Preliminary Scientific Program – Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery

10th Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery Annual Meeting (SANS 2016) Scientific Program
Day one: Brain Tumors/Vascular/Cranial trauma

		Moderator	Country
		Prof.Zainalabideen Jamjoom	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Mohammad Al Wehaibi	Saudi Arabia
		Dr. Mostafa Kotb	Egypt
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
8:00 – 8:15 am	Genetics of high grade glioma	Dr. Shaker Abdullah	Saudi Arabia
8:15 – 8:30 am	Resection of high grade glioma in 2015	Dr. Ahmed Lary	Saudi Arabia
8:30 – 8:40 am	Adjuvant high grade glioma management	Dr. Abdulrazaq Ajlan	Saudi Arabia
8:40 – 8:50 am	Epidemiology of glioblastoma and high grade glioma in Saudi Arabia	Dr. Ali Bolbaid	Saudi Arabia
8:50 – 9:00 am	Discussion

		Moderator	Country
		Prof.Abdulhakim Jamjoom	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Mohammad Bafaqeeh	Saudi Arabia
		Prof Ramesh Mishra	India
Time	Topics	Speaker	Country
	Papers
9:50 – 10:15 am	Break
Time	Topics	Speaker	Country
10:15 – 10:20 am	Opening Remarks
10:20 – 10:25 am	Welcome by the Conference President	Dr. Amro AlHabib	Saudi Arabia
10:25 – 10:30 am	An Overview by the Scientific Committee Chairman	Dr. Abdulrahaman Sabbagh	Saudi Arabia
10:30- 10:50 am	Skill training, Lessons learned from training in the cockpit
10:50 – 11:15 am	Twenty five years of Neurosurgery in Saudi Arabia: A personal memoir	Dr. Neville Russel	Saudi Arabia
11:15 – 11:35 am	A Bright Today and a Brighter Tomorrow for Clinical Neuroscience in the Region	Dr. Mahmoud Al Yamany	Saudi Arabia
11:35 – 11:55 am	How to publish	Prof. Mohammad Qattan	Saudi Arabia
11:55 am – 12:10 pm	Philanthropic Neurosurgery	Dr. Ibrahim Thubaiti	Saudi Arabia
12:10 – 12:15 pm	SANS Medal and Dr. Russell Recognition Award
12:15 – 12:30 pm	Prayer
12:30 – 1:00 pm	Company Lunch: Main Hall
		Moderator	Country
		Prof. Abdulrahman Alanazi	Saudi Arabia
		Prof.Khalaf Almutairi	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
1:00 – 1:25 pm	CP Angle Tumor	Dr. Emad Kanaan	Saudi Arabia
1:25 – 1:30 pm	Discussion
1:30 – 1:55 pm	Microsurgery of complex intracraniel aneurysms	Prof. Basant Misra	India
1:55 – 2:00 pm	Discussion
2:00 – 2:10 pm	Break
		Moderator	Country
		Dr. Ibrahim AlNaami	Saudi Arabia
		Dr. Hosam Al-Jehani	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
2:10 – 2:20 pm	Pro on Should we treat this aneurysm (<7 mm) in asymptomatic patient	Dr. Khalil Kurdi	Saudi Arabia
2:20 – 2:30 pm	Con on Should we treat this aneurysm (<7 mm) in asymptomatic patient	Dr. Hosam Al-Jehani	Saudi Arabia
2:30 – 2:40 pm	Discussion
2:40 – 2:50 pm	Pro on Unruptured AVM, to treat or not to treat?	Dr. Yasser Orz	Saudi Arabia
2:50 – 3:00 pm	Con on Unruptured AVM, to treat or not to treat?	Dr. Bassem Sheikh	Saudi Arabia
3:00 – 3:10 pm	Discussion
3:10 – 3:30 pm	Break and Papers
		Moderator	Country
		Dr.Bassem Sheikh	Saudi Arabia
		Prof.Sherif Elwatidy	Saudi Arabia
Time	Speaker	Topic	Country
3:30 – 5:00 pm	Paper

10th Saudi Assocation of Neurological Surgery Annual Meeting (SANS 2016) Scientific Program
Day Two: Spine / Peripheral Nerves / Trauma

	Learning Thru Cases	Moderator	Country
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
7:00 – 7:50 am	Spine	Dr. Abdulwahad Barnawi	Saudi Arabia
7:50 – 8:00 am	Break

