Scientific Program

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Sunday March 25

17:30     Buses leave for Welcome Reception

Day 1, Monday March 26

7:00-8:00    

Breakfast seminar
Pediatric Radiosurgery

Craniopharyngiomas, Gelareh Zadeh, Toronto
Hamartomas & epilepsy, Jean Regis, Marseille
Malignant tumors, Penny Sneed, San Francisco

Moderator: Gelareh Zadeh, Toronto

8:10-8:20

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Michael Morgan, Sydney

8:20-9:20

How are neurosurgeons and radiation oncologists trained in radiosurgery - and what is adequate?

Andras Kemeny, Sheffield
John Jane, Charlottesville, VA
Dade Lunsford, Pittsburgh, PA
Robert Smee, Sydney

Moderators:
Andras Kemeny, Sheffield
Patrick Hanssens, Tilburg

9:20-10:30

Parallel General Session, Benign Tumors

Moderators:
Michael Link, Rochester, MN
Veronica Chiang, New Haven, CT

BE-110
The relation of treatment parameters to the phenomenon of vestibular swelling after Gamma Knife surgery
Michael Torrens, Athens

BE-276
The Barrow Neurological Institute Experience with stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannomas: single vs. multiple fraction and hearing outcomes
Peter Weisskopf, Phoenix, AZ

BE-83
The increase of IAC pressure after stereotactic radiosurgery and hearing outcome of patientswith vestibular schwannoma treated with stereotactic radiosurgery: the implication of auditory brainstem response
Jung Ho Han, Gyeonggi-do

BE-205
Gamma Knife radiosurgery inhibits progression of vestibular schwannoma with pre-treatment evidence of growth-a retrospective long term follow up study
Theresa Wangerid, Stockholm

BE-52
Outcome of large vestibular schwannoma treated with intracapsular decompression or radical resections followed by gamma knife radiosurgery
Hung-Chuan Pan, Taichung

BE- 162
Radiosurgery of lower cranial schwannomas, Tumor control and functional outcome
Yoshihisa Kida, Komaki City

BE-141
Gamma Knife radiosurgery for NF2 associated vestibular schwannomas - The role of higher dose and cochlear implantation to rehabilitate hearing
Michael Link, Rochester, MN

9:20-10:30

Parallel General Session, Physics and Technology

Moderators:
Ian Paddick, London
Jagdish Bhatnagar, Pittsburgh, PA

PH-102
Clinical implementation of the Gamma Knife Extend System: a therapist's perspective
Amanda Schoenberger, St Louis, MO

PH-191
Inter- and intra-fraction performance of the Gamma Knife Extend System for patient positioning and immobilization David
Schlesinger, Charlottesville, VA

PH-267
Intra- and inter-observer measurement reliability using the Extend System measurement probes
David Schlesinger, Charlottesville, VA

PH-256
A treatment planning algorithm optimizing TCP based on a dose rate dependent LQ-model
Håkan Nordström, Stockholm

PH-160
A simple proposal to reduce cervical target movement during Leksell Perfexion Gamma Knife radiosurgery
Dade Lunsford, Pittsburgh, PA

PH-106
Application of Gamma Evaluation Method in Gamma Knife Film Dosimetry
Hyun-Tai Chung, Seoul

PH-154
An audit of repositioning accuracy of Extend in the first year after installation with hints on how to minimize repositioning problems
Michael Torrens, Athens

10:30-10:50 Coffee Break
10:50-11:20

Lars Leksell Lecture

Neuromodulation: Past, Present and Future
Andres Lozano, Toronto
Introduced by John Jane, Charlottesville, VA

11:20-11:30

Analysis of the Radiosurgery Literature using the World Science Network: Technology, Journals and Authors

Douglas Kondziolka, Pittsburgh, PA

11:30-12:30

Radiosurgery vs. Surgery for Vestibular Schwannomas - pro´s and con´s
Panel Discussion

Peter Weisskopf, Phoenix, AZ
Paul Fagan, Sydney
Jean Regis, Marseille
Mark Linskey, Orange, CA
Douglas Kondziolka, Pittsburgh, PA

