Program
Last update 01/25/2025
07:00 - 08:00
Neurorun
09:00 - 09:15
President and Education Committee Welcome Address
Joachim Krauss, Fabián Piedimonte, Jean Regis, Mojgan Hodaie
TIME
09:15 - 12:30
09:15 - 12:30
Auditorium
Juan Pablo II
09:15 - 09:40
History of Stereotactic and Functional Surgery
Patric Blomstedt
09:40 - 10:05
Basal Ganglia and Thalamic Anatomy
Marcelo Merello
10:05 - 10:30
Stereotactic Atlases and Frames
Erich Fonoff
10:30 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:25
Stereotactic Planning Principles
Armando Alaminos
11:25 - 11:50
Image Guided Direct Targeting and Postoperative Imaging
Sameer Sheth
11:50 - 12:15
Microelectroge Recording Technique and Technology
Hagai Bergman
12:15 - 12:30
Panel Discussion
Faculty
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Seminar Industry Sponsored
TIME
13:30 - 15:10
Auditorium
Juan Pablo II
13:30 - 13:55
Lesioning Techniques for movement disorders
TBD
13:55 - 14:20
Deep Brain Stimulation Hardware Implantation - A Practical Guide
Paresh Doshi
14:20 - 14:45
Deep Brain Stimulation Programming
Maria Laura Contartese
14:45 - 15:10
Deep Brain Stimulation Complications
Stephan Chabardes
15:10 - 15:30
COFFEE BREAK
TIME
15:30 - 17:30
15:30 - 17:30
Auditorium
Juan Pablo II
15:30 - 15:55
Thalamotomy and Pallidotomy for Movement Disorders
Takaomi Taira
15:55 - 16:20
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
Fabio Godinho
16:20 - 16:45
Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia
Joachim Krauss
16:45 - 17:10
Deep Brain Stimulation for Tremor and Other Movement Disorders
Oscar Escobar
17:10 - 17:30
Panel Discussion
Faculty
17:30 - 17:45
COFFEE BREAK
TIME
17:45 - 18:30
ROOM
TBD
17:45 - 18:00
Ablative procedures
Julian Soto
18:00 - 18:15
Neurostimulation
Camilo Contreras
18:15 - 18:30
Panel Discussion
Faculty
TIME
17:45 - 18:30
ROOM
TBD
17:45 - 18:00
Intrathecal baclofen therapy
Emil Isagulyan
18:00 - 18:15
Lesioning procedures for spasticity
Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira
18:15 - 18:30
Panel Discussion
Faculty
Time
07:30 - 08:45
07:30 - 08:45
ROOM
TBD
07:30 - 07:50
Main talk 1
TBD
07:50 - 08:10
Main talk 2
TBD
08:10 - 08:30
Best poster in Movement Disorders
08:30 - 08:45
Panel Discussion
Faculty
Time
07:30 - 08:45
07:30 - 08:45
ROOM
TBD
07:30 - 07:50
Main talk 1
TBD
07:50 - 08:10
Main talk 2
TBD
08:10 - 08:30
Best poster in Pain
TBD
08:30 - 08:45
Panel Discussion
Faculty
TIME
09:00 - 11:05
Auditorium
Juan Pablo II
09:00 - 09:25
Spectrum of techniques and indications for treatment for facial pain (1st in session)
Mojgan Hodaie
09:25 - 09:50
Microvascular Decompression: Principles and Pitfalls
Jorge Pagura
09:50 - 10:15
Percutaneous Rhizotomy Procedures (Radiofrequency, Balloon & Glycerol)
Nicolás Barbosa
10:15 - 10:40
Neuromodulation for Facial Pain
Konstantin Slavin
10:40 - 11:00
Ablation techniques for pain (beyond facial pain)
Fabián Piedimonte
11:00 - 11:30
COFFEE BREAK
Time
11:30 - 13:30
11:30 - 13:30
Speaker
11:30 - 11:55
Operative Brain Mapping Principles, patient selection and indications
Faisal Alotaibi
11:55 - 12:20
Resective Epilepsy Surgery Techniques and Outcome
Manuel Campos
12:20 - 12:45
Neuromodulation for Epilepsy: VNS,DBS,RNS and Others
Arthur Cukiert
12:45-13:15
Technical innovations in epilepsy
Juan Carlos Benedetti
13:10 - 13:30
Panel Discussion
Faculty
13:30 - 14:30
Lunch Seminar Industry Sponsored
Time
14:45 - 17:00
14:45 - 17:00
Disorders and Cognition
Auditorium
Juan Pablo II
Juan Pablo II
14:45 - 15:10
Surgery of the mind - delicate balance of benefit and burden in psychiatric disorders
Fabián Cremaschi
15:10 - 15:35
OCD
Bart Nuttin
15:35 - 16:00
Depression and Cognition
Andres Lozano
16:00 - 16:25
Other and new indications in surgery for psychiatric disorders
Osvaldo Vilela Filho
16:25-17:00
Panel Discussion
Faculty
13:30 - 14:30
COFFEE BREAK and Poster Session I
Time
17:45 - 18:30
Ask the Experts I Movement Disorders
ROOM
TBD
17:45 - 18:00
Case 1
TBD
18:00 - 18:15
Case 2
TBD
