Pre-Symposium Education Day (Concurrent Sessions):
Session 1) Advances in Techniques and Technologies for Pediatric Brain Tumor Surgery
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Organizers:
Dr. Tadanori Tomita, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA
Dr. Arthur J. DiPatri, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA
Overview: Click here to download further information.
This educational program will focus on surgical techniques and advances with a specific focus in applications for brain and spine tumor surgery in the pediatric patient population.
Target Audience:
Neurosurgeons, Neurologists, Neuroradiologists, Nurses and Nurse Practitioners, Neurosurgery Fellows and Residents, Medical Students, Other health care providers with an interest in neurosurgery.
Topics will include:
"How I do it" Personal Perspectives - Moderators: T.Tomita, R.Bowman
Lateral Ventricle/Hemispheric Tumor Resection
10:00 Infantile Tumors..... Dr. Robin Bowman, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
10:15 Choroid Plexus Tumors..... Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Third Ventricle Tumor Resection
10:30 Chiasmal/Hypothalamic Tumors..... Dr. Michael Handler, The Children's Hospital of Denver, Denver, CO, USA
10:45 Thalamic Tumors..... Dr. Robert A. Sanford, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
11:00 Craniopharyngioma..... Dr. Concezio Di Rocco, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy
11:20 Pineal Tumors..... Dr. Tadanori Tomita, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA
11:35-12:00 Discussion
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch
"How I do it" Personal Perspectives - Moderators: A. DiPatri, C. DiRocco
Fourth Ventricle Tumor Resection
12:45 Medulloblastoma..... Dr. Liliana Goumnerova, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
01:00 Ependymoma..... Dr. Arthur J. DiPatri, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA
01:15 Brainstem (Medulla, Pons)..... Dr. Ian Pollack, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
01:30 Avoiding Cerebellar Mutism..... Dr. Mark Souweidane, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
01:45 Intrabeam for Recurrence..... Dr. Tadanori Tomita, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA
02:00-02:20 Discussion
Intraoperative Monitoring - Moderators: J.Rutka, R. Abbott
02:20 Monitoring During Epilepsy and Eloquent Cortex Surgery.... Dr. James Rutka, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
02:40 Awake Craniotomy..... Dr. Aurelia Peraud, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
02:55 Intraoperative Neuro Monitoring During Brainstem and Spinal Cord Surgery..... Dr. Rick Abbott, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY, USA
03:15-03:30 Discussion
Intraoperative Imaging - Moderators: L. Goumnerova, T. Alden
03:30 Intra-Operative MRI..... Dr. David Donahue, Cook Childrens Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
03:45 Real Time Neuronavigation..... Shlomi Constantini, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
04:00 Intraoperative Fluoresence Guided Resection..... Dr. Aurelia Peraud, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
04:15-04:30 Discussion
Neuroendoscopy - Moderators: S. Constantini, T.T. Wong
04:45 Management of Tumoral Hydrocephalus..... Dr. Tai-Tong Wong, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
05:00 Endoscopic Tumor Management..... Dr. Liliana Goumnerova, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
05:15 Endoscopic Tumor Biopsy..... Shlomi Constantini, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
05:30 Endoscopic Tumor Resection..... Dr. Mark Souweidane, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
05:45 Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Resection..... Dr. Tord Alden, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
06:00-06:20 Discussion
06:30 Adjourn
Session 2) Pediatric Neuro-Oncology: Back to the Basics
8:00 am - 6:00pm
Organizers:
Dr. Jason Fangusaro, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
Dr. Susan Chi, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Overview: Click here to download further information.
This educational program will act as an introduction to the major topics and concepts of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology. It will serve as a great beginning to the subsequent ISPNO meeting by acting as an introduction, overview and/or review for those practitioners and ancillary staff who work with pediatric brain tumor patients. The session will cover the major types of pediatric brain tumors including their epidemiology, presentation, imaging, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. It will also include targeted information on Neuro-Radiology, Neuro-Pathology, Radiation-Oncology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Late Effects.
Target Audience:
The target audience will include all medical personnel who interact with pediatric brain tumor patients or who have a desire to do so in the future. This includes (but is not restricted to) Pediatric Oncologists, Neurologists, Endocrinologist, Neurosurgeons, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Social Workers, CRA's, Neuro-Oncology Fellows, Hematology/Oncology Fellows, Pediatric Residents, and Medical Students. This session will also greatly benefit those basic scientists who would like a better understanding of clinical Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.
Educational Topics:
07:30-08:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:00-08:15 Introduction............................. Dr. Jason Fangusaro and Dr. Susan Chi
08:15-09:00 Neuro-Radiology...................... Dr. Ashok Panigrahy, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, CA, USA
09:00-09:45 Neurosurgery........................... Dr. Mark Souweidane, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
09:45-10:30 Neuro-Pathology...................... Dr. Stefan Pfister, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 Radiation-Oncology................. Dr. Torunn Yock, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
11:30-12:15 Low Grade Glioma.................. Dr. Joshua Rubin, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
12:15-01:15 Lunch (Provided) & AM Panel Questions for first 15-20 minutes
01:15-02:00 High Grade Glioma................. Dr. Alberto Broniscer, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
02:00-02:45 Medulloblastoma.................... Dr. Girish Dhall, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
02:45-03:30 Ependymoma.......................... Dr. Stergios Zacharoulis, Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom
03:30-03:45 Break
03:45-04:30 CNS Germ Cell Tumor............. Dr. Takamitsu Fujimaki, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
04:30-05:15 Late Effects............................. Dr. Christopher Turner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
05:15-06:00 Neurologic Complications....... Dr. Nicole Ullrich, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA
06:00-06:20 PM Panel Questions
06:30 Conclusion
Email jfangusaro@childrensmemorial.org or susan_chi@dfci.harvard.edu with any questions.
Session 3) Open to all ISPNO registrants: Epidemiology Sessions -
Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium (BTEC) Education Day 1:00pm
Topics:
Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Brain Tumours: comparisons, contrasts and (possible) causes Michael Murphy & Jillian Birch (United Kingdom)
Malignant Brain Tumors in Childhood and Chemical Exposures Dora Il’Yasova (North Carolina, USA)
The Cefalo Studay and the Cellphone Kids Study Maria Feychting (Sweden)
Blood Spots as a Resource for Genetic Studies of Pediatric Brain Tumors Beatrice Malmer (Sweden) and Roberta McKean-Cowdin (California, USA)
Blood Spots for Exposure Assessment for Genotyping Patricia Buffler (California, USA)
Summary of Recommendations for Childhood Brain Tumors from the BTEC Berkeley Meeting Tarik Tihan & Patricia Buffler (California, USA)
Additional Closed/Private Meeting:
SIOP Meeting: By Invitation Only
Société Internationale d’Oncologie Pédiatrique (SIOP) will be hosting their Biannual CNS committee meeting in conjunction with the ISPNO on Sunday, June 29, 2008. This meeting is open to invited SIOP members only.