Moderators:
Christer Lindquist, London
CP Yu, Hong Kong

12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-13:50

Keynote Lecture
Combined Microsurgery and Gamma Knife Surgery by the Same Team for Large Vestibular Schwannomas. Possibility for Near Perfect Facial Nerve Preservation

CP Yu, Hong Kong

13:50-14:50

General Session, Benign Tumors, cont’d (6 slots)

Moderators:
Dade Lunsford, Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Torrens, Athens

BE-44
Radiosurgery of benign intracranial meningiomas: factors associated with successful treatment
Scott Stafford, Rochester, MN

BE-30
Gamma Knife radiosurgery of skull base meningiomas: Analysis of long-term results
Jason Sheehan, Charlottesville, VA

BE-306
Preliminary results after multisession gamma knife radiosurgery for perioptic meningiomas
Alberto Franzin, Milano

BE-304
Risk factors for recurrences after Gamma Knife radiosurgery of intracranial meningiomas
Vincent Bulthuis, Maastricht

BE-228
Gamma knife radiosurgery for central neurocytomas: A long-term follow-up study
Hidefumi Jokura, Furukawa

BE-28
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for the Management of Glomus Tumors: A Multicenter Study
Jason Sheehan, Charlottesville, VA

14:45-15:15 Keynote Lecture
Standardization of Terminology in Radiosurgery
Michael Torrens, Athens
15:15-15:35 Coffee Break
15:35-16:00 Keynote Lecture
Impact of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery on Neurosurgical Practice
Warren Goldman, Camden, NJ
16:00-17:00

Case Presentations Benign Tumors

Presenter: Mark Linskey, Orange, CA

17:00-17:30

Leksell Gamma Knife – what’s next?

Åsa Hedin, Stockholm
Per Nylund, Stockholm

17:30-18:30 Cocktail

Day 2, Tuesday March 27

7:00-8:00    

Breakfast Seminar
Risk of Malignancy Development after Radiosurgery

Gareth Evans, Manchester (geneticist)
Jeremy Rowe, Sheffield
Veronica Chiang, New Haven, CT

Moderator:
Dheerendra Prasad, Buffalo, NY

8:10-9:30

Primary Malignant Intracranial & Head & Neck Tumors

Keynote Lecture
Emerging techniques and strategies in the radiosurgical treatment of primary Malignant gliomas – a comprehensive review
Michael McDermott, San Francisco, CA

Aggressive Dural Based Neoplasms
Dade Lunsford, Pittsburgh, PA

Nasopharyngeal cancer and unusual skull base tumors
Dong Gyu Kim, Seoul

Glial Neoplasms
Jason Sheehan, Charlottesville, VA

Moderators:
Igor Barani, San Francisco, CA
Andrey Golanov, Moscow

9:30-10:00

Flash Oral Poster Session #1

Moderator: John Fuller, Sydney

MA-233
Lung cancer and brain metastases: Treatment choice of oncologists in a cancer center
Takeshi Kondoh, Kobe

MA-145
The effectiveness, role and significance of Gamma Knife radiosurgery for ependymoma
Hiroyuki Kenai, Oita

MA-86
Salvage treatment of distant recurrent brain metastases with gamma Knife surgery and a classification system for distant recurrences
Patrick Hanssens, Tilburg

MA-245
Same day stereotactic aspiration and Gamma Knife treatment for cystic intracranial tumors
Xiaomin Liu, Tianjin

MA-230
Gamma Knife treatment of brain metastases using high versus standard isodose lines has equivalent efficacy
Gene Barnett, Cleveland, OH

MA-208
Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery for brain stem metastases: The university of Pennsylvania experience Michelle Alonso-
Basanta, Philadelphia, PA

MA-193
Gamma Knife radiosurgery after stereotactic aspiration for large cystic brain metastases Do Hoon Kwon, Seoul

MA-80
Gamma Knife radiosurgery in patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome
Gordon Watson, Murray, KY