18:15 - 18:30
Case 3
TBD
Time
17:45 - 18:30
Ask the Experts II Pain
ROOM
TBD
17:45 - 18:00
Case 1
TBD
18:00 - 18:15
Case 2
TBD
18:15 - 18:30
Case 3
TBD
Time
07:30 - 08:45
07:30 - 08:45
Breakfast Seminar III: Epilepsy
ROOM
TBD
TBD
07:30 - 07:50
Main talk 1
TBD
07:50 - 08:10
Main talk 2
TBD
08:10 - 08:30
Best poster in Epilepsy
TBD
08:30 - 08:45
Panel Discussion
Faculty
TIME
07:30 - 08:45
07:30 - 08:45
Breakfast Seminar IV: Psychosurgery
ROOM
TBD
TBD
07:30 - 07:50
Aggressive behavioural disorders and self injurious behaviour
Adriana Lopez
07:50 - 08:10
Relevant anatomy and imaging in surgery for psychiatric disorders
TBD
08:10 - 08:30
Best poster in Psychosurgery
TBD
08:30 - 08:45
Discussion
Faculty
Time
09:00 - 09:50
09:00 - 09:50
Auditorium
Juan Pablo II
Juan Pablo II
09:00 - 09:25
Peripheral nerve and DRG stimulation
Tiago Freitas
09:25 - 09:50
SCS for Pain: Techniques and Technology
Gastón Schechtmann
Time
09:50 - 12:30
09:50 - 12:30
modulatory neurosurgery
Auditorium
Juan Pablo II
Juan Pablo II
09:50 - 10:15
Techniques and devices and overview
Michael Schulder
10:15 - 10:40
Radiosurgery Applications in Functional Neurosurgery
Jean Regis
10:40 - 11:05
Radiosurgery for tumors and vascular malformations
Alessandra Gorgulho
11:05 - 11:30
Hifu - indications, techiques and outcomes
Jin Woo Chang
11:55 - 12:30
Opening the blood brain barrier: Modulatory role of focused ultrasound
Clement Hamani
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Seminar Industry Sponsored
Time
13:30 - 14:45
Hands-On Session I : Industry Sponsored
Room
TBD
13:30-14:30
Stereotactic Targeting and Planning:
- Station 1: Frame Placement Techniques and Technology
- Station 2: Planning Stations and Stereotactic Targeting
- Station 3: Microelectrode Recording
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Time
14:45 - 15:30
14:45 - 15:30
Hands-On Session II: Industry Sponsored
Room
TBD
14:45-15:45
Hands-On Session II Hardware and Programming
- Station 1: DBS
- Station 2: SCS
- Station 3: Radiofrequency lesioning for pain
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15:30 - 16:15
Coffee Break and Poster Session II
Time
16:15 - 17:05
16:15 - 17:05
Speaker
16:15 - 16:40
Training in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in Latin America
TBD
16:40-17:05
Research and Publishing in Functional Neurosurgery
TBD
17:05
CONCLUSION REMARKS AND AWARDS
Jean Regis
Fabián Piedimonte
Fabián Piedimonte
Day 0 - November 19, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 08:00 - 18:30 | SLANFE Meeting |
Day 1 - November 20, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 07:00 - 08:00 | Neurorun |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome Address |
| 09:15 - 10:30 | Plenary I |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Plenary I |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Seminar Industry Sponsored |
| 13:30 - 15:10 | Plenary II |
| 15:10 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 17:30 | Plenary III |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Coffee Break |
| 17:45 - 18:30 | Spicy Session I & II |
Day 2 - November 21, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 07:30 - 08:45 | Breakfast Seminar |
| 09:00 - 11:05 | Plenary IV |
| 11:05 - 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 - 13:30 | Plenary V |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch Seminar Industry Sponsored |
| 14:45 - 17:00 | Plenary VI |
| 17:00 - 17:45 | Coffee Break and Poster Session I |
| 17:45 - 18:30 | Ask the Experts I & II |
Day 3 - November 22, 2025
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 07:30 - 08:45 | Breakfast Seminar |
| 09:00 - 12:30 | Plenary VII & VIII |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Seminar Industry Sponsored |
| 13:30 - 14:45 | Hands-On Session I |
| 14:45 - 15:30 | Hands-On Session II |
| 15:30 - 16:15 | Coffee Break and Poster Session II |
| 16:15 - 17:05 | Plenary IX |
| 17:05 - 17:20 | Conclusion Remarks and Awards |