Industrial Lunch Workshops

Thursday 28th of September – 12h00-13h30​

Room C1-C2

MRgFUS: From state of the art in ET to new frontiers.

Chair: Prof. Ludvic Zrinzo
Speakers: Prof. Lennart Stieglitz, Dr. Marta del Álamo, Prof. Vibhor Krishna

Programme:

  • Intro / Chairman – Prof. Ludvic Zrinzo
  • 15 min – Prof. Lennart Stieglitz: MRgFUS and the state of the art in Essential Tremor
  • 15 Min – Dr. Marta del Álamo: The potential of MRgFUS in Parkinson’s disease
  • 15 min – Prof. Vibhor Krishna: RgFUS: Advanced methods to open new frontiers.
  • 15 min – Q&A

Room C3

Transforming Care and Improving Patients Quality of Life

Programme
Moderators: Prof. Veerle Visser-Vandewalle & Dr. Cristina Torres

Topics:

  • Optimizing DBS therapies with Teleprogramming: Results of a Multicenter RCT – Prof. Alireza Gharabaghi – Tübingen,Germany
  • Improving your patients ‘ QoL based on your DBS Platform selection – Dr Alexandra Boogers – Toronto Canada
  • Hybrid systems – Practical tips and patient benefits – Prof. Patric Blomstedt – Sweden
  • Adoption of Remote Programming to extend access to patients: A real world experience – Prof Peter Silburn, Queensland, Australia
  • Discussion 10 Min
  • Closing 5 Min

Room C4

Extending the horizons of your discipline

Programme: 

  • 12:00 – 12:10
    Elekta 50 years of Functional Neurosurgery – Continuing to extend the horizons of your discipline
  • 12:10 – 12:30
    Embracing the change – moving to Leksell Vantage Stereotactic System
    Speakers: Witold Polanski, MD, University Hospital Dresden, Germany
  • 12:30 – 12:50
    Improving quality of life after functional neurosurgery with Leksell Gamma Knife
    Speakers: Geert-Jan Rutten, MD, PhD Elisabeth – Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
  • 12:50 – 13:00
    Q&A

Friday 29th of September – 12h00-13h30​

Room C3

Sustainably driving DBS innovation

Moderators:
Rick Schuurman, Professor of neurosurgery at Amsterdam University Medical Center
Carine Karachi, Professor of neurosurgery at L’hôpital de La Pitié-Salpêtriè

Programme: 

  • Future landscapes of DBS
    Nick Maling, Boston Scientific
  • Optimising high volume surgery
    Ludvic Zrinzo, head of the University College of London Functional Neurosurgery unit
  • Integrating Clinical and Research systems
    Stephan Chabardes, head of the Functional Neurosurgery department Grenoble Alpes University Hospital

Room C4

Transforming DBS Therapy in the OR & beyond

Moderator:
Prof. Alfonso Fasano – University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Canada

Programme: 

  • Session 1 – Optimising DBS Implant Procedure – Dr. Rebeca Conde – Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe Valencia, Spain
  • Session 2 – Personalising DBS with BrainSense tm Technology – Prof. Alexandre Eusebio – Hôpitaux de Marseille, France