MA-206
The analysis of recurred metastatic brain tumors after radiosurgery Jong Hee Chang, Seoul MA-114 Gamma Knife radiosurgery for brainstem metastases
Dong Liu, Tianjin

10:00-10.30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00

General Session, Malignant Tumors

Moderators:
Sandra Vermeulen, Seattle, WA
Massimo Gerosa, Verona

MA-280
Stereotactic radiosurgery of brain metastases in elderly patients: the Cleveland Clinic experience
Manmeet Ahluwalia, Cleveland, OH

MA-232
Prospective Multi-institute Study of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Alone Treatment for Patients with 1-10 Brain Metastases (JLGK0901): Interim Monitoring Report
Yoshinori Higuchi, Chiba

MA-282
Is Ipilimumab effective in melanoma with limited brain metastasis treated with Gamma Knife procedure?
Maya Mary Mathew, New York, NY

MA-68
A retrospective study of GKRS-treated MET patients: Tumor numbers of two-four versus five or more
Masaaki Yamamoto, Hitachinaka

MA-182
Gamma knife radiosurgery for brainstem metastases
Takuya Kawabe, Hitachinaka

MA-133
In-depth study of radiation necrosis after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for brain metastases
Penny Sneed, San Francisco, CA

MA-187
Gamma knife radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases: What is a safe integral dose for the whole skull?
Takuya Kawabe, Hitachinaka

MA-180
Evaluation of mini-mental status examination score obtained after using gamma||knife radiosurgery as the initial radiation treatment for brain metastases
Kiyoshi Nakazaki, Hiroshima

MA-81
Prognostic factors for Gamma Knife Radio-surgery in patients with >5 brain metastases
Lilyana Angelov, Cleveland, OH

12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30

Keynote Lecture
Tissue Characterization by Neuroradiology

Stephen Holmes, Honolulu, HI

13:30-14:00

Flash Oral Poster Session #2

Moderator: Yoshinori Higuchi, Chiba

MA-212
How fast do metastatic tumors grow in brain?
Yoichi Watanabe, Minneapolis, MN

MA-234
Efficacy and limitations of salvage gamma knife radiosurgery for treating brain metastases of small-cell lung cancer after whole-brain radiotherapy
Kiyoshi Nakazaki, Hiroshima

MA-123
Upfront Gamma Knife radiosurgery alone for brain metastases: the prognostic value of DS-GPA and RPA
Anna Likhacheva, Houston, TX

MA- 237
Evaluation of tumor progression and detection of new tumors during repeat SRS utilizing the co-registration process of the Leksell Gamma Plan
Jagdish Bhatnagar, Pittsburgh, PA

MA-319
Linac and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Management of Relapsed Malignant Gliomas
Joseph R Simpson, St Louis, MO

MA-111
Patterns of response, recurrence and survival according to diagnosis in patients with brain metastases treated by Gamma Knife surgery
Michael Torrens, Athens

MA-109
A survey of the Gamma Knife Centers in the United States to determine if there are specific criteria, including number and size of metastasis, used in deciding accept ability for GKS
Stephen Holmes, Honolulu, HI

MA-195
Gamma knife radiosurgery for malignant melanoma in the orbit in Japanese population
Satoshi Suzuki, Kitakyushu City

MA-130
Detection of small metastatic brain tumors: comparison of 3D contrast-enhanced||whole brain-black blood imaging and MP-RAGE imaging
Jong Hee Chang, Seoul

MA-229
Staged gamma knife radiosurgery for metastatic brain tumors
Atsuya Akabane, Tokyo

14:00-15:30

General Session, Malignant Tumors, cont’d

Moderators:
Masaaki Yamamoto, Hitachinaka
Jonathan Knisely, New York

MA-73
What is the best grading system in stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases, RTOG-RPA, SIR, BSBM, GPA or a modified RPA?
Toru Serizawa, Tokyo

MA-136
Cost-effectiveness of stereotactic radiosurgery versus surgical resection in the treatment of brain metastasis with German statutory health insurance perspective
Vuong Anh Duong, Hanoi

