Greetings!  On August 27, and 28th 2016, we collaborated with Deepak Gupta MD, prominent Indian Neurosurgeon of the largest Neurosurgery Department in all of India,  at AIIMS, to produce an ONLINE Conference of “Pediatric Neurosurgery”.

Here is the schedule:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2016

9 a.m.

“Orientation to Conference, and, Development of Paediatric Neurosurgery services in India”

Deepak Gupta MD

Additional Professor Neurosurgery at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Course Director for this First Paediatric Neurosurgery online conference from India 

10 a.m. 

“Surgical Options in Craniosynostosis”

Subodh Raju MD

Dr. Subodh Raju is a Senior consultant neurosurgeon and spine surgeon in Hyderabad and has an experience of 15 years in these fields.  Kamineni Hospitals and Kamineni Academy of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Hyderabad, Rainbow childrens hospitals, Hyderabad; in his words, “Passing out from one of the premier institutes of country AIIMS and being trained under able guides and teachers makes me carry on the values and ethos of the institute in all my work , teaching and research places”

11 a.m.

“Pediatric Head Trauma”

Iype Cherian MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at College of medical sciences, Bharatpur, Finished his MCh in Neurosurgery from CMC, Vellore and then fellowship in Vascular and skullbase surgery from Fujita University, Japan. He is the present Counselor General for the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Director for the ACNS educational courses. He is also a member of the World Federation of Neurological Surgeons Anatomy Committee and teaches skullbase and vascular in ACNS and WFNS courses. He also invented Cisternostomy, the novel surgical technique for severe head injuries…

Noon

“Syndromic Craniosynostosis”

Dwarakanath Srinivas MD

1 p.m.

“Posterior Fossa Medulloblastoma in Children”

Dr. Suresh Sankhla

2 p.m.

“”Management of CVJ Anomalies in Children: Personal Experience””

Prof. Vijendra Jain

Dr. V. K.Jain is the Senior Director of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery at Max Hospitals Delhi and NCR. He completed his MBBS from King George’s Medical College, Lucknow in the year 1974. He did his MCh in Neurosurgery from the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) Bangalore. Dr. Jain did Fellowship in Microneurosurgery from Fujita Health University, Nagoya, Japan.

3 pm – 5 pm

“Craniofacial Dysostosis Syndromes: Sequencing Treatment”

Dr. Suhas Udayakumaran,  and Dr. Pramod Subhash

Dr. Suhas Udayakumaran currently serves as Associate Professor at the Department of Neurosurgery, Amrita School of Medicine, Kochi. MS, MCh, MRCSed, Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery.   Dr. Pramod Subash currently serves as Professor in the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Health Sciences Campus, Kochi. MDS, DNB, MOMS

5 pm.

“Orbital Tumors in Children”

Dr. Aadil Chagla

Professor and Chief Unit 2, Department of Neurosurgery K.E.M. Hospital,Parel, Mumbai

6 p.m.

“Cerebellar Mutism”

Dr. Alma Griselda Ramirez Reyes

Neurosurgeon at Hospital de Pediatría UMAE. CMN SXXI, IMSS, worked at Neurosurgery, worked at American Spine, Worked at Mexican Social Security Institute, studied Neurocirugia Pediatrica at UNAM – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, lives in Mexico City, Mexico

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28

8 a.m.

“Split Cord Formations: Approach to a Patient: Surgical Tips”

Deepak Gupta MD

9 a.m.

“Endoscopic Management of Hydrocephalus”

Manas Panigrahi M.D.

Dr. Panigrahi did his MBBS from M.K.C.G. Medical College, Berhampur in Orissa.  He went on to do MCh from the prestigious National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, more popularly known as NIMHANS, in Bengaluru. He has also worked as a Neurosurgeon Fellow, Cerebrovascular and Skull base surgery at Wayne State University, Michigan, in the U.S.A.

10 a.m.

“Endoscopic Management of Arachnoid Cysts”

Chandrashekhar Deopujari MD

President: Neurological Society of India and Skullbase Surgery Society of India; Ex President: India Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery Fellowships in Microvascular Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital at Detroit in USA (1988). Pediatric Neurosurgery  at HSC, Toronto (Canada- 1995) and Epilepsy Surgery  at Miami Childrens’ Hospital (USA-1997) and Endoscopic and minimally invasive skullbase Neurosurgery at University Of Mainz (Germany- 1999). Visiting fellowships to Fujita, Shinsu and Osaka universities in Japan, Emory University Clinic, Atlanta, USA, Cleveland Clinic, USA.

11 a.m.

“Anatomy and Physiology of Cisternostomy”

Iype Cherian MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery at College of medical sciences, Bharatpur, Finished his MCh in Neurosurgery from CMC, Vellore and then fellowship in Vascular and skullbase surgery from Fujita University, Japan. He is the present Counselor General for the Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Director for the ACNS educational courses. He is also a member of the World Federation of Neurological Surgeons Anatomy Committee and teaches skullbase and vascular in ACNS and WFNS courses. He also invented Cisternostomy, the novel surgical technique for severe head injuries…

NOON

“Surgical Management of Drug-Resistent Epilepsy”

Sarat Chandra M.D.

-Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, Areas of interest: Epilepsy surgery and functional, complex spine and CV junction, Cerebrovascular especially minimally access, Tumor surgeries, awake surgeries, Eloquent area surgery with brain mapping, Tumor surgery, Neuroendoscopy

1 p.m.  

“Neuroimaging of Paediatric brain tumors“

Vivek Tandon M.D.

–   Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery,  at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, South Delhi, Delhi, India

“Reduction of Severe Basilar Invagination/AAD & DCER”

Sarat Chandra M.D.

-Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery, AIIMS, New Delhi, Areas of interest: Epilepsy surgery and functional, complex spine and CV junction, Cerebrovascular especially minimally access, Tumor surgeries, awake surgeries, Eloquent area surgery with brain mapping, Tumor surgery, Neuroendoscopy

3 p.m.

“Surgery for Brain Stem Lesions in Children”

Dr. Sridhar Krishnamurthy

DIRECTOR- INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCES AND SPINAL DISORDERS at GLOBAL HOSPITAL AND HELATH CITY, CHENNAI, Former HEAD DEPARMENT OF NEUROSURGERY at Fortis Malar Hospital, Former Medical Director at National Neurosciences Centre Calcutta, Former Neurosurgeon at Voluntary Health Sevices Hosptial; Lives in Chennai, India

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4 p.m.

“Spinal Lipomas”

Dr. N. Muthnkunar

Dr.N.Muthukumar is at present working as Professor & Head of the Department of Neurosurgery, Madurai Medical College, Madurai. He joined the Neurological Society of India as an Associate Member in the year 1983. He became a life member in the year 1989. He has 86 publications, 77 in international journals, 5 book chapters and is one of the editors of the book on Pituitary Apoplexy. He has presented more than 90 papers in national conferences and 14 papers in international conferences.

5 p.m.

“Neuropathology of Pediatric Brain Tumors”

Vani Santosh MD

Pathologist, Neuro-Oncology Specialty, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangladore

6 p.m.

“Spinal Dysraphism”

Sandip Chatterjee MD

Trained in Neurosurgery in United Kingdom and Canada, passed the FRCS(Ed) in 1987, The DNB (Surg) in 1987 , the DNB(Neurosurgery) in 1994 with the FRCS(Surgical Neurology) in 1994. Hony Prof and Head of Neurosurgery at the Vivekananda Institute of Medical Sciences, Kolkata and Consultant Neurosurgeon and Academic Coordinator at Park Clinic, Kolkata: Executive Committe Member of the “India Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons“;