	Mini Symposium: Severe Head Injury	Moderator	Country
	In collaboration with the Neurocritical Care Section of the Saudi Critical Care Society	Dr.Ahmad Al-Oraidi	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Hosam AlJehani	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
8:00 – 8:15 am	Cerebral auto-regulation in head traumatic head injuries	Dr. Faisal AlSuwaidan	Saudi Arabia
8:15 – 8:30 am	Decompressive craniectomy updated for severe head injury	Dr. Hosam AlJehani	Saudi Arabia
8:30 – 8:45 am	Evidence based medicine in traumatic head injury in 2016	Dr. Yassen AlArabi	Saudi Arabia
8:45 – 9:00 am	Application of head trauma current guidelines in Saudi Arabia	Prof. Ahmed Ammar	Saudi Arabia
9:00 – 9:10 am	Discussion
	papers	Moderator	Country
		Dr.Saqqaf Alsaqqaf	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Essa Abdulghani	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
9:10 – 9:50 am	Papers
9:50 – 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 – 10:30 am	Break
	Keynote	Moderator	Country
		Dr.Mubarak AlQahtani	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Faisal Alotaibi	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Hossam ElHuseiny	Egypt
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
10:30 – 10:55 AM	Current and Future of Peripheral Nerve Surgery	Prof. Rajiv Midha	Canada
10:55 – 11:00 am	Discussion
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
11:00 – 11:25 AM	Advances and future direction of functional neurosurgery	Prof Michael Schulder	USA
11:25 – 11:30 AM	Discussion
	papers	Moderator	Country
		Dr.Abdullah Alobeid	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Fahad Alqahtani	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
11:30 am -12:00 noon	Papers
12:00 – 12:15 PM	Prayer and Lunch pick-up
	(Luncheon Session)	Moderator	Country
	A Neurosurgical Career In Saudi Arabia	Dr.Abdulrahman Sabbagh	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Salah AlAkkad	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
12:15 – 12:30 PM	Neurosurgery at government and Academic institutions	Dr. Maher Hassona	Saudi Arabia
12:30 – 12:45 PM	Neurosurgery in peripheral hospitals	Dr. Khalid Damyadi	Saudi Arabia
12:45 – 1:00 PM	Neurosurgery in private practice	Dr. Khalid Siddiqui	Saudi Arabia
1:00 – 1:10 PM	Open discussion
1:10 – 1:15 PM	Verdict	Dr. Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh	Saudi Arabia
		Moderator	Country
	Keynote	Dr.Ahmed Lary	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
1:15 – 1:35 PM	Surgery of eloquent areas of the brain	Prof. Mostafa Kotb	Egypt
		Moderator	Country
	Debate: Cervical myelopathy	Dr.Maher AlHejji	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Saad Alhussain	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
1:35 – 1:45 PM	Anterior approach is best	Dr. Ahmad AlKhani	Saudi Arabia
1:45 – 1:55 PM	Posterior approach is best	Dr. Salah AlAkkad	Saudi Arabia
1:55 – 2:00 PM	Discussion
		Moderator	Country
	Papers	Dr.Sami Nafea	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Abdulwahed Barnawi	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Ahmad Alzahrani	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
2: 00- 3:45 PM	Papers
3:45 – 4:00 PM	Prayer and break
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
4:00 – 6:00 PM	SANS ELECTION

10th Saudi Assocation of Neurological Surgery Annual Meeting (SANS 2016) Scientific Program
Day 3: Pediatrics (am) Functional, Epilepsy (pm)

		Moderator	Country



Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
7:00 – 7:50 am	Pediatric Neurosurgery	Dr. Ibrahim Al-Ahmad	Saudi Arabia
7:50 – 8:00 am	Break
		Moderator	Country
		Dr. Saleh Baeesa	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Essam Alshail	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Khaled Bassim Aly	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
8:00 – 8:10 am	Spinal Dysraphism: Epidemiology in Saudi Arabia	Dr. Baha Sallout	Saudi Arabia
8:10 – 8:20 am	Toward better care for myelomeningocele patients in Saudi Arabia	Dr. Ibrahim AlNaami	Saudi Arabia
8:20 – 8:30 am	When to shunt MMC patients?	Dr. Ayman Albanyan	Saudi Arabia
8:30 – 8:40 am	Discussion
		Moderator	Country
		Dr. Saleh Baeesa	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Essam Alshail	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Khaled Bassim Aly	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
8:40 – 9:00 am	Craniopagus Twin Separation:- Saudi Experience (Presenting the National Guard Health Affairs Experience)	Dr. Ahmad AlOraidi	Saudi Arabia
		Moderator	Country
		Dr.Ali Binsalamah	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Maqsood Ahmad	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
9:00 – 10:00 am	Papers
10:00 – 10:30 am	Break
		Moderator	Country
		Dr.Fahad Alsubei	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
10:30 – 10:55 am	Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: from science to surgery	Dr. Yasin Temel	Netherlands
10:55 – 11:00 am	Discussion
		Moderator	Country
		Dr.Faisal AlOtaibi	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Fahad ALSubaie	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
11:00 – 11:15 am	The Level of Epilepsy Awareness in Saudi Arabia	Dr. Mohammed Jan	Saudi Arabia
11:15 – 11:30 am	Prophylactic Antiepileptics in Neurosurgery	Dr. Ahmed Alrumayan	Saudi Arabia
11:30 – 11:45 am	Brain Tumors Resection and Seizure Control	Dr. Sonia khan	Saudi Arabia
11:45 am – 12:00 pm	Laser Thermocoagulation for Epilepsy	Dr. Raidah Albaradie	Saudi Arabia
	Prayer
		Moderator	Country
		Dr.Motasim Alzoubi	Saudi Arabia
		Dr.Ikhlass Altuwaijeri	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
12:30 – 2:00 pm	Papers
		Moderator	Country
		Dr.Mohammad Alolama	UAE
		Dr.Lahbib Soualmi	Saudi Arabia
Time	Topic	Speaker	Country
2:00 – 2:10 pm	Surgeries for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Technical Advances and complication avoidance	Dr. Saleh Baeesa	Saudi Arabia
2:10 – 2:20 pm	Focal Cortical Dysplasia and Epilepsy	Dr. Ibrahim Althubaiti	Saudi Arabia
2:20 – 2:30 pm	Deep Brain Stimulation for cluster Headache	Dr. Fahad Alsubaie	Saudi Arabia
2:30 – 2:40 pm	What we Learned from Brain Monitoring: The Female and Male Brain Differences	Dr. Faisal AlOtaibi	Saudi Arabia
2:40 – 2:50 pm	Lesioning Surgery For Movement Disorders	Dr. Ahmed Alkhani	Saudi Arabia
2:50 – 3:00 pm	Invasive Electroencephalography: The Localizing Value	Dr. Tarek Jallol	Saudi Arabia
3:00 – 3:10 pm	Discussion

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