MA-59
Effect of HER2/neu overexpression status on multidisciplinary treatment modalities including upfront or adjuvant GKS for women with breast cancer brain metastasis
Xu Zhiyuan, Charlottesville, VA

MA-172
Gamma knife radiosurgery for primary CNS lymphoma is an ideal complementary therapy
Chris Duma, Newport Beach, CA

MA-284
Factors affecting local tumor control in GKRS for METS from breast cancer
Satoshi Suzuki, Kitakyushu City

MA-183
Gamma knife radiosurgery for brain metastases from gastrointestinal tract cancers
Takyua Kawabe, Hitachinaka

MA-67
Validity of the Diagnosis-Specific Grading indexes for Radiosurgically-Treated Patients with Brain Metastases from Breast Cancer
Masaaki Yamamoto, Hitachinaka

MA-309
WBRT usage in patients getting SRS for >5 brain metastases
Jonathan Knisely, New York, NY

MA-278
Bevacizumab therapy for cerebral radiation necrosis
Manmeet Ahluwalia, Cleveland, OH

15:45-17:15

Special Topic Seminars (Coffee served in each room)

Special Topic Seminar 1
Pre-operative Assessment and Follow-up in Gamma Knife Radiosurgery - Anatomy and Functio
n

Neurophsychology - Maria Kangas, Sydney
Neurophysiology - Patrick Chauvel, Marseille
Neuroradiology - Stephen Holmes, Honolulu, HI
Neurotology - Peter Weisskopf, Phoenix, AZ

Discussant: Jean Regis, Marseilles

Special Topic Seminar 2
How to prepare and write scientific papers - and get them published!

Howard Eisenberg, Baltimore, MD
Gillian Heller, Sydney
Douglas Kondziolka, Pittsburgh, PA

Discussant: John Jane, Charlottesville, VA

Special Topic Seminar 3
The Radiobiology of Radiosurgery

John Hopewell, Oxford
Jonathan Knisely, New York, NY
Mark Linskey, Orange, CA

Discussant: Christer Lindquist, London

18:30 Gala dinner at Sydney Town Hall

Day 3, Wednesday March 28

7.45-8.45    

Breakfast Seminar

Current Diagnostic and Presurgical use of MEG
Patrick Chauvel, Marseille
Jean Regis, Marseille

Surgical Planning, TBI & Alzheimer
Richard Bucholz, St Louis, MO

Moderator: Gus Beute, Tilburg

8:55-9:40

Metastatic Brain Tumors – How do we treat them?

Medical Oncologist
Mark Rosenthal, Melbourne

Radiation Oncologist
Robert Smee, Sydney

Neurosurgeon
Dong Gyu Kim, Seoul

Moderators:
Masaaki Yamamoto, Hitachinaka
Sandra Vermeulen, Seattle, WA

9:40-10:00 Coffee Break
10:00-10:30

Metastatic Brain Tumors – How do we treat them? cont'd
Panel Discussion

Speakers plus:
Masahiro Hiraoka, Kyoto
Gelareh Zadeh, Toronto
Igor Barani, San Francisco, CA
Roger Stupp, Lausanne

Moderators:
Masaaki Yamamoto, Hitachinaka
Sandra Vermeulen, Seattle, WA

10:30-10:50 Keynote Lecture
Targeted Therapy for Brain Metastases
Manmeet Ahluwalia, Cleveland, OH
10:50-12:00

General Session, Malignant Tumors, cont’d

Moderators:
Masahiro Hiraoka, Kyoto
Dheerendra Prasad, Buffalo, NY

MA-96
Survival and complications following Gamma Knife radiosurgery or enucleation for ocular melanoma: a 20-year experience
Eduard B. Dinca, Sheffield

MA-173
Malignant transformation of low-grade meningioma to high-grade gliosarcoma 6 years after Gamma Knife radiosurgery
Leon Liem, Honolulu, HI

MA-34
Delayed Radiation-Induced Vasculitic Encephalopathy:A Histopathological Correlation for Adverse Radiation Imaging Effects after Radiosurgery
Veronica Chiang, New Haven, CT

