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Modern approaches to the brain and skull base
Houston Methodist Hospital will be partnering with a European institution to host a skull base and brain course. It will include lectures and hands on labs. There will be guest speaker from plastic surgery that will also speak to the collaboration with plastics in skull base and brain surgery.
Number of participants is limited to 16 participants and 16 observers
For questions, please contact Shima Zangeneh
This Course does not offer any course credits.
Target Audience
Physicians, Residents and Fellows specific to skull base subspecialized neurosurgeons.
| 20 mins presentation, 10mins Q&A, 30mins total each speaker | |||
| Day 1: Fri August 22nd | |||
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Registration/Welcome and introduction/Breakfast | Gavin Britz, MD PhD Guenther Feigl, MD PhD | |
| Time | Lectures and Hands-on dissection | Faculty | |
| 08:30 – 09:15 | Keynote lecture: Risk Management and Mitigation in Neurosurgery | Madison Michael, MD | |
| 09:15 – 09:45 | Tailored approach to skull base surgery | Gavin Britz, MD PhD | |
| 09:45 – 10:15 | Minimally invasive retrosigmoid approache for skull base lesions | Guenther Feigl , MD PhD | |
| 10:15 – 10:45 | Anatomy of the expanded endonasal approach to the skull base: A neurosurgeons perspective | Mas Takashima, MD/Omar Ahmed, MD | |
| 15 min break | |||
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Expanded endoscopic endonasal approach to the parasellar space and cavernous sinus compartments | Roman Bosnjak, MD PhD | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Open versus expanded endoscopic approaches to the anterior skull base | Martin Jurlina, MD PhD | |
| Lunch 12:30 – 13:30 | |||
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Cosmetics lab | Michael Klebuc, MD | Lab Instructors: Michael Klebuc, MDMas Takashima, MD Roman Bosnjak, MD PhD Martin Jurlina, MD PHD |
| 15:00 – 17:00 | Demonstration and Hands-on: Endoscopic transnasal approches to the sellar, suprasellar and parasellar regions | Roman Bosnjak, MD PhD/Mas Takashima, MD | |
| 17:30 | Houston Bus-Tour | ||
| 19:30 | Gala Dinner | ||
| Day 2: Sat August 23 | |||
| Time | Lectures and Hands-on dissection | Faculty | |
| 8:30-9:00 | Breakfast | ||
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Surgical anatomy of the cerebellopontine angle | Shaan Raza, MD | |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Transpetrosal approach | Gavin Britz, MD | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | ENT thoughts for lateral approaches | Kenny Lin, MD | |
| 15 min break | |||
| 10:45 – 11:15 | Minimally invasive modified OZ approaches | Brandon Leibelt, MD | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Meningiomas of the craniocervical junction: Modern approaches to treatment | Krešimir Rotim, MD PhD | |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Meningiomas of the posterior cranial fossa | Franco DeMonte, MD | |
| Lunch 12:15 – 13:15 | |||
| 13:15 – 14:30 | Demonstration and Hands-on: Retrosigmoidal approach | Guenther Feigl , MD PhD, | Lab Instructors: Guenther Feigl , MD PhD Roman Bosnjak, MD PhD Brandon Leibelt |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Classical transpetrosal approach lab | Kenny Lin, MD | |
| Closing remarks 15:30 – 16:00 | |||
Hands on Training Location
Bookout Center [Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation & Education]
6670 Bertner Ave, 5th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, United States
+1 (713) 441-7912
Parking Information
Houston Methodist’s medical center location has five self-parking garages. Three of these garages are managed by Houston Methodist, while the other two are managed by the Texas Medical Center. There are also six valet parking options for the convenience of patients and visitors. Find the parking garage closest to the building you will be visiting.
Self-Parking: Houston Methodist Parking Garages
- Outpatient Center
- Scurlock Tower
- Smith Tower
Houston Methodist Garage Pricing
0-20 minutes: free
21 minutes – 1 hour: $7
1-3 hours: $9
3-7.5 hours: $12
7.5-24 hours: $15
Lost ticket: $25
Texas Medical Center (TMC) Parking
- TMC Garage 1 (near Dunn and Main Towers)
- 6519 Fannin Street
- TMC Garage 7 (near Walter and Neurosensory/Jones Towers)
- 1120 John Freeman Boulevard
Texas Medical Center (TMC) Pricing*
0-1 hours: $5
1-2 hours: $9
2-3 hours: $10
3-4 hours: $12
4-9 hours: $14
9-24 hours: $15
Lost Ticket: $25
*plus tax
Valet Parking
Houston Methodist Valet Parking
- Dunn Tower (access from Fannin Street) Hours: 24/7
- Neurosensory/Jones Tower (access from John Freeman Boulevard) Hours: Monday – Friday, 5:30 am – 8:30 pm
- Outpatient Center (access from John Freeman Boulevard) Hours: Monday – Friday, 5:30 am – 9:00 pm
- Research Institute (access from Bertner Avenue) Hours: Monday – Friday, 5:00 am – 9:00 pm, Saturday – Sunday 7:00 am – 9:00pm
- Scurlock Tower (access from Fannin Street) Hours: Monday – Friday, 5:30 am – 7:00 pm
- Smith Tower (access from Main Street) Hours: Monday – Friday, 5:30 am – 7:00 pm
Valet Parking Pricing
0-3 hours: $12
3-24 hours: $17
Price
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