin | |
| 2:50-3:00 PM | Discussion | ||
Room B |
Spine: Pathoanatomical Degenerative Changes Moderators: Gil Kimchi, Anthony Sin |
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| 2:00-2:10 PM | Degenerative cascade of the motion segment | Salah Aoun | |
| 2:10-2:20 PM | Ligamentous and epidural contributors | Salah Aoun | |
| 2:20-2:30 PM | Facet and posterior element degeneration | Zoher Ghogawala | |
| 2:30-2:40 PM | Foraminal and lateral recess stenosis | John Williams | |
| 2:40-2:50 PM | Degenerative instability and deformity | Will Mangham | |
| 2:50-3:00 PM | Discussion | ||
Room C |
Meningioma Surgery: Complications That Changed My Practice Moderators: Nickalus Khan, Mustafa Motiwala, Eva Wu |
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| 2:00-2:10 PM | Case 1 | Mitesh Shah | |
| 2:10-2:20 PM | Case 2 | William Couldwell | |
| 2:20-2:30 PM | Case 3 | James Liu | |
| 2:30-2:40 PM | Case 4 | Sebastien Froelich | |
| 2:40-2:50 PM | Case 5 | Mustafa Baskaya | |
| 2:50-3:00 PM | Discussion | ||
Friday November 20, 2026
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Room A |
Specialized Anatomy: Developmental Neuroanatomy Relevant to Pediatric Neurosurgery Moderators: William Gump, Manish Shah |
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| 3:00-3:10 PM | Principles of endoscopic approaches to transventricular tumors in children and adults | Benny Iskandar | |
| 3:10-3:20 PM | How developmental anatomy changes pediatric surgical corridors | Toba Niazi | |
| 3:20-3:30 PM | Microsurgical approaches to the third ventricle | Eduardo Ribas | |
| 3:30-3:40 PM | Transsylvian transopercular peri-central core hemispherotomy: Anatomy, surgical technique, and clinical outcomes | Hung Tzu Wen | |
| 3:40-3:50 PM | Endoscopic endonasal approaches for pediatric brain tumors: Anatomical Nuances | Cody Nesvick | |
| 3:50-4:00 PM | Discussion | ||
Room B |
Spine: Pathoanatomical Degenerative Changes Moderators: Karthik Madhavan, Will Mangham |
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| 3:00-3:10 PM | Endoscopic transforaminal microanatomy | Muhammad Abd-El-Barr | |
| 3:10-3:20 PM | Endoscopic interlaminar microanatomy | Huang Meng | |
| 3:20-3:30 PM | Tubular MIS posterior microanatomy | Jessica Stark | |
| 3:30-3:40 PM | Relevant bony microanatomy | Christoph Hofstetter | |
| 3:40-3:50 PM | Lateral/OLIF corridor microanatomy | John Williams | |
| 3:50-4:00 PM | Discussion | ||
Room C |
IMS video session: Operative Technique and Nuances for Anterior Skull Base Meningiomas Moderators: Syed Azeem, Soliman Oushy |
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| 3:00-3:10 PM | Keyhole Supraorbital Craniotomy for Management of Anterior Cranial Fossa Meningioma | Ali Ayyad | |
| 3:10-3:20 PM | Endoscopic Transorbital Approaches for Anterior and Middle Skull Base Meningiomas | Martin Monsalve | |
| 3:20-3:30 PM | Operative nuances for resection of anterior clinoidal meningiomas | Arturo Ayala-Arcipreste | |
| 3:30-3:40 PM | Operative nuances for resection of tuberculum sella meningiomas | Carolina Benjamin | |
| 3:40-3:50 PM | Ophthalmoplegia following excision of ACF meningiomas: Thermal injury? | Abdessamad El Ouahabi | |
| 3:50-4:00 PM | Discussion | ||
| 4:00-4:30 PM: | BREAK | ||
Friday November 20, 2026
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Room A |
Controversies in Management: Recurrent Meningioma Panel Moderators: Michael Chicoine, James Liu, Madison Michael |
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| 4:30-5:30 PM: | Panelists: Nimer Adeeb Carlos David Ali Krisht Ali Zomorodi |
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Room B |
Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina Anatomy Moderators: James Liu, Tiffany Perry |
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| 4:30-4:30 PM | Spinal cord organization and surgical localization | Martin Herman | |
| 4:30-4:50 PM | Cervical and thoracic myelopathy anatomy | Ken Porche | |
| 4:50-5:00 PM | Conus medullaris and cauda equina anatomy | Tristan Brunette-Clément | |
| 5:00-5:10 PM | Dura, arachnoid, dentate ligament, and root sleeves | John Williams | |
| 5:10-5:20 PM | Perfusion and ischemic vulnerability of the neural axis | Muhammad Abd-El-Barr | |
| 5:20-5:30 PM | Discussion | ||
Room C |
Pituitary, Chordoma, Chondrosarcoma: Anatomy & Surgical Strategy Moderators: Omar Arnaout, Stalin Mancias |
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| 4:30-4:30 PM | Pituitary transposition: Indications and surgical considerations | Paul Gardner | |
| 4:30-4:50 PM | Clival and petroclival anatomy for chordoma and chondrosarcoma surgery | Varun Kshettry | |
| 4:50-5:00 PM | Modern concepts in endoscopic approach to the cavernous sinus | Juan Fernandez-Miranda | |
| 5:00-5:10 PM | Surgical approaches to the lateral cavernous sinus | Badih Adada | |
| 5:10-5:20 PM | Endoscopic endonasal anatomy of the clivus and cranial base | Joao Paulo Almeida | |
| 5:20-5:30 PM | Discussion | ||
Friday November 20, 2026
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Room A |
Setup for Gala Dinner | ||
Room B |
Functional Anatomy of Alignment and the Spine–Pelvis Unit Moderators: Karthik Madhavan, Lee Tan |
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| 5:30-5:40 PM | Sagittal alignment | Andrew Fanous | |
| 5:40-5:50 PM | Coronal deformity and fractional curves | Gil Kimchi | |
| 5:50-6:00 PM | Cervical deformity | Salah Aoun | |
| 6:00-6:10 PM | Bone quality and imaging anatomy | Lee Tan | |
| 6:10-6:20 PM | Local-to-global anatomy | Alexander Ropper | |
| 6:20-6:30 PM | Discussion | ||
Room C |
Surgical Anatomy of Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes Moderators: Florian Roser, Sivaram Thirumaran |
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| 5:30-5:40 PM | Anatomical variations of the trigeminal nerve and clinical correlation in microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia | Hamid Borghei Razavi | |
| 5:40-5:50 PM | Anatomical and surgical nuances of microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm | Gerard Carter | |
| 5:50-6:00 PM | Endoscopic Approach to Microvascular Decompression: Subtleties and Lessons Learned | Henry Schroeder | |
| 6:00-6:10 PM | Neuroanatomy of the trigeminal nervous system: Do we really know what is going on in the ganglion? | Andrew Grande | |
| 6:10-6:20 PM | Peripheral branches of the trigeminal nerve: Safer approaches through microneuroanatomy | Carolina Martins | |
| 6:20-6:30 PM | Discussion | ||