MA-117
One-day aspiration/GKS procedure is effective for metastatic brain tumor with||cystic component
Fumi Higuchi, Tochigi

MA-174
A New Measure for the Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Response: The Slope and Plot of Tumor Volume Changes First Evaluated for Non-small-cell Lung Carcinoma Brain Metastases
Douglas Kondziolka, Pittsburgh

MA-297
Early detection of brain metastasis by routine brain scanning in selected cancer patients doubles survival and increases quality of life
Laura Ventrella, Bologna

MA- 310
Subtraction Fusion With Prior Images Helps Identify Additional Brain Metastases for Repeat Radiosurgery
John Flickinger, Pittsburgh

12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:20

Keynote Lecture
Journal of Neurosurgery

John Jane, Charlottesville

13:20-14:20

Flash Oral Poster Session #3

Moderator: Enrico Motti, Milano

PH-241
Design of a simple tool for quality assurance of stereotactic Gamma Knife radiosurgery procedure
Thomas Sajeev, Karnakaka

PH-48
Useful base plate supporting the patient's head during Leksell skull frame placement
Hisato Nakazawa, Nagoya

PH-45
Pitfalls in Volume Rendering of Small Lesions for Intracranial Stereoetactic Radiosurgery
Lijun Ma, San Francisco, CA

PH- 215
Relative output factor and beam profile measurements for the Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion over a 4 year time period
Paula Petti, Freemont, CA

PH-240
The relationship of pin-fixing pain with the precipitant factors among patients undergoing Gamma knife radiosurgery
So Young Baek, Chonnam-Hwasun

BE-210
Dose dependence incidence of new pituitary deficits after Gamma Knife Surgery (GKS) of pituitary adenomas
Antonella Del Vecchio, Milano

BE-155
Gamma Knife surgery for epidermoid tumors: Possibility of nerve decompression or neuromodulation
Takenori Kato, Aichi

BE-85
The risk factors of symptomatic communicating hydrocephalus after stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: The Implication of Brain Atrophy
Jung Ho Han, Gyeonggi-do

BE-207
Excellent long-term local control of intracranial meningiomas with gamma knife radiosurgery in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2)
Nadia Laack, Rochester, MI

BE-65
Vestibular schwannomas in Gamma knife surgery based on microanatomy: Advantages in detection of tumor origin and its expansion using gadolinium enhanced CISS on Gamma Plan
Motohiro Hayashi, Tokyo

BE-97
Efficacy and safety of multisession gamma knife surgery for benign orbital tumor
Kyung Il Jo, Seoul

BE-164
Cochlear radiation dose does not predict hearing loss after gamma knife for glomus jugulare tumors
Bradley Lega, Philadelphia, PA

BE-132
Can Post-radiosurgical Imaging Patterns Predict Long-term Results of Acoustic Tumor Radiosurgery
Chih-Chun Wu, Taipei

FU-300
Results of GK re-treatment of trigeminal neuralgia
James Fontanesi, Bloomfield Hills, MI

FU-55
Gamma knife callosotomy in children with drug-resistant epilepsy
Yoshiyasu Iwai, Osaka

VA-217
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery of arteriovenous malformations: Summary of experience in 406 cases
Than Bihn Nguyen, Ho Chi Min City

VA-272
Gamma knife radiosurgery of intracranial arteriovenous malformations using only magnetic resonance imaging for target delineation
Amr El-Shehaby, Cairo

VA-31
Hemorrhage risk of cerebral arteriovenous malformations before and after Gamma Knife radiosurgery
Chun-Po Yen, Charlottesville, VA

VA-88
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for cavernous malformations using low dose radiation
Chang Hwa Choi, Pusan

14:20-15:00

Keynote Lecture
Radiosurgery vs. Microsurgery – What are the Health Economic Facts? (On what you need to do and to study in order to address these issues)

Lars-Åke Levin, Linköping

Moderator:
Paul Gross, Sydney

15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-16:30

Parallell General Session, Benign tumors, cont’d

Moderators:
Howard Eisenberg, Baltimore, MD
Gene Barnett, Cleveland, OH

BE-53
Efficacy and safety of higher dose stereotactic radiosurgery for functional||pituitary adenomas: A preliminary report
Veronica Chiang, New Haven, CT

