AASPN EDUCATIONAL COURSEMUMBAI 2024
PROGRAM OUTLINE
29th May
Wed

08:00 to 12:30

12:30 to 13:30

30th May
Thu
Hydrocephalus
andCSF-relateddisordersMorning

31st MayFri

1st JuneSat

Craniofacial

SpinalDysraphism

Other
Congenital
Malformations

Craniocervicaljunction

Lunch
Infection

13:30 to 17:30

Afternoon

TraumaFree Afternoon

Vascular

18:00

Evening

Faculty
Meeting

FACULTY
Ronnie BATICULON
Suchanda BHATTACHARJEE
Robert Hsih Hung CHEN
Chandrashekar DEOPUJARI
Dharmendra GANESAN
Meng Fai KUO
Wirginia MAIXNER
Nobuhito MOROTA
Suresh SANKHLA
Kaushik SIL
Alison WRAY
Shih-Hung YANG

1st Cycle
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Uday ANDAR
Shibu PILAI
Subodh RAJU
Saurav SAMANTRAY
Suhas UDAYAN

CourseAppraisal

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DAY 130 May 2024

Timeslot
8:00 – 8:10

Topic
Welcome and Orientation

Faculty
Wirginia MAIXNER
Ron BATICULON

8:10 to 10:00 HYDROCEPHALUS
CSF Physiology

Prereading

8:10 – 8:20

Antenatal ventriculomegaly/hydrocephalus

Nobu MOROTA

8:20 – 8:30

Perinatal hydrocephalus (including post-hemorrhagichydrocephalus)

Chandrashekar
DEOPUJARI

8:30 – 8:40

Postinfectious hydrocephalusSuchanda
BHATTACHARJEEPermanent drainage: Shunt systems

Prereading

8:40 – 8:50

Permanent drainage: Shunt vs. ETVSEOW Wan Tew

8:50 – 9:00

How to choose a shunt

Wirginia MAIXNER

9:00 – 9:10

How to determine CSF drainage success

Robert CHEN

9:10 – 9:20

CSF drainage complications and how to avoid them
Slit ventricle syndrome

Meng Fai KUO

9:20 – 9:30

How not to miss the ventricles

Ron BATICULON

9:30 – 10:00

Case Discussion

Alison WRAY andDharmendra
GANESAN

Timeslot

TopicFaculty

10:15 – 11:30 CSF TECHNIQUES
Ventricular anatomy: Landmarks, endoscopic

Prereading

How to do temporary drainage

Prereading

10:30 – 10:40

How to implant a VP shunt

Wirginia MAIXNER

10:40 – 10:50

How to implant a VA shunt

Shih-Hung YANG

10:50 – 11:00

How to implant an LP shunt

Shih-Hung YANG

11:00 – 11:10

How to do an ETVSuresh SANKHLA

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11:10 – 11:40

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Case Discussions of Complications

Suchanda
BHATTACHARJEE

11:40 – 12:30 CSF COLLECTIONS
11:40 – 11:50

Arachnoid cysts: Suprasellar, Sylvian, quadrigeminal –surgical management

Chandrashekar
DEOPUJARI

11:50 – 12:00

Post fossa cysts – Dandy Walker and its variants –surgical management

Subodh RAJU

12:00 – 12:10

Ruptured arachnoid cysts

Nobu MOROTA

12:10 – 12:30

Case discussion – indications, choice ofprocedure,complication and avoidanceRobert CHEN
Suresh SANKHLA

Timeslot

TopicFaculty

13:30 – 15:30 INFECTION
13:30 – 13:40

Intracranial abscess

Dharmendra
GANESAN

13:40 – 13:50

Subdural empyemas

Robert CHEN

13:50 – 14:00

Post-operative infection and prevention

Kaushik SIL

14:00 – 14:30

Case Discussion

Chandrashekar
DEOPUJARI

14:30 – 14:40

TB, post-TB hydrocephalus, and Tuberculomas

Kaushik SIL

14:40 – 14:50

Cysticercosis

Dharmendra
GANESAN

14:50 – 15:00

Parasitic infections

Suchanda
BHATTACHARJEE

15:00 – 15:30

Case Discussion

Ron BATICULON
Alison WRAY

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TopicFaculty

16:00 – 17:30 VASCULARClassification of pediatric vascular malformations

Prereading

16:00 – 16:10

Aneurysms

Suhas UDAYAN

16:10 – 16:20

AVM: Endovascular/radiotherapy

Wirginia MAIXNER

16:20 – 16:30AVM: Surgery

Shibu PILAI

16:30 – 16:50

Case Discussion

Meng Fai KUO
Wirginia MAIXNER

16:50 – 17:00

VGAM

Robert CHEN

17:00 – 17:10

Moya Moya

Meng Fai KUO

17:10 – 17:30

Case Discussion

Subodh RAJU

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DAY 2
31 MAY 2024

Timeslot

Topic

Faculty

8:00 – 10:00 CRANIOFACIALClassification, Pathogenesis and Genetics

Prereading

8:00 – 8:15

Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis and theirneurosurgical aspects

