7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Functional/Epilepsy
Future of DBS: Electrophysiology vs. Image-Guided Programming | 8:00 a.m. – 8:22 a.m.
Himanshu Sharma, MD (Moderator) | Amir H. Faraji, MD, PhD; Alexander M. Papanastassiou, MD; & Garrett P. Banks, MD
Update in DBS for Movement Disorders | 8:22 a.m. – 8:36 a.m.
Ashwin Viswanathan, MD
Biohybrid Neural Interfaces | 8:36 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
Damiano G. Barone, MD, PhD
Updates in DBS and RNS for Epilepsy | 8:50 a.m. – 9:04 a.m.
Patrick J. Karas, MD
Updates in LITT for Epilepsy | 9:04 a.m. – 9:18 a.m.
Bradley C. Lega, MD
Management of Facial Pain | 9:18 a.m. – 9:32 a.m.
Nicholas J. Barbaro, MD
Lessons Learned From Prior DBS for Depression Trials and Future Directions | 9:32 a.m. – 9:54 a.m.
Nisha Giridharan, MD (Moderator) | Nader Pouratian, MD, PhD; Frederick L. Hitti, MD, PhD; & Sameer A. Sheth, MD, PhD
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Exhibit Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Hassenbusch Lecture | Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery: Past, Present, and Future
Jon T. Willie, MD, PhD
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
Tumor
Management of Brain Metastases | 11:00 a.m. – 11:24 a.m.
Ankur R. Patel, MD (Moderator) | Yoshua Esquenazi Levy, MD; Chibawanye I. Ene MD, PhD; & John R. Floyd II, MD
Brain Mapping | 11:24 a.m. – 11:36 a.m.
Sherise D. Ferguson, MD
LITT for Brain Tumor | 11:36 a.m. – 11:48 a.m.
Sujit S. Prabhu MD
11:50 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Networking Lunch
12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
TANS Business Meeting
Michael A. Leonard, MD
12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
AI in Neurosurgery
Gerald A. Grant, MD
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Breakout Session | Resident/Fellow Course: Neurosurgery & Reimbursement – What You Need to Know
Teri Romano | Highland Room (2nd Floor)
1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Tumor
Surgical Approaches to Circumventing the Blood-Brain Barrier | 1:15 p.m. – 1:27 p.m.
Toral R. Patel, MD
Connectomics | 1:27 p.m. – 1:39 p.m.
Nitin Tandon, MD
CAR T Cells | 1:39 p.m. – 1:51 p.m.
Ganesh Rao, MD
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Exhibit Break
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Tumor
Meningiomas | 2:30 p.m. – 2:42 p.m.
Akash J. Patel, MD
Novel Biological Therapeutics for High Grade Gliomas | 2:42 p.m. – 2:54 p.m.
Frederick F. Lang, MD
Management of Pituitary Tumors | 2:54 p.m. – 3:18 p.m.
Ali Jalali, MD (Moderator) | David S. Baskin, MD; Spiros L. Blackburn, MD; & Ian E. McCutcheon, MD
3:30 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.
Resident Lectures (10 Minutes Each)
Predictors of Early Recurrence After Percutaneous Rhizotomy for Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia
Samuel Daly, MD | 3:30 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.
Disparities in the Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Therapy in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients With Recovery Potential: An IMPACT Analysis of the National Trauma Data Bank
Ryan Chiu, MD | 3:40 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
The Role of Skull Neutrophils in DCI After Aneurysm Rupture
William Wroe, MD | 3:50 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Photoacoustic Imaging in Neurosurgery: First-in-Human Application During Brain Tumor Resection
Preston D’Souza, MD | 4:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
The Baylor Score for Prognosticating Gunshot Wounds to the Head
Sricharan Gopakumar, MD | 4:10 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Direct STAMCA Bypass for Symptomatic, Atherosclerotic Severe M1 Stenosis: Recent Experience From 8 High-Volume Centers
Molly Lafuente, DO | 4:20 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Endoscopic Repair of Spontaneous CSF Leaks
Audrey Demand, MD | 4:30 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.
4:40 p.m. – 5:10 p.m.
Industry Showcase | No CME Offered
Experience innovation at the TANS Industry Showcase as three companies highlight their newest technologies. Enjoy a curated selection of wine while networking during the Industry Showcase.
5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Raise a Glass: A TANS Wine Tasting Reception
Houston Four Seasons