BE-308
Gamma Knife radiosurgery for growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma
Alberto Franzin, Milano

BE-214
Endocrinological evaluation of growth hormone-secreting pituitary macroadenoma invading cavernous sinus treated by aggressive transsphenoidal resection followed by Gamma Knife radiosurgery
Jong Hee Chang, Seoul

BE-72
Radiosurgery for benign tumors of the spine using the Synergy S: Clinical experience and future trends
Peter Gerszten, Pittsburgh, PA

BE-298
Radiosurgery for pineal tumours: lessons from a single unit's experience
Jeremy Rowe, Sheffield

BE-163
Beyond the ten thousand: experiences of the Sheffield Gamma Knife unit
Andras Kemeny, Sheffield

BE-43 Long term evaluation of optic nerve dose and radiation optic neuropathy in gamma knife radiosurgery
Jacqueline Leavitt, Rochester, MN

15:20-16:30

Parallell General Session, Physics & Technology, cont’d

Moderators:
Hyun-Tai Chung, Seoul
David Schlesinger, Charlottesville, VA

PH-242
Initial performance characterization and clinical implementation of a novel image-guided system for Perfexion
David Jaffray, Toronto

PH-265
Quantitative validation of a new semi-automatic inverse planning software in Leksell GammaPlan® version 10.1 by comparison with clinically applied manual dose plans
Tobias Nelder, Stockholm

PH-296
Monte Carlo calculated and experimentally verified correction factors for clinical reference dosimetry for the Leksell Gamma Knife®: Application of a new IAEA dosimetry formalism
Jonas Johansson, Stockholm

PH-200
International Leksell Gamma Knife Calibration Survey - Final Results
Jagdish Bhatnagar, Pittsburgh, PA

PH-262
Variability in target delineation and assessment of the average target in stereotactic radiosurgery - a multiobserver study
Helena Sandström, Stockholm

PH-236
Improvement of the total clinical accuracy of gamma knife radiosurgery and assessment of the clinical impact of MR spatial distortions
Michael Torrens, Athens

PH-291
TMR10: A comparison with TMR classic for clinical treatment plans
Ian Paddick, London

16:30-17:30

Case Presentations Malignant Tumors

Presenter: Jonathan Knisely, New York, NY

Day 4, Thursday March 29

7:00-8:00    

Breakfast Seminar
Staged radiosurgery and other therapeutic strategies in large AVM´s

Michael Morgan, Sydney
Dade Lunsford, Pittsburgh, PA
Massismo Gerosa, Verona

Moderator:
Michael Schulder, New York, NY

8:10-9:10

General Session, Vascular Disorders

Moderators:
Michael Morgan, Sydney
Andras Kemeny, Sheffield

VA-107
Radiosurgery for unruptured cerebral AVMs: focused on long-term seizure outcome
Hyun-Tai Chung, Seoul

VA-116
Our treatment strategy of cerebral arteriovenous malformation: safer radiosurgery combined endovascular surgery
Osamu Nagano, Chiba

VA-192
New nidus found adjacent to the target site of AVM treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery - Report of 3 cases
Do Hoon Kwon, Seoul

VA-39
Hypertension may not convey excess risk of radiation-induced change in Gamma Knife radiosurgery of cerebral arteriovenous malformation
Mark Quigg, Charlottesville, VA

VA-77
Mechanism of cyst formation and enlargement following gamma knife surgery for arteriovenous malformation
Takashi Shuto, Kanagawa

VA-69
Long-Term Follow-Up Results of Two-Stage Gamma Knife Radiosurgery with a ≥3 Year Interval for >10 cc Arteriovenous Malformations
Masaaki Yamamoto, Hitachinaka

9:10-9:25

Study Update I - Gamma Knife Surgery in MTLE (ROSE)

