Buenos Aires, Argentina

20 al 22 de noviembre de 2025
UCA | Universidad Católica Argentina

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Ultima actualizacion 25/01/2025

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

Plenary I Stereotactic Principles

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

Plenary III Lesioning and Deep Brain Stimulation Techniques

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
Plenary III Surgical Patient Selection and Outcome in Movement Disorders

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

Spicy Session I Surgery for Psychiatric Disorders

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

Spicy Session II Controversies in the treatment of Spasticity

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
Breakfast Seminar I : Movement disorder

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
Breakfast Seminar II : Pain

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

Plenary IV Surgical Treatment of Facial Pain

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
Plenary V Epilepsy Surgical Interventions
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
Plenary VI Surgery for Psychiatric
Disorders and Cognition
Auditorium
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
Breakfast Seminar III: Epilepsy
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 Epilepsy

TBD

08:30 - 08:45
Panel Discussion
Faculty
TIME
07:30 - 08:45
Breakfast Seminar IV: Psychosurgery
ROOM
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
Plenary VII Pain: Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation and ablation procedures
Auditorium
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
Plenary VIII Incisionless ablative and
modulatory neurosurgery
Auditorium
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

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

-
15:30 - 16:15

Coffee Break and Poster Session II

Time
16:15 - 17:05
Plenary IX Education and Research
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
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