Uday ANDAR

8:15 – 8:30

Syndromic craniosynostosis and their neurosurgicalaspects

Alison WRAY

8:30 – 8:45

Principles of anterior skull surgery

Dharmendra
GANESAN

8:45 – 9:00

Principles of posterior skull surgery

Alison WRAY

9:00 – 9:20

Case Discussion

Meng Fai KUO

9:20 – 9:30

Positional plagiocephaly

Suchanda
BHATTACHARJEE

9:30 – 9:40

Management of Chiari, hydrocephalus, raised ICP, andsyrinx in craniofacial disorders

Alison WRAY

9:40 – 10:00

Case discussion

Chandrashekar
DEOPUJARI
Subodh RAJU

Timeslot

Topic

Faculty

10:30 – 12:00 CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS
10:30 – 10:40

Anterior encephaloceles

Ron BATICULON10:40 – 10:50

Posterior encephaloceles

Ron BATICULON

10:50 – 11:00

Cutis aplasia

Dharmendra
GANESAN

11:00 – 11:10

Sinus pericranii

Meng Fai KUO

11:10 – 11:45

Case discussion

Alison WRAY

FREE AFTERNOON

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DAY 3
1 JUNE 2024

Timeslot

TopicFaculty

8:00 – 10:00 SPINAL DYSRAPHISM
Embryology and classification of spinal malformations

Prereading

8:00 – 8:10

Antenatal/perinatal management ofmyelomeningoceles (MMC)

Wirginia MAIXNER

8:10 – 8:20

MMC: Management of hydrocephalus

SuchandaBHATTACHARJEE

8:20 – 8:30

MMC: Surgical repair

Suresh SANKHLA

8:30 – 8:40

Long term management of spinal malformations –assessment of tethering

Nobu MOROTA

8:40 – 9:00

Case discussion

Ron BATICULON

9:00 – 9:10

Lumbosacral lipomas: when to operate

Nobu MOROTA

9:10 – 9:20

Limited dorsal myeloschisis and dermal sinus tracts

Kaushik SIL

9:20 – 9:30

Diastematomyelia

Sobodh RAJU

9:30 – 9:40

Role of intraoperative neuromonitoring

Wirginia MAIXNER

9:40 – 10:00

Case discussion

Alison WRAY

Timeslot

TopicFaculty

10:30 – 12:30 CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION
10:30 – 10:45

Morphology and radiology of CVJ malformations

Robert CHEN

10:45 – 11:00

Principles of CVJ stabilization

Subodh RAJU

11:00 – 11:20

Case Discussion

Kaushik SIL

11:20 – 11:30

Chiari 1 malformation

Shih-Hung YANG

11:00 – 11:40

Chiari 0 and 1.5

Nobu MOROTA

11:40 – 11:50

How I do It: Chiari 1 malformation

Chandrashekar
DEOPUJARI

11:50 – 12:00

Management of syringomyelia

Uday ANDAR

12:00 – 12:30

Case discussion

Nobu MOROTA

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Topic

Faculty13:30 – 15:30 TRAUMA
13:30 – 13:40

Nonaccidental injury

Shih-hung YANG

13:40 – 13:50

Management of intracranial hemorrhage and diffuse
axonal injury

Kaushik SIL

13:50 – 14:00

Growing skull fracture

Ron BATICULON

14:00 – 14:10

Intracranial pressure monitoring

Robert CHEN

14:10 – 14:30

Case discussion

Meng Fai KUO
Ron BATICULON

14:30 – 14:40

Spinal cord injury

Uday ANDAR

14:40 – 15:00

Spinal column injury in children

Alison WRAY

15:00 – 15:30

Case discussion

Subodh RAJU

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TopicFaculty

15:30 – 16:00 CLOSING PROGRAM
15:30 – 16:00

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Course appraisal and awarding of certificates

Wirginia MAIXNER
Ron BATICULONAll faculty