Nicholas Barbaro, Indianapolis, IN

9:25-9:40

Study Update II - STN Lesioning in Parkinson’ Disease

Jean Regis, Marseille

9:40-10:00 Coffee break
10:00-10:15

Study Update III - Biologically Effective Dose (BED)

John Hopewell, Oxford

10:15-10:30

Study Update IV - Multiple Metastases (Japan)

Masaaki Yamamoto, Hitachinaka

10:30-10:40

Pioneers in Radiosurgery Award

(Introduction by Dan Leksell)

10:40-11:00

Keynote Lecture
Photons versus Protons

Dheerendra Prasad, Buffalo, NY

11:00-12:00

General Session, Functional Disorders

Moderators:
Warren Goldman, Camden, NJ
Motohiro Hayashi, Tokyo

FU-231
Gamma knife thalamotomy for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor: A prospective multi-institutional study in Japan
Yoshinori Higuchi, Chiba

FU-143
Evaluation of outcomes in Gamma Knife stereotactic radio surgery treatment of essential and Parkinsonian tremor
Alyssa Zemanek, Tacoma, WA

FU-196
Comparison analysis: Thalamotomy, GK thalamotomy, DBS for Parkinsonian tremor patients
Mooseong Kim, Busan

FU-151
Gamma Knife Surgery for Hemifacial Spasm Related to Cerebellopontine Angle Tumors
Chuan-Hu Huang, Taichung

FU-311
Do carbamazepine, gabapentin, or other anticonvulsants exert sufficient radioprotective effects to alter responses to trigeminal neuralgia radiosurgery?
John Flickinger, Pittsburgh, PA

12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00

General Session, Vascular Disorders, cont’d

Moderators:
Hidefumi Jokura, Furukawa
David H-C Pan, Taipei

VA-119
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for dural Arterious venous Fistula - the Vienna experience
Brigitte Gatterbauer, Vienna

VA-190
Gamma knife therapy for cavernous hemangiomas of the cavernous sinus: clinical outcome of 39 patients
Peng Li, Chengdu

VA-171
Radiosurgery for symptomatic cavernous malformations - long-term results of our institute and all over Japan
Yoshihisa Kida, Komaki City

VA-266
Gamma knife radiosurgery for dural arteriovenous fistulas: a meta-analysis of||treatment strategy and results in four different gamma knife centers
Huai Che Yang, Taipei

VA-56
Gamma Knife Surgery for the Management of Intrinsic Brainstem Tumors and Vascular Lesions
David H-C Pan, Taipei

VA-50
Treatment results of radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations in the modern APS era
Shunsuke Kawamoto, Tochighi

14:00-15:00

General Session Functional Disorders, cont’d

Moderators:
Dong Gyu Kim, Seoul
Nicholas Barbaro, Indianapolis, IN

FU-00
Gamma Knife Thalamotomy for tremor. Outcome in the Marseille series and correlations with neuroimaging features
Romain Carron, Marseille

FU-146
Gamma Knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia secondary to megadolichobasilar artery: a prospective series of 29 cases with more than one year of follow up
Constantin Tuleasca, Marseille

FU-124
A comparative study of gamma knife radiosurgery and percutaneous retrogasserian||glycerol rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia in multiple sclerosis patients
David Mathieu, Sherbrooke

FU-62
Neuromodulation in Gamma Knife Surgery for Functional Disorders: Current and Future
Motohiro Hayashi, Tokyo

FU-92
Gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia 2002-2010
Rosario Musella, St Patersburg

FU-121
Evaluation of outcomes in Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery
Alyssa Zemanek, Tacoma, WA

15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-16:00

Keynote Lecture
Barriers to Gamma Knife Radiosurgery - and How to Break Them Down

(On how to manage lack of information, disinformation and misinformation)

Marianne Bäärnhielm, Stockholm

Moderator:
Douglas Kondziolka, Pittsburgh, PA

16:00-17:00

Case Presentations Functional Disorders

Presenter: Jean Regis, Marseille

17:00-17:15

Concluding remarks

Michael Morgan, Sydney

18:30 Buses leave for Fun Night

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